Back in the heady days of the Classic Mac OS, Apple had one lame-brained idea after another. Let’s not forget such schemes as QuickDraw GX, for example, which held out a lot of promise on paper but never realized its potential. But that was only one example of Apple’s failed technologies during the 1990s. Perhaps the […]

Are you ready to write Tiger’s epitaph? Well, despite the fact that Wednesday afternoon’s release of the Mac OS 10.4.11 updater represents the last major update for that system, there will most likely be security fixes from time to time. As usual, the latest Tiger maintenance release has a slew of changes, some of which […]

Let’s set aside the pretty desktops, the transparent menu bar and menus, and even the controversial 3D Dock. That’s all window dressing and doesn’t do a thing to make your workday go faster, although I suppose a pleasant desktop view does convey an appropriate level of comfort. I’ll leave it to the psychologists, however, to […]