Post Traumatic Apple Discussions Syndrome

Hi All !
Please allow me to share ... I am totally freaked by what I've been reading on the Apple Discussion Forum threads.
I mentioned in an earlier post that I am unable to OK an iMac Quad saved to my online Shopping Cart because of all the issues reported surrounding Plash Player, Display Monitor, CPU Spiking, Airport Connectivity, etc.
I intend to revisit the Apple Retail Store, here in Montreal,Canada and get some perspective ...
It is interesting to me that during my last visit to that store the 'Customer Assistants' did not hesitate referring to YouTube in demonstrating the new iMacs. Any slowdown was explained as 'high demand' on the store server.
On my next visit I will call up Activity Monitor and check out what's happening for myself.
I am desperately trying to remain loyal but this lack of authoritative explanation about Apple's Issues is getting to me.
I so appreciate a place to post my reality ...
Wellness to All.

I wouldn't take things too seriously. Only a very small portion of the mac community has problems with their computers and all the issues are accumulated all in once place.
Just look at a forum for any PC and you will see it is way way worse. If anything happens to your mac just simply bring it into an apple store. They are pretty fast at fixing issues.
Hope that helps

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Can someone please help me understand ToU and why my post was deleted but some other man's posts (which I parroted) were left untouched?
My post, in response to a question about switching from Word to Pages:
+Transition is never smooth. I think I know that (luckily I've found my way around a bit better now).+
+But this forum, so I was told, is for BUG related questions only.+
+This is not an iWork bug.+
+You may want to check the Terms of Use, which will tell you that ranting is not allowed either.+
His posts, in response to a similar question from me:
+Posted: Sep 16, 2009 8:21 AM+
+A feature behaving as it is designed to do is not a "feature which don't work". It's just a feature which doesn't match your wishes but as I already wrote, (happily), you are neither a member of the Pages team nor a member of the Numbers team.+
+Posted: Sep 19, 2009 2:43 AM+
+As long as you won't make the difference between a bug which requires a fix+
+and a feature which may require an enhancement to fit your needs, you will receive this kind of comments.+
+Posted: Sep 19, 2009 6:06 AM+
+1) The fact that the feature is not a bug was written several times in this thread.+
+Is it so difficult to understand that !+
+(2) It seems that you didn't read Terms of Use ruling these forums+
I hope you can see that I got the gist of his posts in mine. But mine was deleted. Another one of mine was changed by host. His posts were untouched at all.
What's the deal?

As a longtime member user of the forum, I agree both posts may make suggestions that may make someone feel uncomfortable posting in the forum. That in of itself is discussed in the Terms of use as something may not be kosher. The forum is more than just bug related questions. It also is for technical support, and advice regarding features that you may or may not be aware of in the system that other users may have encountered to help you in your understanding of how to use the computer.
Generally speaking, I make an effort to click on Report this post on the bottom of the post which appears to anyone who has achieved level 2 and above, whenever I see a post that does not appear to meet the terms of use, rather than challange the user, unless I think one can successfully do that without further antoginizing the user, and offer helpful feedback to them. If you see a particular post that does not appear to meet the terms of use, and don't yet see that link yet, I recommend posting in the feedback forum a link to the thread it appears in, and which post it is, quoting a passage from it.
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How to post a link (URL) in "Apple Discussions"

You can shorten your links (URLs) by using HTML coding.
This is preferable when the URL is very long. Posting the entire URL can extend the width of a post beyond the range of many computer screens. This can make a post difficult to read, as it necessitates sideways scrolling.
This is the format to use:
<a href="Insert URL Here">Type Title Here</a>
The quotation marks are necessary.
This link Search Apple Support, would be formatted like this:
<a href="http://search.info.apple.com/">Search Apple Support</a>
The title can be anything you choose.
To avoid typos, it is helpful to go to the web page you are linking to, and copy & paste the URL from the address bar of your browser.
Some helpful Utilities:
level4 "Panther only" at present
Typeit4me
And for more HTML tricks, check this out How Can I Format My Post by Joerg Weise
Have Fun!
ali b

How to post a link (URL) in "Apple Discussions"
You can shorten your links (URLs) by using HTML coding.
This is preferable when the URL is very long. Posting the entire URL can extend the width of a post beyond the range of many computer screens. This can make a post difficult to read, as it necessitates sideways scrolling.
This is the format to use:
<a href="Insert URL Here">Type Title Here</a>
The quotation marks are necessary.
This link Search Apple Support, would be formatted like this:
<a href="http://search.info.apple.com/">Search Apple Support</a>
The title can be anything you choose.
To avoid typos, it is helpful to go to the web page you are linking to, and copy & paste the URL from the address bar of your browser.
Some helpful Utilities:
level4 "Panther only" at present
Typeit4me
And for more HTML tricks, check this out How Can I Format My Post by Joerg Weise
Have Fun!
ali b

