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Returning to the Apple Ecosystem in 2022

This article is a little late, as is obvious from title itself. But this is not only a major milestone in my tech journey, it also talks about the journey itself over the last decade or so. So better late than never!

If you have read my history with computers, you would know that I made the switch to the Apple ecosystem sometime in 2010 with an iMac as my primary machine, an iPhone as my handheld and a MacBook for the occasional travels and the like. in 2012 I also got myself an iPad, an iPad 2 that still have to this day, though it’s hardly usable anymore due to lack of software updates.

Back then though, the real advantage in being in the Apple ecosystem was still developing. I saw the introduction of continuity features, like the ability to pick up where you left off on another device, the cross-device clipboard and so on. But I could not use any of them as they were only supported on newer models and all of mine were several years old already.

If you read about my history, you would have also noted that around 2015 when I wrote that, my MacBook was no longer working as desired and the iMac was no longer an all-in-one and had to be used with an external monitor. The experience with Apple support in getting the display issue fixed was not so good. It happened around the time my extended AppleCare plan was expiring, and although they tried to offer a fix by replacing almost every component of the iMac just before the plan expired, it wasn’t really fixed. And once the AppleCare plan was over, I was on my own.

The iMac which I had spent a good amount of money on, only lasted me 3 years the way it’s meant to be (as an all-in-one). And although I continued using it with an external monitor for 2 more years, in the end it left me with a bad taste in my mouth.

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Apple Music: First Impressions

Apple launched their online music streaming service to much fanfare on June 30, 2015. It’s their entry into the already bustling music streaming business arena, but being Apple, they caught everybody’s attention. This is not an in-depth review of the service; I will just share my initial impressions of using the service.

The service was first announced during the WWDC 2015 opening keynote on June 8, 2015. It was going to be launched in over 100 countries worldwide on June 30 and much of the focus was on the curated radio station Beats 1 that was going to be part of the service. Apple had signed on some high profile DJ’s and the station was claimed to be unlike any other online radio station. There wouldn’t be any automated playlists; the station would be manually run by the DJ’s round the clock from Los Angeles, New York and London. The Apple Music service would be available via the updated iTunes app on Mac and Windows PC’s, iOS, and also Android at a later stage. The service would be available free for the first 3 months and then cost $9.99 per month for an individual and $14.99 per month for a family plan.

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My Computer History

Hello, and welcome to my technology blog. Here I will mostly cover topics of personal interest to me – PC’s (and Macs of course), phones, related software as well as server/appliance hardware or software that may catch my eye. Before I get started with that however, I would like to give you a brief history of computers I’ve owned over the years. This will give you a better  idea of where I’m coming from, when I talk of things today.

It all started back in 1991 when I was first introduced to computers at my school in the form of a BBC Micro. We didn’t actually do much at the stage. We just played around with the Logo programming language in an effort to understand the basics of computers and programming. Then came the IBM PC compatibles and BASIC. But at that stage my involvement with computers wasn’t that deep.

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