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    Newsletter Issue #660: Do You Really Need to Prepare for Mountain Lion?

    July 23rd, 2012

    Predictably, you’ll read lots of articles over the next few days about the proper Mountain Lion installation strategy. On the official day of release, you’ll read early reviews here and elsewhere as to whether OS 10.8 fulfills all or most of Apple’s promises. You may also hear chatter from early adopters who discovered the usual […]


    The OS X Report: My Problem is Everyone’s Problem

    June 28th, 2012

    When I dared to characterize my experience with OS X Lion is pretty good, I heard from some readers suggesting I was on the wrong side of the facts. The basic point, to them, was that Lion had proven to be a source of instability, with kernel panics and sluggish performance. Clearly they preferred Snow […]


    Newsletter Issue #656: Does Mountain Lion Fulfill the Promise of Lion?

    June 25th, 2012

    Although over 40% of Mac users have already migrated to Lion, that OS hasn’t exactly gotten the love. A fair number of people won’t upgrade simply because they need to run PowerPC software, and Apple removed the Rosetta translation capability from 10.7. This makes Lion a non-starter to them, and it’s clear Apple has no […]


    Some Mac Upgrade Reassurance

    June 1st, 2012

    Just this week, I read a report quoting Mac commentator Jim Dalrymple, Editor-in-Chief of The Loop, as saying that there’s no chance that Apple will discontinue the Mac Pro. Of course, when you ask Jim to expand on such pithy comments, you won’t receive any additional details But it’s also true that Jim almost always […]