Well, that may be a little melodramatic, but no Mac geek can call him/herself a “power user” without at least a basic understanding of Automator. Apple engineers have done miraculous things with OS X, making it the most intuitive, efficient and beautiful operating system possible. But there’s no way to code an OS to be “all things to all people” without it becoming a completely bloated hulk. Microsoft aptly proves my point. Windows tries to be a combination desktop and portable operating system full of features for both, resulting in an OS that’s not really good for either. Conversely, Apple has always maintained iOS/OS X separation despite lots of speculation to the contrary. Two distinctly different operating systems with two distinctly different design philosophies. On the desktop side of things, OS X is focused on providing features to make the user sitting in front of a large(r) (non-touch) screen as capable and productive as possible.
In both their hardware and software products Apple designs and includes features they deem most useful for 90% of their prospective customers. This design philosophy has obviously paid off. Mac sales continue to escalate even as overall PC sales are in decline. But what about the other 10%? Those who could use everything OS X provides plus a bit more. Apple has realized (quite wisely I might add) that providing every feature wanted by the final 10% would be as large an engineering effort as the one required for the first 90. What to do?
Click to read more ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 11:08AM 
According to an IDC report posted at AppleWorld.Today, the newest iPad expected to be announced in September will be a detachable hybrid device. The good folks at AppleWorld.Today disagree and this Texan isn’t sure, but I did predict the possibility back in November of 2013. When you look at the technology that’s already in place in OS X and iOS and the processing power available from both Apple and Intel, it sure seems like Apple is getting ready to revolutionize another market. The next iPad may well be a “detachable” or “convertible” or whatever Apple decides to call it. Here’s why: