PC/Mac Guru

07/25/2023

Unless you're a fiercely independent, never follow-the-crowd, possibly toxoplasma-carrying risk-taker, please update your Apple devices.

Previous-generation macOS and iOS versions get new security updates, too.

05/16/2022

Plan ahead if you're looking to buy these new Macs.

MacBook Pro and Mac Studio availability in the Apple Store is pushed until mid-July.

03/18/2022

Bench Press: arsTECHNICA trains its eyes on the variants of the new Mac Studio.

Part Mac mini, part trashcan Mac Pro, the Studio is one impressive mini desktop.

03/10/2022

Apple won't be making a larger M1-chip-based iMac for likely another year, and the 27" intel iMacs are no longer available at the online store. But I do see them discounted at the Mac-centric online retailer Other World Computing, based in Woodstock, IL. I expect these will go fast (as in fast-selling, not M1-fast).

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03/08/2022

In case you missed it, Apple's website has a re-broadcast of this morning's event.

Introducing the all-new Mac Studio and Studio Display, new iPad Air, new iPhone SE, and iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro in two new shades of green.

02/02/2022

Stop stuffing subscription dollars into Microsoft's O̶r̶i̶f̶i̶c̶e̶ Office! LibreOffice is a free, and technically better, open source alternative.

In addition to the majority of code commits being focused on interoperability with Microsoft’s proprietary file formats, there is a wealth of new features targeted at users migrating from Office, to simplify the transition Berlin, February 2, 2022 – LibreOffice 7.3 Community, the new major relea...

11/20/2021

Tis the season. Shopping on behalf of my clients finds me at the Deer Park Apple Store every few days. So I was there again today to grab a 24" iMac and they were completely sold out of the models with 512 GB of storage, which happened to be what I was looking to purchase. My sales associate called the Woodfield Apple Store and was able to put a hold on the last one they had, so I rushed down there to pick it up. I learned that they are telling customers to order their new Macs online. Those who order today are being told to expect a delivery date on December 15th. So if you're expecting to buy one for Christmas giving, don't delay placing your online order. The inventory issues applies to the new iPhones as well. If your inner-Santa needs a helper, I'm a phone call away.

10/18/2021

Thirty years from the date of Apple's first laptop (pictured), it's widely assumed that the company will be announcing their new MacBook Pro lineup today. I look forward to helping my clients with their setup/migration issues. The event begins at noon, CDT.

08/24/2021

New business card, which no longer shows my local (847) telephone number after several years of having it forwarded to my cell phone.

04/25/2021

This brings the "Busy Beaver" computer program game to a whole new level. https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-busy-beaver-game-illuminates-the-fundamental-limits-of-math-20201210/

Internet service is down for about 900 customers in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after a beaver chewed through a crucial fibre cable, causing "extensive" damage.

04/22/2021

Oh happy day! Ubuntu 21.04 is now available for download and will give new life to those old PCs that have been gathering dust in the closet of your home office.

Ubuntu 21.04 is here, with native Microsoft Active Directory integration, performance optimization and joint support for Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu. […]