The “Once”
What in the hell is going on at Apple? The Mac Mini I just got was a royal pain in the ass to setup because it wouldn’t sync with my Apple Bluetooth wireless keyboard. (below, my full MacMini Epinions review here.
The “Twice”
Yesterday I decided to upgrade my iPhone 4 to the new iOS6 (because it seemed like the right thing to do at the time? Argh!) The press hoopla over the talking maps app DEMO made it out to be the shizzle. “Dazzling Flyover” was mentioned on a plethora of tech websites. It was so exciting that I posted the event to Facebook and Twitter while waiting on the download to finish. The kinda thing people do when they are expecting the birth of a new family member. The kinda thing I should only share with my support group at Apple Fanboy Anonymous (AFA) meetings. They have a twelve step program to clear your mind of Windows clutter, the details of which I am sworn to protect with the tenacity that Mitt Romney does his hidden tax records. But I digress.
For the most part, outside of the invisible internal code changes, I suspect that the maps change was the biggest deal for iPhone 4 users, since we lack Siri functionality and our models aren’t panorama capable. Once the download and upgrade was finished, the first thing I did was check a route I utilized under the old map. The walking route from my house to the NaturZoo in Rheine. The walking route is basically the bike route and I used it to get to the Zoo on my moped awhile back. Imagine my shock and surprise to find that no such option is available now.
With the new map app I only get routing via the autobahn, and with my moped being limited by law to the sidewalk at 15 mph (25 kmh) that info is as worthless as a plea for sanity aimed anywhere in the general direction of the Republican party (or Faux News, ibid)
I jumped on the web to check what was up, Seconds after confirming the trending Twitter topic MAP APP SUX, I see all these tech sites that had previously been heralding the new iOS like the second coming of Christ are now bashing the crap out of the new maps app like Mitt Romney attacking reason itself, and with the exact same Etch-a-Sketch ability to condemn what they so heartily were hailing just a day earlier. That must have been the day the seed was planted that I “needed” this upgrade. I blame those media bastards because “never blame yourself” is something I learned at AFA. Actually, It is the first rule of fight club. AFA from which I shall now be banished for exposing the first rule of AFA. Not that I would chance attending another meeting now that I have blown the org.
The “Thrice”
Now my update apps button takes me to the German version of the apps store, where it correctly identifies the apps I need to update and then rejects me for being in the wrong store for my device (DUH). It always went to the US store before. I now have to chase down or figure out if-where that setting resides so I can update about half a dozen apps that the device says I need to update. Steve Jobs, I am crying for you bro’
Enjjoy.
The Tim Channel 