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Cracks In The Myth of iOS Superiority

23 May 2012

Apple invented the smart phone. It has been building iOS and its ecosystem since the iPhone launched in 2007. iOS made Apple the world's most valuable company. Steve Jobs was a genius, and Jony Ives and the other wizards of Cupertino carry on the magic. Surely iOS is the best smart phone OS, and surely that matters a lot to Apple's success. At least I thought so, until I looked at the data.

How to rebuild a user account in OS X

21 May 2012

If a problem with a user account is in the local directory instead of the user account's settings, then rebuilding the account may be the easiest fix. Originally posted at MacFixIt

Why Apple is Making OS X More Like iOS

20 May 2012

iOS and OS X have the same foundation, and there is no reason why efficient features of one shouldn't be added to the other.