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0 points1515510y ago0 comments

> who may be prone to pass on theories of how things work rather than facts

This is the biggest nightmare about working with OS X, to me.

Any forum discussion you find on Macrumors or the Apple forums is hilariously misguided with pathetically bad "theories" on why something isn't working and how to fix it.

"Zap the PRAM!" can be found in any/every thread, and that's a mild example.

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skuhn10y ago

Zapping the PRAM is a pretty frequent joke around the office.

There are some OS X groups that are more focused on automated deployments for IT type stuff, so those can often be a source of more enlightened discourse, even though it still isn't exactly catering to our niche.

lurkinggrue10y ago

Zap the PRAM is the mac version of "Have you tried switching it off and on again?"

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