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    The OS X Report: Do We Need New Features?

    June 8th, 2016

    As you might expect, the tech pundits are now working overtime trying to guess what the next operating system for Macs will contain. Notice that I’m avoiding discussion in this column on whether it’ll be branded macOS, or Mac OS, or remain as OS X. I really don’t care all that much what it’s going […]


    Instant Message Confusion

    May 12th, 2016

    After hearing about what a marvelous service WhatsApp is, I decided to give it a try. So I downloaded the app on my iPhone, and set it up using my Facebook account. Other than the fact that Facebook owns WhatsApp, the result of a $19 billion acquisition, it seemed the simplest way; I have quite […]


    OS X Mavericks: Five Weeks On

    November 28th, 2013

    On October 22, Apple released OS X Mavericks as a free download. In the previous months, I’ve suggested that such a thing might happen, although Apple went even further by making iWork and iLife more or less free too. I mean “more or less” because you have to buy a new Mac, or be using a […]


    The Mountain Lion Report: Apple Doubles Down on iOS Integration

    February 22nd, 2012

    The biggest complaint about Lion was, without doubt, the extent to which it was influenced by the iOS. Some referred to Lion as “dumbed down,” because of the changes in the look and (by default) actions of the scroll bars, not to mention Launchpad. What was Apple thinking? As to public response, Apple reports that […]