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[The Real Abed]

I'm perpetually at the "startup drive almost full" stage, no matter how much I delete. 5GB, 10GB, 20GB freed - it doesn't matter, Mac OS finds a way to fill up that space without me knowing it before a week has passed.

Sounds like you have a bigger problem to figure out.

What's it filling it up with? Cache files? Check the usual cache folders:

/Library/Cache/
/System/Library/Cache/ (Not as easy or recommended to empty out)
~/Library/Cache/

Then there's other more hidden ones like the Private/Var/Folders/whatever cache that you can delete if you know where it is, but it can cause non-harmful problems.

Look in those folders and see if there's any abnormally large ones. (Don't worry about deleting anything in the normal cache folders. It'll just be recreated when needed. But if you do delete, reboot right away before emptying the trash just so apps can "release" the files and you won't encounter any "file is in use" errors. Then empty it when you boot back in.) If something is really big, and it really shouldn't be, especially 20GB or something, then that's the culprit.

First find what's using the space. Because if your OS is constantly filling it up, and you're not downloading a lot of big files and keeping them, then something is wrong. Maybe a rogue application. (Didn't Spotify have this problem a while ago?)

 

[eyeball_kid]

I'm perpetually at the "startup drive almost full" stage, no matter how much I delete. 5GB, 10GB, 20GB freed - it doesn't matter, Mac OS finds a way to fill up that space without me knowing it before a week has passed.

Sounds like you might have a runaway process? Check your Activity Monitor and see if there's any apps taking up ungodly amounts of RAM or swap space.

 

[Remembrance]

What's it filling it up with? Cache files? Check the usual cache folders:

/Library/Cache/
/System/Library/Cache/ (Not as easy or recommended to empty out)
~/Library/Cache/

Then there's other more hidden ones like the Private/Var/Folders/whatever cache that you can delete if you know where it is, but it can cause non-harmful problems.

It was mainly being filled up by ~/Library/Application Support/ and ~/Library/Caches/, as it turns out. That included:

- 1GB of TF2 assets that Steam failed to uninstall
- 1GB of old Amazon Music streaming caches
- 2GB of Xcode documentation that failed to uninstall
- 500MB of Quicktime streaming caches
- 1GB from an iOS 6 software update
- 500MB of iOS crash reports

The rest of it was iOS backups growing out of control in size.

So mostly Apple programs keeping far too much data. Thanks.

 

[The Real Abed]

It was mainly being filled up by ~/Library/Application Support/ and ~/Library/Caches/, as it turns out. That included:

- 1GB of TF2 assets that Steam failed to uninstall
- 1GB of old Amazon Music streaming caches
- 2GB of Xcode documentation that failed to uninstall
- 500MB of Quicktime streaming caches
- 1GB from an iOS 6 software update
- 500MB of iOS crash reports

The rest of it was iOS backups growing out of control in size.

So mostly Apple programs keeping far too much data. Thanks.

Good to see you figured it out.

But iOS backups? How many devices do you have and how big were they getting? They shouldn't get so big. Mine stays at 700MB. But I only have a 16GB device. What does it back up? Do you keep every single picture someone sends you or you send out? A good tip for iOS is to occasionally go through your text messages and clean it out. Basically I go through a thread, view its Information to see all the media in it and then save any images I want to keep to my camera roll and delete it from the message thread itself. Because you end up with duplicates without realizing it. By saving it to your Photos library, if you have iCloud Photos turned on and set to Optimize, you will end up making your backup smaller while not losing any important stuff. This is especially important if you're a big fan of the GIF keyboard feature. Those things take up a lot of space over time. And if you get into a friendly GIF war with a friend, you may not realize that one message thread might build up gigabytes over time.

 

[Syphon Filter]

I need a mac laptop. Any way to get one new less than $1k? What is the cheapest anyone here seen it?

