Oh, God, I’m getting old. I remember beige Macs and disk drives measured in megabytes. I remember when Apple Stores were laughed at by members of the technorati elite who failed to see over their internal anti-Apple bias … Continue Reading »
Apple And A Mess Of Message Fragmentation
When I was child growing up in a small rural town in upstate New York our household could receive three TV channels, listen to a couple of local radio stations (and more at night), read a single daily … Continue Reading »
The Best Of The Mac Snippets Apps
You know about text snippets, right? Those are little pieces of text that we want to save in a database of snippets, organized in such a way that the snippets are easy to find, retrieve, and use again. … Continue Reading »
2 Mac Calendar Apps To Love And Use
You would be surprised at the number of Mac users (and iPhone and iPad users) who do not use the free Calendar app that comes with every Apple device. Most Mac users know it’s there, not every Mac … Continue Reading »
Finally, Apple’s Car Is Done
That was quick. For the past few years we’ve been treated to a non-stop rumor mill that regurgitated detail after detail about Apple’s car, code-named Project Titan. The latest rumor says Apple Car is done. No, not done … Continue Reading »
What’s Up With Apple’s Secret AI Chip?
Let’s see if we can put two and two together and come up with four. Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is high on artificial intelligence (AI), and the iPhone’s future is AI, and Apple has hired … Continue Reading »
The Mac’s Best Maintenance, Optimization, And Customization Tools Are Free
Despite my warnings, more than a few of my relatives, friends, and co-workers– who switched from Windows to the Mac– have purchased all kinds of somewhat expensive utilities that they think are needed to keep a Mac running … Continue Reading »
Get Better Weather Cheap On A Mac
Maybe I’m not the best person on the staff to review a Mac weather app. I’m biased. After all, I live in Atlanta, GA and I hate the weather here. It’s either too cold or too hot or … Continue Reading »
How The Mac Is A Second Class Citizen
Everyone who has tried it knows the obvious. Flying first class is better than flying coach. There is more space, more attention from flight attendants, better food, and often better entertainment. What’s not to like? Second class. More … Continue Reading »
On Apple Stores And Conspiracy Theories
As much as I want to be a modern technologist and not dwell in the past, there is a part of me that yearns for the good old days of yesteryear when a visit to the nearby Apple … Continue Reading »
What’s It Cost To Make Lists On A Mac?
Taking notes is a big deal these days, even more so in the private school where I work as an administrator to hundreds of Macs and PCs and iPads and Chromebooks and students, faculty, and staff. Everyone wants … Continue Reading »
Mac Mail Makes Me Rethink Email
Email is a scourge upon mankind, an obvious attempt by the gods above to destroy us because, ‘Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad,’ whereby mad means make us go crazy. Yes, email is that bad. … Continue Reading »
Where Is Apple’s Mac ‘October Surprise?’
They say politics makes for strange bedfellows, and in 2016 it seems we’re going for figurative and literal bedfellows with one so-called October Surprise after another. Some say the evangelical Christian right has adopted a seeming heathen as … Continue Reading »
Is This The Best Watch You Can Buy?
There are times when being a so-called early adopter brings mixed emotions. There’s the excitement of trying out something new before your friends, neighbors, family members, co-workers, or Joneses. And there’s the disappoint whenever something new becomes something … Continue Reading »
Edit Photo Metadata On A Mac
Mac users take plenty of photos. Check your Photos collection on your Mac. Chances are good you have tens of thousands of photos stored and what you know about each one is only what you can see. What … Continue Reading »
Apple Needs To Jumpstart The PC Industry
Some say the traditional PC industry– of which the Mac is a part; less so in marketshare, but far more valuable in profits and mindshare– is slowly dying. That’s not the case. But it needs a savior. What … Continue Reading »
Streaming Music Is Like A Subscription Cheeseburger, Fries, And A Shake
Here in California we have a seemingly endless array of ethnic foods from which to choose; from sushi to burgers, from steaks and fish, from quinoa to kale. We’ve got it all. So it is with streaming music … Continue Reading »
How To Uninstall Apps On Your Mac
Color me crazy but I’m one of those inveterate Mac users who collects more applications than I actually use with any regularity. I collect utilities, calculators, Poker games, photo enhancement apps, and dozens and dozens more. That collection … Continue Reading »