If there’s one update that we need, it is an App Store app which works reliably. The current one suffers from general dystopia.
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When it rains, it always pours catfish. And most of the falling fish came courtesy of the App Store.
Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra have been free, until the release of the next major version, when they become priceless for some users.
Should Time Machine back up on demand, or every hour? Sierra doesn’t seem sure. And how Apple needs to think of users more in the App Store.
Unlike iOS, OS X does not require apps to run in a sandbox. But when they do, there are important benefits to the user.
Tim Cook told us that Apple has been investing heavily in unreleased products and services. It is reaping rich rewards from its services already.
New toys expected include Siri for OS X, and OS X 10.12. Those should really please users with Macs that keep freezing, and bricked iPad Pros.
In case you missed it, version 10.0 shipped on 25 May in the App Store, and has dozens of new and improved features.
Maybe when I replace this iMac, I should build my next startup drive from scratch.
The OS X Server and Xcode apps had apparently migrated, and ran normally. But the App Store didn’t think that they were installed. A bug?
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