This is a really quick post on one of the most controversial features Apple has ever released in a product. I’m talking about the Touch Bar on all products in the MacBook Pro line. I have heard very few people express full-throated support for the feature. The vast majority who speak or write about it are either indifferent to it or greatly annoyed by it. Most fall into the latter camp, including me…

Since the first iPhone, I have upgraded every year. It has been unthinkable that I would miss a year. I have always been on some kind of plan that allows me to get a new phone every year. Besides a small fee up front, it is usually inexpensive to do so. My thinking has been along the lines of, why not upgrade. What do I gain by hanging on to my current handset? For the first time, I am having a different thought…

I am still happily using my 16” MacBook Pro for just about everything. In fact, I have hardly touched my desktop setup at all. This took me by surprise as I am visually challenged and need the largest scree I can get to operate a computer competently. I have a 32” monitor attached to my Mac mini. It serves me well. Despite that, I have been using my notebook without giving my desktop setup a moment’s thought. This is the first notebook I have owned that really can be my full-time computer without having to add desktop accessories…

Whether you are a professional or just want to feel like one, the 16” MacBook Pro is for you. Here are the highlights of what you need to know…

The most prevalent rumor bouncing around the blogosphere is that Apple will not included the wall plug with the next round of iPhones. Everyone believes it. Almost no one is taking it skeptically. More disturbing is the fact that everyone seems to be perfectly happy with that idea. Whether or not I believe the rumor is irrelevant. But I am most certainly not happy about the idea. Here’s why…

It has been a long time since I have been excited about a mouse, and a longer time since that excitement has been for a non-Apple mouse. Enter the Logitech MX Master 3. Color me excited…

If it wasn’t clear in the title, this is more of a rant than a guide.

Lately, there has been a lot of angst among Apple’s developer community over a high-profile app rejection. You know the one. I am not going to link to it or even mention it by name. They will not get more free press from me. The owner of the company is a known ravel-rouser. Making enemies and raising a stink is his self-confessed business model. That is what he has done many times with great success. If developers have a reasonable gripe against Apple, this latest outcry is a pour choice for a standard bearer…

This one is for all you accessibility nerds. I know I not the only one. :)…

What just happened? I know it has been a tick since WWDC but I’m still trying to wrap my head around everything that was announced. Everything has, or is about to change in substantial ways. A monumental shift in the Mac is underway. Before the year is over, the Mac will have undergone a transformation that will challenge almost everything we know about the platform…

I love the iPad and I am one of those people who likes to have the best of what I love. That said, there is no real reason to go for an iPad Pro. Apple currently offers three other iPad options. I have owned them all at one point or other. There are no bad iPads. Choosing the right one for you can be a little challenging. Here are some tips that should help you sort it out..

There are people living the multiple iPad lifestyle. They have both sizes of the iPad Pro and perhaps even a mini. Before the iPad, it wasn’t unheard of for a person to have more than one laptop. It is not my intention to judge how people spend their money. But what about having an iPad Pro fully decked out with a Magic keyboard and a MacBook Pro? Is there a use case for owning more than one modern mobile device? Let’s explore:..

The iPad is one of the most versatile computers the world has ever known. At times it really does feel like that magical piece of glass Steve Jobs envisioned. One of the things that makes it so versatile is the many ways there are to input text. Here are four:..

It happened again. Another Apple competitor bites the dust, sort of. Remember those Microsoft stores built to compete with Apple stores? They were designed to look like Apple stores. The employees dressed like Apple Store employees. They even ripped off the design of the tables at the Apple Store. Worse yet, they placed these stores as close as they could to real Apple stores…

I am very close to deciding whether or not I will be launching a new tech site focusing on the iPad and iPhone and other future-facing computing paradigms. Apple has announced and released the next iteration of the software powering these platforms. If you like this article, let me know and you can probably expect a lot more like this.

I am experimenting with the 12.9” iPad Pro with the Magic Keyboard. It is as close to an iPad laptop as we have come. I find the keyboard a pure delight, though they could be a tad bit taller. Besides that, the action on the keys just makes me eager to press the next key, and the next one, and the next one...

It is almost a sure thing that the iPad is going to get a major i/o overhaul in the next version of iPadOS. As rumors and leaks go, this one’s a lock. I love it. I also love the excessive consternation and hand-wringing over what that means for both the iPad and Mac laptops. Does such a development bring the two devices too close together? Does it blur lines that should remain sharp and clear?

There have been a lot of iPads over the past 10 years. I have owned most of them. So it is hard to decide which is my favorite. Allow me to offer three criteria that I use to determine whether or not a product has been a good investment…

2019 opened with Apple enthusiasts feeling queasy. We left the previous year with the feeling that everything we loved was broken in both large and small ways. Apple had a lot of things to fix. And thankfully, they did just that for most of the big issues. And while there are a few things that need to be addressed in 2020, we will enter the decade with a sense that things are at least heading in the right direction thanks to the course correction of 2019. Here are a few of those wrong things that were set right this year…

I don’t often delve into politics. I write about tech and the impact it can have on our lives. However, politics has inserted itself into tech, and Apple in particular. So I will try to be brief and just point out the obvious to those who follow this stuff…