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What's the Verdict on FileVault?

Started byNelson <nelson@nowhere.com>
First post2017-02-28 04:26 -0500
Last post2017-02-28 19:31 -0500
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  What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-02-28 04:26 -0500
    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-28 04:31 -0500
    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2017-02-28 03:24 -0700
    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-02-28 04:29 -0600
      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> - 2017-02-28 10:37 +0000
        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-28 05:39 -0500
      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2017-02-28 05:36 -0700
        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-02-28 10:10 -0500
          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-28 13:02 -0500
            Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-28 20:01 +0000
              Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 04:55 -0500
                Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2017-03-01 13:55 +0100
                  Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 09:15 -0500
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> - 2017-03-01 15:05 +0000
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 11:00 -0500
                      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 13:29 -0500
                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 13:38 -0500
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-01 18:31 +0000
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-01 18:58 +0000
                Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 11:00 -0500
                  Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-03-01 16:56 +0000
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 13:54 -0500
                  Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 13:53 -0500
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-01 19:14 +0000
                      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 14:30 -0500
                      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-01 19:30 +0000
                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-01 21:38 +0000
                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-02 12:49 +1300
                          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 19:28 -0500
                            Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-02 13:45 +1300
                            Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 00:42 -0500
                            Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-02 18:50 +0000
                              Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-02 14:08 -0500
                                Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 14:26 -0500
                                  Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-02 14:46 -0500
                                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 14:58 -0500
                                Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-02 19:26 +0000
                          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 01:25 +0000
                          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 13:52 +0000
                            Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-03 12:04 +1300
                              Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-03 00:30 +0000
                          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-02 18:38 +0000
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-01 19:20 +0000
                      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 17:02 -0500
                      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2017-03-02 20:42 +0000
                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 20:46 +0000
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 14:30 -0500
                      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 17:05 -0500
                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 17:08 -0500
                          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 17:48 -0500
                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 01:11 +0000
                          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 21:13 -0500
                            Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 03:49 +0000
                              Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-02 08:24 -0500
                                Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 14:11 +0000
                                Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 16:10 +0000
                                  Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-02 11:47 -0500
                                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 17:16 +0000
                                      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-02 13:05 -0500
                                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-02 13:54 -0500
                                          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 13:58 -0500
                                            Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-02 14:23 -0500
                                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 13:58 -0500
                                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 20:50 +0000
                                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 12:30 -0500
                                      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-02 13:27 -0500
                                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 13:58 -0500
                                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 19:53 +0000
                                  Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 12:30 -0500
                                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 18:23 +0000
                                      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 13:58 -0500
                                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-03-03 04:44 -0800
                                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 20:48 +0000
                            Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 00:42 -0500
                            Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 14:09 +0000
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 00:57 +0000
                Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-01 16:03 +0000
                  Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-03-01 16:57 +0000
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 14:04 -0500
                      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-03-01 15:52 -0500
                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-03-02 08:17 +0000
                  Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 14:02 -0500
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 14:30 -0500
                      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 17:24 -0500
                        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 17:31 -0500
                          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 17:49 -0500
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-01 19:54 +0000
                    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 01:04 +0000
                Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-01 18:57 +0000
                  Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 14:24 -0500
                    Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-01 14:46 -0500
                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 01:09 +0000
                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 01:33 +0000
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 14:01 +0000
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 16:19 +0000
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-03-03 04:46 -0800
                              Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-03 15:02 +0000
                                Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-03 17:15 +0000
                                  Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-03 21:47 +0000
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-02 18:33 +0000
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 20:17 +0000
                              Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-02 20:27 +0000
                              Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 16:56 -0500
                                Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 22:08 +0000
                                  Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 20:30 -0500
                                    Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-03 03:08 +0000
                                    Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-03 04:10 +0000
                                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-03-03 17:03 +1100
                                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-03 16:03 +0000
                                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-03 07:36 +0000
                                    Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-03 07:35 +0000
                                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-03 14:55 +0000
                                Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-03 00:36 +0000
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 16:46 -0500
                              Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 22:08 +0000
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-03 12:04 +1300
                              Re: Leaving Snow Leopard Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 23:52 +0000
                                Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-03 13:13 +1300
                                  Re: Leaving Snow Leopard Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-03 00:45 +0000
                  Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-01 19:43 +0000
                    Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-01 15:01 -0500
                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 15:02 -0500
                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-01 20:41 +0000
                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 01:07 +0000
                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 00:48 -0500
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 00:50 -0500
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-03-02 19:55 +1100
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 13:59 +0000
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 16:18 +0000
                              Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 18:17 +0000
                              Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 13:36 -0500
                                Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 20:43 +0000
                                  Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 16:58 -0500
                                    Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 22:08 +0000
                                Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-03 12:04 +1300
                                Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-03 00:35 +0000
                  Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 17:41 -0500
                    Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-01 22:51 +0000
                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 18:25 -0500
                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-01 23:43 +0000
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 01:00 +0000
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-02 18:20 +0000
                              Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 19:57 +0000
                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 18:48 -0500
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 01:07 +0000
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 01:11 +0000
                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 00:56 +0000
                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 14:06 +0000
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 16:20 +0000
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 12:30 -0500
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-02 18:20 +0000
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-02 13:33 -0500
                              Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 13:58 -0500
                                Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-03-02 19:18 +0000
                                  Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-03 12:04 +1300
                                    Re: Leaving Snow Leopard "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-03-03 08:03 +0000
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 13:27 -0500
                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-02 18:23 +0000
                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard (was Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault?) Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-03 18:29 -0500
                    Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-02 13:04 +1300
                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-03-02 15:50 +1100
                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-03-01 21:00 -0800
                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-02 21:47 +1300
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-03-02 20:00 +1100
                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 00:38 -0500
                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-02 21:47 +1300
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 13:19 -0500
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-03 12:04 +1300
                              Re: Leaving Snow Leopard JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 20:39 -0500
                                Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-03 15:22 +1300
                                  Re: Leaving Snow Leopard JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 22:08 -0500
                                    Re: Leaving Snow Leopard Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-03 07:40 +0000
                                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-03 13:21 -0500
                                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-03 21:06 +0000
                                    Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-04 01:27 +1300
                      Re: Leaving Snow Leopard Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-02 04:28 -0500
                        Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-02 23:29 +1300
                          Re: Leaving Snow Leopard Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-02 19:06 +0000
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-02 14:26 -0500
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-02 16:54 -0500
                            Re: Leaving Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-03 12:04 +1300
              Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 17:13 -0500
                Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-02 01:20 +0000
          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2017-02-28 11:19 -0700
      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-02-28 10:08 -0500
        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-28 13:02 -0500
          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2017-02-28 11:21 -0700
            Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-28 14:06 -0500
    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-02-28 10:40 +0000
    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-02-28 09:24 -0500
    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-28 15:51 +0000
      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 05:00 -0500
        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-01 18:36 +0000
    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-28 18:51 -0500
      Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-02-28 17:24 -0800
        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-01 05:02 -0500
          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-01 18:36 +0000
        Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-01 07:52 -0500
          Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-01 11:00 -0500
    Re: What's the Verdict on FileVault? Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2017-02-28 19:31 -0500

