The whole you get “5 years of updates“ with Apple is not support; it’s to give them time to get it right!
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PSA: Apple Mail Bugs Can Lead to Data Loss in macOS Catalina
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macOS is the only thing keeping me buying the overpriced, poor quality e-waste junk that Macs have become. They have already messed up the hardware, but if they mess up the OS, there will be no point whatsoever.
Mac OS Mojave is the new Snow Leopard - people are gonna hold onto it for ages, until they are forced to upgrade.
Just to restore some balance to the Universe, it’s worth noting that the internet always makes problems of any nature seem far more widespread than they actually are. I personally have not noticed any bugs in Catalina. Mail or otherwise. That doesn’t discount the experiences of other users, but I think it’s important to remain sensible about this sort of thing. The vocal minority is still a minority.
Apple Mail has been a pile of poop for years. Why the sudden out cry?
And they will pat themselves on the back with their ATH stock price, even though it has nothing to do with Apple's performance and everything to do with geopolitics.
Apple, just stop it with the forced yearly macOS and iOS updates. We could be just fine with a long term El Capitan and iOS 10 with a dot 9 revision with all the latest bells and whistles.
This afternoon I faced my third issue of the MAIL, the Outlook account popped-out frequently [approx. every 10-20 min.] asking my to input the password.....
I have to quit the MAIL and open the SAFARI to keep working with the Outlook..... anyone here has the same issue? or I am the only unlucky guy?
I have to quit the MAIL and open the SAFARI to keep working with the Outlook..... anyone here has the same issue? or I am the only unlucky guy?Honestly, I've tested every macOS Catalina developer beta and not had any Mail issues.
How did so many critical issues get past Apple on this one? Maybe it’s time to start splitting up releases. Mac in the spring, IOS in the fall? Maybe spend more time doing the technology and less time making crappy looking tv shows?
Of course it has problems...it's a beta!! oh... wait...
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I see similar issues in enterprise Outlook O365, mainly when forwarding a message as attachment in Catalina. So far this roll out has been pretty spotty. for day to day stuff not a big deal but not their best release yet (Sierra/High Sierra were pretty rough too with APFS and a change to their backend).
Email is an old, solid, SIMPLE technology, in widespread use for many decades.
How could anyone possibly mess that up?
1980s computers with 256 KILOBYTES of RAM can still run highly featured email programs and lose nothing.
How could anyone possibly mess that up?
1980s computers with 256 KILOBYTES of RAM can still run highly featured email programs and lose nothing.
was going to wait until 10.15.1, looks like i am going to wait until 10.15.2 now....
In “All photos” view. Titles are no longer shown on Mac. 30,000 pics all carefully listed and now can’t read. Also, Much of Artwork in Music on iPhone has been lost along the way. Bad show Apple.
Well, that's it.
I was hesitant before, but reading this has made up my mind.
Catalina is not getting near my Macs until Apple release at least a couple more updates.
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I was hesitant before, but reading this has made up my mind.
Catalina is not getting near my Macs until Apple release at least a couple more updates.
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Same here.
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Job’s Apple created a strong loyalty and an emotional bond in their users by producing products that “just work”. Those were products people needed and wanted.
Cook‘s Apple seems to have renamed those users to customers which is a profound approach difference. Fundamental functionality, particularly in productivity, has stagnated and these products no longer just work. Prioritizing window dressing for customers over basic functionality is eroding away those loyal Job users.
Cook, we’re losing confidence in the Apple brand and that should be keeping you awake at night.
Cook‘s Apple seems to have renamed those users to customers which is a profound approach difference. Fundamental functionality, particularly in productivity, has stagnated and these products no longer just work. Prioritizing window dressing for customers over basic functionality is eroding away those loyal Job users.
Cook, we’re losing confidence in the Apple brand and that should be keeping you awake at night.
Same thoughts here. I was really looking forward to updating from Mojave to Catalina, but held off because of the plethora of issues that users have been experiencing. There are so many problems to be fixed that I doubt 10.15.1 will have them all covered.
I remember how much of a cluster the original mac os 10.0 release was, It was good that you could duel boot OS9.x and that Apple released 10.1 as a free update. since that time (starting with Jaguar) until just a couple years ago I installed new OS versions on release day, but starting a couple years ago I’ve increasingly waited longer and longer to implement and been glad. until I helped family install catalina I couldn’t decide if MacOS releases were really getting more buggy or if I was getting more risk adverse. But after going through troubleshooting and day long installs with family I think I found my answer. I still think Catalina will be nice but, I’ll personally be holding off for a couple months.
I don’t think he gives a damn, he’s far too busy counting his endless millions and his glorious stock option prices! He’s ensuring he stays CEO long enough to cash in on those shares to make more millions.
Is that a cynical view? I don’t think so and am sure anyone would be the same when faced with that much money. Then again Jobs did seem to act differently.
lol yes it is
The only reason people are not pissed as much as they were with Vista is that this doesn't cost several hundred dollars to upgrade.
In every other way, this is an epic fail!
What makes things worse is that developers have made Apple aware of certain problems ever since first beta. When Apple released GM, most beta testers agreed: this is nowhere near ready for prime time.
And yet, Apple just said "whatever" and released the 10.15. They knew this was gonna happen, and they stubbornly refused to wait a little bit longer.