This Time Apple Really Screwed The Pooch
Apple's general practices and products have been deteriorating now for many years. But this time they've been caught red-handed intentionally slowing down older iPhone performance with their updates and without telling customers what they were doing. Apple claims it was doing this to protect the consumer from iPhones with weakening batteries that...
iPhone X, another Apple Fail
How many utter failures does it take for Apple to realize it is on the wrong path? iPhone X: No Home button: Fail Redesigned User Interface: Fail Facial Recognition: Fail Price: Fail The camera is good. Add image stabilization to the telephoto camera on the iPhone 8 and I'm happy. Apple, you've lost your way. And soon, you will lose your base. Be...
Apple’s Failures Are Becoming Too Numerous To Ignore
The introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014 was the first indication after the death of Jobs that Apple had lost it's way. Most agree now that the Apple Watch is a failure. In the same fashion, the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro is proving to be a failure. And now, we will eventually see the iPhone 8 and iPhone X become flash-in-the-pan failures...
MacBook Pro Battery Life
It appears that Apple's estimates for battery life for the new MacBook Pros were overstated. Instead of the claimed 10-hour battery life, it appears that the true battery life is closer to 5 hours. Many new MacBook Pro owners are now unhappy. In an earlier post, I expressed how unimpressed I was with the TouchBar in terms of functionality and...
New MacBook Pro: A Whole Lot of Finger Dragging
Apple just introduced a new line of MacBook Pros with more power, a Touch Bar, and some hefty prices. I am not impressed. I've never much liked the whole concept of a touch pad. I've always found them unintuitive and inconvenient. If I want to use my fingers on a surface, I want that surface to be the display itself. Dragging my fingers across a...
How To Produce An eBook With Pages – Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I detailed the process of creating an eBook (in the ePub format) using Apple's Pages application. In this Part 2, I will quickly go over some considerations when inserting audio and video files into your eBook. The large majority of eBook platforms read the EPub format, which is an open standard announced by the...