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#101705

FromLewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Date2017-03-03 00:30 +0000
Message-ID<slrnobhec4.1bq0.g.kreme@snow.local>
In reply to#101697
In message <1n2azuf.1nd1xbhmdmu1rN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>> In message <1n29d21.1cnird4gaevy3N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> David Empson
>> <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >> On 2017-03-01, Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>> >> > In article <0001HW.D4DC82C60129EF63B02919BF@news.astraweb.com>,
>> >> > Nelson  <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> >> >> nospam wrote:
>> >> >>> nonsense. apps can open older versions of files without issue.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>For someone so often wrong, you certainly speak with great certainty.
>> >> >>Have you ever tried to open a Filemaker 3 file with the current
>> >> >>version?  Try it and stop back to let us know what happened.
>> >> >
>> >> > Yeah, "nospam" must be looking at a limited timeframe to make a
>> >> > statement like that.
>> >> 
>> >> I don't get that response either. Try opening an AppleWorks file in
>> >> Sierra sometime. Not gonna happen. : )
>> 
>> > That particular case works for me: AppleWorks 6 WP/SS files open in
>> > Pages 4.3 or Numbers 2.3 (the iWork '09 versions, not the current
>> > versions).
>>
>> If you are fortunate enough to still have Pages '09, yes. But as far as
>> I know, you cannot INSTALL Pages '09 on a Sierra Mac because the
>> installer is PPC and Pages installs more than jsut the Application
>> (though, for the simple expedience of conversion, you probably only need
>> the App, and that is recoverable from opening the packages on the disc.

> I was able to install iWork '09 from DVD recently on an Intel Mac
> running El Capitan. It certainly isn't a PPC-only installer.

Oh good! Glad to hear it.

>> And, you also need a disc unless you had the foresight to keep a DMG
>> around for the last 8 years. And an optical drive, of course.

> I have certainly kept my iWork '09 DVD, which I got as part of a Mac Box
> Set family pack with iLife '11 and Snow Leopard. iWork '09 has been
> available from places like Amazon in recent years.

Yes,. I didn't menpa YOU you, I meant <hand waving> the ephemeral you.
Most people will not have an iWork '09 disc.

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#101657

FromPatty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com>
Date2017-03-02 18:38 +0000
Message-ID<o99oru$l3p$5@dont-email.me>
In reply to#101590
In article <1n29d21.1cnird4gaevy3N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>That particular case works for me: AppleWorks 6 WP/SS files open in
>Pages 4.3 or Numbers 2.3 (the iWork '09 versions, not the current
>versions).
>
>Not so good for AppleWorks/ClarisWorks 5 or earlier (need a copy of
>AppleWorks 6 to convert them)

I had to do a bunch of such conversions before getting rid of my
Power Mac 9500. It worked out okay.


> nor for AppleWorks draw or paint
>documents (which can be managed by copying their content into another
>document type while running AppleWorks 6)

It turns out--who knew?--that Numbers is quite functional for Draw-type
documents. I redid the diagram of my living room A/V system in Numbers
when I had to move on from AppleWorks and it turned out great.


Patty

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#101562

FromJolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Date2017-03-01 19:20 +0000
Message-ID<ehol7dFm1sfU6@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#101554
On 2017-03-01, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 11:00:25 -0500, nospam wrote
> (in article <010320171100258438%nospam@nospam.invalid>):
>
>> In article <0001HW.D4DC04D7010C6BB7B02919BF@news.astraweb.com>, Nelson
>> <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>>>> Hmm.  I'm using Snow Leopard and Time Machine so that's a "No"?
>>>>> 
>>>>> why are you still using snow leopard???
>>> 
>>> Why are you not?
>> 
>> because it's very old
>
> So am I :)  Old is not a reason to upgrade per se.

The lack of updates is definitely a reason to upgrade - especially if
you are concerned with security (everyone should be). And we all know
how crappy the web browsing experience is on such ancient operating
systems. Sure, you can run an old version of Firefox, but even that has
dropped support for 10.6:

<https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Install-and-Update/Firefox-support-has-ended-for-Mac-OS-X-10-6-10-7-and-10-8/ta-p/32725>

Web browsing is what very often forces people to finally upgrade their
operating system; but security updates are way more important.

>> no longer supported
>
> Heh.  Like the current version is?

So the current version of macOS is no longer supported? Something tells
me you are *very* confused or maybe just trolling.

>> you do lose rosetta, but that's about it. however, any app that
>> hasn't been updated to run on intel is abandonware and is not getting
>> bug fixes or security.
>
> Every bug they fix, they introduce two more.

Apple's internal metrics show bug counts have steadily *decreased* over
time.

