Category Archives: Mac OS X

Google Apps Down on April 17th, 2013

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Jonathan Moeller

I have client that has been slowly transitioning from a locally-hosted Microsoft Exchange server to Google Apps, and at last I convinced the executive circle of the client to switch to Google Apps email this morning. And then, at the … Continue reading →

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Apple releases iTunes 11

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Jonathan Moeller

Apple has finally gotten around to releasing iTunes 11. Apparently, the application now looks a great deal like the music app and the iTunes store interface on the iPad. It will be interesting to see if the update unifies the … Continue reading →

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Does Orbitz Charge Mac Users More For Hotel Rooms?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Jonathan Moeller

No. However, Orbitz’s own internal sales data shows that Mac users are more likely to spend $20 to $30 more on a hotel room than PC users. This is not at all surprising, given that Mac users generally pay $300 … Continue reading →

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Apple updates the Mac Pro

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Jonathan Moeller

Apple finally got around to updating the Mac Pro today. Frankly, it is an unimpressive update, with a slight bump in processor specs, but nothing else. The GPU wasn’t even updated, nor the case design. If not for the necessity … Continue reading →

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The new Apple iPad 3…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Jonathan Moeller

…arrived today, and should be available March 16th. Like the iPad 2, it seems like an incremental evolution over its predecessor – it has an enhanced camera, and more powerful processor and new network capabilities, though nothing earth-shattering. The new … Continue reading →

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OS X Mountain Lion Copying Ubuntu?

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Jonathan Moeller

Three features in Mountain Lion that are already in Ubuntu. Of course, some of these are logical ideas that all operating systems will soon incorporate. But it’s still nice to see how Ubuntu pushes the envelope. -JM

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Mac OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Jonathan Moeller

It appears Apple is releasing the new version of OS X soon than expected – Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion will be arriving this summer. It looks like Apple is planning on bringing more iOS features into Mac OS. … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

Steve Jobs died today. It is unquestionable that his vision changed the world, and that history will remember him as one of the founders of the great Information Revolution of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. -JM

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LibreOffice One Year Old

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

The free and open-source LibreOffice office suite is one year old today. It’s impressive how LibreOffice has improved substantially in the last year – it seems that both Sun and later Oracle were strangling OpenOffice.org’s development for their own ends. … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Firefox 7 released

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

Mozilla released Firefox 7 today. The new version of the browser features no UI changes, but offers improved memory optimization. (Given that Firefox is something of a notorious memory hog, this is a good thing.) -JM

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