 

[xevis]

So I started using the new Touchbar MBP as my workhorse. Love the keyboard and the screen and the machine generally but I still think the touchbar is the biggest pile of crap ever. The stupid thing crashed yesterday. Like literally froze while adjusting the volume. Later it woke up again but all the slider buttons (so volume and brightness) are non-responsive. I tried force-restarting the agent and nothing. The only thing that fixes it is a complete system reboot. Fuck. That. A long time ago I ran away from an operating system that fixed itself in the same way. I'm not much interested in going back.

While I'm venting, fuck macOS Sierra and it's System Integrity Protection nonsense. I tried installing the GNU toolchain from macports (because I don't want Apple's stuff) and I find out gdb doesn't work because I now need to "code sign". So I'm like OK, fine, I'll just edit the plist for taskgated and disable that crap. Except, nuh uh, you can't. Not even as root. WTF? So I go through all this certificate creation crap, sign the binary and it *still* doesn't work.

Seriously disappointed. It's getting harder and harder to just open a terminal and use these machines like a Unix.

 

[eyeball_kid]

So I started using the new Touchbar MBP as my workhorse. Love the keyboard and the screen and the machine generally but I still think the touchbar is the biggest pile of crap ever. The stupid thing crashed yesterday. Like literally froze while adjusting the volume. Later it woke up again but all the slider buttons (so volume and brightness) are non-responsive. I tried force-restarting the agent and nothing. The only thing that fixes it is a complete system reboot. Fuck. That. A long time ago I ran away from an operating system that fixed itself in the same way. I'm not much interested in going back.

While I'm venting, fuck macOS Sierra and it's System Integrity Protection nonsense. I tried installing the GNU toolchain from macports (because I don't want Apple's stuff) and I find out gdb doesn't work because I now need to "code sign". So I'm like OK, fine, I'll just edit the plist for taskgated and disable that crap. Except, nuh uh, you can't. Not even as root. WTF? So I go through all this certificate creation crap, sign the binary and it *still* doesn't work.

Seriously disappointed. It's getting harder and harder to just open a terminal and use these machines like a Unix.

I have rarely found a use for the Touch Bar. While I was optimistic, it just doesn't actually make things easier in practice. It's hard to believe it was a feature they've been working on for years because it just doesn't seem well thought-out, unless it's a prototype they've been tinkering with and they pushed it into production because they needed a new feature.

I will say though that I haven't had any stability problems with the Touch Bar.

re: SIP, you can disable it. Can't remember how, a terminal command I believe.

But why are you still using macports?? Homebrew all the way.

 

[xevis]

I have rarely found a use for the Touch Bar. While I was optimistic, it just doesn't actually make things easier in practice. It's hard to believe it was a feature they've been working on for years because it just doesn't seem well thought-out, unless it's a prototype they've been tinkering with and they pushed it into production because they needed a new feature.

Agreed. It makes no sense looking down at this thing for controls. I want to look at my screen. The slider controls (when they work) are semi-useful but you can put the same slider on the screen. Like, press Fn or something and have the control strip appear. I don't know. Maybe I'm just a grouch. Clearly not the target audience anyway.

re: SIP, you can disable it. Can't remember how, a terminal command I believe.

I found some instructions saying I needed to boot into recovery. I rolled my eyes and nope'd. Previous MBP had an uptime of like 6 months between restarts. This thing hasn't even been in use a solid week and I've rebooted several times.

But why are you still using macports?? Homebrew all the way.

Because the number of ports is large and they have variants I can compile up easily. For comparison I asked brew for texlive just now. It said no and told me compiling from source is gross

EDIT:

Furthermore!

> port list | wc -l
17851
> brew search | wc -l
3705

Not even close.

 

[eyeball_kid]

Agreed. It makes no sense looking down at this thing for controls. I want to look at my screen. The slider controls (when they work) are semi-useful but you can put the same slider on the screen. Like, press Fn or something and have the control strip appear. I don't know. Maybe I'm just a grouch. Clearly not the target audience anyway.

