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 (DIR) Post #B2XD6NC1LjPbdbPNTs by jbowen@mast.hpc.social
       2026-01-21T23:36:01Z
       
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       @robdaemon I tend to assume Apple devices will only work smoothly with other Apple devices. I wouldn't put it past them to intentionally misimplement parts of a standard to let something *mostly* work with a third-party product, but not as smoothly as something which is messed up in the same way with the Apple logo on the side.(It's likely clear from that, but I have a strong bias against Apple)
       
 (DIR) Post #B2XD6OKZ7RqDAOPiRE by m0xEE@nosh0b10.m0xee.net
       2026-01-22T06:28:59Z
       
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       @jbowen@mast.hpc.social @robdaemon@hachyderm.ioSometimes Apple devices don't play nicely even with other Apple devices, in 2011 I got myself a 27" Thunderbolt Display and a 17" MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt port — at the time both were nice and shiny, and on paper the idea looked really cool — instead of plugging lots of cables into your laptop, you had only one, well — and another one for power, but still not so bad, it was almost like a dock ThinkPads (and business lines of other brands) had, but MacBooks lacked.In reality however it wasn't so cool — on waking up from sleep, your MacBook could "lose" display connection: the built-in display worked, the devices plugged into the external display worked — but you couldn't use it, well… as display. There was no "software" way to fix it, the most obvious fix was re-plugging the Thunderbolt cable, but you could have other devices using the connection: you could have USB devices plugged into the display, including external storage, you could be using the wired network connection — so this would most certainly cause other issues. The problem was very annoying!And both were Apple devices running Apple software, with nothing else in the mix to blame. To my knowledge, the problem never got fixed — last I checked, the thread about it on Apple Discussions forum was 50 pages long. With time both devices just became vintage and people moved on — to newer and shinier devices.And that's how things often are with Apple — some things indeed just work, others just don't — but those who just got their first MacBook know nothing about it, most never even use complex setups, for them it's just "My MacBook plays very nicely with my iPhone" — well, duh… it does! 🤷