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New Apple Support Site

New Apple Support Site

Apple just unveiled a newly designed support site to help users troubleshoot their devices, answer questions and learn more on how to use their products. I checked it and it's nice to see basic information and other tips that you'll be pleased to learn. It gives the right information straight from the source without being too technical.

So, I don't need to buy books? For the most part, it's good education, for it provides a wealthy source of step by step tutorials on how to troubleshoot your devices to avoid going to the Apple Store or calling support when you, yourself can fix it. It's not a replacement for books since books provides a more in depth resource, explaining the details behind the technology.

Just like in life, we can learn something from anybody. No matter what background they have, or no matter how little that he or she had education, we can learn from their valuable experiences. Sometimes, experience is the best teacher.

Check the new support site here: https://support.apple.com.

Gaming on Macs Will Drastically Change History

Gaming on Macs Will Drastically Change History

Ask every gamer on the planet and they will say Macs suck on gaming. But, if you ask them gaming on iPads or iOS devices like iPhones and they will obviously say it's great because all games on the Apple App Store basically can be played on your iOS devices. Why do games on iOS fare better or even far exceeds on Macs? Well, it's because of their popularity since all games on iPads are essentially free and most very cheap. Games on Macs on the other hand are expensive and heavily depends on Steam, which is a third party gaming online store. The other reason is all iPads are capable for gaming but not on Macs. Some Macs can barely handle triple A games with high GPU requirements. Metal, a low level API to access the GPU power which is very important on gaming, is only available on 2012 Macs and newer (you have to check it's compatibility on their website).

The Metal API is important on Macs to be a serious competitor in the gaming space, but it only gives developers, especially on iOS, the means to port their games to Macs easier. Steam on the other hand is by far the largest game provider on Macs, therefore Steam has to choose Metal to make Macs more viable in gaming. The only problem is game developers wants to port their games also on Windows and Android if they want to make more money, and both of them have the largest market share in the planet. Nobody will make games solely on Macs so Metal is not a good reason for gaming on Macs. From what I’ve heard, Vulkan IS the choice for game developers that solves cross compatibility problems. It has the same lower level access to the GPU, which is Metal but cross platform for Macs, Windows, Linux, Android, and etc.

So, I guess Macs will become a gaming platform and will perform well in the future because of iOS popularity, Metal, Vulkan, ports from iOS to Macs and cheaper pricing.

Sales Are Down, Let’s Jump Ship!

Ipad sales are down, mac sales are down even their most valuable, bread and butter product is down, except two things: Apple App Store and Apple Music. They are gaining on services while suffering in hardware sales. Some analysts say this is inevitable, they have reached the peak. But, surprisingly Samsung Galaxy 7 phones improved in sales (yoy), which means people are buying Samsung phones rather than iPhones. Why? I have a Mac but I don’t consider myself a fan boy; I am platform agnostic because I own different OSs from smartphones, to desktops, to laptops and tablets. And, I would rather learn different platforms since that is my job. I study them for years and write books about it.

Now, the reason I am telling you this is because I want to give you an unbiased view regarding these different technologies. I had an iOS device and the advantages are obvious, which is the flourishing App Store. They have apps there not found on Google Play Store, and these apps are considerably superior than in other app stores. Second, they rarely get viruses unlike Windows and even Android, which can’t be upgraded to the latest version for some reason (the reason for fragmentation). However, there are disadvantages like iOS doesn’t have a more useful file system unlike Android’s. For example, you like to upload a file in the web browser. Using iOS, it only enables the photo gallery to be uploaded not other files like PDFs or Office documents (as of time of writing). Another, the battery has a short lifespan; it easily get bloated that is why I recommend you getting Apple Care for extended warranty especially for iOS devices (although you have to pay more, but saves money in the long run).

Lastly, Apple products are expensive. They cater the 1%, and not everyone can afford their products. You pay for these products for high quality and design and also it’s a status symbol (come on, let’s not kid ourselves). People buy these because they feel good about themselves having those Apple sticker logos plastered on their devices and even at the back of their cars to say that they are rich. Is it bad? It depends actually. I don’t want to generalize Apple users since I too own their products and I am not “showy.” We emulate Apple because they are successful because we also want to be like them. For some, it’s quite inspiring, aspiring to be a company who is one of the most valuable in the world.