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Wishes for WWDC 2022

Wishes for WWDC 2022

We can always dream, right?

Coming Out of a Rabbit Hole and Buying Two MacBook Air

Coming Out of a Rabbit Hole and Buying Two MacBook Air

I was seriously looking to buy an 2021 12.9” iPad Pro. I had so many use cases for it. I ended up buying two MacBook Air instead. What happened? Here is my story about falling in a rabbit hole.

Tips & Tricks & Utilities for Boosting Your Productivity with Apple’s macOS Big Sur and Monterey

Tips & Tricks & Utilities for Boosting Your Productivity with Apple’s macOS Big Sur and Monterey

Apple’s macOS Big Sur is a turning point for the Mac from its foundations to its visual appearance. You like it or hate it. This article is about exposing my tweaks and utilities toolbox that I use to make it the best end-user computing desktop.

The Rotten Side of Tim Cook’s Apple

The Rotten Side of Tim Cook’s Apple

My love story with Apple started a long time ago. I’ve been an Apple enthusiast since 1982 when I started programming on an Apple ][+ before moving to an Apple //e then on a //c. I’m considered an Apple fanboy by my friends, my colleagues and my family. They could argue that I don’t have… Continue R

Going All In With iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11 Big Sur and watchOS 7 Betas

Going All In With iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11 Big Sur and watchOS 7 Betas

For the first time since Apple is releasing public betas of its operating systems, I’m going all in with iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and watchOS 7. This year’s round of betas are exceptionally exciting and stable for their first incarnation. This sentiment is also echoed by M.G. Siegler on 500ish. This year,

WWDC2020 — My Observations and a Survey of Comments

WWDC2020 — My Observations and a Survey of Comments

This year’s WWDC conference was doomed to be special. Apple had a lot on its plate: deliver a successful digital-only experience, move all software platforms forward and keep the developers community happy. Did they deliver? Read more to find out.

WWDC 2020 Invite Poster

My Wish List for WWDC 2020

Around the same time period of each year, there is a drum roll preceding Apple’s biggest event of the year: WWDC. This year, as WWDC will be an online-only event, things might be different but having a wish list is still mandatory. Here is mine.

Diagrams for Mac: A Promising Beginning

Diagrams for Mac: A Promising Beginning

Today is the start of something new on the Mac: Diagrams. A simple yet promising diagramming application for macOS. Here is a short peek at this newcomer in a relatively competitive and crowded space. Start small, think big Entirely new and native applications on the Mac these days seem quite a rare

On iPad Intuitiveness (Again)

On iPad Intuitiveness (Again)

iPad intuitiveness is the source of eternal debate. One might ask: If the iPad is more intuitive than the Mac, why is it more difficult to use overall? Good question. Well, Gruber offers an interesting view on this subject. Source of constant debate Daring Fireball Again, my criticism about iPadOS h

On Adding (Real) Mouse Support on iPadOS

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

My Wishes for Apple in 2020

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

WWDC macOS Slide

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

Pivotal Time For Apple

Pivotal Time For Apple

Make no mistake, 2019 is another pivotal year for Apple. In case you are wondering why, just remember one thing: SwiftUI. Writing software for Apple ecosystem will never be the same. Here is why it matters for developers and general users. High expectations We were expecting a lot from Apple for thi

iTunes 2001-2019: End Of An Era

Wow, who knew this would be coming someday. iTunes was such a big part of Apple’s digital stores and media consumption. For many people, iTunes was just garbage. iTunes has a long history. It wasn’t perfect and I still like it as of this writing. In fact, I just don’t understand all that hate toward

My Thoughts On The WWDC 2019 Keynote

My Thoughts On The WWDC 2019 Keynote

WWDC 2019 Keynote is already behind us. This was a long wait. Expectations were high. Apple had to deliver. And boy they did. Here are my thoughts on the WWDC 2019 keynote. Spoiler alert: I’m overwhelmed. I’m blown away. Generalities The keynote followed some kind of a different path this year compa

Is The iPhone Killing Apple?

Is The iPhone Killing Apple?

A question comes to my mind often these days: is the iPhone killing Apple? Apple was “for the rest of us” and the underdog for about half of his history. Apple was marching on a fine line dividing relevancy from extinction. Apple’s energy was focused, highly concentrated on caring on a small bunch o

Merging iOS and macOS

Apple’s Motivation for Marzipan

I’ve been thinking about Apple’s Marzipan project since rumors started to flow last year before the WWDC 2018 developers conference where it was officially announced. I wrote a blog post about it a few weeks ago. I keep thinking about it. Brent Simmons, a well known developer has many many questions