Yeah, I’m a Mac user – and no, not out of lack of familiarity with Windows. Due to various bugs and other issues the last few years – more will be posted in the next couple days – I’ve been searching for viable replacements to using a Mac as my next computer, looking at both Windows and a number of Linux distros, and a close look at what pieces of software I’d have to find effective replacements for. Given that, it was interesting to find an article on another developer’s quest for the same [htt…
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PDF and preview issues in Sierra are affecting what used to be long-standing features of the app and the API [https://tidbits.com/article/16966]. The kicker is this: > Apple wants to use a common foundation for both iOS and macOS. However, it was released way too early, and for the first time (at least in my experience) Apple deprecated several features without caring about compatibility. And to make things worse, lots of former features are now broken or not implemented at all, meaning that we…
I recently wrote about how Apple [https://thelastredoubt.com/2016/09/apple-and-sjw-convergence.html], despite the technical momentum and inertia it still has, is already being affected by loss of both product and technical focus as it spends more and more time virtue signalling by working to have “diverse” presenters, a “diverse” programming staff, and expanding their product line. And sure enough, the iPhone release and iOS 10 update proved my point. First – we had a few update issues in the…
Recently at VoxDay’s, a commenter had asked why Apple, despite obviously focusing on SJW-centric issues, had not imploded severely. My take on it. Steve Jobs was a hard-core liberal. Maybe, several years after his death, he would have become an SJW as well, but one can only take him at what he chose to do before his death. Like his choices or not, Apple kit wasn’t simply flashy looks for a lot of money – despite several missteps pushing technology beyond practical limits, he methodically laid…