> And besides the OS upgrade introduces a host of new bugs because of
> the change in the OS itself.  Rather the bugs I know than the ones I
> don't :)

Buggy old software won't keep working with newer operating systems
without also updating said buggy old software. And that's been the case
long before Snow Leopard, too. Nothing new here. : )
 
>>> I know that all these things are do-able and that there are ways
>>> around the problems.  But what do I gain?  A crappy interface, a
>>> locked-down computer that can only install apps via the App Store,
>> 
>> nonsense. there is no lockdown. you can install apps from anywhere
>> you want without issue.
>
> https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-sierra-tidbits-apple-file-
> system-raid-support-and-more.1977440/page-5

From that thread:

"If you want to "proceed anyway" -- you right click or option click the
file and open it -- instead of entirely disabling gatekeeper."

Very simple. Right-click the app, choose Open. DONE. Meanwhile enjoy the
additional protection you get from the feature. Apple isn't preventing
you from doing whatever you want with your computer.

>>> Applescript riddled with bugs, Big Brother Apple constantly
>>> communicating with my computer and trying to force me to use their
>>> "cloud" so that I can connect to all the "Social Networks" that I
>>> abhor?
>> 
>> nobody is forcing anything.
>
> If you already have one, you probably don't realize how many times
> someone who doesn't gets prompted to create one.

I have many machines running the latest operating system that do not
have iCloud or social media configured on them. There are no constant
prompts as you suggest. You're making stuff up.

> If you turn on Little Snitch, you are deluged with constant requests
> to connect to the Apple Mothership.

Nope. I use Little Snitch, and the only connections made are associated
with specific features that are enabled. Apple's not spying on anyone.

> All the default behaviors assume you want to be part of the Appleverse
> and it takes a lot of effort to opt out.

No. That's a flat-out lie. iCloud, social media, etc are all OPT-IN.

>>> Synching between all the iToys that I don't own?  
>> 
>> how would it sync to something you don't own?
>
> It wouldn't.  The point is that's a function I don't need and hence
> will not be upgrading to get.

Yes, you're using an optional opt-in feature that you won't use to
justify not upgrading yet you are ignoring all of the other stuff you
get and would use, including very important security features and bug
fixes. If that's what you mean to do, fine - it is what it is.

>>> A bunch of new bugs which will probably never be addressed because
>>> Cook has lost interest in the Mac?
>> 
>> tim cook has not lost interest in the mac. more bullshit.
>  
>> apple is actively working on mac os and mac hardware, and unlike snow
>> leopard, sierra is getting bug fixes and security fixes.
>
> More bullshit.

Just because you say so? NO SALE:

<http://www.computerworld.com/article/3175658/apple-mac/macs-do-more-than-ipads-says-apples-tim-cook.html>

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#101576

FromNelson <nelson@nowhere.com>
Date2017-03-01 17:02 -0500
Message-ID<0001HW.D4DCAF19013452B0B02919BF@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#101562
On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 14:20:13 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <ehol7dFm1sfU6@mid.individual.net>):

>>> tim cook has not lost interest in the mac. more bullshit.
>> 
>>> apple is actively working on mac os and mac hardware, and unlike snow
>>> leopard, sierra is getting bug fixes and security fixes.
>> 
>> More bullshit.
> 
> Just because you say so? NO SALE:

I was just echoing the nospam technique of proof by assertion :)


-- 
Nelson

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#101683

Fromdcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen)
Date2017-03-02 20:42 +0000
Message-ID<1n294l9.f2lgaof2lcbvN%dcohenspam@talktalk.net>
In reply to#101562
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> "If you want to "proceed anyway" -- you right click or option click the
> file and open it -- instead of entirely disabling gatekeeper."
> 
> Very simple. Right-click the app, choose Open. DONE. 

And it only has to be done the FIRST time you open the app.

If it had to be done every time an app was used, that would be a hassle,
but once is no issue.
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#101686

FromJolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Date2017-03-02 20:46 +0000
Message-ID<ehrel3F8k2kU6@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#101683
On 2017-03-02, Daniel Cohen <dcohenspam@talktalk.net> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> "If you want to "proceed anyway" -- you right click or option click the
>> file and open it -- instead of entirely disabling gatekeeper."
>> 
>> Very simple. Right-click the app, choose Open. DONE. 
>
> And it only has to be done the FIRST time you open the app.
>
> If it had to be done every time an app was used, that would be a hassle,
> but once is no issue.

Good point. Thanks.

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#101565

Fromnospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Date2017-03-01 14:30 -0500
Message-ID<010320171430094777%nospam@nospam.invalid>
In reply to#101554
In article <0001HW.D4DC82C60129EF63B02919BF@news.astraweb.com>, Nelson
<nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:

> >>>>> Hmm.  I'm using Snow Leopard and Time Machine so that's a "No"?
> >>>> 
> >>>> why are you still using snow leopard???
> >> 
> >> Why are you not?
> > 
> > because it's very old
> 
> So am I :)  Old is not a reason to upgrade per se.

when it no longer works properly, it is.

> > no longer supported
> 
> Heh.  Like the current version is?

the current version is not only supported but actively being developed
and improved.

> > and most apps require at
> > least mavericks or yosemite, if not later.
> 
> Apps which appeared after those versions, perhaps.  But I haven't seen 
> a compelling novel app (on the order of, say, Excel or Photoshop) that 
> would drive an upgrade.

then you haven't looked very hard.

> >>> A good question.
> >> 
> >> And one I've answered before :)  Snow Leopard meets my needs and I have 
> >> yet to see a benefit in the newer systems that would justify the cost 
> >> in both time, aggravation, and dollars to upgrade.  Not to mention 
> >> there are "features" I would pay _not_ to have.  Upgrading the system 
> >> is the least of the problems.  It is upgrading all the apps that I find 
> >> off-putting.  Plus losing the ones that rely on Rosetta.
> > 
> > there is no cost. upgrading is completely free.
> 
> Upgrading the OS perhaps.  The App vendors are not so magnanimous.

some are, some aren't. 

you're also getting new functionality, which isn't normally free.