Maybe app developers need time to figure it out. I've found that color-coded buttons are much more helpful than the monochrome UI most apps use. I actually use the Calculator controls, for instance. The looking down thing is certainly part of the problem, but I think having touch controls and real keys in promixity confuses my brain. The real keys break the illusion and make the Touch Bar controls feel untrustworthy. Perhaps if the Touch Bar had haptic feedback per-UI element it'd work better.

Because the number of ports is large and they have variants I can compile up easily. For comparison I asked brew for texlive just now. It said no and told me compiling from source is gross

EDIT:

Furthermore!

> port list | wc -l
17851
> brew search | wc -l
3705

Not even close.

Fair enough. Maybe macports has gotten better in the last few years, but I remember having some nasty conflicts between built-in tools and the macports versions. Homebrew seems more self-contained in /usr/local/, or at least seemed so at the time. Homebrew fails at keeping easily accessible old versions though, that's my biggest problem with it. I'm probably not enough of a terminal warrior to run into the port limitation that you did, as everything I've wanted to install was there.

 

[Zeyphersan]

Maybe app developers need time to figure it out. I've found that color-coded buttons are much more helpful than the monochrome UI most apps use. I actually use the Calculator controls, for instance. The looking down thing is certainly part of the problem, but I think having touch controls and real keys in promixity confuses my brain. The real keys break the illusion and make the Touch Bar controls feel untrustworthy. Perhaps if the Touch Bar had haptic feedback per-UI element it'd work better.

I 100% agree about the colors and haptic. I think they would go a long way towards helping

They could even add an optional really shallow version of 3D or force touch, so you could glide your fingers across the bar and feel each button, and then actively press down and feel a "click" like the new home button or the trackpad. Really sel the idea those are buttons

 

[eyeball_kid]

I 100% agree about the colors and haptic. I think they would go a long way towards helping

They could even add an optional really shallow version of 3D or force touch, so you could glide your fingers across the bar and feel each button, and then actively press down and feel a "click" like the new home button or the trackpad. Really sel the idea those are buttons

Yeah, exactly. I want to believe Apple are thinking the same thing, but the costs were too high to include taptic feedback in v1 of the Touch Bar. Maybe the tech isn't there either, as they don't really have the ability on the current iPhone to create the sensation of area-specific feedback. I guess that would require more haptic motors to cover the display? Maybe they need to license the Switch JoyCon tech.

 

[The Real Abed]

I found some instructions saying I needed to boot into recovery. I rolled my eyes and nope'd. Previous MBP had an uptime of like 6 months between restarts. This thing hasn't even been in use a solid week and I've rebooted several times.

It's super simple. You might as well. While you're there you could just leave it disabled. Though don't be surprised if it reenables itself with an update. I used to have to do it to install SIMBL back when SafariStand still worked. (I've long since given up trying to keep it running. I'll just get used to not having cool favicons on my tabs. &#128546

I mean SIP isn't exclusive to Sierra. It's been around for a few years. Actually I have a feeling it's part of the reason I can't disable the topcase keyboard driver.

Before Sierra, I could unload a kext with a command. Now I can't anymore. I suspect Apple "fixed" this by adding the drivers to the list of protected shit. I really need to try disabling SIP to test my theory.

Edit: Ha. Just as I thought. SIP was keeping me from being able to disable the built-in keyboard, long story I've explained before, now I can disable it again. Thank goodness!

I mean I understand why it needs to exist. But it really does make certain utilities harder to install. But usually once you've gotten them installed, you can reenable it with no problems. So it's not a big deal. You don't even have to enter a password. Just reboot into Recovery, use the Terminal to csrutil disable, then reboot. No big deal really.

 

[Kambing]

I just figured out how to set the expanded control strip as my default touch bar --hallelujah. Really dislike the way it default works, even more so that it seemingly adds a good $100-200 to the price of a MBP. Pretty happy with the machine otherwise.

