Tag: Apple
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Subscription Apps, Default Apps, and Cloud Services
1Password has received some negative press because of their push for more users to switch from purchasing the app outright to a subscription model and the use of their own syncing service. They have responded on Twitter in this fashion to see of the complaints: We have no plans to remove support for current local vaults.…
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The First Days with MacBook
Another Mac has been added to the fold. I was given the opportunity to procure a used MacBook to add to my stable of computing devices and I decided to go ahead and do so. I have had my eyes on a super small Mac since 2010 when I was sitting in an Apple Genius…
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Laptop Replacement
Laptop Replacement by Matt Gemmell So you want to potentially not use a laptop anymore, but you also want a computer that does all the same things as a laptop, in pretty much the same way. In which case, I think the computer you’re looking for is a laptop. This is the mindset Apple seems…
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Giving the iPad a full-time job
Giving the iPad a full-time job by Justin Searls (Medium) Here is the money quote from the beginning: As a result, I’ve come around to a more nuanced view of productivity: that of a tenuous balance between friction and focus. “Friction” is the necessary turning of knobs on my tools in order to do work.…
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Apple’s Oct 2016 Mac Event
Saying that the Mac has been getting the short shrift is an understatement, recently, at least from a hardware perspective. Recently, macOS Sierra was released and I have been running it since a week before its public release and I can say it is the best macOS release I have run so far. Part of…