That's No Space Station

tech, humor, and nuance by David Chartier—tech distiller, freelance writer, Macworld contributor, wrangler of Finer Things in Tech

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My new obsession with tie clips continues. No, I haven’t bought all these. But come, join me:

  1. Tie Bar Clip made with Bright Red Lego plate
  2. Pronto Uomo Black and Silver Tie Bar
  3. Dragon Tie Clip
  4. Because shooting a lion with a laser
  5. Antique Old Time Camera
  6. Autobot Optimus Prime Tie Bar
  7. Mario Brothers Tie Bar
  8. Because Robots
  9. Zelda hearts
  10. The Incredibles magnetic tie tack (I don’t like the idea of punching holes in any of my clothes, but this gets an honorary mention because magnets. Thanks Jamie)
You’re probably right. As a non-dev but just-dangerous-enough power user, I’ve heard mixed bits of how iOS works in a case like this. Early on, as I understood it, iOS threw out the baby with the bathwater when you delete an app. These days it sounds like it’s evolved into some sort of “yes it holds onto some types of data in some cases and maybe iCloud can restore you data if you reinstall an app even if it isn’t built to use iCloud’s services” and the whole thing is just confusing. Sometimes deleting an app nukes everything so you truly get a clean slate when you reinstall. Sometimes credentials are left in the keychain (which seems to be Evernote’s case). But in general it’s turned into a pretty confusing user experience these days, and a risky troubleshooting step. I don’t know how iOS will behave in these cases, and iTunes isn’t helping matters. I can’t trust it anymore. That’s a problem.   High-res

You’re probably right. As a non-dev but just-dangerous-enough power user, I’ve heard mixed bits of how iOS works in a case like this. Early on, as I understood it, iOS threw out the baby with the bathwater when you delete an app. These days it sounds like it’s evolved into some sort of “yes it holds onto some types of data in some cases and maybe iCloud can restore you data if you reinstall an app even if it isn’t built to use iCloud’s services” and the whole thing is just confusing.

Sometimes deleting an app nukes everything so you truly get a clean slate when you reinstall. Sometimes credentials are left in the keychain (which seems to be Evernote’s case). But in general it’s turned into a pretty confusing user experience these days, and a risky troubleshooting step. I don’t know how iOS will behave in these cases, and iTunes isn’t helping matters.

I can’t trust it anymore. That’s a problem.

iTunes has gone rogue and turned on my iPhone and iPad

For the third time in about six months, it’s removed apps from one or both of my devices. In most cases the data is there when I reinstall, in one case it resulted in data loss. Today it was Evernote and a couple others. My credentials were still on the device and the app asked me if I wanted to log back into the account; it’s as if the Evernote folks were briefed on the situation and decides to build a contingency plan.

By all accounts, this behavior is an act of treason. iTunes should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. Do not approach it under any circumstances. Shoot to kill.

Please.