Thoughts on macOS Big Sur & Apple Silicon
Apple’s WDC 2020 keynote speech was run on Monday 2020-06-22 at 10am PDT (12pm CDT). It was a lot bigger than I thought it was going to be, as it was obvious that the [...]
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How to run Windows apps on your Mac with CrossOver
Every now and then, a Mac user is going to say, “Man I wish there was a version of (insert program here) for Mac. I’d buy that in a heartbeat.” It’s [...]
Parallels 14 review: Windows on your Mac is now faster than ever
I’ve been a Mac since 2006, or the first year that Apple introduced the Intel-based Mac, and I bought my first Mac to be a Windows Machine. In retrospect, I’m [...]
The Day After the [Patches] Before
My office implemented both Meltdown and Spectre patches over the weekend… In the previous weeks, both the Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities have been making a [...]
Apple Issues Security Update for High Sierra Root User Bug
Apple on Wednesday released a special security update for macOS High Sierra, solving a recently uncovered flaw which would let people gain root access without entering a [...]
Five of the Best Screen Shot Apps for macOS
Take great screen shots on your Mac with these best of breed tools… Introduction I love my Mac. In my opinion, it’s easier to use than a Windows machine, especially when [...]
Top 10 Tips to Avoid Malware
In light of the latest bit of ransomware – Petya – here are tips to prevent getting hacked The latest bit of ransomware – dubbed Petya – is currently running through [...]
New Apple Operating System Updates Released
Apple released new versions of macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS on 2017-03-27. Apple released updates to three of its operating systems on Monday 2017-03-27. Apple released macOS [...]
The State of Consumer Computing
I have NO idea where the industry is going with this… Ok, kids. Sit back. I’ve been cooking up a rant on the direction that consumer/ prosumer computing has been going [...]
Apple Seeds 5th Beta macOS Sierra 10.12.1
Developers and public beta testers got new bits to play with… macOS Sierra is one of the biggest updates to Apple’s desktop operating system, likely since the [...]