Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
On 24/09/2010, at 11:25 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: I have to say it's great fun, however, to date, I've made 1 phone call, sent one email (a test!), missed one phone call (the other half) received one real SMS (the other half saying You actually supposed to answer your phone when it rings. Where are you. plus a couple of Telsta SMSs... so, given all my data has been over the home wireless network, my $49 cap plan with Telstra is hardly being maxed out!!! It seems you're still missing the point - your mobile phone is not for YOU to use: it's for OTHERS to use!! :-) Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
On 23/09/2010, at 12:20 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: on 22/9/10 10:03 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Neil Stuart, You cannot delete Game Centre. You can move it to another page or put it in a folder, but you cannot delete it … Apple did provide an 'Opt In'. It was called the software update. It wasn't required, and if you had read the documentation like it asks, then you would have known... Read the documentation next time... Lesson learned… Oh! A little harsh Ronni ;o) OK, I had missed that the Game Center was part of the new software, but the trouble is: I really DID want the new HDR photography - so I had to upgrade for that. In general, sticking with my current software and refraining from any further upgrades does not seem like a balanced response just because I don't want Game Center and I have no interest in games on my iPhone - I would miss out on all the other improvements features ( how many times, when troubleshooting issues, have you said make sure your software is up to date) It’s no big deal, I have just created an “obsolete” folder on an additional apps screen and Game Center is now despatched there – together with the “Weather” app that featured unrealistic weather forecasts (for Albany) from Yahoo weather (I’m now using one that uses BOM data) - however, I still don’t see why Apple won’t let me remove apps I don’t want/need – I mean, I could remove iMovie or Garageband from my iMac if I really wanted to! Hi Neil, Ok yesterday was a hard day, I probably should not have bothered searching to find an answer to your query. It was actually a 'copy paste' from Apple Discussions. 'Game Center' has generated a lot of comments, negative as well as positive. But, the reality is … Game Center is part of the iOS4.1 Software … we have to live with it. I won't use 'Game Center', but realise a lot of people who are avid gamers are excited, and have been wanting this in an update. Also the game developers welcome this. We will soon have it on our iPads as well. iOS 4.2 beta for iPad released to developers, what's new? http://www.techau.tv/blog/category/apple/ I would suggest you leave feedback for Apple here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
Hi Ronni, Hehe it¹s OK, I can take it hope today¹s going better. Well, now I realise that Game Center is part of the iOS4.1 Software, I don¹t have a problem with Apple loading it on my iPhone BUT I still don¹t see why Apple won¹t let us remove their apps that we don¹t want/need! Anyway, I have done as you suggested and left feedback to that effect on the Apple site - I¹m not holding my breath though ;o) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 23/9/10 1:49 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: On 23/09/2010, at 12:20 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: on 22/9/10 10:03 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Neil Stuart, You cannot delete Game Centre. You can move it to another page or put it in a folder, but you cannot delete it Apple did provide an 'Opt In'. It was called the software update. It wasn't required, and if you had read the documentation like it asks, then you would have known... Read the documentation next time... Lesson learned Oh! A little harsh Ronni ;o) OK, I had missed that the Game Center was part of the new software, but the trouble is: 1. I really DID want the new HDR photography - so I had to upgrade for that. 2. In general, sticking with my current software and refraining from any further upgrades does not seem like a balanced response just because I don't want Game Center and I have no interest in games on my iPhone - I would miss out on all the other improvements features ( how many times, when troubleshooting issues, have you said make sure your software is up to date) It¹s no big deal, I have just created an ³obsolete² folder on an additional apps screen and Game Center is now despatched there together with the ³Weather² app that featured unrealistic weather forecasts (for Albany) from Yahoo weather (I¹m now using one that uses BOM data) - however, I still don¹t see why Apple won¹t let me remove apps I don¹t want/need I mean, I could remove iMovie or Garageband from my iMac if I really wanted to! Hi Neil, Ok yesterday was a hard day, I probably should not have bothered searching to find an answer to your query. It was actually a 'copy paste' from Apple Discussions. 'Game Center' has generated a lot of comments, negative as well as positive. But, the reality is Game Center is part of the iOS4.1 Software we have to live with it. I won't use 'Game Center', but realise a lot of people who are avid gamers are excited, and have been wanting this in an update. Also the game developers welcome this. We will soon have it on our iPads as well. iOS 4.2 beta for iPad released to developers, what's new? http://www.techau.tv/blog/category/apple/ I would suggest you leave feedback for Apple here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
