Perspective on Apple Core Rot Over Some Years

2017-11-30 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: Apple, Apple Core Rot, Apple macOS, Apple macOS High Sierra, passphrase, security

Blemishes turns to internal rot,
sooner or later

Given the recent worst-ever security flaw Apple has ever delivered along with severe performance problems with APFS in macOS High Sierra, I thought it appropriate to add context on Apple software quality.

In 2011, security expert Bruce Schneier in his 2011-09-27 blog references as “dumb mistakes” the page Cracking OS X Lion Passwords. That’s 6 years ago. The character of men doesn’t change over time with rare exception (dubious), but does a software development organization led by the wrong folks? Seems unlikely. The reader comments in Schneier’s blog are interesting too. So Apple’s feckless approach to passwords goes back at lest 6+ years.

More perspective:

• My original Apple Core Rot series in February 2013
• Blog posts for nearly 5 years on numerous quality control problem.
• 2016: Apple in PR Denial even as Apple Core Rot Spreads where even Walt Mossberg was prodded out of his slumber to notice some issues.
• And here’s a 3rd-party example of the gentle admonitisons fanboys rationalize away with: the problem has been going on 4+ years, not few weeks: Apple software sees disastrous, embarrassing week with iOS springboard crash, macOS root user security flaw
• And then there is Apple breaking XCode, its development tool. Apple software development is in disarray.

Below, some non-cliché High Sierra. View more...

Lenticular Clouds Rising over Saddlebag Lake East Mountains

f9 @ 1/40 sec focus stack 3 frames, ISO 31; 2017-11-10 14:01:39
NIKON D850 + Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4

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Round Hole in Tenaya Bowl

f11 @ 6.0 sec focus stack 2 frames, ISO 31; 2017-10-21 18:23:10
NIKON D850 + Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4

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Glacial Polish at Lake Dusk, view to Half Dome

f9 @ 4.0 sec focus stack 2 frames, ISO 31; 2017-10-21 18:35:02
NIKON D850 + Zeiss Milvus 25mm f/1.4

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