I have a Mac Pro running OS-X 10.9.4 and an iPhone 5s and iPad Air, both running IOS 7.1.2. I use Datacolor's Spyder Gallery apps on the Mac and iDevices to color calibrate them. The process works that you connect the Spyder 3 or 4 tool to the Mac via the USB connection and the color tool on the iDevice.
The app on the Mac then uses bluetooth to communicate with the iPhone or iPad to send and receive information between the device and Mac. This means you have to start Bluetooth on the device and connect to Bluetooth on the Mac.
I do this monthly along with the color calibration of the Mac's monitor, and up through last month the process was flawless. Then updated the Mac to 10.9.4 and the devices to IOS 7.1.2, after which the bluetooth doesn't work anymore between either device and the Mac.
The iPhone or iPad will connect with the code for a second and then returns the message, "Mac not supported" on this device. And as often happens folks on the Apple forum either blame me, aka. the user, for doing something wrong, or ask stupid questions like what I'm trying to do and offer other ways to do it.
Except the Spyder apps use Bluetooth, so there is no work around or other way of doing it. And blaming the user is just computer geeks way of refusing to confess they don't have a clue what to do and don't want to admit that.
And not long after that, others voiced the same problem, so it's not me, it's one of the OS-X or IOS updates which causes Bluetooth not to work with each other. And as usual, sending the bug report to Apple is like sending down the rabbit hole, gone and lost forever.
I suspect it's IOS 7.1.2 since the Mac discovers the iPhone or iPad, sends the code to pair and connects, but the the device drops the connection as "Mac not supported" message which often strikes me that this is typical of Apple's testing process where they don't test or see problems.
So here I sit. Can't go back and there's nothing forward. Both devices have been color calibrated (June) so it's not critical but it is important later when it's clear there is a problem with IOS 7.1.2 or OS-X 10.9.4 for Bluetooth.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Defending oneself
The leaders of Israel say they have a right to defend themselves against the agressive attacks by the Hamas rockets. Yet, Israel's "Iron Dome" missile defense system is so successful, only a few percent of the unguided rockets actually land, and fewer do any damage, let alone injure or kill anyone.
All the while Israel subjects the people of Gaza to missile and bombs from warplanes and missiles from helicopters because Hamas has no air defense system, from Artillery and rockets because Hamas has no counter force against them, and from the incursion of forces into Gaza itself.
Where does is say taking such an agreesive offense, supposedly targeted at Hamas but often destroying propery and killing and injuring innoncent Palestinians, is defending yourself?
If Israel's air defense system, partailly funded and supported by the US, works, what more do they need to do to defend themselves? Why not show restraint and make Hamas look the enemy it is and not the Palestinian people?
OS-X and Bluetooth
This is a critical thing if you are running OS-X 10.9.4. If you are using bluetooth devices, such as the mouse, keyboard and trackpad, and have a wired device plugged into the Mac as well, you can accidently turn bluetooth off without the system giving you the warning message and the second chance.
The bluetooth setup in OS-X is supposed to warn you that turning off bluetooth will disable the input devices in the list with the setup, and then give you a second chance to turn bluetooth off or not. But if you have a wired input devices, like a tablet, it won't show you either and just turn bluetooth off losing the connections to those devices.
In addition if you have the preferences to detect missing keyboard and/or mouse to open the bluetooth window if you reboot, the system will not do that if you have the wired device plugged into the Mac. I learned this recently by accident.
This is really stupid on Apple's part since it knows which devices are bluetooth and which are wired, and should know to detect a mouse or keyboard which is not connected when you reboot. The wired device, which the system know what it is, eg. tablet, should not interfer with the bluetooth devices, preferences or operation.
If you do, you may be screwed until you connect a wired mouse into the Mac to reboot and restart bluetooth or hope the wired device can serve like a mouse, as some tablets can in an emergency, which I learned too.
When I reported this on the Apple forum, the responses were less than positive and the typical IT geek response it's not the system and to blame the user, until one tested it and discovered it really is a bug in OS-X 10.9.4.
It's why I rarely post to the Apple forum, it only gets you ridiculed for being stupid. We're all human but IT geeks forget they're humans first, and geeks second. Their view is that their mistakes are professional, user mistakes are stupid. And they wonder why we hate them.
The bluetooth setup in OS-X is supposed to warn you that turning off bluetooth will disable the input devices in the list with the setup, and then give you a second chance to turn bluetooth off or not. But if you have a wired input devices, like a tablet, it won't show you either and just turn bluetooth off losing the connections to those devices.
In addition if you have the preferences to detect missing keyboard and/or mouse to open the bluetooth window if you reboot, the system will not do that if you have the wired device plugged into the Mac. I learned this recently by accident.
This is really stupid on Apple's part since it knows which devices are bluetooth and which are wired, and should know to detect a mouse or keyboard which is not connected when you reboot. The wired device, which the system know what it is, eg. tablet, should not interfer with the bluetooth devices, preferences or operation.
But it does!
Do not turn Bluetooth off
if you have a wired device to your Mac!
Do not turn Bluetooth off
if you have a wired device to your Mac!
If you do, you may be screwed until you connect a wired mouse into the Mac to reboot and restart bluetooth or hope the wired device can serve like a mouse, as some tablets can in an emergency, which I learned too.
