General Apple Megathread

[HotHotHeat]

The only Mac computer that can be used as a display is the current 27" iMac, as far as I know.

[Five-hole]

Quick question: if I upgrade my iPhone to ios 6 am I stuck with apple maps?

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by Five-hole

Quick question: if I upgrade my iPhone to ios 6 am I stuck with apple maps?

Sort of. You can either download a third-party maps app (Google doesn't have one yet, and I'm not sure of any good free ones), or access Google Maps via Safari. But the built-in Google Maps app as you know it won't be available.

That being said, I haven't found Apple Maps to be as bad as many people say it is, but I also don't use it often or rely on it daily.

[PeteLFan]

Any news on the lightning cables yet? So frustrating they make this dinky ass cable is it do hard to make it 6 feet.

[J Diddy]

Not sure if this is the right thread for this but here goes...

Anyone know a fix for slow animated gifs in safari on the iPad 2? Animated gifs in Chrome on the iPad 2 are fine.

Embedded YouTube seems faster too in Chrome.

Thanks.

[metallicat]

So what do I do about my iPhone 4? The home button is barely working anymore, it takes repeated pushes to make it work at times, highly annoying especially since I don't think there's another way to switch apps or close them, is there? Does this require a trip to the genius bar for hopefully a new phone?

[KTrain]

I brought my wife's iPhone 4 into the genius bar because it was having similar problems. It wasn't as bad but still annoying.

I wasn't offered a free phone. I was offer $170 for a new phone. I was also offered an upgrade to the 5 but we weren't interested.

[metallicat]

I don't really want to have to pay to repair it myself, it's only 1.5 years old.

[Rathji]

I think you confused his link. It is a place that repairs iPhones (and other phones).

Looks like a home button the iPhone 4 is $79, installed.

[Jimmy Stang]

^ I found a Mexican guy named Edgar on Kijiji who replaced my screen on my old 3G for $50 in his downtown apartment. PM me if you want his number. It wasn't as sketchy as it sounds.

[Sliver]

There's also Ty The iPhone Repair Guy in Queensland if that's closer for you. Whenever my wife breaks her phone she takes it to him.

We see him a lot.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

So what do I do about my iPhone 4? The home button is barely working anymore, it takes repeated pushes to make it work at times, highly annoying especially since I don't think there's another way to switch apps or close them, is there? Does this require a trip to the genius bar for hopefully a new phone?

Here's what you do. Take your iPhone cable and insert it into the phone. Grab the connector and pull up on it gently towards the home button with the screen facing you. Be firm but not hard enough to snap anything. You'll hear some slight clicks. Take out the cable and try the Home button. It fixes it 99% of the time. You'll have to repeat this every so often.

[metallicat]

Interestingly enough, that may have worked.

[emti]

Kind of off topic a bit here but quick question... I am currently in the US but my phone is with rogers and i dropped my phone in the toilet a few nights ago. Can my mom or dad go to apple and resign me onto a new contract with a new phone or will apple only do it if i am there?? I am 17 if that helps..

[silentsim]

Originally Posted by emti

Kind of off topic a bit here but quick question... I am currently in the US but my phone is with rogers and i dropped my phone in the toilet a few nights ago. Can my mom or dad go to apple and resign me onto a new contract with a new phone or will apple only do it if i am there?? I am 17 if that helps..

If they are authorized on your account they can, bring a bill statement and such.
If not call in to Rogers and add them as the authorized member

[Cheerio]

So my phone is having an issue where sometimes when I get a text message the backlight doesn't turn on regardless of what I do until I lock it and unlock it again. It's not a regular problem but something that happens about once or twice a week, but when it happens it's fairly annoying. So I went into the Apple store and talked to a guy working there and he said that restoring it would solve the issue, if not I should come back and they'll swap it out. So I restore it and it doesn't fix anything, so I go back in and the lady tells me that since they can't recreate the issue in store there's nothing they can do about it. Frustrating because I have AppleCare for another year, but it can't fix any of the issues I'm having especially because everyone else gets their issue fixed if they drop it and it shatters.

[MisterJoji]

There is a way to get a "home button" on your screen:

Settings > General > Accessability > Assistive Touch On

It's kind of a little obtrusive, but it's a work around if you need one.

[MrMastodonFarm]

http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/10/29/ap...oth-departing/

Scott Forstall, Apple’s SVP of iOS software, is leaving sometime next year, but will stay on board as “an advisor to CEO Tim Cook in the interim.” No reason on why he decided to depart, or if was asked to leave. Perhaps it was tipping point was the latest Maps fiasco. In addition, John Browett, Apple’s head of retail is out. It seems that they will not be replacing him, but “Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi will add more responsibilities to their roles.”

[opendoor]

Might be a good move. From what I understand Forstall was one of the big proponents of the tacky appearance of some of Apple's software (faux leather stitching, wood grain, yellow legal pad, etc.). Not to mention the whole maps fiasco. Hopefully this means Jonathan Ive will have more of an influence on the software appearance in the future and that Apple will start to move away from their heavy use of visual metaphors.

Apple still produces the best looking hardware IMO, but some of their software has been pretty lacking lately.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Yeah, I really have no idea about his role or the inner workings of Apple so I just posted the article and didn't comment after that. Post-Jobs he's the only interesting one at the press conferences though, that's the best I can comment lol. Tim Cook is the cure for insomnia.

Agreed on the looks though. I really hope in terms of physical designs Apple doesn't rest of their laurels like they seem to be doing with software though, they've been lacking innovation.