Linux and Windows argument
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@brianlittlejohn said in Linux and Windows argument:
@art_of_shred said in Linux and Windows argument:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux and Windows argument:
@dafyre said in Linux and Windows argument:
Why is it asking for iTunes if all you need to do is charge it?
I've never had that happen and we have three iPhones and five iPads and have for many years.
Same here. I've never seen anything like that. Also, who's to say that picture means that it is requiring iTunes to charge? Or how do you know what it means at all? It's a picture of a USB connector and iTunes... is the iPad connected to a computer and charging via a USB connection? It looks to me like iTunes believes there is a USB connection and wants to be opened for management of data.
The ipad booted into a safe mode. It needs iTunes to fix the issue with it.
Well that sucks! I guess Art and Scott have just been lucky.
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@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
What does that mean? That the iPad won't work until you plug it into iTunes?
What about people who don't own a computer at all? If you reset the iPad, and never associate it with a computer iTunes account, would that solve the issue?
The one bad thing about his is backing up the iPad will require one of those other linux ok programs or a LOT of storage in iCloud (read $$$$)
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@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@brianlittlejohn said in Linux and Windows argument:
@art_of_shred said in Linux and Windows argument:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux and Windows argument:
@dafyre said in Linux and Windows argument:
Why is it asking for iTunes if all you need to do is charge it?
I've never had that happen and we have three iPhones and five iPads and have for many years.
Same here. I've never seen anything like that. Also, who's to say that picture means that it is requiring iTunes to charge? Or how do you know what it means at all? It's a picture of a USB connector and iTunes... is the iPad connected to a computer and charging via a USB connection? It looks to me like iTunes believes there is a USB connection and wants to be opened for management of data.
The ipad booted into a safe mode. It needs iTunes to fix the issue with it.
Well that sucks! I guess Art and Scott have just been lucky.
If you do that, you can always just find someone with iTunes. Sucks to maintain a Windows infrastructure for a once a decade five minute need.
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@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
What does that mean? That the iPad won't work until you plug it into iTunes?
What about people who don't own a computer at all? If you reset the iPad, and never associate it with a computer iTunes account, would that solve the issue?
The one bad thing about his is backing up the iPad will require one of those other linux ok programs or a LOT of storage in iCloud (read $$$$)
Depends what you are backing up. Other than contacts, what's on an iPad that you need to back up?
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
What does that mean? That the iPad won't work until you plug it into iTunes?
What about people who don't own a computer at all? If you reset the iPad, and never associate it with a computer iTunes account, would that solve the issue?
The one bad thing about his is backing up the iPad will require one of those other linux ok programs or a LOT of storage in iCloud (read $$$$)
Depends what you are backing up. Other than contacts, what's on an iPad that you need to back up?
depends how you use it. If it's your primary camera (I know crazy huh), then photos... sure you could back them up to google photos...
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@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
What does that mean? That the iPad won't work until you plug it into iTunes?
What about people who don't own a computer at all? If you reset the iPad, and never associate it with a computer iTunes account, would that solve the issue?
The one bad thing about his is backing up the iPad will require one of those other linux ok programs or a LOT of storage in iCloud (read $$$$)
Depends what you are backing up. Other than contacts, what's on an iPad that you need to back up?
depends how you use it. If it's your primary camera (I know crazy huh), then photos... sure you could back them up to google photos...
They generally get automatically uploaded to iCloud. At least my wife's do.
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@coliver said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
What does that mean? That the iPad won't work until you plug it into iTunes?
What about people who don't own a computer at all? If you reset the iPad, and never associate it with a computer iTunes account, would that solve the issue?
The one bad thing about his is backing up the iPad will require one of those other linux ok programs or a LOT of storage in iCloud (read $$$$)
Depends what you are backing up. Other than contacts, what's on an iPad that you need to back up?
depends how you use it. If it's your primary camera (I know crazy huh), then photos... sure you could back them up to google photos...
They generally get automatically uploaded to iCloud. At least my wife's do.
Right, so the free amount can easily be over run by iDevices today.
it's it only 5 GB free per account? not per device? -
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
What does that mean? That the iPad won't work until you plug it into iTunes?
What about people who don't own a computer at all? If you reset the iPad, and never associate it with a computer iTunes account, would that solve the issue?
