{"id":34158,"date":"2024-02-26T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T07:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/?p=34158"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T22:14:21","slug":"newsletter-issue-1051-so-has-apple-lost-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2024\/02\/newsletter-issue-1051-so-has-apple-lost-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #1051 \u2014 So Has Apple Lost It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I first started to use Macs in the late 1980s, I was the oddball. Most users of personal computers worked on traditional, text-based PCs, such as the ones from IBM. When I visited a computer store \u2014 yes there were many of those \u2014 to buy apps for my Mac, the clerks often gave me a sideways glance that smacked of derision. Sometimes they actually had a few titles stuck on a rear shelf catching dust.<\/p>\n<p>I actually reveled in the fact that computer viruses had mostly ignored Macs to my detriment. Weeks after my new Mac iicx was set up at my home, way back in 1989, it caught a virus. Worse, it was from an infected software floppy containing a screen saver utility from a firm known as Fifth Generation Systems. I ended up reformatting the Mac and reinstalling everything, except for that one. An online search introduced me to a solution to future problems of that sort, something known as VirusDetective (discontinued many moons ago). I wasn\u2019t certain if it was best, but I liked the title and, besides, it was something you don\u2019t find often these days \u2014 shareware. I didn\u2019t have to pay if I didn\u2019t like it, but nobody would disable it if I decided to just continue to use it. 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