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    Apple’s Prospects: What a Difference a Year Makes!

    July 9th, 2008

    In 2007, for a time you had to feel that Apple was neglecting the Mac. At the beginning of that year, the famous Steve Jobs keynote concentrated very little on Mac-related developments, and mostly on the iPhone. A few months later, we learned that the next major reference release for Mac OS X, Leopard, would […]


    Living with Leopard: Book III — Backups for the Rest of Us

    October 31st, 2007

    As I’ve said so many times — and I bet some of you are bored — I’m a devout believer in the backup religion. Whenever I create mission-critical files, such as interviews for my two radio shows, I make two backups immediately. Take that literally. I will even postpone a bathroom visit to start the […]


    Making Stories Out of Nothing At All

    September 18th, 2007

    An example of how far Apple has climbed in the tech world is the recent story suggesting that the latest version of Adobe’s Creative Suite applications may not run properly under Mac OS X Leopard. It’s all based on some apparently offhand comments from Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen during an interview that are surely honest, […]


    The Leopard Report: Don’t Get Hung-up on the “Top Secret” Claim

    August 24th, 2006

    All right, you know the spin. Apple’s “Top Secret” slide at the WWDC keynote means there are a number of super-significant Leopard features that’ll remain under wraps, because they don’t want Microsoft to copy them for Vista. Of course, common sense argues against that story, since Microsoft is an Apple developer and would get its […]