For a long, long time now, you’ve been told that Apple designs the best user interfaces. They “just work,” and the learning curve — such as it is — is relatively short. Of course, that doesn’t explain the consistent sales of “Dummies” books about various and sundry Apple products through the years, but compared to […]

Most of you know that applications run a little differently when you compare the Mac and Windows platforms. That and other differences are apt to cause some measure of confusion as folks switch to our favorite computing platform. Such minor issues as the Command versus the Control key for common shortcuts are easily mastered, and […]

A little less than a month since Tiger was released, I’m sure some of you aren’t satisfied and you’re looking for more. Of course the real changes may not come until the end of 2006, in time to trump Microsoft’s Longhorn, if that is ever released. So there’s plenty of time for Apple to consider […]

All right, I accept the fact that the perfect operating system will never be produced, although I can dream. I also accept the fact that in the rush to make a release date, things may be overlooked, with the expectation they’ll be dealt with later. And it isn’t just the usual bugs that must be […]