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The Paradox of Apple Simplicity

Usually, I find Apple’s applications, services and devices simple enough to use, but coming from decades of DOS, Windows and ChromeOS, I am…

4 min readMay 30, 2024

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The Paradox of Apple Simplicity

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Soulver 3 — Finally the Apple Calculator I’ve Always Wanted

To be clear, I’ve been using Soulver on my iPad and MacBook for about 18 months, but until recently it was unavailable for iPhone. That…

3 min readMay 11, 2024

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Soulver 3 — Finally the Apple Calculator I’ve Always Wanted

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Inbox Zero in a Flash with Automation

Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash

4 min readMay 6, 2024

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Image of a tired technology worker

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Why Can’t Apple Teach its Productivity Apps to Share Nicely

I love Apple’s first-party apps and usually prefer them to third-party solutions due to their seamless integration and consistent…

5 min readApr 22, 2024

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image of aNote after being shared to Reminders for alerting

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Bring a Symphony of Automation to MacOS

If you’ve read any of my posts here on Medium, you likely know that I am a recent convert back to Apple from the ChromeOS/Android world…

5 min readApr 5, 2024

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Keyboard Maestro Editor

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Siri Has a Bad Rep, but is Apple AI really that bad?

Let me start this post by providing a bit of context on my perspective.

6 min readMar 18, 2024

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Apple Digital Assistant representation.

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Magsafe for an Almost Case-less iPhone

When I first removed my iPhone 15 Pro Max from its box on release day back in November 2023, I was amazed at how svelte it felt in my hand…

3 min readMar 2, 2024

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iPhone 15 ProMax with Nomad Leather Back

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Apple Wallet— A Hidden Gem In Plain Sight

What’s in your wallet?

4 min readFeb 25, 2024

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A wallet can hold many things.

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Stolen Device Protection — Take Two

iOS v17.3 brought us a much needed feature for the iPhone called Stolen Device Protection.

3 min readFeb 21, 2024

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Stolen Device Protection — Take Two

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Does Apple Watch have its own Dynamic Island?

Live Activities on WatchOS v10

3 min readFeb 19, 2024

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Timer shown as live activity in the notification area

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Jbkendrick

Jbkendrick

Retired Tech Professional, teaching, writing and supporting compute technologies in the government, university and private sectors since the mid 80's.

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