Apple wants us to use Apple apps?

[MooSRI850]

I posted about this before, but the past few days, I have noticed a couple of things:

• My Macbook gets hot when running apps like Chrome. As soon as I switch to Safari or other program (like from Evernote to Notes), it cools down
• Any mail app other than the Mail app will not download iCloud messages (Airmail, Spark)

I actually like using Apple apps because of the synching with my iPhone, but I don't like being forced to use Apple apps. Has anyone else noticed this recently?

 

[Raz0rEdge]

No, Apple does not force you to do any of that and surely doesn't restrict access to force people to use their apps. Since Safari is designed by Apple, they might have an advantage on leveraging the OS' capabilities more, while Chrome or Firefox or any other browser might not. At the same time, this is more a matter of how the app is written as opposed to OS X favoring one app over the other.

I use Chrome and Opera at the same time and my system doesn't overheat in any way.

With browser, the sites you are visiting also matter.

iCloud messages can be accessed through any IMAP compliant application since they use the standard there, so Airmail, Spark or any other 3rd party client should have no issues. Apple did recently force 2FA on iCloud and thus requires app-specific passwords for clients like Airmail to access iCloud Mail.

Read through this Airmail article to figure out how to set it up..

 

[MooSRI850]

No, Apple does not force you to do any of that and surely doesn't restrict access to force people to use their apps. Since Safari is designed by Apple, they might have an advantage on leveraging the OS' capabilities more, while Chrome or Firefox or any other browser might not. At the same time, this is more a matter of how the app is written as opposed to OS X favoring one app over the other.

I use Chrome and Opera at the same time and my system doesn't overheat in any way.

With browser, the sites you are visiting also matter.

iCloud messages can be accessed through any IMAP compliant application since they use the standard there, so Airmail, Spark or any other 3rd party client should have no issues. Apple did recently force 2FA on iCloud and thus requires app-specific passwords for clients like Airmail to access iCloud Mail.

Read through this Airmail article to figure out how to set it up..

Thank you for this.

I tried to enable two-step authentication, but it says that this option is not available for me at this time. I would like to use Outlook for email, but I get the authentication failed message.

 

[Raz0rEdge]

I just tried out Spark and got it to work my personal and work GMail, Outlook and iCloud without any issues. I do have 2FA enabled on my iCloud account. My iCloud email is an @gmail.com address and when I used that and the app-specific password, Spark complained. I then switched to use my @icloud.com alias and the app-specific password and it got me through..

 

[Dogbreath]

It is my opinion that Apple is primarily a hardware company whereas Microsoft and 3rd party developers are software companies. I feel Apple apps would be designed to run more efficiently given the Apple hardware and OS configuration. Then again, the Earth looks flat to me at times...just my 2¢ worth.:Blushing:

Brent

 

[Dogbreath]

...and if my President said that the Earth is flatter than Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, then so it is (to him)...it's his perception of reality...therefore, it is his reality. Fortunately, I am a a multi-dimensional being, I know better.

Please share your thoughts about my post about Apple above. I am open to enlightenment.

Brent

 

[chscag]

Please... Let's keep this thread on topic. We get enough of that political rhetoric on TV. Thanks.

 

[Dogbreath]

Thank you, chscag. I do realize Patrick was "in jest"...I have thick skin. He's fine with me. Let's all move on.