# Apple Inc., you've broken my heart **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966 "2007-10-16T23:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/1 "2007-10-16T23:01:24Z")
So, being a curious sort, and especially looking forward to the new backup system (Time Machine!) in the upcoming version of the Macintosh OS, I went to look at the Apple page listing the new features. And what, to my astonished and chagrined eyes, did I see? In the [**dictionary** section](http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#dictionary), no less? > [@](#): > > Harness the power of Wikipedia when you’re connected to the Internet — built right into **it’s** Dictionary. You get a great Mac OS X user interface with super-fast searching and beautifully laid out-results. Has the “its” vs. “it’s” battle been lost forever? ☹ I e-mailed an address I saw on the “contact us” page (warning them “rest assured I will be on the internet within minutes registering my disgust throughout the world”) but it’s too little, too late. My faith in the future has been shattered. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/2 "2007-10-16T23:46:58Z")
I guess you didn’t hear that Apple created a proprietary version of the English language that is more user friendly than more mainstream, competing versions. Gone are arbitrary conventions simply caused by antiquated legacy standards. This release dictates that users can simply use the same word the same way in all applications. Expect more standardization and user friendly features in future releases. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/3 "2007-10-16T23:50:57Z")
Yep. Its sposed to be more intuitive. Or maybe just fonetical. Dunno fer sure… (don’t hurt me.) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/4 "2007-10-16T23:52:55Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] Has the “its” vs. “it’s” battle been lost forever? ☹ [/QUOTE] […sigh…] You should of known. ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/5 "2007-10-17T00:12:05Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] Has the “its” vs. “it’s” battle been lost forever? ☹ [/QUOTE] Probably. The “your” vs. “you’re” one is long lost. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/6 "2007-10-17T00:34:55Z")
U guyz r funny! I’m starting to think that the “Ode to a Spell Checker” was not just a joke, but reality. “Eye halve a spelling chequer, It came with my pea sea …” ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/7 "2007-10-17T00:36:45Z")
it is not really that particular error that bothers me, is the principal. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/8 "2007-10-17T00:38:02Z")
You just need to “think different.” ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/9 "2007-10-17T00:42:00Z")
I pity my Windoze-using friends who are forever plagued by “punctuation errors”. My Mac accepts whatever I type and Just Work’s. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/10 "2007-10-17T01:46:32Z")
Aaaggggghhhhh!!! _twitch_ _twitch_ :: this technical writer curls up in a corner and whimpers :: _sob_ :: checks linked page :: :: winces :: ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/11 "2007-10-17T02:08:19Z")
You can all report this here: [Feedback - Apple.com Website - Apple](http://www.apple.com/contact/feedback.html) and the affected URL is [macOS Sonoma - Apple](http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#dictionary) . Hit them hard! ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/12 "2007-10-17T02:15:36Z")
Hold fast comrade, it will make the culling that much easier: “A simple test, friends. Please write out the following sentence that we may match you with the labor which will make you happiest: ‘Your tales of yore pleases those whose job it is to match each to its match.’” I’ll probably be first against the wall… ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/13 "2007-10-17T04:55:26Z")
If I see “draws” instead of “drawers” one more time in advertisements (Target, I’m looking at you), I’m going to implode. I’ve all but given up on its and it’s. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/14 "2007-10-17T17:48:41Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] […sigh…] You should of known. [/QUOTE] I once harassed my English teacher because he had assigned me that unreadable book. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/15 "2007-10-17T18:36:42Z")
A position description for a CFO position here, high-powered, high responsibility: …experience with capitol management… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/16 "2007-10-17T18:58:32Z")
[QUOTE=Askance] You can all report this here: [Feedback - Apple.com Website - Apple](http://www.apple.com/contact/feedback.html) and the affected URL is [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#dictionary](http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#dictionary) . Hit them hard! [/QUOTE] That’s where I reported it yesterday before I made my post to the SDMB. And it’s still there! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-inc-youve-broken-my-heart/422966/17 "2007-10-18T07:18:54Z")
Are you sure it’s not advertising a new product called the Apple _iT_? - I heard that Wikipedia functionality will be built right into iT’s dictionary.