Minimal Mountain Lion Redux
In my last blog post, I described my intent to run the Developer Preview of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion until such time as it was officially released without resorting to installing any third party...
View ArticleInteresting new UNIX commands/binaries in OS X Mountain Lion
In addition to those on its well-known list of 200+ new features, OS X Mountain Lion also brings along a handful of new UNIX commands and binaries. Most are probably outside the scope of Ask Different...
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Mountain Lion: First Impressions from a habitual late adopter
Mountain Lion: First Impressions from a habitual late adopter I’m not an early adopter. I’m not a big fan of change. I still have a computer running Panther, if that says anything about my rate of...
View ArticleMaps’ problems hardly presage Apple’s imminent doom
If Daring Fireball were still handing out Jackass of the Week awards, this piece by Joe Nocera in the New York Times might qualify. Which is a shame, because it’s by someone I usually respect as an...
View ArticlePodcast #28: These Are a Few of Our Favorite Games
This is the twenty-eighth episode of the Ask Different Podcast. Your hosts this week are Kyle Cronin, Jason Salaz, Nathan Greenstein. We’re back after a long summer! Today’s episode is all about games....
View ArticleThe 13″ Retina MacBook Pro
Some background If you asked me six months ago what I wanted in my next MacBook, I would have said that it should have a super high-resolution screen, a fast SSD, and lots of high-speed external...
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Blow away, cobwebs
This community blog has shared some great articles in the past and the time to revive it draws nigh. I have some post ideas in mind and will commit to write a post every other week for two months to...
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Allowing iOS 9 and El Capitan questions
Since Ask Different was originally conceived, the community consensus has been to not allow questions about Apple’s beta operating systems. The times, however, they are a changing. Bob Dylan at the...
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Back up then step your Mac up to El Capitan
Today is the day Apple releases OS X 10.11 – El Capitan. I’d like to help everyone to a smooth, prepared and successful upgrade. Before looking forward, let’s look back. When was the last time you...
View ArticleEl Capitan Resources
Now that El Capitan OS X 10.11 is out, here are some excellent resources available to help you in researching what is new, learning how to take advantage of the software and work through any issues you...
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