> > you do lose rosetta, but that's about it. however, any app that hasn't
> > been updated to run on intel is abandonware and is not getting bug
> > fixes or security.
> 
> Every bug they fix, they introduce two more.  And besides the OS 
> upgrade introduces a host of new bugs because of the change in the OS 
> itself.  Rather the bugs I know than the ones I don't :)

nonsense.

> >> There is also the issue of data.  It has already become painfully 
> >> difficult to open files created with older versions of Filemaker, Word, 
> >> Excel, etc.  Along with the application upgrades, I would have to 
> >> upgrade all these older formats.
> > 
> > nonsense. apps can open older versions of files without issue.
> 
> For someone so often wrong, you certainly speak with great certainty.  
> Have you ever tried to open a Filemaker 3 file with the current 
> version?  Try it and stop back to let us know what happened.

filemaker 3?? wtf??

that's over 20 years old. why all of a sudden do you want to read it
now??

> >> I know that all these things are do-able and that there are ways around 
> >> the problems.  But what do I gain?  A crappy interface, a locked-down 
> >> computer that can only install apps via the App Store,
> > 
> > nonsense. there is no lockdown. you can install apps from anywhere you
> > want without issue.
> 
> https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-sierra-tidbits-apple-file-
> system-raid-support-and-more.1977440/page-5

and?

that's just a bunch of people's (mostly uninformed) opinions in a forum.

the fact is that apple is not blocking anyone from installing anything.

there may be an extra step so that the user knows that they're
installing an app that carries additional risks, but that's a good
thing. they can accept the risk and install or decide not to accept it.


the choice is *theirs*.

> >> Applescript 
> >> riddled with bugs, Big Brother Apple constantly communicating with my 
> >> computer and trying to force me to use their "cloud" so that I can 
> >> connect to all the "Social Networks" that I abhor?
> > 
> > nobody is forcing anything.
> 
> If you already have one, you probably don't realize how many times 
> someone who doesn't gets prompted to create one.  If you turn on Little 
> Snitch, you are deluged with constant requests to connect to the Apple 
> Mothership.

nope. little snitch catches outgoing traffic, which is typically to the
developer of the apps, not apple.

> All the default behaviors assume you want to be part of the Appleverse 
> and it takes a lot of effort to opt out.

it takes no effort to opt out since you're already out. the effort is
to opt *in*.

> >> Synching between all 
> >> the iToys that I don't own?  
> > 
> > how would it sync to something you don't own?
> 
> It wouldn't.  The point is that's a function I don't need and hence 
> will not be upgrading to get.

then don't use it.

> >> A bunch of new bugs which will probably 
> >> never be addressed because Cook has lost interest in the Mac?
> > 
> > tim cook has not lost interest in the mac. more bullshit.
>  
> > apple is actively working on mac os and mac hardware, and unlike snow
> > leopard, sierra is getting bug fixes and security fixes.
> 
> More bullshit.

it's not bullshit.

apple just released new macbooks with a touchbar, something that was
ten years in the making and took a lot of r&d dollars.

if they were abandoning the mac, they'd have done nothing.

there are rumours of new macs in the pipeline, also something that
would not be happening if apple abandoned the mac

mac os continues to be developed with a new version to be released in a
few weeks, currently in beta. 

> > 
> >> Opinions and needs differ, I know.  But until I can find a compelling 
> >> argument to upgrade I won't.
> > 
> > opinions and needs may differ, except that yours are based on
> > completely bogus information.
> 
> Well, thank you for disabusing me.

any time.

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#101577

FromNelson <nelson@nowhere.com>
Date2017-03-01 17:05 -0500
Message-ID<0001HW.D4DCAFCA01347C5CB02919BF@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#101565
On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 14:30:09 -0500, nospam wrote
(in article <010320171430094777%nospam@nospam.invalid>):

> apple just released new macbooks with a touchbar, something that was ten 
> years in the making and took a lot of r&d dollars.
> 
> if they were abandoning the mac, they'd have done nothing.

Thanks for that:)  I spit my coffee on the screen laughing.  Good to 
see you have a sense of humor after all :)

-- 
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#101578

Fromnospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Date2017-03-01 17:08 -0500
Message-ID<010320171708445712%nospam@nospam.invalid>
In reply to#101577
In article <0001HW.D4DCAFCA01347C5CB02919BF@news.astraweb.com>, Nelson
<nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:

> 
> > apple just released new macbooks with a touchbar, something that was ten 
> > years in the making and took a lot of r&d dollars.
> > 
> > if they were abandoning the mac, they'd have done nothing.
> 
> Thanks for that:)  I spit my coffee on the screen laughing.  Good to 
> see you have a sense of humor after all :)

no humour. what i wrote is correct.

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#101583

FromNelson <nelson@nowhere.com>
Date2017-03-01 17:48 -0500
Message-ID<0001HW.D4DCB9E20136D9E5B02919BF@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#101578
On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 17:08:44 -0500, nospam wrote
(in article <010320171708445712%nospam@nospam.invalid>):

> In article <0001HW.D4DCAFCA01347C5CB02919BF@news.astraweb.com>, Nelson
> <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> apple just released new macbooks with a touchbar, something that was ten 
>>> years in the making and took a lot of r&d dollars.
>>> 
>>> if they were abandoning the mac, they'd have done nothing.
>> 
>> Thanks for that:)  I spit my coffee on the screen laughing.  Good to 
>> see you have a sense of humor after all :)
> 
> no humour. what i wrote is correct.

Never change, nospam.  Never change.

-- 
Nelson

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#101600

FromJolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Date2017-03-02 01:11 +0000
Message-ID<ehp9pbFqg10U4@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#101577
On 2017-03-01, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 14:30:09 -0500, nospam wrote
> (in article <010320171430094777%nospam@nospam.invalid>):
>
>> apple just released new macbooks with a touchbar, something that was ten 
>> years in the making and took a lot of r&d dollars.
>> 
>> if they were abandoning the mac, they'd have done nothing.
>
> Thanks for that:)  I spit my coffee on the screen laughing.  Good to 
> see you have a sense of humor after all :)

Spit on this one: Today's MacBook Pros have some of THE fastest storage
available on *any* mainstream laptop, and there are plenty of other
innovations and improvements being made as well. If you want to ignore
all of the real improvements and claim there has been no progress, fine.
Just don't expect the rest of us to go along with it when reality says
otherwise.