The one bad thing about his is backing up the iPad will require one of those other linux ok programs or a LOT of storage in iCloud (read $$$$)
Depends what you are backing up. Other than contacts, what's on an iPad that you need to back up?
depends how you use it. If it's your primary camera (I know crazy huh), then photos... sure you could back them up to google photos...
Or Flickr, it's free.
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@coliver said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
What does that mean? That the iPad won't work until you plug it into iTunes?
What about people who don't own a computer at all? If you reset the iPad, and never associate it with a computer iTunes account, would that solve the issue?
The one bad thing about his is backing up the iPad will require one of those other linux ok programs or a LOT of storage in iCloud (read $$$$)
Depends what you are backing up. Other than contacts, what's on an iPad that you need to back up?
depends how you use it. If it's your primary camera (I know crazy huh), then photos... sure you could back them up to google photos...
They generally get automatically uploaded to iCloud. At least my wife's do.
Yeah, but just turn that off
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How much do people store on phones that they need to back up? I need nothing but contacts. Everything else goes to storage somewhere else.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux and Windows argument:
How much do people store on phones that they need to back up? I need nothing but contacts. Everything else goes to storage somewhere else.
If you're an avid phone gamer, you might want your saved games... otherwise I mostly agree with you.
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@scottalanmiller said in Linux and Windows argument:
@coliver said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@scottalanmiller said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
What does that mean? That the iPad won't work until you plug it into iTunes?
What about people who don't own a computer at all? If you reset the iPad, and never associate it with a computer iTunes account, would that solve the issue?
The one bad thing about his is backing up the iPad will require one of those other linux ok programs or a LOT of storage in iCloud (read $$$$)
Depends what you are backing up. Other than contacts, what's on an iPad that you need to back up?
depends how you use it. If it's your primary camera (I know crazy huh), then photos... sure you could back them up to google photos...
They generally get automatically uploaded to iCloud. At least my wife's do.
Yeah, but just turn that off
We did on the new one. Turned on the Amazon Cloud Drive/Photos sync application. That works splendidly.
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I run Windows 10 as my main guest OS, but 90% of my stuff is done on one of my Linux VMs. For Windows specific tasks I have another licensed Windows 10 VM. When connecting to work via VPN I use my Windows 10 VM. I really don't do much of anything on my host OS.
I invested in VMware workstation a year or a so ago and it has been a great investment.
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@IRJ said in Linux and Windows argument:
I invested in VMware workstation a year or a so ago and it has been a great investment.
why was that license needed? Virtual box have an issue you couldn't overcome?
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Linux vs Windows, both have a place. Licensing is what makes Microsoft such a pain to deal with, especially when you've seen licensing done correctly instead of the normal tricks and traps.
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Have you tried a hard reset on it?
If you see the Connect to iTunes screen, restart your device:
On an iPhone 6s and earlier, iPad, or iPod touch: Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo.
On an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus: Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Volume Down buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo. -
@op's question:
So now what do you do? If I drop completely to Linux - something like this would become a rather annoying event. As someone that has five iPads (in use), four iPods and two iPhones, that could get damn right perturbing.Stop using Apple products would be my answer. Though you seem to be in too deep already.
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@momurda said in Linux and Windows argument:
@op's question:
So now what do you do? If I drop completely to Linux - something like this would become a rather annoying event. As someone that has five iPads (in use), four iPods and two iPhones, that could get damn right perturbing.Stop using Apple products would be my answer. Though you seem to be in too deep already.
That doesn't make sense though - Scott is a HUGE apple fan, and he's on Linux now too.
I tend to agree with Scott's comment earlier, if this is a problem, borrow a friends computer.
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Did you try the hard reset?
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@Dashrender said in Linux and Windows argument:
@momurda said in Linux and Windows argument:
@op's question:
So now what do you do? If I drop completely to Linux - something like this would become a rather annoying event. As someone that has five iPads (in use), four iPods and two iPhones, that could get damn right perturbing.Stop using Apple products would be my answer. Though you seem to be in too deep already.
That doesn't make sense though - Scott is a HUGE apple fan, and he's on Linux now too.
I tend to agree with Scott's comment earlier, if this is a problem, borrow a friends computer.
So - take @scottalanmiller and the fact that he is now over seas - how practical is borrowing a friends computer?