When I reported this on the Apple forum, the responses were less than positive and the typical IT geek response it's not the system and to blame the user, until one tested it and discovered it really is a bug in OS-X 10.9.4.
It's why I rarely post to the Apple forum, it only gets you ridiculed for being stupid. We're all human but IT geeks forget they're humans first, and geeks second. Their view is that their mistakes are professional, user mistakes are stupid. And they wonder why we hate them.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Freedom
The conservative Christians have been and are making an effort to ensure their religious freedom is not restricted by laws and even the Constitution. But what will those folks say and do when the religious freedom of people of other faiths invoke the same rights and protections when some of their values conflict and even contradict the conservative Christians' values?
If the conservative Christians cite their values trumps laws, then doesn't the values of other religious values also trumps laws, and when the conservative Christians cite majority rules on the issues, then aren't they discriminating against a religious minority on religious grounds which is a violation of the Civil Rights Act and the Constitution?
Has the conservative Christians opened up the proverbial Pandora's box of religious freedom for everyone when they only wanted it for themselves?
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Consider
Consider the possibility President Putin isn't as much interested in Ukraine as many experts seem to portray his interests there but to test the willingness and resolve of the European Union against their own economic interests and dependency on Russian natural gas and oil.
His interest in Ukraine is political as he had a crony there as the puppet president who was ousted after public protests after which the people discovered he and his friends had used the government and Russian aid to bolster their own financial interests and wealth.
His interest in Ukraine was to unsettle the government where the people would oust the government and he can establish a new puppet president, except he now knows the majority of the people are for their government and want their soverignty and independence for themselves and from Russia.
So he settled for the Crimean peninsula, which was an invastion and occupation for the offshore oil rights than the land, government or people, and for the eastern border area with the majority of Russian heritage, except the local militias weren't armed or experienced for a civil war.
And that's why he sent experienced troops and leaders along with heavy weapons, including artillery, tanks, and personnel carriers, and now we know included surface-to-air missiles which shot down the commerical aircraft with 298 people on board.
Depsite all that, his goal may be simply a political test of the resolve and willingness of the EU to support Ukraine through the fighting in their country with the Russian backed and supported pro-separatists.
He knows the US can and will add sanctions against selected Russian people and companies, but he's testing if President Obama will include sanctions against US companies working in Russia or with the Russian government, especially energy and airplane production companies.
But his real goal may just be to push the EU using their dependence on Russian natural gas and oil as his leverage. He's done this with Ukraine using false claims of overdue bills on inflated natual gas prices in violation of the agreements, but after shutting off the pipeline, he's always turned it back on for a reason.
He knows if he actually shuts down the pipeline the EU will revolt against him. That's the certainty he knows about the EU, their dependence but mostly his revenue from the sale of natural gas to the EU. Turning it off stops both, something the Russian economy and government can't survive for very long.
So this is what he's testing, especially Germany and a few other countries who are heavily dependent on Russian natual gas, in short, how long can they survive if the gas is shutoff and what they will do in response and how far will their tolerate his intervention in Ukraine.
Putin is gambling the EU doesn't have the interests to threaten their source of natural gas, but without the sale of it to the EU, Putin and the Russian government is equally hurt, and that's what the EU has to use against him than their fear of consequences.
His interest in Ukraine is political as he had a crony there as the puppet president who was ousted after public protests after which the people discovered he and his friends had used the government and Russian aid to bolster their own financial interests and wealth.
His interest in Ukraine was to unsettle the government where the people would oust the government and he can establish a new puppet president, except he now knows the majority of the people are for their government and want their soverignty and independence for themselves and from Russia.
So he settled for the Crimean peninsula, which was an invastion and occupation for the offshore oil rights than the land, government or people, and for the eastern border area with the majority of Russian heritage, except the local militias weren't armed or experienced for a civil war.
And that's why he sent experienced troops and leaders along with heavy weapons, including artillery, tanks, and personnel carriers, and now we know included surface-to-air missiles which shot down the commerical aircraft with 298 people on board.
Depsite all that, his goal may be simply a political test of the resolve and willingness of the EU to support Ukraine through the fighting in their country with the Russian backed and supported pro-separatists.
He knows the US can and will add sanctions against selected Russian people and companies, but he's testing if President Obama will include sanctions against US companies working in Russia or with the Russian government, especially energy and airplane production companies.
But his real goal may just be to push the EU using their dependence on Russian natural gas and oil as his leverage. He's done this with Ukraine using false claims of overdue bills on inflated natual gas prices in violation of the agreements, but after shutting off the pipeline, he's always turned it back on for a reason.
He knows if he actually shuts down the pipeline the EU will revolt against him. That's the certainty he knows about the EU, their dependence but mostly his revenue from the sale of natural gas to the EU. Turning it off stops both, something the Russian economy and government can't survive for very long.
So this is what he's testing, especially Germany and a few other countries who are heavily dependent on Russian natual gas, in short, how long can they survive if the gas is shutoff and what they will do in response and how far will their tolerate his intervention in Ukraine.
Putin is gambling the EU doesn't have the interests to threaten their source of natural gas, but without the sale of it to the EU, Putin and the Russian government is equally hurt, and that's what the EU has to use against him than their fear of consequences.
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