“In this case it’s difficult to draw the line between a company protecting itself from the market of used devices and lost profit, and on the other side, how much more expensive a product would be if they didn’t use the type of design or type of glue that optimizes for a single shell, that has some nonreversible elements to it.”Īpple’s definitions of “repair,” “same unit repair,” and “replacement” might be an ancillary part of the overall right-to-repair argument between tech makers and repair advocates. “The engineering triangle is always cost, quality, speed,” says David Lakatos, the chief product officer for Boston-based 3D printing company Formlabs. Wiens points to Microsoft’s new Surface 3 as an example of what electronics makers could be doing: Previously, if you wanted to swap out a Surface battery you had to replace the whole thing, but now the laptops are easier to disassemble and reassemble. Proctor, of US PIRG, says in his blog post that this is Apple attempting to “create a new category of repair.” The topic of “repairs” not only becomes one of semantics but also raises the question of whether Apple (and other electronics makers) could be slotting full replacement devices into a definition of repairs. In other words, a customer might go into the Apple Store or other authorized repair shop for a fix, and the repair might be so complex that the product is effectively replaced. Many key components within an iPhone or Mac can be repaired, Apple says in its response, but “same unit repairs” aren’t possible for all products because of the challenges around disassembling and reassembling devices. Another point they take issue with is Apple’s use of the phrase “same unit repair,” which is worth unpacking. IFixit and US PIRG both contest some of Apple’s responses, particularly around the ways in which Apple may or may not advise against non-authorized repairs. (iFixit cofounder and CEO Kyle Wiens has written opinion columns on this topic for WIRED.) Now the right-to-repair arm of the US Public Interest Research Group is also weighing in, saying Apple is trying to “weave around key criticisms.” The group is lobbying for Congress to take a harder look at Apple’s claims. That’s according to iFixit, a business built on DIY electronics repairs and one of the more consistently vocal groups in the world of product repairs and sustainability. Proponents of a more open source approach to repairing gadgets say that Apple’s on-the-record responses are examples of “expert question-dodging” and, in some cases, are “downright false.” Apple’s responses have even raised questions about the definition of a “repair”-a kind of consumer tech version of what the meaning of the word “is” is. It emphasized that it doesn’t restrict repairs or refuse to repair gadgets that might have been fixed previously by unauthorized technicians.įor right-to-repair advocates, though, Apple’s answers weren’t good enough. In addition to addressing questions about App Store policies, its web browser Safari, and the company’s data collection practices, Apple also answered a series of questions about its hardware repair programs. however I've been sit in front of my MacBook Pro for about 30 minutes, nothing has happened but the install logo throw some errors.Last week, Apple responded to a series of questions that the US House Judiciary Committee sent to it back in September as part of a broader antitrust probe. Ok, If you succeed in install and boot from RAID 0 Volume please, let me know. This I think has been fixed with the 11.4 installer. You'll have to set your computer's date to Dec 2015, and then do the install. Haven't tried 11.4 yet.Īlso, 11.3 installer has some certificate expiry issue. It's limited with OSX 11.0 11.2 and 11.3 installers. Older macs with spinning patter drives usually took longer, some up to 30minutes. Generally the machines with SSDs I had to let sit for about 10minutes, and then I'd just wait for the inevitable boot gong as a signal to come back to the machine and continue the set up. Usually where the installer progress bar states, 1 second remaining or so. Regarding the hanging, all the Mac computers I maintain (household computers and those of family and friends) that needed fresh OSX El Cap installations, all hung for varying amounts of time right at the end of the install. I haven't actually finished a install onto a RAID 0, but I did create a RAID 0 partition of 2 SSD's, made a USB installer, and started the OSX 11 install process. It's a pretty good software raid GUI app, and it hasn't skipped a beat with my system. Download SoftRaid5 trial, and see if that works.
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