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Apple iDevice Plurals

On By JohnIn language, techLeave a comment

Car -> Cars

Phone -> Phones

Simple enough.

iPhone -> iPhones

iPad -> iPads

Okay, still following.

But it really gets cringe-worthy when people try to pluralize the Pro part of iPad Pro or the rather long-lived MacBook Pro by just tacking an S to the end of the name:

MacBook Pro -> MacBook Pros?

iPad Pro -> iPad Pros?

No, those don’t work because they aren’t multiple professionals – they’re multiple MacBooks.

iPad Pro Devices?

MacBook Pro MacBooks?

No, that won’t do. But there is a perfectly suitable solution:

MacBooks Pro

iPads Pro

That said, I expect that in some future we’ll see somebody with an absolutely massive collective of iPads Pro for which we’ll need a collective name. Maybe it’ll someday be called a Fanboi of iPads Pro.

Windows > MacOS > Windows | Repeat

On By JohnIn techLeave a comment

OSX (macOS?) is turning into Windows and is starting to do all of the annoying things Windows did that drove me over to Apple 12 years ago.

Endless app updates.

Requiring reboots after app installs – not just for the low-level OS updates.

Never-endingly asking for my permission to do simple things.

Sluggishness.

OSX isn’t the only culprit. iOS is just as guilty. More so.

Seems every time unlock my phone, there’s yet another app commanding an update and derailing focus and workflow. Look, it came from the App Store – I authenticated to the app store three years ago when I first installed that app. Why in the world do I need to authenticate again and again and again every time the same app needs to be updated? Just do it automatically, when I’m not actively using my mobile.