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    Making Sense of the Alleged Lack of Compelling macOS Sierra Features

    October 5th, 2016

    So I read an article this week from an Apple fan site that was telling me that Sierra is just wonderful, more or less. But in reading it, I actually felt disappointed at the list of all those terrific features, since most of what was actually shown didn’t strike me as so impressive. If Apple limited its presentation […]


    Apple and Microsoft — Background Downloads

    October 4th, 2016

    During the year in which Windows 10 was offered as a free download, Microsoft got itself in hot water with its overly aggressive behavior to convince people to install it. How so? Well, the installer was first downloaded in the background. Nothing wrong with that, as nothing forced a Windows user to switch. Where things really went […]


    Newsletter Issue #879: More Bits and Pieces About macOS Sierra

    October 3rd, 2016

    Nearly two weeks in, I continue to find macOS Sierra to be mostly a very satisfactory upgrade. As most of you know, I don’t care so much about Siri. It works, and I realize it’ll have value for those of you who are involved with using Siri on your iOS gear, but that’s not me. […]


    Apple and Cheap iCloud Storage

    September 28th, 2016

    As you know, when you set up your iCloud account, you have a stingy 5GB of free storage. If you want more, you have to pay for it. Now the prices are competitive. For 99 cents you can have 50GB. Higher tiers include $2.99 a month for 200GB, $9.99 a month for 1TB, and $19.99 […]