 

[Meh3D]

... Fuck. That. A long time ago I ran away from an operating system that fixed itself in the same way. I'm not much interested in going back.

While I'm venting, fuck macOS Sierra and it's System Integrity Protection nonsense. I tried installing the GNU toolchain from macports (because I don't want Apple's stuff) and I find out gdb doesn't work because I now need to "code sign". So I'm like OK, fine, I'll just edit the plist for taskgated and disable that crap. Except, nuh uh, you can't. Not even as root. WTF? So I go through all this certificate creation crap, sign the binary and it *still* doesn't work.

Seriously disappointed. It's getting harder and harder to just open a terminal and use these machines like a Unix.

I feel your frustration. I looked at trying to get gdb to work but looking at the procedure I just imagined my self doing this every time Apple sends an update like Trim support in Lion. (Comments in web pages weren't too assuring that it worked either.) I invested in VMWare fusion and just run a small Ubuntu VM.

This 2015 13" MBPr has had more OS reinstalls (4) than my Windows desktop and my 2011 MB 13". Not to mention problems that I constantly have to reboot to fix. The latest issue I have is that this damn notebook now doesn't like my seagate ext 5tb drive. Windows machines reads them just fine and quick. The Mac takes about 3-4 minutes for the drive to show up. I also find that formatting with USB drives with disk utility every so often corrupts USB drives and I have to fix them with a Windows machine and Diskpart. (16/32 GB drives read as 200MB.)

For me, these machines were "PRO" because of their stability. Which I've been questioning lately.



In an un-related note: Mac App Store is not working for me. Can't purchase anything. (Needed to purchase Pixelmator.)

 

[eyeball_kid]

In an un-related note: Mac App Store is not working for me. Can't purchase anything. (Needed to purchase Pixelmator.)

Have you tried signing out of the App Store and back in?

I will say on my old Mac Pro on Yosemite and had been upgraded since Leopard, I had no end of App Store problems. With my Touch Bar MBP on Sierra which I set up with a clean install, I've had no problems at all. My guess is cruft gets in the prefs files for the App Store over time and over system updates.

 

[Imperial Hot]

Need some advice. So I feel like I've wrung as much usable time out of my mid-2010 MacBook Pro. It was the 2.66GHz i7 with a GeForce 330m 512mb, I've got it fully upgraded to 8GB of RAM, and replaced the Superdrive with an SSD...and it's starting to really choke and the battery life is pretty garbage at this point.

So I'm looking to upgrade, I've gotten a lot of mileage out of this guy and I'm looking to get another MacBook Pro, but I feel like I'm out of my depth a little bit. I mainly use it for writing and occasional video editing. I have a 15' but I'm not opposed to dropping down to a 13'. Just looking for some recommendations on what model to get? What upgrades are worth getting out the gate? I would probably max out the RAM... Or should I hold off and see if they do a refresh that is not as expensive as they are currently?

How the fuck did these laptops get so god damn expensive?!

 

[Ambitious]

Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

 

[giga]

"This seems to be getting addressed quickly thanks to Electron apps: Slack, Nylas, Hyper and Visual Studio Code are awesome, and stand out in the Windows world for being fantastic."

Yeah, no. It's way obvious those apps aren't native and stand out in a bad way to me.

 

[jts]

Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

Do you have a Google alert set up for doom and gloom Apple articles?

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

I think my 2004 Airport Express is finally starting to give up the ghost. My internet drops out occasionally and I have to hard reset the thing. I guess 13 years is a good run though.

I keep refreshing Apple's refurbished page waiting for the refurbished Airport Extremes to come back in stock. Hopefully it does so soon, as I don't want to pay full sticker price for one.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Sorry, common question I'm sure, but in Sierra, how do you get Apple Mail to treat attachments as attachments Windows style, and not embed them inline? (outgoing AND incoming)

 

[killertofu]

Do they make USB sticks that have both a regular USB-A and also a USB-C connector?