Hi Neil Although, this doesn't actually get rid of it completely, if you don't want to see the icons for the things you use, this is another way to do it. NOTE!!! I haven't tried this, and as it's using some modification code, be very wary that it could break things. So always back up, and be aware. (That's just to cover me if anything goes wrong should someone try it,...I'm just providing the info.) :o) The iPhone doesn't need to be Jailbroken, which is quite handy. Worth a read anyway:- http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100719201209193 But yes, throwing them into an unwanted folder, tends to be the easiest way to deal with it. :o) Kind Regards Daniel On 23/9/10 2:53 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Ronni, Hehe it¹s OK, I can take it hope today¹s going better. Well, now I realise that Game Center is part of the iOS4.1 Software, I don¹t have a problem with Apple loading it on my iPhone BUT I still don¹t see why Apple won¹t let us remove their apps that we don¹t want/need! Anyway, I have done as you suggested and left feedback to that effect on the Apple site - I¹m not holding my breath though ;o) Cheers Neil --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
Thanks for that Daniel. I'm still getting to grips with how the iPhone SHOULD work though - so I think I'll wait a while before I think about changing things too much ;o) It's quite funny - this is my first mobile phone - the other half had been nagging for a while if you had a mobile phone, I would have been able to let you know I was going to be late! - but I decided that if I was going to have one it would have to be an iPhone and the first iterations didn't really do it for me - you just KNEW that the next one would be so much better - so when the iPhone 4 was released, I was finally happy that the feature set was worth the money. So, now I've had the phone 4 weeks and I've had lots of fun making up playlists and transferring music, checking out various apps, deciding which free case to go for, and generally playing with my new toy. I have to say it's great fun, however, to date, I've made 1 phone call, sent one email (a test!), missed one phone call (the other half) received one real SMS (the other half saying You actually supposed to answer your phone when it rings. Where are you. plus a couple of Telsta SMSs... so, given all my data has been over the home wireless network, my $49 cap plan with Telstra is hardly being maxed out!!! I dare say that actual phone usage will increase over time ;o) Cheers Neil (who didn't grow up in a shoebox in't middle of t'road - but who does remember having to walk down the road to the phonebox in the unlikely event he wanted to make a phone call - the parents only had the phone put in when I went away to uni, in London) -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 23/9/10 11:18 PM, Daniel Kerr at wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi Neil Although, this doesn't actually get rid of it completely, if you don't want to see the icons for the things you use, this is another way to do it. NOTE!!! I haven't tried this, and as it's using some modification code, be very wary that it could break things. So always back up, and be aware. (That's just to cover me if anything goes wrong should someone try it,...I'm just providing the info.) :o) The iPhone doesn't need to be Jailbroken, which is quite handy. Worth a read anyway:- http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100719201209193 But yes, throwing them into an unwanted folder, tends to be the easiest way to deal with it. :o) Kind Regards Daniel On 23/9/10 2:53 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Ronni, Hehe it¹s OK, I can take it hope today¹s going better. Well, now I realise that Game Center is part of the iOS4.1 Software, I don¹t have a problem with Apple loading it on my iPhone BUT I still don¹t see why Apple won¹t let us remove their apps that we don¹t want/need! Anyway, I have done as you suggested and left feedback to that effect on the Apple site - I¹m not holding my breath though ;o) Cheers Neil --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
Ah Neil, now I understand your 'surprise' about 'Game Center' added in Software on the iPhone. You have never had a Mobile Phone, so have never experienced all the 'Tools, icons, and stuff' that are on Mobile Phones. I always had Nokia mobiles, prior to owning an iPhone, and they had 'stuff' on them I never wanted or used. I just hid them as you can do on the iPhone. Use your iPhone, you will enjoy the experience ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 24/09/2010, at 11:25 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Thanks for that Daniel. I'm still getting to grips with how the iPhone SHOULD work though - so I think I'll wait a while before I think about changing things too much ;o) It's quite funny - this is my first mobile phone - the other half had been nagging for a while if you had a mobile phone, I would have been able to let you know I was going to be late! - but I decided that if I was going to have one it would have to be an iPhone and the first iterations didn't really do it for me - you just KNEW that the next one would be so much better - so when the iPhone 4 was released, I was finally happy that the feature set was worth the money. So, now I've had the phone 4 weeks and I've had lots of fun making up playlists and transferring music, checking out various apps, deciding which free case to go for, and generally playing with my new toy. I have to say it's great fun, however, to date, I've made 1 phone call, sent one email (a test!), missed one phone call (the other half) received one real SMS (the other half saying You actually supposed to answer your phone when it rings. Where are you. plus a couple of Telsta SMSs... so, given all my data has been over the home wireless network, my $49 cap plan with Telstra is hardly being maxed out!!! I