Hello All, My perception may be wrong, my imagination may be running riot, but it does seem to me that the battery life of my iPhone gets shorter with each new iteration of an OS and each new OS and more and more we're being driven to using iCloud. Someone justifies this on the basis get it gives increased security but to my simple mind data which stats on my hard drive is more secure than data which gets plonked onto a server in Apple knows where but I don't, whee security and privacy laws may be more lax than Australia's. And how can transmitting something over the Internet be more secure than not transmitting it at all?
Turning now to things on a cloud, what happens to my data if I want to abandon Apple and go elsewhere. Can I shift every untying that I paid for through iTunes (example) onto a non-Apple Compuetr? Or have I done my dough. I'm still searching for some of my photos. Cheers, Michael (Apple since 94) Sent from my iPhone > On 9 Oct 2015, at 7:46 PM, Philippe Chaperon <laut...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > The previous emails on this thread are interesting but I somehow do not grasp > what exactly some users are looking for with regards to the OS. Is it the > Operating System which is becoming too complex or powerful or is it the > amount of Application Softwares which come with a computer that is the > problem? > > For those who want basic application softwares they are available, albeit for > a price (most are quite cheap). Some of the applications I use are fairly > basic e.g. for my photos I use Graphic Converter because I have problems in > constantly having my Photos, ex iPhotos, libraries converted etc. Although I > have MS Office, most of my word processing is done with Mellel, a powerful > application but not as ‘bloated’ as Word. In fact for a quick and short > document Text Edit comes to my rescue quite happily. > > With regards to the operating system itself, unfortunately the computing > world is constantly evolving and what with the hotly contested competition > from Windows and Android, if Apple does not keep up with the latest > technologies it will loose ground very quickly. A good analogy is the car > industry. A current car manufacturer who dares produce a car without electric > windows and/or an electric starter motor, side valves operated by push rods > etc would not survive the highly competitive modern car market. The current > consumers, in the majority, are looking for the very latest in technology for > safety and economy and will not hesitate to swap brands if this requirement > is not met by the car or computer or camera etc manufacturer. > > Although the above analogy is simplistic, this is the argument I use to > convince myself to install the latest OS on my Macs. The latest technology > provides greater efficiency, uses the latest technology, which once learned, > will make my life much easier. And above all the updates allow me to surf the > net which itself keeps evolving using new technology. Many ‘old’ browsers > would not be able to cope with all that latest internet technology. > > I agree that it is difficult to keep learning the new OS, but at least we > Mac users have not had to suffer the pains our brothers from that ‘other’ OS > have go through with each major update. Having used Apple products s -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