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#101606

FromNelson <nelson@nowhere.com>
Date2017-03-01 21:13 -0500
Message-ID<0001HW.D4DCEA1301422551B01029BF@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#101600
On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 20:11:08 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <ehp9pbFqg10U4@mid.individual.net>):

> On 2017-03-01, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 14:30:09 -0500, nospam wrote
>> (in article <010320171430094777%nospam@nospam.invalid>):
>> 
>>> apple just released new macbooks with a touchbar, something that was ten 
>>> years in the making and took a lot of r&d dollars.
>>> 
>>> if they were abandoning the mac, they'd have done nothing.
>> 
>> Thanks for that:)  I spit my coffee on the screen laughing.  Good to 
>> see you have a sense of humor after all :)
> 
> Spit on this one: Today's MacBook Pros have some of THE fastest storage
> available on *any* mainstream laptop, and there are plenty of other
> innovations and improvements being made as well. If you want to ignore
> all of the real improvements and claim there has been no progress, fine.
> Just don't expect the rest of us to go along with it when reality says
> otherwise.

I was spitting at the touchbar "something that was ten years in the 
making..."

Give me a break.  10 years? For soft keys?

You guys.

-- 
Nelson

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#101607

FromJolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Date2017-03-02 03:49 +0000
Message-ID<ehpj1vFs8o9U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#101606
Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 20:11:08 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <ehp9pbFqg10U4@mid.individual.net>):
> 
>> On 2017-03-01, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 14:30:09 -0500, nospam wrote
>>> (in article <010320171430094777%nospam@nospam.invalid>):
>>> 
>>>> apple just released new macbooks with a touchbar, something that was ten 
>>>> years in the making and took a lot of r&d dollars.
>>>> 
>>>> if they were abandoning the mac, they'd have done nothing.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for that:)  I spit my coffee on the screen laughing.  Good to 
>>> see you have a sense of humor after all :)
>> 
>> Spit on this one: Today's MacBook Pros have some of THE fastest storage
>> available on *any* mainstream laptop, and there are plenty of other
>> innovations and improvements being made as well. If you want to ignore
>> all of the real improvements and claim there has been no progress, fine.
>> Just don't expect the rest of us to go along with it when reality says
>> otherwise.
> 
> I was spitting at the touchbar "something that was ten years in the 
> making..."
> 
> Give me a break.  10 years? For soft keys?

Ah. You're misunderstanding the technology in use. Apples implementation is
anything but just a standard implementation of soft keys. Instead, the
Touch Bar is actually a separate (but integrated) multitouch device running
on a custom ARM-based SoC called the Apple T1 similar to the SoC in the
Apple Watch with a secure enclave and Touch ID sensor for biometric
authentication, Apple Pay support, and so on. It's way more than just soft
keys, and way more flexible and useful. You can think of it as an embedded
iOS device running right along side macOS. Apple indeed has been working on
this technology for a long, long time. Here's a decent (but dated) review:

<https://arstechnica.com/video/2016/11/the-2016-13-and-15-inch-touch-bar-macbook-pros-reviewed/>

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#101625

FromNelson <nelson@nowhere.com>
Date2017-03-02 08:24 -0500
Message-ID<0001HW.D4DD874B0166FE2CB01029BF@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#101607
On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 22:49:19 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <ehpj1vFs8o9U1@mid.individual.net>):

> Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 20:11:08 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
>> (in article <ehp9pbFqg10U4@mid.individual.net>):
>> 
>>> On 2017-03-01, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 14:30:09 -0500, nospam wrote
>>>> (in article <010320171430094777%nospam@nospam.invalid>):
>>>> 
>>>>> apple just released new macbooks with a touchbar, something that was ten 
>>>>> years in the making and took a lot of r&d dollars.
>>>>> 
>>>>> if they were abandoning the mac, they'd have done nothing.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for that:)  I spit my coffee on the screen laughing.  Good to 
>>>> see you have a sense of humor after all :)
>>> 
>>> Spit on this one: Today's MacBook Pros have some of THE fastest storage
>>> available on *any* mainstream laptop, and there are plenty of other
>>> innovations and improvements being made as well. If you want to ignore
>>> all of the real improvements and claim there has been no progress, fine.
>>> Just don't expect the rest of us to go along with it when reality says
>>> otherwise.
>> 
>> I was spitting at the touchbar "something that was ten years in the 
>> making..."
>> 
>> Give me a break.  10 years? For soft keys?
> 
> Ah. You're misunderstanding the technology in use. Apples implementation is
> anything but just a standard implementation of soft keys. Instead, the
> Touch Bar is actually a separate (but integrated) multitouch device running
> on a custom ARM-based SoC called the Apple T1 similar to the SoC in the
> Apple Watch with a secure enclave and Touch ID sensor for biometric
> authentication, Apple Pay support, and so on. It's way more than just soft
> keys, and way more flexible and useful. You can think of it as an embedded
> iOS device running right along side macOS. Apple indeed has been working on
> this technology for a long, long time. Here's a decent (but dated) review:
> 
> 
<https://arstechnica.com/video/2016/11/the-2016-13-and-15-inch-touch-
bar-macbo
> ok-pros-reviewed/>
> 
> 

I don't care if they implemented it with a Quantum Computer an a 
diamond screen.  Functionally, it's little more than glorified soft 
keys.  Hardly a groundbreaking concept.  Pathetic, actually, if it 
really took them ten years to come up with it.

And they screwed up a familiar keyboard User Interface to shoehorn it 
in.

