MACS

[canuck]

****ity **** **** ****, piece of ****

[BoD]

Try an umbrella instead

[canuck]

was that really helpful?

[baloo]

Cool, another chance to use my Mac rant

"I hate Macs. I have always hated Macs. I hate people who use Macs. I even hate people who don't use Macs but sometimes wish they did. Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui."

[BoD]

if Macs are glorified Fisher Price toys, I wonder what that says about people who can't use them?

[baloo]

You've never spent a lot of time with Fisher Price toys have you

[BoD]

As much as I want to...

[Burbage]

I use both. When the PC annoys me I move to the Mac. When the Mac annoys me I move to the PC.

Guess which I spend most time on?

[baloo]

Your Palm. Your Palm PDA I mean.

[Burbage]

Baloo fails to win the biscuit.

[baloo]

I hope you are not referring to Aussie Surfie games.

[Burbage]

Unlikely that, since I have no idea what they are.

[canuck]

If Macs are fisher price toys, that scarycat people buy to use, let's see you rebuild on on the fly (&#!~)

Macs! dammit,, still love them, but damn when they go down, they go down hard..

PC, just restart, cake walk!

[BoD]

I used to be a fully trained Mac service engineer.

[canuck]

really? Hmm can you explain why my mac creates dodgy users? Max Office X crashes and won't relaunch, but only under certain users?

Illustrator won't save settings upon closing, Servers are blocked to some users but not others? All users have different access capabilities even when it says everyone has read write access?

Other than the obvious answer that is ;D I would pay for good mac service, our call out guy is crap, a day before he shows up, then only after his lunch wtfrig?

[BoD]

This was in 1988. All I ever actually did was replce motherboards, power supplies and floppy drives

[canuck]

so much for that business idea

[Burbage]

This was in 1988. All I ever actually did was replce motherboards, power supplies and floppy drives

You can always charge her $80 to tell her to buy a new machine. It's what everyone else does.

Is this a Mac server Canuck?

[canuck]

burb; no just the mac, gremlins, reinstalled OS, creates dodgy users, who don't have access to everything even tho they are admin. I had to recreate 4 users to get one that will run all the programs, see all the files, and see the servers. grrrrr

anyway, today is another day

[Burbage]

Does this mean there's a recent update I should avoid I wonder.

[canuck]

I am wondering, because I had 10.5.6, and then it said there was a new update, and after I downloaded that it all went pear shaped.

[Burbage]

Seems I'm fully up to date.

[Fat Bob]

and why does a Mac need regular updates? I thought you were immune to all viruses and smug to go with it?

[Fat Bob]

Apple admits to Snow Leopard bug

Your problem canuck?

[BoD]

ce since the operating system's debut [Updated with Apple official comment].

Since Mac OS X 10.6 launched in late August, numerous reports online have detailed the issue, which is triggered by logging in and out of a guest account on a Snow Leopard machine. Upon logging back in to their regular account, users will find that it has been wiped of all data.

The issue has prompted numerous threads (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) on the Apple Support Discussions, with reports suggesting the issue cannot be reproduced with any exact certainty. Apple has yet to publicly acknowledge the issue.

"When I logged into my MacBook Pro this morning, it was as if I had logged into my Guest Account and not my standard user profile," user parshallnet said. "No icons on the desktop, the desktop wallpaper was the default 'space' photo and not the one I had assigned, no documents in the docs folder, apps behaved as if I'd never opened them before."

The issue was initially reported when Snow Leopard first launched, but complaints have grown as adoption of the platform has continued. Monday, Engadget highlighted the issue.

A month ago, CNet detailed a potential fix for the issue, which is reportedly caused when users have had a guest account enabled for login prior to the install of Snow Leopard. The easiest way to avoid the issue is disabling the guest account.

If afflicted by the bug, the home folder can be restored, though without a backup, the loss of data is likely permanent. If a user has Time Machine running, they can restore their Snow Leopard installation while holding 'C' at startup and choosing "Restore from Backup" from the "Utilities" menu.

Update: In a brief statement, Apple acknowledged the issue Monday evening, according to CNet

"We are aware of the issue, which occurs only in extremely rare cases, and we are working on a fix," a spokesperson said in a prepared statement.