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Apple

My 10 Years of iPad

Dear iPad, you’ve come a long way. You were not perfect. You lacked a USB port. Most of your apps were “blown up” iPhone apps. Yet, I fell in love with you instantly. Here is a brief summary of my 10 years of iPad.

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On Adding (Real) Mouse Support on iPadOS

Jason Snell of MacWorld writing about adding real mouse support on iPadOS: “While some will consider the mere possibility of adding a mouse or trackpad to an iPad to be sacrilege, I prefer to see it as an additional option that can improve the iPad’s flexibility in certain circumstances.” Jason snel

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The iPhone of the Decade for me

I recently came across this 512pixels.net post about the iPhone of the decade. To my surprise, they selected the iPhone 6, 6 Plus. In summary: in 2016, Apple introduced two important things in the iPhone franchise: bigger screen iPhone and choice in screen size and features. Sure, the iPhone 6 prope

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On Apple Archives and Memories

I don’t remember where I found out about the (Unofficial) Apple Archives web site but after spending a minutes browsing it, It revived sweet memories. I see an important problem these days about our technological world: our collective numeric memory is very easy to forget. This kind of initiative is

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My Wishes for Apple in 2020

In 2019 Apple made a significant push into services and fixed many problems with its Mac product lines. The iPhone line got a refresh and brought back some delight. Software quality though as not improved. Here are my wishes for Apple this year. Software quality Let’s begin with software quality. Wi

photography

Going Spooky – Before and After

This very short clip shows the “before and after” look of a processed picture from a building in Havana during my last vacation trip. This abandoned housing building looked pretty creepy, but I felt I could make it really spooky. It was fascinatingly standing out of its surroundings. As you can see,

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Upgrading to macOS Catalina: My Experience

Back in October, I wrote a blog post about what to do before upgrading your Mac to macOS Catalina. Last weekend I went ahead and upgraded my own machine. Here are a few tidbits of information about my experience. From the initial download to the first login screen, the upgrade took less than two hou

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Time Magazine: The 10 Best Gadgets of the Decade

Time Magazine is publishing the top ten gadgets list of the last decade. A few comments are in order. Each gadget tells the story of a new way of thinking, a slow-moving paradigm shift set to change the way we approach the personal technology we interact with on a daily basis Time Magazine Being mea

Blog

The End of my Micro.blog Experiment

My numeric life is full of experiments. Micro.blog is one of them but it is coming to an end. There, I said it: bye-bye micro.blog. Here is why I’m leaving the microblogging platform very soon. What is it, anyway? According to @MacGenie, a prominent user of the microblogging platform: The business o

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Memories of when it all started for me

I recently paid a visit to my sister and brother-in-law. We share many passions together: photography and a few things about Apple. To my surprise, he gave me something I didn’t know he had: a couple of very old brochures about the Apple //c and one on the Apple //e. I was completely shocked to… Con

Thinking

Life

Here is a more personal blog post. I don’t know where it will go from this very moment. My time spent here has been on the decline for a while. I’m not sure that I have full control of my life right now. In recent weeks, my very old parents were more demanding because of… Continue Reading → [https:/

Thinking

A Touching but Troubling Ad

For a few years now, Apple releases an ad during the Thanksgiving week. Every time, Apple moves our emotions and shows they can touch our soul with simple and short movies. This year is no exception. Have a look for yourself. As touching this ad can be, I find it to be troublesome. On many… Continue