-- 
Nelson

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#101631

FromLewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Date2017-03-02 14:11 +0000
Message-ID<slrnobga3r.au9.g.kreme@snow.local>
In reply to#101625
In message <0001HW.D4DD874B0166FE2CB01029BF@news.astraweb.com> Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 22:49:19 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <ehpj1vFs8o9U1@mid.individual.net>):

>> Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 20:11:08 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
>>> (in article <ehp9pbFqg10U4@mid.individual.net>):
>>> 
>>>> On 2017-03-01, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 14:30:09 -0500, nospam wrote
>>>>> (in article <010320171430094777%nospam@nospam.invalid>):
>>>>> 
>>>>>> apple just released new macbooks with a touchbar, something that was ten 
>>>>>> years in the making and took a lot of r&d dollars.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> if they were abandoning the mac, they'd have done nothing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for that:)  I spit my coffee on the screen laughing.  Good to 
>>>>> see you have a sense of humor after all :)
>>>> 
>>>> Spit on this one: Today's MacBook Pros have some of THE fastest storage
>>>> available on *any* mainstream laptop, and there are plenty of other
>>>> innovations and improvements being made as well. If you want to ignore
>>>> all of the real improvements and claim there has been no progress, fine.
>>>> Just don't expect the rest of us to go along with it when reality says
>>>> otherwise.
>>> 
>>> I was spitting at the touchbar "something that was ten years in the 
>>> making..."
>>> 
>>> Give me a break.  10 years? For soft keys?
>> 
>> Ah. You're misunderstanding the technology in use. Apples implementation is
>> anything but just a standard implementation of soft keys. Instead, the
>> Touch Bar is actually a separate (but integrated) multitouch device running
>> on a custom ARM-based SoC called the Apple T1 similar to the SoC in the
>> Apple Watch with a secure enclave and Touch ID sensor for biometric
>> authentication, Apple Pay support, and so on. It's way more than just soft
>> keys, and way more flexible and useful. You can think of it as an embedded
>> iOS device running right along side macOS. Apple indeed has been working on
>> this technology for a long, long time. Here's a decent (but dated) review:
>> 
>> 
> <https://arstechnica.com/video/2016/11/the-2016-13-and-15-inch-touch-
> bar-macbo
>> ok-pros-reviewed/>
>> 
>> 

> I don't care if they implemented it with a Quantum Computer an a 
> diamond screen.  Functionally, it's little more than glorified soft 
> keys.

Says the person who has used it how often? Zero times? Oh right.

-- 
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is a point of view often expressed by humans,' said Om. (Small Gods)

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#101634

FromJolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Date2017-03-02 16:10 +0000
Message-ID<ehqug6F60atU2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#101625
On 2017-03-02, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 22:49:19 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <ehpj1vFs8o9U1@mid.individual.net>):
>> Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Give me a break.  10 years? For soft keys?
>> 
>> Ah. You're misunderstanding the technology in use. Apples implementation is
>> anything but just a standard implementation of soft keys. Instead, the
>> Touch Bar is actually a separate (but integrated) multitouch device running
>> on a custom ARM-based SoC called the Apple T1 similar to the SoC in the
>> Apple Watch with a secure enclave and Touch ID sensor for biometric
>> authentication, Apple Pay support, and so on. It's way more than just soft
>> keys, and way more flexible and useful. You can think of it as an embedded
>> iOS device running right along side macOS. Apple indeed has been working on
>> this technology for a long, long time. Here's a decent (but dated) review:
>> 
><https://arstechnica.com/video/2016/11/the-2016-13-and-15-inch-touch-
> bar-macbo
>> ok-pros-reviewed/>
>
> I don't care if they implemented it with a Quantum Computer an a 
> diamond screen.  Functionally, it's little more than glorified soft 
> keys.

That's a flat-out lie. Show me soft keys that can do biometric
authentication in arguably the most secure and privacy-preserving manner
on any consumer-grade device. You can't because there is no other as
secure that protects your biometric data the way Apple does. You're
trolling.

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#101638

FromNelson <nelson@nowhere.com>
Date2017-03-02 11:47 -0500
Message-ID<0001HW.D4DDB6D50172226BB01029BF@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#101634
On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 11:10:46 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <ehqug6F60atU2@mid.individual.net>):

> On 2017-03-02, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 22:49:19 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
>> (in article <ehpj1vFs8o9U1@mid.individual.net>):
>>> Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Give me a break.  10 years? For soft keys?
>>> 
>>> Ah. You're misunderstanding the technology in use. Apples implementation is
>>> anything but just a standard implementation of soft keys. Instead, the
>>> Touch Bar is actually a separate (but integrated) multitouch device running
>>> on a custom ARM-based SoC called the Apple T1 similar to the SoC in the
>>> Apple Watch with a secure enclave and Touch ID sensor for biometric
>>> authentication, Apple Pay support, and so on. It's way more than just soft
>>> keys, and way more flexible and useful. You can think of it as an embedded
>>> iOS device running right along side macOS. Apple indeed has been working on
>>> this technology for a long, long time. Here's a decent (but dated) review:
>>> 
>> <https://arstechnica.com/video/2016/11/the-2016-13-and-15-inch-touch-
>> bar-macbo
>>> ok-pros-reviewed/>
>> 
>> I don't care if they implemented it with a Quantum Computer an a 
>> diamond screen.  Functionally, it's little more than glorified soft 
>> keys.
> 
> That's a flat-out lie.

It's a judgement not a lie.  You really should be more careful with 
your hyperbole and vitriol.  Although I can understand how you may have 
picked up the habit from others in this group.

> Show me soft keys that can do biometric
> authentication in arguably the most secure and privacy-preserving manner
> on any consumer-grade device. You can't because there is no other as
> secure that protects your biometric data the way Apple does. You're
> trolling.

You surely cannot be claiming that the raison d'être of the touch bar 
is preserving biometric data.