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Do they make USB sticks that have both a regular USB-A and also a USB-C connector?

Yep.

 

[killertofu]

Yep.

That's a small ass USB stick lol

 

[The Real Abed]

That's a small ass USB stick lol

Flash memory for those things can be really small now. Most sticks are a lot of wasted space.

 

[Mulligan]

Hi guys,

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but regardless, I'm in desperate need of a new laptop and I'm about to pull the trigger on either of two following:

MacBook Pro 13 2015 or Dell XPS 13 9360 non 4K.
Both are roughly the same price used.

I'll be using it mostly for photo editing, web browsing, word documents, watching movies. I also travel quite a lot.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[eyeball_kid]

Hi guys,

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but regardless, I'm in desperate need of a new laptop and I'm about to pull the trigger on either of two following:

MacBook Pro 13 2015 or Dell XPS 13 9360 non 4K.
Both are roughly the same price used.

I'll be using it mostly for photo editing, web browsing, word documents, watching movies. I also travel quite a lot.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

You're in a Mac OT, so there's going to be bias here towards recommending you the Mac. And given your needs, I don't see why you wouldn't. It's a stable, reliable OS, you really don't have to worry about viruses, and it comes with some good software out of the box. And their laptop design is pretty much best in class, especially the 2015.

Do you use an iPhone? You'll enjoy the iCloud syncing. Also, Macs have much better resale value.

 

[Mulligan]

You're in a Mac OT, so there's going to be bias here towards recommending you the Mac. And given your needs, I don't see why you wouldn't. It's a stable, reliable OS, you really don't have to worry about viruses, and it comes with some good software out of the box. And their laptop design is pretty much best in class, especially the 2015.

Do you use an iPhone? You'll enjoy the iCloud syncing. Also, Macs have much better resale value.

Thanks for the reply. I'm definitely swaying more towards the MacBook, mainly for the reasons you listed. My main concern is will it be able to handle photoshop and lightroom smoothly? The dell has the 7th gen i5 cpu which is drawing me in a little.

 

[eyeball_kid]

Thanks for the reply. I'm definitely swaying more towards the MacBook, mainly for the reasons you listed. My main concern is will it be able to handle photoshop and lightroom smoothly? The dell has the 7th gen i5 cpu which is drawing me in a little.

What are the specs on the MBP you're looking at? Pshop performance (and maybe Lightroom, haven't used it) will be affected by amount of RAM, the GPU, as well as SSD vs. spinning drive. The CPU is IMO less of a concern by comparison.

 

[killertofu]

Flash memory for those things can be really small now. Most sticks are a lot of wasted space.

Eh I kinda wanted one big enough where I could put it on my keychain

 

[Fuchsdh]

I thought this observation by Gruber was interesting:

So today in 2017, Apple is struggling in the education and creative pro markets, and thriving in the enterprise. Try telling that to a time-traveler from 20 years ago.

While I'd argue there's still money and goodwill to be made keeping the creative pros happy, I do think education for Apple is a lost cause. Disposable and cheap Chromebooks and the like are simply not something Apple can compete on without compromising quality and margins.

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

Sorry, common question I'm sure, but in Sierra, how do you get Apple Mail to treat attachments as attachments Windows style, and not embed them inline? (outgoing AND incoming)

Edit > Attachments > Always send Windows-friendly attachments & Always insert attachments at the end of messages

I find incoming attachments pretty hit and miss as to WTF it is going to do.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

I thought this observation by Gruber was interesting:



While I'd argue there's still money and goodwill to be made keeping the creative pros happy, I do think education for Apple is a lost cause. Disposable and cheap Chromebooks and the like are simply not something Apple can compete on without compromising quality and margins.

Define thriving in enterprise? (Asked rhetorically).