Question for Apple Discussions Staff re deletion of my post

My macbook died and it had become vital to my daily function. It contained important documents, emails, and much more.
My post was about a working solution to access the hard drive, especially on the day of new years eve. The information posted could be of great benefit to other Mac owners and censorship does them a disservice.
I don't have the luxury of having a second Mac, although I did, a Macbook air, that was sold to a friend.
Please review my post and advise on how it can be reworded as to not violate the EULA.

apple moderators do not care to assist me when I ask for help, hours later.
Apple Discussion moderators can not & do not answer questions in the technical forums. Occasionally they will respond in this Feedback forum.
Apple Discussions is designed to a be a User to User community support portal. There are Apple Employees that work in the forums, but they are mainly here for moderation purposes. The bulk of the help and answers come from community members like yourself who are passionate about Apple products.
There are Hosts, identified with the Purple Apple next to their alias and Apple employees who are identified with the silver Apple. Any Apple employee posters are generally here on a volunteer basis outside of their normal job duties.
 Cheers, Tom

Since 5.1.5 I cannot post images in Apple discussions

I often post to a few Apple discussion forums.
Often, to help others, a picture (more than likely to be a screenshot) is worth a thousand words.
Since installing Safari 5.1.5, the dialog to insert a picture - in a post such as this - does not work anymore.
Am I alone in this? Any solutions?
I would appreciate if people let me know if it is working or not. If it is a bug, and not just a glitch in my mac, I plan to let Apple know.
I figure it should have come up by now, so maybe it is just me... I have had to use Firefox just for this kind of thing.

Hi Luis ...
I have the same thing happen and the cache is usually the culprit.
Try emptying the Safari cache more often. From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Empty Cache.
If that doesn't help, go to ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db
For Lion v10.7x: To find the Home folder in OS X Lion, open the Finder, hold the Option key, and choose Go > Library
Move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
Quit then relaunch Safari to test.

How do I prevent every apple discussion post to go to my email box?

How do I prevent every apple discussion post to go to my email box? I have changed the preferences, but they are still filling up my email box?

The preferences control future subscriptions. Click the email and follow back to the discussion and then click "stop email notifications" under Actions on the top right of this page. You'll need to do that for each discussion you're subscribed to.
Regards,
Captfred

Cannot post - Apple Discussion temporarily not available

Hi
I have been trying to post a message since about a week ago. I keep getting the message that Apple Discussion is temporarily not available and to visit Apple Support.
But, I noticed there are messages being posted by others during this period. I am posting from Asia. Is this problem in Asia only ..??
Appreciate some heads up to what I can do to resolve this issue.
Thanks.

If this was happening to me, I would try the Open DNS numbers.
So go up to the Apple icon on the top left corner of your screen.
Double click and move your cursor down to "System Preferences."
Then go down to "Network."
Click on Advanced button down in the lower right.
In the resulting box, click on the top menu > DNS.
Then, write down the two (probably) addresses in the left pane (DNS Servers).
(This is in case this doesn't work, and you can simply put the old ones back in easily)
Then erase those old numbers and replace with 208.67.222.222 (top one)
and 208.67.220.220 (lower one). The order is just to make things clearer to you.
It really doesn't matter.
Then when the new numbers are in there, go down to the lower right corner of that pane,
and click the OK button.
Restart Safari, and test again.
Review & more info on Open DNS:
http://tinyurl.com/2exn3n2

How do I delete an Apple discussion account?

I am wondering if you can delete one of your Apple discussion account, so that the username is not longer active for that account.

Moderators can delete the account, but usually do not (you can just let it idle and die). They usually do not delete *all* of the threads you started, but can edit some that you feel have personal information. If you want every response you posted deleted, that is all but impossible.

"Apple Discussions" links fail in Safari 5.0.3

In Safari when I try linking to a topic from within any Apple Discussions forum, or try any other links from within a forum, I get a blank page. No such problem in Firefox (from where I'm making this post).
Not a disaster, given that I have Firefox, but puzzling.