-- 
Nelson

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#101639

FromJolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Date2017-03-02 17:16 +0000
Message-ID<ehr2bnF6pu2U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#101638
On 2017-03-02, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 11:10:46 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <ehqug6F60atU2@mid.individual.net>):
>
>> On 2017-03-02, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 22:49:19 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
>>> (in article <ehpj1vFs8o9U1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>> Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Give me a break.  10 years? For soft keys?
>>>> 
>>>> Ah. You're misunderstanding the technology in use. Apples
>>>> implementation is anything but just a standard implementation of
>>>> soft keys. Instead, the Touch Bar is actually a separate (but
>>>> integrated) multitouch device running on a custom ARM-based SoC
>>>> called the Apple T1 similar to the SoC in the Apple Watch with a
>>>> secure enclave and Touch ID sensor for biometric authentication,
>>>> Apple Pay support, and so on. It's way more than just soft keys,
>>>> and way more flexible and useful. You can think of it as an
>>>> embedded iOS device running right along side macOS. Apple indeed
>>>> has been working on this technology for a long, long time. Here's a
>>>> decent (but dated) review:
>>>> 
>>> <https://arstechnica.com/video/2016/11/the-2016-13-and-15-inch-touch-
>>> bar-macbo
>>>> ok-pros-reviewed/>
>>> 
>>> I don't care if they implemented it with a Quantum Computer an a
>>> diamond screen.  Functionally, it's little more than glorified soft
>>> keys.
>> 
>> That's a flat-out lie.
>
> It's a judgement not a lie.

No, it's a lie. Soft keys don't do secure biometric authentication, and
they typically aren't multitouch capable with high-quality OLED displays
either. Claiming the Touch Bar is little more than glorified soft keys
is pure hyperbole.

> You really should be more careful with your hyperbole and vitriol.

You should take your own advice! You've been spewing hyperbole ever
since people wondered why you were sticking with 10.6!

>> Show me soft keys that can do biometric
>> authentication in arguably the most secure and privacy-preserving manner
>> on any consumer-grade device. You can't because there is no other as
>> secure that protects your biometric data the way Apple does. You're
>> trolling.
>
> You surely cannot be claiming that the raison d'être of the touch bar 
> is preserving biometric data.

The truth is the Touch Bar has multiple "reasons for being" (functions),
one of the major ones being secure and private biometric authentication.
It includes a secure fingerprint sensor and a significant portion of the
custom SoC is *dedicated* to just that. I realize it would be convenient
for you to ignore this functionality as if it holds no value, along with
the rest of the functionality that sets it apart from typical "glorified
soft keys"; but that's not the reality of the situation. I don't expect
you to like or fawn over the Touch Bar; but you could at least try not
to spread lies and misinformation about it to justify your position that
it has little value beyond "glorified soft keys". We should strive for
the truth, always.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#101643

FromNelson <nelson@nowhere.com>
Date2017-03-02 13:05 -0500
Message-ID<0001HW.D4DDC90001766488B01029BF@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#101639
On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 12:16:40 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <ehr2bnF6pu2U1@mid.individual.net>):

> On 2017-03-02, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 11:10:46 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
>> (in article <ehqug6F60atU2@mid.individual.net>):
>> 
>>> On 2017-03-02, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 22:49:19 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
>>>> (in article <ehpj1vFs8o9U1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>>> Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Give me a break.  10 years? For soft keys?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ah. You're misunderstanding the technology in use. Apples
>>>>> implementation is anything but just a standard implementation of
>>>>> soft keys. Instead, the Touch Bar is actually a separate (but
>>>>> integrated) multitouch device running on a custom ARM-based SoC
>>>>> called the Apple T1 similar to the SoC in the Apple Watch with a
>>>>> secure enclave and Touch ID sensor for biometric authentication,
>>>>> Apple Pay support, and so on. It's way more than just soft keys,
>>>>> and way more flexible and useful. You can think of it as an
>>>>> embedded iOS device running right along side macOS. Apple indeed
>>>>> has been working on this technology for a long, long time. Here's a
>>>>> decent (but dated) review:
>>>>> 
>>>> <https://arstechnica.com/video/2016/11/the-2016-13-and-15-inch-touch-
>>>> bar-macbo
>>>>> ok-pros-reviewed/>
>>>> 
>>>> I don't care if they implemented it with a Quantum Computer an a
>>>> diamond screen.  Functionally, it's little more than glorified soft
>>>> keys.
>>> 
>>> That's a flat-out lie.
>> 
>> It's a judgement not a lie.
> 
> No, it's a lie. Soft keys don't do secure biometric authentication, and
> they typically aren't multitouch capable with high-quality OLED displays
> either. Claiming the Touch Bar is little more than glorified soft keys
> is pure hyperbole.
> 
>> You really should be more careful with your hyperbole and vitriol.
> 
> You should take your own advice! You've been spewing hyperbole ever
> since people wondered why you were sticking with 10.6!
> 
>>> Show me soft keys that can do biometric
>>> authentication in arguably the most secure and privacy-preserving manner
>>> on any consumer-grade device. You can't because there is no other as
>>> secure that protects your biometric data the way Apple does. You're
>>> trolling.
>> 
>> You surely cannot be claiming that the raison d'être of the touch bar 
>> is preserving biometric data.
> 
> The truth is the Touch Bar has multiple "reasons for being" (functions),
> one of the major ones being secure and private biometric authentication.
> It includes a secure fingerprint sensor and a significant portion of the
> custom SoC is *dedicated* to just that. I realize it would be convenient
> for you to ignore this functionality as if it holds no value, along with
> the rest of the functionality that sets it apart from typical "glorified
> soft keys"; but that's not the reality of the situation. I don't expect
> you to like or fawn over the Touch Bar; but you could at least try not
> to spread lies and misinformation about it to justify your position that
> it has little value beyond "glorified soft keys". We should strive for
> the truth, always.
> 
> 

Here is the verbatim description of the Touch Bar from Apple.com:

"The Touch Bar replaces the function keys that have long occupied the 
top of your keyboard with something much more versatile and capable. It 
changes automatically based on what you¹re doing to show you relevant 
tools you already know how to use ‹ system controls like volume and 
brightness, interactive ways to adjust or browse through content, 
intelligent typing features like emoji and predictive text, and more."


