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macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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2603 points mattsolle | 1 comments | 12 Nov 20 21:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.237s | source
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DavideNL ◴[12 Nov 20 21:39 UTC] No.25075448[source]▶
This is horrible. How can launching apps be depending on a cloud service being available...
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Wowfunhappy ◴[12 Nov 20 21:42 UTC] No.25075470[source]▶
> How can launching apps be depending on a cloud service being available...

It's not, per se. The apps will launch if you block the specific subdomain, or turn off internet. The problem is if the computer thinks it can connect and keeps trying.

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1. Rebelgecko ◴[12 Nov 20 22:27 UTC] No.25076048[source]▶
It's like no one at Apple has ever had sporadic internet access and they don't plan for it. The Apple Music app does the same thing, if you are connected to wifi but don't have internet access it takes 60 seconds for a song to start playing every time you click one. Because apparently that is a reasonable timeout for a UI action