dare say that actual phone usage will increase over time ;o) Cheers Neil (who didn't grow up in a shoebox in't middle of t'road - but who does remember having to walk down the road to the phonebox in the unlikely event he wanted to make a phone call - the parents only had the phone put in when I went away to uni, in London) -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 23/9/10 11:18 PM, Daniel Kerr at wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi Neil Although, this doesn't actually get rid of it completely, if you don't want to see the icons for the things you use, this is another way to do it. NOTE!!! I haven't tried this, and as it's using some modification code, be very wary that it could break things. So always back up, and be aware. (That's just to cover me if anything goes wrong should someone try it,...I'm just providing the info.) :o) The iPhone doesn't need to be Jailbroken, which is quite handy. Worth a read anyway:- http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100719201209193 But yes, throwing them into an unwanted folder, tends to be the easiest way to deal with it. :o) Kind Regards Daniel On 23/9/10 2:53 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Ronni, Hehe – it’s OK, I can take it – hope today’s going better. Well, now I realise that Game Center is part of the iOS4.1 Software, I don’t have a problem with Apple loading it on my iPhone – BUT I still don’t see why Apple won’t let us remove their apps that we don’t want/need! Anyway, I have done as you suggested and left feedback to that effect on the Apple site - I’m not holding my breath though ;o) Cheers Neil -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
iPhone app - Game Center ???
I'm confused... A new app has suddenly appeared on my iPhone - it is called Game Centre - I have not downloaded it and it doesn't appear in my apps section in iTunes - though I can see it on the iPhone when connected to iTunes. If I open the app it wants me to sign-in with my Apple ID account - so presumably it is an Apple app? - but why did it suddenly appear on my iPhone! I have absolutely no interest in games (either on my iPhone or Computer) - so I would like to just delete the app - how do I do that? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
Hi Neil I think it's part of the latest software update. Andrew On 22/09/2010, at 7:31 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: I'm confused... A new app has suddenly appeared on my iPhone - it is called Game Centre - I have not downloaded it and it doesn't appear in my apps section in iTunes - though I can see it on the iPhone when connected to iTunes. If I open the app it wants me to sign-in with my Apple ID account - so presumably it is an Apple app? - but why did it suddenly appear on my iPhone! I have absolutely no interest in games (either on my iPhone or Computer) - so I would like to just delete the app - how do I do that? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
Hi Neil, Andrew is correct. Game Center iOS SDK 4 includes the Game Kit APIs that allow you to create apps that will work with Game Center, Apple's new social gaming network. Your users can invite friends to play a game, start a multiplayer game through auto-matching, track their achievements, and compare their best scores on a leaderboard. http://www.pcworld.com/article/193896/iphone_game_center_os_4s_breakthrough_feature.html Sent from Ronni's iPad On 22/09/2010, at 7:52 PM, Andrew sprint9...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Neil I think it's part of the latest software update. Andrew On 22/09/2010, at 7:31 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: I'm confused... A new app has suddenly appeared on my iPhone - it is called Game Centre - I have not downloaded it and it doesn't appear in my apps section in iTunes - though I can see it on the iPhone when connected to iTunes. If I open the app it wants me to sign-in with my Apple ID account - so presumably it is an Apple app? - but why did it suddenly appear on my iPhone! I have absolutely no interest in games (either on my iPhone or Computer) - so I would like to just delete the app - how do I do that? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
Heal, did you find out how to delete it? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 22/09/2010, at 7:31 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: I'm confused... A new app has suddenly appeared on my iPhone - it is called Game Centre - I have not downloaded it and it doesn't appear in my apps section in iTunes - though I can see it on the iPhone when connected to iTunes. If I open the app it wants me to sign-in with my Apple ID account - so presumably it is an Apple app? - but why did it suddenly appear on my iPhone! I have absolutely no interest in games (either on my iPhone or Computer) - so I would like to just delete the app - how do I do that? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
Hi Neil Stuart, You cannot delete Game Centre. You can move it to another page or put it in a folder, but you cannot delete it … Apple did provide an 'Opt In'. It was called the software update. It wasn't required, and if you had read the documentation like it asks, then you would have known... Read the documentation next time... Lesson learned… Cheers, Ronni On 22/09/2010, at 9:25 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: Heal, did you find out how to delete it? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 22/09/2010, at 7:31 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: I'm confused... A new app has suddenly appeared on my iPhone - it is called Game Centre - I have not downloaded it and it doesn't appear in my apps section in iTunes - though I can see it on the iPhone when connected to iTunes. If I open the app it wants me to sign-in with my Apple ID account - so presumably it is an Apple app? - but why did it suddenly appear on my iPhone! I have absolutely no interest in games (either on my iPhone or Computer) - so I would like to just delete the app - how do I do that? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
