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    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 […]


    Waiting for the macOS Sierra Download

    September 21st, 2016

    So, as promised, the newly minted macOS, Sierra, launched on Tuesday. With heavy loads on Apple’s servers, you may have had to wait a while for it to arrive. The downside of the free Internet service I’m getting in this place is that it’s not super-fast. So it took a grand total of six hours for […]


    Is iCloud Worth $239.88 Per Year?

    September 1st, 2016

    With the arrival of macOS Sierra, you’ll be able to share your clipboard, a Universal Clipboard, with your other devices, including iPhones and iPads. The Optimized Storage feature will allow you to clean out your drive of duplicates and unused data. It will be a boon for those who bought Macs with tiny SSDs. Do you […]


    Some Thoughts about macOS Sierra

    August 23rd, 2016

    Since the middle of June, Mac developers have had the chance to pound on betas of Apple’s operating systems to find bugs and make sure their products are compatible. The public got their chance a couple of weeks later with macOS Sierra and iOS 10. All told, more than a million have had their chance to […]