It then adds:

"And for the first time, Touch ID is available on a Mac, enabling 
instant access to logins and fast, secure online purchases with Apple 
Pay."

By the priority and emphasis given, a reasonable person might conclude 
that the primary function of the Touch Bar is, well, soft keys.

That same person might also conclude that because of the technology 
used to implement the soft keys, Apple was able to shoe-horn in a 
finger print reader on to the touch bar.  Again, fingerprint readers 
are an old idea and have been available for decades.  One might ask why 
it took Apple so long to get on the band wagon rather than breathlessly 
marvel that they did.

Nor is Apple Pay some magical property of the Touch Bar.  It would be 
enabled by any fingerprint reader.  Had Apple implemented an iris 
scanner, that might be innovative.  But a fingerprint reader?  Hardly.

-- 
Nelson

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#101661

FromNelson <nelson@nowhere.com>
Date2017-03-02 13:54 -0500
Message-ID<0001HW.D4DDD48001791678B01029BF@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#101643
On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 13:05:04 -0500, Nelson wrote
(in article <0001HW.D4DDC90001766488B01029BF@news.astraweb.com>):

> On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 12:16:40 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <ehr2bnF6pu2U1@mid.individual.net>):
> 
>> On 2017-03-02, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 11:10:46 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
>>> (in article <ehqug6F60atU2@mid.individual.net>):
>>> 
>>>> On 2017-03-02, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 22:49:19 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
>>>>> (in article <ehpj1vFs8o9U1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>>>> Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Give me a break.  10 years? For soft keys?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ah. You're misunderstanding the technology in use. Apples
>>>>>> implementation is anything but just a standard implementation of
>>>>>> soft keys. Instead, the Touch Bar is actually a separate (but
>>>>>> integrated) multitouch device running on a custom ARM-based SoC
>>>>>> called the Apple T1 similar to the SoC in the Apple Watch with a
>>>>>> secure enclave and Touch ID sensor for biometric authentication,
>>>>>> Apple Pay support, and so on. It's way more than just soft keys,
>>>>>> and way more flexible and useful. You can think of it as an
>>>>>> embedded iOS device running right along side macOS. Apple indeed
>>>>>> has been working on this technology for a long, long time. Here's a
>>>>>> decent (but dated) review:
>>>>>> 
>>>>> <https://arstechnica.com/video/2016/11/the-2016-13-and-15-inch-touch-
>>>>> bar-macbo
>>>>>> ok-pros-reviewed/>
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't care if they implemented it with a Quantum Computer an a
>>>>> diamond screen.  Functionally, it's little more than glorified soft
>>>>> keys.
>>>> 
>>>> That's a flat-out lie.
>>> 
>>> It's a judgement not a lie.
>> 
>> No, it's a lie. Soft keys don't do secure biometric authentication, and
>> they typically aren't multitouch capable with high-quality OLED displays
>> either. Claiming the Touch Bar is little more than glorified soft keys
>> is pure hyperbole.
>> 
>>> You really should be more careful with your hyperbole and vitriol.
>> 
>> You should take your own advice! You've been spewing hyperbole ever
>> since people wondered why you were sticking with 10.6!
>> 
>>>> Show me soft keys that can do biometric
>>>> authentication in arguably the most secure and privacy-preserving manner
>>>> on any consumer-grade device. You can't because there is no other as
>>>> secure that protects your biometric data the way Apple does. You're
>>>> trolling.
>>> 
>>> You surely cannot be claiming that the raison d'être of the touch bar 
>>> is preserving biometric data.
>> 
>> The truth is the Touch Bar has multiple "reasons for being" (functions),
>> one of the major ones being secure and private biometric authentication.
>> It includes a secure fingerprint sensor and a significant portion of the
>> custom SoC is *dedicated* to just that. I realize it would be convenient
>> for you to ignore this functionality as if it holds no value, along with
>> the rest of the functionality that sets it apart from typical "glorified
>> soft keys"; but that's not the reality of the situation. I don't expect
>> you to like or fawn over the Touch Bar; but you could at least try not
>> to spread lies and misinformation about it to justify your position that
>> it has little value beyond "glorified soft keys". We should strive for
>> the truth, always.
>> 
>> 
> 
> Here is the verbatim description of the Touch Bar from Apple.com:
> 
> "The Touch Bar replaces the function keys that have long occupied the 
> top of your keyboard with something much more versatile and capable. It 
> changes automatically based on what you¹re doing to show you relevant 
> tools you already know how to use ‹ system controls like volume and 
> brightness, interactive ways to adjust or browse through content, 
> intelligent typing features like emoji and predictive text, and more."
> 
> 
> It then adds:
> 
> "And for the first time, Touch ID is available on a Mac, enabling 
> instant access to logins and fast, secure online purchases with Apple 
> Pay."
> 
> By the priority and emphasis given, a reasonable person might conclude 
> that the primary function of the Touch Bar is, well, soft keys.
> 
> That same person might also conclude that because of the technology 
> used to implement the soft keys, Apple was able to shoe-horn in a 
> finger print reader on to the touch bar.  Again, fingerprint readers 
> are an old idea and have been available for decades.  One might ask why 
> it took Apple so long to get on the band wagon rather than breathlessly 
> marvel that they did.
> 
> Nor is Apple Pay some magical property of the Touch Bar.  It would be 
> enabled by any fingerprint reader.  Had Apple implemented an iris 
> scanner, that might be innovative.  But a fingerprint reader?  Hardly.
> 
> 

Also, Please explain to me how the touch bar doesn't fit this 
definition:

Definition of: soft key (1) A simulated button or keyboard key that is 
displayed on a touchscreen. Also called a "soft button," "virtual key" 
or "virtual button," touchscreen soft keys enable smartphones, tablets 
and remote controls to display any style of user interface.

Source:  http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/51642/soft-key

And don't say "it also reads fingerprints" :)

-- 
Nelson

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