Fair enough! Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 22/09/2010, at 10:03 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Neil Stuart, You cannot delete Game Centre. You can move it to another page or put it in a folder, but you cannot delete it … Apple did provide an 'Opt In'. It was called the software update. It wasn't required, and if you had read the documentation like it asks, then you would have known... Read the documentation next time... Lesson learned… Cheers, Ronni On 22/09/2010, at 9:25 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: Heal, did you find out how to delete it? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 22/09/2010, at 7:31 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: I'm confused... A new app has suddenly appeared on my iPhone - it is called Game Centre - I have not downloaded it and it doesn't appear in my apps section in iTunes - though I can see it on the iPhone when connected to iTunes. If I open the app it wants me to sign-in with my Apple ID account - so presumably it is an Apple app? - but why did it suddenly appear on my iPhone! I have absolutely no interest in games (either on my iPhone or Computer) - so I would like to just delete the app - how do I do that? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
on 22/9/10 10:03 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Neil Stuart, You cannot delete Game Centre. You can move it to another page or put it in a folder, but you cannot delete it Apple did provide an 'Opt In'. It was called the software update. It wasn't required, and if you had read the documentation like it asks, then you would have known... Read the documentation next time... Lesson learned Oh! A little harsh Ronni ;o) OK, I had missed that the Game Center was part of the new software, but the trouble is: 1. I really DID want the new HDR photography - so I had to upgrade for that. 2. In general, sticking with my current software and refraining from any further upgrades does not seem like a balanced response just because I don't want Game Center and I have no interest in games on my iPhone - I would miss out on all the other improvements features ( how many times, when troubleshooting issues, have you said make sure your software is up to date) It¹s no big deal, I have just created an ³obsolete² folder on an additional apps screen and Game Center is now despatched there together with the ³Weather² app that featured unrealistic weather forecasts (for Albany) from Yahoo weather (I¹m now using one that uses BOM data) - however, I still don¹t see why Apple won¹t let me remove apps I don¹t want/need I mean, I could remove iMovie or Garageband from my iMac if I really wanted to! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com Cheers, Ronni On 22/09/2010, at 9:25 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: Heal, did you find out how to delete it? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 22/09/2010, at 7:31 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: I'm confused... A new app has suddenly appeared on my iPhone - it is called Game Centre - I have not downloaded it and it doesn't appear in my apps section in iTunes - though I can see it on the iPhone when connected to iTunes. If I open the app it wants me to sign-in with my Apple ID account - so presumably it is an Apple app? - but why did it suddenly appear on my iPhone! I have absolutely no interest in games (either on my iPhone or Computer) - so I would like to just delete the app - how do I do that? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone app - Game Center ???
Yes the software update (iOS4.1) was certainly required if you wanted apps on your iPhone 3G or 3GS to run again at a reasonable speed after the iOS 4 upgrade. Admittedly there were hacks suggested to solve the slowing problem just prior to release of the update but they seemed to be uncertain and unverified. peter meyer 0408 902349 pmo...@westnet.com.au On 23/09/2010, at 12:20 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: on 22/9/10 10:03 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Neil Stuart, You cannot delete Game Centre. You can move it to another page or put it in a folder, but you cannot delete it … Apple did provide an 'Opt In'. It was called the software update. It wasn't required, and if you had read the documentation like it asks, then you would have known... Read the documentation next time... Lesson learned… Oh! A little harsh Ronni ;o) OK, I had missed that the Game Center was part of the new software, but the trouble is: • I really DID want the new HDR photography - so I had to upgrade for that. • In general, sticking with my current software and refraining from any further upgrades does not seem like a balanced response just because I don't want Game Center and I have no interest in games on my iPhone - I would miss out on all the other improvements features ( how many times, when troubleshooting issues, have you said make sure your software is up to date) It’s no big deal, I have just created an “obsolete” folder on an additional apps screen and Game Center is now despatched there – together with the “Weather” app that featured unrealistic weather forecasts (for Albany) from Yahoo weather (I’m now using one that uses BOM data) - however, I still don’t see why Apple won’t let me remove apps I don’t want/need – I mean, I could remove iMovie or Garageband from my iMac if I really wanted to! Cheers -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
