operating system

MacOS High Sierra

Apple's new OS is coming this fall, and here are some of the new features you can look forward to. I watched the live streaming of the WWDC17, and VP Federighi demoed Apple's new file system, AFPS. It was impressive to see how much faster it will be than the very old file system Macs now use. 

Among many other enhancements, Apple states that Safari has been improved and will be the fastest browser going. All in all, High Sierra will be a nice upgrade, and free to boot.

Jim Hamm

How an Overstuffed Mac Gets Its Drive Back

Dave Rothgery found an article in the New York Times.  See the link below.

The latest version of Apple’s operating system has a feature that allows the computer to automatically delete certain files when space gets tight.

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/technology/personaltech/how-an-overstuffed-mac-gets-its-drive-back.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

 

That Helpful Word, "Archive"

        John Carter wrote about the Tech Tuesday column and we posted it here on October 25 and November 8, but complaining about how difficult it was to navigate that column brought up a good suggestion from John.  He sends us to the duckduckgo website for a nice list.
        Further fiddling around I noticed the big word ARCHIVE on the Tech Tuesday home page.  Clicking on that word brought up a huge treasure.  Up comes 1 - 1/4 inch squares that contain the first 25 words, or so,  of that day's posting.  I scrolled down as far as November 2009 and hadn't come to the end yet.  By entering in a key word in the tiny search box at the top the computer will do the work of finding every instance where the word appears in the little squares.  John did send a comment which is posted on the first article after the last post that tells how operating systems work.