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2. THE SHITTY SOFTWARE DOESN'T PLAY WITH MY MAC. It didn't give me any errors on install, but it just won't do anything. I reinstall from the CD. It doesn't do anything. I reinstall the latest from the website. It doesn't do anything. I uninstall again, carefully nuking all the stray preferences files. And reinstall. And every single reinstall asks me to reboot the computer, which just shouldn't be necessary at all. Please note, there appear to be all kinds of people out there who can work this thing just fine on a mac -- just not MY mac.
This would be my major worry -- so many fun toys don't play well with Macs! And we have no backup Windows machine. Hrm.
I have the (I think) 880, and I've only ever used it with my Mac. The software doesn't auto-start as prompted by the website, but that's simply handled by starting it before I go in to tweak stuff.
When my remote arrives, I\'m going to first try and set it up with my Mac Mini (since that computer is already attached to the TV, vs. the PC that is upstairs). I\'ll let you know if I have the same trouble as amych.
(Also, I have a mortgage and a baby on the way. But, you know, if someone were to buy me one as a present, MAc-compatibility would be my major worry.)
I regret to say at this time I'm not a skilled enough knitter to make a Harmony remote.
Do let us know, Jon -- as I said before, and ita confirms, there are plenty of people who are using them with Macs, so I was surprised to have it fail so utterly on me. And it could be some random thing to do with this particular machine, even though it claims to be a supported version of the OS yadda yadda...
Hmm. I think part of my annoyance is that the usability of things like consumer product configuration have improved so much over the last few years (and, when it's working right, this is really a good example of that) that to have it really go south when things aren't just perfect seems... I dunno, sloppy?
This would be my major worry -- so many fun toys don't play well with Macs!
Like, for instance, the Blackberry Pearl. I could
kill
the smarmy little kid who swore up and down that the Blackberry was
"TOTALLY" compatible and that the installation disc was for Mac as well as PC. Yeah, nsm. KILL KILL KILL! Luckily Missing Sync has a beta version up for Mac/Blackberry that seems to be working all right, but I still want to march back into the store and knock him upside the head.
The thing that killed me is that I was debating between a Blackjack (which runs Windows Mobile) and the Blackberry, and the kid tried to tell me that "nothing running Windows will work with a Mac" and refused to believe me when I told him I'd been happily syncing my 8125 via Missing Sync with no problem. SMACK!
anyway, the setup was much glitchier than advertised, but the Harmony is my new Best Friend Forever.
I had a feeling I got it easy with my setup.
But I told you the remote itself was made of AWESOME.
I had a feeling I got it easy with my setup.
I suspect yours was the more typical one, actually.
I'm eyeing the door and wondering if I can sneak out of work for the afternoon. Not because it's a gorgeous day or because I have exciting international spy plans. Because I want to go home and play with my remote.
The thing that killed me is that I was debating between a Blackjack (which runs Windows Mobile) and the Blackberry, and the kid tried to tell me that "nothing running Windows will work with a Mac" and refused to believe me when I told him I'd been happily syncing my 8125 via Missing Sync with no problem. SMACK!
Little moron! It drives me crazy when people tell me things that are incorrect in stores that I can confirm with a five-second google search.
Glad you could get your phone partially working though, Kristin.
