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    Newsletter Issue #790: A Short Report About Upgrading to a Mac Server

    January 19th, 2015

    When I first got online, I didn’t pay much thought to whether the server was a Mac, a PC, or a dedicated Linux server. The main reason was that, in those days, Mac web servers were few and far between, and thus not very cost effective. At a time when I could only manage a […]


    Newsletter Issue #789: Revisiting the Alleged Decline in Apple Software Quality

    January 12th, 2015

    All it took was an Apple developer’s complaint about the supposed declining state of Apple’s software to fuel a number of articles saying that things are going from bad to worse. One story had it that, in light of bugs that are never actually mentioned in the article, iOS and OS X software quality may […]


    Space: The Missing Storage Frontier

    January 6th, 2015

    To my surprise, there have been pro and con comments about the recent class action lawsuit against Apple. This is the legal action that claims Apple deceived you about the available storage space on an iPhone and iPad, and, worse, is trying to persuade you to buy iCloud storage to compensate. On the surface, the lawsuit is […]


    Newsletter Issue #786: Apple Mail: It Works When it Doesn’t Frustrate

    December 22nd, 2014

    As most of you know, I’ve pretty much settled on Apple Mail for my email needs since the early days of OS X. I’ve struggled with Microsoft Entourage and its successor, Outlook for Mac, but never seemed to find myself comfortable with the bloated interface and lagging performance. With the Outlook 365 beta released to […]