Re: USB hubs, printers, Java, and more seemingly broken by macOS 14.4 update

On 2024-03-21, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2024-03-20 18:07, OrangeFish wrote:

On 2024-03-20 00:41, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-03-19, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

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All of our USB hubs, printers, and more are working just fine with
multiple different model Macs running 14.4. What are we doing wrong?
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Rather than being a gullible rube who blindly believes every
sensational clickbait hit piece you read, you may want to consider
that the people who post these articles have a monetary interest in
making relatively small issues appear to be larger and more wide
spread than they actually are - because getting more clicks
literally makes them more money.

 
Ars Technica is fairly respectable.  The author of the article states
that his machine was not affected but others are affected (with links
to Apple and reddit).  For example, there is a long thread on this
problem at Apple: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255518397 . 
One person claims that a fix from Apple is coming in 14.4.1.

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Adding to JR's comment: announcements from AT or other sources are
amplification.  If there are 2 or 3 reports of an issue, they report
it and 10's of thousands (or millions) of people read it.  That
doesn't make for 10's of thousands (or millions) of affected users.

But gullible rubs mistake it as a widespread issue, and resident trolls
latch onto it nonetheless.

I've yet to see AT or the other similar sites (all of whom do add
value to our pursuit of computer happiness) put out article headlines
like:
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         Mac OS 14.x has been out for 96 hours and not a single issue
         has been reported.

Negative Apple news gets the most clicks.

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