Apple Briefs

It’s hard to believe that it has been three years since I last updated Apple Briefs. In the past three years we have moved to a larger office, grown our staff to six team members, and served hu...

http://www.applebriefs.com/2015/02/18/what-a-long-strange-trip-its-been/

Apple has released quite a few products in the past couple of years. I am loving Final Cut Pro X. And some of the iPhone upgrades have been tremendous. But I don’t think I have been quite as ex...

http://www.applebriefs.com/2012/01/19/getting-published-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier/

I have learned a few things in the days since Steve Jobs passed.  First, I really wish I could write like John Gruber, Walter Isaccson, and others. Second, I have learned just how many people ha...

http://www.applebriefs.com/2011/10/09/steves-legacy-redux/

We finally received the news we were dreading.  Steve Jobs passed away today. There are lots of ways to remember Steve.  Some will remember his as a visionary.  Others as a terrible person (ye...

http://www.applebriefs.com/2011/10/05/steves-legacy/

I always debate whether to share the big Apple announcements on Apple Briefs.  I usually come down on the side of not doing so, under the theory that anyone who reads this has already read the b...

http://www.applebriefs.com/2011/09/06/our-experience-with-lion-so-far/

We have been ready to take the next step in our accounting practices for a while now.  I basically used the opportunity to teach myself Numbers.  But Numbers is stretched to the limit and I nee...

http://www.applebriefs.com/2011/05/19/finding-the-right-online-accounting-service/

My troubles with Microsoft Word are well documented.  One particular bug has kept me from making the switch to Word 2011.  Occasionally, Word 2011 will lock up when pasting text.  It doesn’t...

http://www.applebriefs.com/2011/05/14/office-2008-is-still-king/

Last month I signed up for Evernote.  I suppose it was inevitable.  Like a force of nature. I had been looking for a solution to manage all of the information we have accumulated from the inter...

http://www.applebriefs.com/2011/04/12/i-finally-gave-in-to-the-inevitable-evernote/

So I had mostly avoided Windows Genuine Advantage because my limited Windows needs were met with Windows XP.  I just never saw the reason to upgrade to Vista and put up with all the headaches. �...

http://www.applebriefs.com/2011/03/21/why-does-microsoft-hate-its-customers/

Alongside the new (blazing fast) laptops this past week, Apple released the first developer preview of Mac OS X Lion.  In addition to the previously announced features, a few new things were rev...

http://www.applebriefs.com/2011/03/01/mac-os-x-lion-sneak-peak/