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macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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2603 points mattsolle | 2 comments | 12 Nov 20 21:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.579s | 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. pfortuny ◴[13 Nov 20 07:18 UTC] No.25079840[source]▶
So, yes: they do depend on the local (to the user) availability of that service. So they depend on that.
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2. Wowfunhappy ◴[13 Nov 20 15:07 UTC] No.25082983[source]▶
No, they don’t! If the server is unavailable everything works fine. The problem is when the server can be reached, but is nonresponsive.

I think that’s an important difference. If Apple’s servers ever go offline, the OS will continue to work.