![]() Because now those bugs - file corruptions, missing data, broken APIs and fundamental things that simply stop syncing - can spill over and infect your other Macs running a stable OS. But the overall track record is iffy at best.)Īnd so when they decide to overhaul how CloudKit and iCloud Drive work and then merge those changes into an already buggier-than-usual beta OS, disaster can ensue. I'm obviously exaggerating to make a point. But put a network layer in there and they crap themselves. I feel like they could have all the money and engineers in the world (which they basically already do) and still never completely get their services right because it's just not in their DNA. Apple has never been good at anything involving the internet. So I'm totally fine using a wonky OS for a few months on a spare machine while I test my own software in addition to Apple's.Īpple is becoming (already is?) a services company. And while I can only speak for myself, I think most developers are more than happy to offer input to Apple and report bugs. But that's OK! That's what betas are for. The early betas of Catalina were really, really broken. The first, is purely from a stability and functional standpoint. I've seen easy-going mostly spit and polish releases as well more substantial user-facing and under-the-hood ones.īut Catalina has been different in two particularly gruesome ways that get even worse when combined. And, in recent years, within virtual machines that allow me to do more intricate testing. I hope I've earned the right to spout off my stupid opinions on the internet occasionally.Īnd as an Apple software developer, I live through the Summer beta periods. I'm not part of the old guard of Mac developers, but I've been around the block and doing this for over a decade and a half. But for a few wonderful years my own apps were my full time income. I'm not rich from it, and I don't claim to even be that successful. And I had apps in the iOS and Mac App Stores on day one of their respective openings. ![]() I've been writing and selling my own software for macOS since 2003 - back when it was still Mac OS X - back when apps were called software. It's the specific nerd sub-culture that I identify with the strongest. And after the ridiculously over-the-top shit-storm that blew up over my dumb tweet earlier this week, the last thing I wanted to do was step back in that arena. In fact, last night I drafted up one about my problems sending background push notifications with Amazon SNS (coming soon!). This isn't the blog post I intended to write.
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