Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For me there are 2 things. I have been using iTunes to keep my address book (contacts in Applespeak) and diary (calendar) synchronised between my iPod (originally and subsequently iPad and iPhone) to my main computer which is routinely backed up. Mavericks no longer permits this, you have to use their iCloud to synchronise these, and other items, meaning I can no longer have my own backup of this information. I have tried using the cloud for iPhone and iPad and having a hard copy on my main computer too, but it ends up with duplicates with no way of knowing which is the one on the cloud and which on the hard drive, and no way to tell which is the latest. So I am screwed and can no longer operate the way I have for many years. I understand that Apple has become mainly a mobile phone company nowadays and that is where the vast proportion of their income comes from. I just don't like what they are doing in computers any more. I guess computers as I have known them are dying as a popular product. I can see for most people a mobile device such as a phone or tablet is all they need and easier to use but I regret it myself. Having no backup is dimwitted so anybody not doing that is screwed due to their own efforts. I have no problem with separate hard drives, I just don't want them running (noisily) continuously. My current Mac Pro has 4 hard drives inside. I have 3 Drobos and some others for backup, photos and films but they are noisy and I shut them down when not using them. With the new Mac Pro I would have to have some external drives connected all the time and fast ones are noisy, so advertising the new model as quieter is deceitful IMO. Lovely styling though. Frank D, On 17 Mar, 2014, at 03:52, Leowesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote: > Am I missing something here? What's the gripe with Mavericks? I have had > no issues. > > Leo Wesson > leowesson.com > >> On Mar 11, 2014, at 3:13, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> >> wrote: >> >> Mavericks may be an "update", making a computer one step closer to a >> smartphone, but it certainly isn't an "upgrade" around here. >> >>> On 10 Mar, 2014, at 23:26, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: >>> >>> The new iMac was running the latest ?cat? OS and I was perfectly happy >>> with it. Then I made the mistake of upgrading to Mavericks. Suddenly >>> everything got very non-intuitive and very complex. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information