petermac87 wrote:
Paul_31 wrote:
I'd still choose to leave it installed and just ignore it if I didn't want to use it - which is what I do. It's not like it takes up a lot of space.
Have to agree with you Paul. And even though Syncopator says it is easy to remove, I do notice he had to cover himself with a disclaimer at the end.
That said, to anyone who choosed to so it, be sure to read the instructions and follow them PRECISELY. Your actions are your own. :-)
Cheers
Pete
petermac87,
If it so happens that you have a reading-comprehension problem, please forgive me, as it is not my intent to be the slightest bit insensitive. However I cannot -- and will not -- allow you to put words in my mouth.
Nowhere in my post did I say iBooks is "easy" to remove. NOWHERE.
(As such, I enthusiastically invite you to read my post again.) It seems you and Paul_31 both have difficulty either choosing, or interpreting, precise language. I, on the other hand, choose mine quite carefully and deliberately.
What I said, sir, is that iBooks is perfectly SAFE to remove. Not EASY. And as I had to point out in my previous reply (albeit on a different topic), there's a huge difference.
Now, had I in fact said iBooks was easy to remove, your attempt to discredit me by pointing out my so-called "disclaimer" would have made perfect sense -- because under those circumstances, clearly I would have contradicted myself.
But in reality quite the opposite is true:
It is precisely because I used the word "safe" (and not the word "easy") that I wanted to emphasize the anyone who chooses to remove iBooks must take care to follow the instructions carefully. I stated that precisely because it's NOT easy! In fact, I took special care NOT to imply that it's easy, because, for the average user, it's not.
But "ease" wasn't the point. The point was feasibility. And I stated -- and I maintiain without apology -- that it is, in fact, safe to remove iBooks.
Is it safe? Yes.
Is it easy? Not to the average user. (And I never said it was.)
So, to anyone who wishes to remove it (as many of us have, without incident), I was stressing the importance of following the instructions precisely.
That wasn't a "disclaimer." It was advice. :-)
Finally, there's Paul_31's suggestion:
I'd still choose to leave it installed and just ignore it if I didn't want to use it...
I see. But did you think that advice through? :-) It seems you didn't, because "ignoring it" is logical if -- and only if -- the user has never once launched iBooks. The problem, as we all know, is that iBooks is sorely lacking in functionality. But one does not discover that until one actually launches the app and discovers that fact! But once it's been launched -- and the user's books have been transerred to iBooks -- one cannot simply "just ignore iBooks" because one's library has been transferred out of iTunes!
I highly doubt that users who install Mavericks will take a look at the iBooks icon and think, "Hmm... Before I even launch this app, I'd better check the Apple discussions to see if there are any problems with it." Most users who come to this (or any similar) thread will have already launched iBooks, found it problematic, and are now seeking a solution.
As such, telling them to "just ignore" iBooks isn't a solution -- that is, unless they're willing to forego access to any of their books, because their books now can only be accessed from iBooks -- which of course you're recommending that they simply ignore.
Wow, dude.
I'll agree with you in spirit:
To any user who has NOT yet launched iBooks, DON'T! Just ignore it until Apple has improved it. But since the vast majority of users reading this thread will have already launched iBooks, advising them to "just ignore it" isn't quite a solution to their problem. :-)
Warm regards.
