Was hoping I wouldn't be. I quite like what I'm doing. (apart from the long hours to try get close to a "normal income",..lol). But yes, it would seem it's going that way. A bit dishearting,...but can only keep an eye on the trends and see what happens. $99 per incident for support? Lol, I always forgot that. I must remember that people ask about email/phone support. I know it was there, just forgot the price out of Applecare. :)
Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <[email protected]> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** On 24/02/2012, at 7:01 PM, Stuart Evans wrote: > Aaah, perhaps you're beginning to see the light Daniel-san. Apple don't want > you to look after "their" client. Everything is to be direct with Apple, you > are locked into iTunes Store/App Store and the Apple "cloud". Problems? > Applecare support (or $99 per incident). Mister - you are being phased > out.... ;-| > > > Anonymous > > > > > ************************************************** > IMPORTANT INFORMATION: DISCLAIMER > > Any opinions expressed in this message are those of the individual sender > who may not be of sound mind. > > ************************************************** > > > > On 23/02/12 9:34 PM, "Daniel Kerr" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> Some interesting things mentioned today for ML,... >> <http://www.macworld.com/article/165496/2012/02/ten_exciting_system_changes_in >> _mountain_lion.html> >> >> I quite like the Multi-disk Backup feature for Time Machine. An overdue >> feature I think! People can now run two Time Machine backups easily and keep >> one offsite. So that will be good for the "non backup, easy backups" types. >> At >> least their data should be safer then no backup,..or one backup ;)) >> >> One feature I'm not too sure about yet is "One stop Software Updating". >> Sure, I can see this being quite good in general. >> The thing that bothers me with it is from a consulting point of view. I know >> I've mentioned it before, but will mention it again. >> If I'm doing a setup for a client (or a new client), I would normally do all >> the upgrades for them. (as I have them on a support Hard Drive I use). That >> way the machine is all done, ready to go, for them to start using it. >> Even now with Lion and some of the software I can't upgrade it, as Mac App >> Store requires logging in with AppleID to do the update. So I can do most the >> other software updates, I just cant install the update for iPhoto (9.2.1). If >> I try installing it from my downloaded Disk Image of it, it tells me I need >> to >> download it from the Mac App Store. >> But as I don't have the clients AppleID (which I don't really want their >> AppleID and password for obvious reasons), then I can't update it. >> So to me this seems like a bit more of an hassle. Normally I'd do these sorts >> of things as goodwill, overnight to keep the costing down for clients. Now if >> I can't do any of the updates offsite on a clients machine, I have to allow >> more time onsite to do all the updates. Or leave it to the client to do. (or >> maybe I'm missing something else,...lol) >> Maybe Apple are trying to phase me out,..... >> >> Again, maybe it will work slightly different,..heres's hoping! :) I guess we >> won't know til the Mountain Lions out in the wild,... :) >> >> Kind regards >> Daniel >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: <daniel AT 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> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > > > > -- 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> -- 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>
