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    Newsletter #415 Preview: Who Needs Leopard? What About Mac OS 10.6?

    November 11th, 2007

    If you believe some of the things written about Leopard in the past week or so, you may consider it the buggiest system upgrade ever! But, as with all things of this nature, that impression is a huge exaggeration. During Leopard’s first weekend on sale, some two million copies were moved as retail upgrade kits […]


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    Living with Leopard: Book V — Second Week: Same as the First

    November 4th, 2007

    If you believe some of the things written about Leopard in the past week or so, you may consider it the buggiest system upgrade ever! But, as with all things of this nature, that impression is a huge exaggeration. During Leopard’s first weekend on sale, some two million copies were moved as retail upgrade kits […]


    Mac OS 10.4.10: The Worst System Update Ever?

    July 23rd, 2007

    The other day, I was interviewing MacFixIt’s Ben Wilson for one of his periodic slots on The Tech Night Owl LIVE. During the conversation, he remarked that reader surveys had shown that the recent 10.4.10 update for Tiger was the most troublesome in recent memory. This surprised me, largely because I never seem to have […]


    Newsletter #396 Preview: So What’s Really Wrong With the iPhone?

    July 1st, 2007

    As I write this, both Apple and AT&T stores are rapidly running out of their initial stocks of the iPhone, with initial reports claiming some 525,000 were sold over the first weekend. Those of you who expected instant gratification may have to redefine “instant” to encompass days or weeks until new supplies arrive. At the […]