All Things Mac/ Apple

[GimpKid]

Got iOS 6 earlier. I agree about the maps, actually. Kinda sad. Hopefully Google releases a maps app.

[babyknight]

I don't know how to explain it other than that it is total shit.  There is a 45 page thread devoted to how awful it is on MacRumors.  Examples of problems:  awful quality satellite view; no streetview; directions are apparently a disaster; inaccurate; local towns missing or in the wrong place.  Etc.

[urbanwoodsman]

Fuck. Well hopefully they improve in the next update.

[bagley920]

Is the passbook thing supposed to be working? Mine does nothing but send me to the App Store

[babyknight]

there's currently a bug re the app store linking, which apparently you can only fix by going to your date/time settings, turn off auto date set and manually set the date one year in the future.  then go back and the link will go to those (very few) apps which are passbook enabled.  i guess you can then for example buy a movie ticket on fandango and have it go to passbook etc.

see post 74 here http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1445600&page=3

[urbanwoodsman]

I'm downloading now. You guys are making me less and less excited about the update… 

[zwer]

Got it on my iPad, still waiting for it on my phone (stupid cottage WiFi).

So far so…meh. Siri doesn't work well in Canada and we don't get Passbook or whatever it's called.

I'm just happy that the apps I spent the last 3 months producing still work.

[scroogen]

sounds magical and incredible to me

[Megatron1505]

Hater 

[Giles]

@babyknight:

local towns missing or in the wrong place.

That's quality…...

[Deebo]

I had a feeling I should wait a while before I download it… I have learned the "hard way" too many times to put trust in new "updates", and now I wait till they work the bugs out.

[babyknight]

Some highlights of complaints about Apple Maps reported to the BBC - almost comical!

• Some towns appear to be missing, such as Stratford-upon-Avon and Solihull.
• Others, like Uckfield in East Sussex, are in the wrong location.
• Satellite images of various locations, particularly in Scotland, are obscured by cloud.
• A search for Manchester United Football Club directs users to Sale United Football Club, a community team for ages five and above.
• Users also reported missing local places, such as schools, or strange locations. Another screenshot showed a furniture museum that was apparently located in a river.

[Giles]

@babyknight:

• Some towns appear to be missing, such as Stratford-upon-Avon and Solihull.

I grew up in Solihull, it going missing is probably a good thing….

[urbanwoodsman]

I guess specs don't really matter.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6324/the-iphone-5-performance-preview

[crankyfart]

@urbanwoodsman:

I guess specs don't really matter.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6324/the-iphone-5-performance-preview

those numbers…... geez! just wanna know if its worth switching over from my iPhone 4.

[bagley920]

So my brother's Passbook let him scan in his Walgreens card but now won't do anything but show the card.

Mine won't even do anything other than send me to the App Store

[derivative666]

I don't understand passbook

[bagley920]

I understand what it's supposed to do but at the moment it does absolutely nothing

[derivative666]

Agreed

[joesaintjohn]

Interesting article in light of the current release of iPhone 5. This is from 2011, but, after seeing the new Samsung "attack ads" during the games today, I thought it was a relevant post.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/06/why-do-people-hate-apple