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    Newsletter Issue #1049 — The Apple Gadget Saturation Report

    February 4th, 2024

    How things have changed. Consider the state of Apple Inc. 30 years ago, when it was known as Apple Computer. In many descriptions of the company from the mainstream media, the word “beleaguered” inevitably appeared. It was hard to avoid it, and you had to be optimistic that the company would succeed in a world […]


    Newsletter Issue #1048 — Before the Mac

    February 3rd, 2024

    In the early days, I didn’t intend to become expert at using Apple gear. I didn’t even intend to learn word processing or even typesetting. But the situations at hand forced me to adapt. In the mid-1960s, I decided to create a magazine devoted to my favorite subject — flying saucers or UFOs. All right, […]


    Newsletter Issue #1046 — Mac Improvements: Do They Make Sense for Regular People?

    December 5th, 2023

    I’ve been following the goings on at Apple Inc. since the 1980s. In those days, I was the eccentric among owners of personal computers (and perhaps I still am). So when I went to a software store (remember them?) and asked about software for my Mac, I was presented with a dismissive look, though an […]


    Newsletter Issue #1045 — Movies About One of Superman’s Earliest Rivals — But First…

    October 8th, 2023

    I haven’t said much about Apple in recent months. Mostly it’s because they haven’t put out anything completely new, and political issues about monopolistic restrictions on third parties are still works in progress. The watchword is modest or less when it comes to new Apple gear and operating systems. It’s almost as if Apple has […]