I don't think the cache they lost with their reduction of focus of Macs as platform for art, creativity, and content creation is worth any gains in the enterprise space they've made (especially since I feel like there hasn't been a lot of actual hardware or software changes made to make the enterprise growth happen). I feel like they're still riding high on goodwill from consumers from the Steve Jobs age, people invested in the ecosystem, and those who simply still see Apple products as a better alternative than Windows.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Define thriving in enterprise? (Asked rhetorically).

I don't think the cache they lost with their reduction of focus of Macs as platform for art, creativity, and content creation is worth any gains in the enterprise space they've made (especially since I feel like there hasn't been a lot of actual hardware or software changes made to make the enterprise growth happen). I feel like they're still riding high on goodwill from consumers from the Steve Jobs age, people invested in the ecosystem, and those who simply still see Apple products as a better alternative than Windows.

From the report:

• 91 percent of enterprise organizations are now using Mac, while 99 percent said they use iPhone or iPad.
• There was an increase in both Mac and iOS device adoption in 2016 over the previous year
• Nearly half of organizations surveyed (44 percent) offer their employees a choice between Mac and PC, with the majority (71 percent) offering a choice between different mobile devices (Apple, Android, etc.).

I dunno how you can argue their enterprise performance is Steve Jobs goodwill, considering all the initiatives like with IBM are post-Jobs, as is all the growth they've seen.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

Hi guys,

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but regardless, I'm in desperate need of a new laptop and I'm about to pull the trigger on either of two following:

MacBook Pro 13 2015 or Dell XPS 13 9360 non 4K.
Both are roughly the same price used.

I'll be using it mostly for photo editing, web browsing, word documents, watching movies. I also travel quite a lot.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

I was in the same boat as you and ultimately I ended up choosing the 2016 MBP non TB (wanted the physical FN keys, and because I ultimately wanted to go try going into programming, the lack of a physical escape key was something that was advised to be as being 'annoying'...though since you're getting a 2015 that doesn't apply to you).

But as a long time windows user, I ultimately settled on a MBP mainly because of the fact that despite the underpowered specs, it works really well with the operating system itself and the retina display to me beats out the infinity display on the XPS. Also, while the XPS its a great laptop in itself, the 2015 MBP feels like a true 13 inch, rather than the XPS which leaves a smaller footprint and to me, the usability of a small footprint laptop is kind of annoying. If you wanted to stick with windows however, maybe you should try looking at the 13" HP Spectre x360 rather than the Dell.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

From the report:

• 91 percent of enterprise organizations are now using Mac, while 99 percent said they use iPhone or iPad.
• There was an increase in both Mac and iOS device adoption in 2016 over the previous year
• Nearly half of organizations surveyed (44 percent) offer their employees a choice between Mac and PC, with the majority (71 percent) offering a choice between different mobile devices (Apple, Android, etc.).

I dunno how you can argue their enterprise performance is Steve Jobs goodwill, considering all the initiatives like with IBM are post-Jobs, as is all the growth they've seen.

I wasn't saying this.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Edit > Attachments > Always send Windows-friendly attachments & Always insert attachments at the end of messages

I find incoming attachments pretty hit and miss as to WTF it is going to do.

Awesome, thanks! I'll give it a shot.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

So the Airport Extreme popped up on Apple's refurb site over the weekend so I nabbed one. Should be arriving tomorrow.

Just to make sure, if I wanted to pick up an Ethernet Switch to get some more wired connections out of the thing that would work just fine, right?

I'm thinking of making everyone connected to my TV a wired connection since the Airport will be on a shelf in the TV stand anyway but it'll be likely be more than the three ethernet ports the Airport gives me to work with.

Also, I assume I would be able to connect my old Airport Express to one of the Ethernet ports in a wired-only mode so I could still use it for Airplay? That's a great feature to have available but I don't want the old airport causing interference with the new wi-fi network or bringing down the speed of it entirely because of it being a legacy device.

 

[Fuchsdh]

So the Airport Extreme popped up on Apple's refurb site over the weekend so I nabbed one. Should be arriving tomorrow.