Hi Duncan...
From your Safari menu bar click Safari / Preferences then select the Security tab. Click: Show Cookies
Delete all Apple cookies.
Quit Safari (Command + Q) then relaunch Safari.
Emptying the Safari cache more often may help also. Command + Option + E
If nothing above helped, Reset Safari from the Safari menu bar. Select the top 7 buttons. Click Reset.
Carolyn

Issue with setting up an account for Apple Discussions

Off and on for 4 or 5 years I have posted questions or responded to them the in PowerBook G4 15" Titanium section. Then a couple of weeks ago I tried to log in and was informed that my Apple ID had been disabled for security reasons. I then created a new Apple ID and password and had no difficulty logging in with that. However, to post in the Apple Discussions I was prompted to create a new account for that purpose. When I filled in the fields, checked the box agreeing to the conditions, and clicked the Submit button, I got no error message, but the "Create New Account" screen reloaded and I still couldn't post. Clicking login just brought up the same screen again. After trying and failing to create a new posting account off and on over a period of a week I finally went to the Seattle Apple Store to see if they could help me. The first employee kindly went through the steps with me three times with the same baffling result. Finally a second employee helped me and was successful on his third try (I thanked him profusely!). However, even he could not identify the problem because no error message ever appeared. Was I trying to use an alias that didn't work for some reason? Does the Other Computer Information field need to be filled in even though it looks optional because it doesn't have an asterisk? Is the secret to get help at an Apple Store? All just FYI.

Thanks, jpfresno. The Apple Store guy also suggested that the alias I wanted might already be in use, but evidently that wasn't the case.
At this point I should clarify that my account issues have been fully resolved. The point of my post is a larger issue--usability of the Create New Account screen. The fact that neither I nor two Apple Store employees could figure out why attempting to create a new account for Apple Discussions repeatedly failed was due to lack of feedback after clicking the Submit button. I would normally expect to see a message like "This alias already in use" or "This field must be filled in" but there were no messages of any sort.

To Moderator: Problem with "Logic" Apple Discussions Digest

Hello
I am getting mails from :[email protected] about Apple Discussions Digest for 08/10/06
Saying :
Dear Cyril Blanc,
You have requested mail to be sent to you when messages are posted to certain areas in Apple Discussions.
The following updates have been made since 07/10/06 12:20
Topic "Benchmarking Logic on a MACPRO quad 3ghz" has been updated 4 times
http://acdiscuss-stage01.corp.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3276937#3276937
http://acdiscuss-stage01.corp.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3286104#3286104
http://acdiscuss-stage01.corp.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3286631#3286631
http://acdiscuss-stage01.corp.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3288597#3288597
Forum "Logic Pro 7" has been updated 763 times
"Re: Can´t open Logic document" was created on 03/10/06 20:34
http://acdiscuss-stage01.corp.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3264979#3264979
"Re: Uh, What Do These Do?????" was created on 03/10/06 20:37
http://acdiscuss-stage01.corp.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3264984#3264984
"Re: 96K 24 bit non-dithered bounce sounds great on a CD player?" was created on 03/10/06 20:41
http://acdiscuss-stage01.corp.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3265012#3265012
Looks there is a problem, the links are not valid
Best
Cyril

I am having the similar problems, receiving emails with discussion URLS pointing to servers I can't reach:
The following updates have been made since 10/18/06 4:16 AM
Topic "Podcasts wont autodelete" has been updated one time
http://acdiscuss-stage01.corp.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3321692#3321692
Topic "Problems with sleep mode in 10.4.7" has been updated 2 times
http://acdiscuss-stage01.corp.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3356412#3356412
http://acdiscuss-stage01.corp.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3358095#3358095
Topic "Aperature fails updating Vault..." has been updated one time
http://acdiscuss-stage01.corp.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3367212#3367212
Whenever I get email messages like this they are accompanied by emails that are identical but with references to valid URLs.
In addition, the "update" notifications are bogus. For example, you can see by checking the relative dates of the quoted message above and this post that there have in fact been no updates made to those discussion topics in the intervening time period.
Since these bugs are effectively generating alot of spam, I'm surprised not to see a flood of posts complaining about this.
I did find a reference to the 2nd issue of bogus update notifications previously posted in this archived thread Ghost new posts appear according to My Subscriptions at
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=348043.
Also, it has been mentioned more recently in Forum Bugs at
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3291248&#3291248
and in 2 messages, 1 works, 1 doesn't at
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2809633&
15" Alu PB 1.25GHZ G4 FW800, 1GB RAM, 100GB 7200RPM HDD, 80GB 5400RPM EXT FW HDD Mac OS X (10.4.7)

MISSING DISCUSSIONS ACCOUNT=APPLE DISCUSSIONS.

