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For developers, Android users aren’t the same as iPhone users

January 10, 2012

John Gruber on the difference between Android users and iOS users: The truth is, the average Android user is not the same as an average iPhone user. iPhone users surf the web more, they’re more willing to buy software, they’re more willing to install and use apps. Some of these stats aren’t even close. What [...]

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Scrivener for iOS – coming soon(ish)

December 24, 2011

Here’s an early Christmas present for me and for quite a few of my friends and colleagues: Scrivener, the marvellous long-form writing tool for Mac, is coming to iPad and iPhone: It’s still early days, though – we are about to embark on the design process proper, and all we can say in terms of [...]

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How Apple could fix Final Cut Pro X, in 187 words

June 27, 2011

Write a letter. “Dear Final Cut Pro customers, As you know, we’ve just released Final Cut Pro X. We’re really proud of it. It represents the future of what’s become the most important piece of software for professional video. There are features in it — like the magnetic timeline — that we think you’ll love, [...]

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My final word on the whole “Macs don’t get viruses” thing

May 26, 2011

It’s something you hear all the time when you read forums and comments. Someone talks about malware and instead of saying malware, they say “virus”. And someone pops up to reply “Macs can’t get viruses. Mac Defender isn’t a virus – it’s a trojan“. And it’s true: There isn’t a self-replicating infectious programme for the [...]

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The bit that John Gruber didn’t quote from Rich Mogull

May 26, 2011

The bit that John Gruber left out of his post quoting Rich Mogull on the Mac Defender malware: Windows 7 is actually more secure than OS X I wonder how many of John’s readers will pick up on that.

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New variant of Mac Defender needs no password

May 25, 2011

There’s a new variant of Mac Defender doing the rounds – and unlike the initial versions this one doesn’t require an administrator password to install: Unlike the previous variants of this fake antivirus,no administrator’s password is required to install this program. Since any user with an administrator’s account – the default if there is just [...]

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Why the spec sheet method of buying a computer is dead

May 25, 2011

Poor Charles Arthur. Charles wrote a relatively simple post asking the question of why the Mac has proved to be so successful lately, out-performing the overall computer market and growing its market share. And in response, he got a 500+ long comment thread in which multiple geeks are arguing over how the specs of the [...]

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Dell’s latest laptop borrows from Apple designs

May 24, 2011

Engadget reviews the Dell XPS 15z, which is supposedly a competitor for the MacBook Pro series. The short version: it’s cheaper, not as powerful, but does at least look a bit better than the old chunky XPS series. When Dell tells you that the XPS 15z has no compromises, that’s not quite the case — [...]

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Malware, the Mac, and the wolf

May 6, 2011

John Gruber’s delivered a list of previous claims that the Mac is about to succumb to malware real soon now under the title of “Wolf!“ The analogy John’s making is that the pundits should all remember the tale of the boy who cried wolf. But, as my friend Graham pointed out, John’s missing something: at [...]

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OmniFocus Tips For Power Users

March 1, 2011

OmniFocus is my favourite GTD app for the Mac, but it isn’t always the easiest piece of software to get your head around. This video has some great OmniFocus tips and tricks, and if you’re a user it’s well worth watching.   OmniFocus Ninja Tricks from The Omni Group on Vimeo. Related articles Learning OmniFocus [...]

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