I’m starting to not like Lion’s whole “Versions” implementation. It’s a system that’s supposed to simplify file management, but is, in fact, complicating it in certain situations. Case in point: Locked Files. Lion now locks files that haven’t been edited for a certain period of time. It does this in order to prevent accidental changes [...]
I’ll be honest: I wish I could stay with AT&T. I just pre-ordered an iPhone 4S. From Verizon. And while I’m excited to get the new phone, and thrilled at the prospect of improved call quality and coverage, I do feel a pang of regret at having to leave AT&T. I switched to AT&T when [...]
It’s kind of amazing when the passing of a person you never knew affects you. So it is with Steve Jobs. I was a bit shocked to hear of his death. I mean, it wasn’t surprising per se. When he finally bowed out of Apple, it was pretty obvious to me that he was dying. [...]
Not long ago I posted about my plan to aggressively filter bacn — messages that aren’t quite spam, but that I don’t actually want to read — out of my Inbox. So for three or four days, I let the bacn accumulate, and then I created a couple choice filters from that collection of mail. [...]
Apple has released Final Cut Pro X 10.0.1, a small point release with some important new — or maybe I should say “returned” — features. Most important among these is XML import/export which should allow users of FCPX to open their legacy FCP projects. But here’s the grind: I’m not sure how you’re supposed to [...]
Well, it wouldn’t be new OS season without some complaints, now would it? Yes, as always, I have some beefs. The inaugural article on this blog was a piece called Tiger Beefs. Tiger was — and remains — my least favorite Mac OS release of all time. I really hated it and couldn’t wait for [...]
I’ve recently realized that probably about two-thirds of my email is stuff I just don’t care about or want to read. But it’s not exactly spam, either, as it comes from trusted sources that, if only peripherally, I know or who know me from somewhere. Turns out there’s a name for this type of email: [...]
At long a last the time has come for me to post my impressions of Mac OS X 10.7, affectionately referred to as Lion. Lion is a mixed bag, for me. There are few areas where I think it really impresses and then some areas that are a bit less well thought out. Overall it’s [...]
I’m working on a fairly lengthy post about my Lion impressions. Meantime, here’s a funny I like from Malcontent Comics.
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