Just to make sure, if I wanted to pick up an Ethernet Switch to get some more wired connections out of the thing that would work just fine, right?

Yeah a network switch off the back will be fine.

 

[killertofu]

I really wish they made a 15inch without the Touch Bar.

I actually use my function keys, damnit.

 

[Arnie]

Got the new Touch Bar MacBook Pro today from work.

Having problems charging it. I had it plugged in for a while at work, brought it home and it's low on charge. Have it plugged in now, it's showing a connected charge, but it's barely rising and staying at around 24%.

Is this a common problem? Note, the machine hasn't been run down from a full charge yet. It's very new.

 

[eyeball_kid]

Got the new Touch Bar MacBook Pro today from work.

Having problems charging it. I had it plugged in for a while at work, brought it home and it's low on charge. Have it plugged in now, it's showing a connected charge, but it's barely rising and staying at around 24%.

Is this a common problem? Note, the machine hasn't been run down from a full charge yet. It's very new.

Are you using the USB-C charging cable that came with it? You can't just use any USB-C cable as they pass through different wattages.

 

[Arnie]

Are you using the USB-C charging cable that came with it? You can't just use any USB-C cable as they pass through different wattages.

Nope, work bought a separate one. It's an official Apple USB C Charge Cable and has a 11/16 date on the box.

I turned the machine off overnight and had the charge cable in for the duration and my machine is now at 100%. More testing required today. Intrigued to see if the cable can't properly provide the power to boost the machine whilst operational. Whilst I was just browsing the internet it hovered and often increased by a percentage. Whilst playing Football Manager it slowly dipped by a couple of percent.

Might be a wattage problem. At the very least an overnight charge will fill the machine up, which is a relief. I'll test another cable in our office and see if this is the issue.

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

[airports]

Any old unmanaged gig-e switch will do.

IIRC-- Leave existing thing set up. Tell the new Airport it is replacing the old one during setup. Change the cables. Then set the old one up to do what you want (it is one of the options). You may have to reset the old one between these steps, it has been a while.

 

[eyeball_kid]

Nope, work bought a separate one. It's an official Apple USB C Charge Cable and has a 11/16 date on the box.

Hm, well where you plugging into the wall charger, or something like a monitor with a USB-C port? I can't think of any other reason why you'd be getting a slow charge out of the stock charger.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Just discovered that I can't move my local Time Machine to my Airport and have it work right away as it uses a different storage method. Bummer. Well, I've been wanting to get a bigger drive anyway.

While driving out to the grocery store with the wife the Simcity 3000 soundtrack popped up on my phone via shuffle and man did the memories come flooding back. I know the recent Simcity reboot was largely lauded as garbage, but does anyone know how well the Mac port would work on the entry-level 2016 Macbook Pro?

Found out that Aspyr released a proper native port of Simcity 4 that's up on the Mac App Store...gonna go for that instead.

Also spotted the same treatment for The Sims 2; gonna pick that up for the wife as she's never played a "The Sims" title.

 

[Anion]

How big is the performance difference between the 2016 MacBook Pro 13 and the 15. I love the portability but I would like the power.
I do a bit of video editing when I'm bored or small things like that on iMovies. I actually got access to Final Cut Pro for free as well. Just really don't wanna deal with too much lag on a $1.8-2.5k machine

 

[Hellix]

Looking for a Bluetooth mouse for my MBP 2016 has been a pain in the ass. Is there one someone here can recommend? I am not a fan of the Magic Mouse 2's ergonomics. I also have been looking at a couple Logitech ones, but apparently Logitech has BT issues, especially with them disconnecting after waking from sleep mode.

 

[Granadier]

Anyone else experience choppy audio over Bluetooth semi-regularly? It seems more common when I have a couple external monitors hooked up. (2015 MBP)

I've increased the bitpool for the BluetoothAudioAgent already, but with no results.

 

[kennah]

Apple Store randomly updating today. Any ideas what's changing?