Over the past few months, I’ve written chapter and verse about why I do not use an iPad very much. In contrast, my wife, Barbara, sticks to hers like glue. She is never far from it, and often has it in her hands when she’s walking around the house doing various chores. Or she places […]

I’m often amazed how polarizing the issue of Apple’s pricing policies can become. The conventional wisdom is usually that anything with an Apple label on it is overpriced. It has to be, considering the company takes huge profits from sales. So where are the cheap iPhones, iPads, and Macs? And how dare Apple consider charging […]

When Apple began to make a few alterations to the macOS to adopt features from iOS, you can bet that some Mac users howled. So being able to switch the direction of scrolling to the “natural” direction used on iPhones and iPads, and other minor interface alterations, were sharply criticized. There was a method in […]

Apple’s OS schedule this year is pretty much the same as last year’s. Developers have already received real early beta versions of iOS 11, macOS High Sierra, tvOS 11 and watchOS 4. A few weeks later, regular Apple customers should be able to share in the joy; well, except for watchOS 4. The Apple TV […]