This is why I dont do this that much anymore

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222)
04/14/2015 at 19:51 • Filed to: Technology

I'm reimaging a friends MacBook Pro retina and he does not want Yosemite on it. Apple replaced iPhoto with the new photos app (Yosemite only) this past week and I can't get iPhoto from the usual place. So now I'm searching for a disk image from third-party sources of the correct iPhoto version to match his iPhoto library. I was supposed to get his computer back to him four hours ago, now I'm wondering if I'll even get it back to him today. I hope I will. In the mean time this is annoying me.

/rant

DISCUSSION (32)

For Sweden > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/14/2015 at 19:54

Mac: Not Even Once

Brian Silvestro > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/14/2015 at 19:56

can confirm, Photos blows

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > For Sweden
04/14/2015 at 19:58

Im trained in mac osx software and hardware diagnostics, Im starting to regret getting that training because people ask me to do stuff like this and its just annoying to do

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > For Sweden
04/14/2015 at 19:58

Macs are great, the company sucks though.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/14/2015 at 19:59

I'm on Yosemite and I've never had that issue. I also still have iPhoto.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
04/14/2015 at 20:00

Im on yosemite as well and still have iphoto, no issues either. But I'm respecting his decision. Its his computer, not mine.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/14/2015 at 20:00

I used to be a Mac fan, but I really don't think that people get what they pay for anymore. I was willing to pay the Apple Tax when they built killer computers that were well supported for years after they were obsolete and made serious workstations, but I went back to PCs a few years ago and haven't even been tempted to go back.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
04/14/2015 at 20:03

Their hardware has gone down the tubes as of late, but I still prefer OSX over windows. Im currently rocking a mid-2010 13" MBP. I consider this to be the last "great" apple machine. My next computer will most likely be a built Hackintosh. That or a built PC paired with an 11" macbook air that I would use solely to be portable and transfer files over from the PC

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/14/2015 at 20:06

Well at least it's doing something that they want to do. Also, it's not moving your mom's apps around on her iPhone for the 100th time. Yes I've tried to teach her, and no she still hasn't learned.

McMike > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/14/2015 at 20:07

What you want is becoming more and more impossible today.

Try deploying/updating App store apps over the Enterprise to users that won't be using an apple ID.

Apple makes it hard to NOT use their newest shit.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > McMike
04/14/2015 at 20:08

They completely removed iphoto and aperture from the appstore. Thats the issue

McMike > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
04/14/2015 at 20:08

I'm on Yosemite and I've never had that issue. I also still have iPhoto.

Haven't updated to 10.10.3 yet, eh?

TheHondaBro > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
04/14/2015 at 20:10

Apple really fell down the slope since Cook took over. My current (shitty) MacBook will be my last Mac.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
04/14/2015 at 20:10

Oh my god, Parents and technology... If I have my mom ask me one more time what that facebook beeping is Im gonna scream. Also, earlier this year I was sick for 2 weeks, couldnet get outta bed. The printer ran out of toner and my mom had no idea how to refill it, so she just left it.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > McMike
04/14/2015 at 20:11

Yeah. Just checked. I haven't.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/14/2015 at 20:14

Luckily my dad is pretty good about technology. He's one of the people who will keep their devices for years. He still uses his 2nd gen iPod touch and an android from about 5 years ago. He never has problems. Or at least fixes them himself. He had the iPod classic (one of the ones without the color screen) for years until the hard drive died. He just got a new iPod after that because we couldn't find replacement parts anywhere.

jkm7680 > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/14/2015 at 20:20

Use the "Hammer Tool." It's a specialized tool for finding errors in operating systems and is compatible with every single version of Mac OSX. It's a really great tool, I make $50 an hour working at home using it to fix various Mac computers and it works great!

www.HammerOsxDiagnostics.com

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > jkm7680
04/14/2015 at 20:29

Kinja'd!!!

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > TheHondaBro
04/14/2015 at 21:20

I think it started before that. They're a toy maker now. Just look at how many editors gave up Final Cut after Final Cut "Pro" X. I know a ton of people who went back to avid after that.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
04/14/2015 at 21:20

I'm in exactly the same boat. I do hackintosh some things here and there, but even the OS is getting annoying. Mavericks is kind of the last straw for me. Been using Linux a lot at work on the VMs I'm writing automation systems for, but I'm mostly using windows 8.1 at home on various touch-enabled devices. (I love my Asus vivotab note 8!)

TheHondaBro > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
04/14/2015 at 21:21

Fuck FCP X. It's just another iMovie.

Logic is still okay though. But Logic, and by extension GarageBand, technically isn't theirs.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > McMike
04/14/2015 at 21:22

ou could develop for WP8.1 ;)

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > TheHondaBro
04/14/2015 at 21:27

I'm not going to bash Logic because it works for a ton of people, but Logic is definitely not what they used when designing it. I couldn't get my head around the workflow fast enough, so mothballed it. I'm mostly using Reaper now after a decade or so of Pro Tools and experience with a ton of other DAWs as a sound engineer.

TheHondaBro > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
04/14/2015 at 21:30

Logic is much stronger than most DAWs, they're just giving it a different facade. I use Logic a lot, and there's just so much that can be done, and so easily.

But Logic isn't Apple's. Logic was actually created by a startup called Emagic, and Apple bought them up.

 V8 Rustler > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/14/2015 at 21:34

>13 MBP
>last great apple machine
You've got to be kidding right?

You're completely ignoring that the second gen revolutionized the laptop industry by going completely to solid storage.

You're also not taking into account that the Retina MBP also revolutionized the high DPI screens on laptops.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > TheHondaBro
04/14/2015 at 21:38

All DAWs are the same for the most part. Logic is really good for people who are creating entirely in the box. I'm not really one of those people since I record "live" bands.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > V8 Rustler
04/14/2015 at 21:48

But all that new hardware is proprietary and has absolutely no 3rd party support

 V8 Rustler > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/14/2015 at 21:54

Apple has never had a lot of 3rd party hardware support. The video cards in both the PowerMacs and original Mac Pro always had to be mac specific .

The only thing that you can change in the new portable Macs is the SSD, and there is 3rd party support. OWC sells SSD upgrades. I do hate that the fact that the ram is soldered, but that's why I ordered mine with 16GB.

Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/14/2015 at 22:08

Windows or preferably Linux for me.

Elementray os is amazing.

boxrocket > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
04/15/2015 at 01:06

good luck. My mom foolishly - and without consulting me, her go-to tech guru - bought a MuckBook about 5 years ago, and it's stuck on Leopard or Lion or whatever, and cannot be updated, because apple hates peasants and wants to keep selling the same crap over and over. I need to spend some time with her laptop and put Windows 8.1 on it.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > V8 Rustler
04/18/2015 at 21:24

who cares about having 5 million pixels, That just makes playing games that much slower, not that there are any games for macs anyways. I’m fine with 1080p

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > boxrocket
04/18/2015 at 21:28

its 10.5 leopard, my aunt is in the same boat, she bought a MBP in 2009 or whenever leopard was still the highest Mac OS, my mom bought an iMac with Snow Leopard on it, and she just upgraded to yosemite, because her hard drive failed and the repair shop updated it for her.