MISSING DISCUSSIONS ACCOUNT=APPLE DISCUSSIONS.
?? HOW DO I RECOVER MY
MISSING DISCUSSIONS ACCOUNT ??
MY DISCUSSIONS ACCOUNT,
WHICH I HAVE USED OVER SEVERAL YEARS
OF UNIVERSITY STUDY
IS NOW GONE.
I am being asked to signup again as a "brand new frog".
I am a "dot mac" subscriber,
which is still current and working,
with the same login.
I have had a "university student" Developer status
which is still current and working,
with the same login.
?? Am I somehow able to recover my
MISSING DISCUSSIONS ACCOUNT;
I have seen no data on how
to RECOVER FROM THIS SITUATION ??
I DID NOT THROW
MY VALUED CUSTOMER STATUS
OUT THE WINDOW AND DOWN TO THE GROUND,
BUT THAT IS WHERE
MY STATUS SEEMS TO BE AT THE CURRENT MOMENT.
?? Is there even a small portion of "First Aid"
for some valued customer in this predicament ??
Hi !
In my seemingly breathless condition,
I forgot to say Hi ! and
thank you for any possible help with this situation;
and to also ask
?? what needs be done to prevent this
as a future situation ??
?? Any ideas on where someone should start ??
Thanks.
Best Regards, Ken kenak99709 11 May 2007

Ken,
kenak99709 is the Alias of the Discussions account that you are currently posting with.
If you had to have created a new account, you would not have been able to choose that Alias, as Discussions will only allow one member to have a unique Alias.
Either I am not understanding your dilemma, or possibly you have not explained the situation in full.
ali b

Future Notice from Apple Discussions Admin:

In the not too distant future I suspect we'll be getting the following announcement:
Due to conditions we'd rather not admit to, in order to better serve the users of the Apple Discussion Forum we have temporarily suspended all activity. We'll update this announcement as the situation changes.
Let's face it. This new board was rolled out without adequate testing. Searching is less accurate than it was. Posting a URL reference to another thread or to a specific post of a thread is problematic. It is more difficult to check back on the threads that one is involved with. Email notification still doesn't work properly. For those of us with vision difficulties the forum is still too hard to read. It is still slow...
Hey Steve! How about rolling some heads over here and getting this thing fixed, eh?

Hi dwb!
Posting a URL reference to another thread or to a specific post of a thread is problematic.
This Tip: How To Craft A Link To A Post Within a Thread, may help you with that .
ali b

How To Prevent My Apple Discussions Showing In Google Search Results

Hello Everyone,
I am just wondering if anyone could help me prevent google from showing all of my Apple Discussions showing when someone searches in Google is there some kind of Privacy i can do in my account or something help would be much appreciated.
Cheers

Hello Sean:
I am just wondering if anyone could help me prevent google from showing all of my Apple Discussions showing when someone searches in Google is there some kind of Privacy i can do in my account or something help would be much appreciated.
To my knowledge, no. Once something enters the Internet, Google (and other search engines) find those items. How they do that, I do not know. FWIW, things that I had no idea were even posted on-line popped up when I "googled" myself.
There is really no privacy when one enters data on a web site - particularly in a public forum like Apple discussions. My own rule is that if I do not want to see it on the front page of a newspaper, I do not enter it on the 'net and I do not use it in E-mail.
Barry

Why is Apple Discussions so extremely unreliable lately?

For several weeks now Apple Discussions is down for several hours every single day. Furthermore it is very slow at times. Why is that the case? It used to be very stable before that.

I've also noticed many problems with logging in and speed over the last month or 2. Maybe just coincidence, but it seems to have started about the time of the announcement about Mod numbers being reduced. Maybe they reduced the Techs too?
And each time I can't log in a terrible thought crosses my mind, 'This is it! This is the end of Apple Discussions'.
Maybe I'm just paranoid. But this my primary source of info when I come accross a new problem. And I would hate to lose it. After the cull, I'd feel a whole lot better if there were some expression of support form Apple about the future of these forums. Maybe I've missed it but I have seen nothing.
Anyhow, back from opining. The Apple.com > Support > Discussions page used to have an area called 'Status' or Notices' or something, on the right-hand side somewhere near 'Top Rated members'. Mods would used to regularly post helpful info about outages there but now that seems to have disappeared. It would be useful & informative to have it back. Or, even better, some kind of 'System Status (last 30 days)' indicator like at the bottom left of http://www.mac.com
Cheers,
b.

Post Traumatic Apple Discussions Syndrome

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