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Enjoy the schadenfreude
Windows PCs blitzed worldwide. Macs unaffected.
How smug do feel right now as a Mac user?
You must be feeling pretty good as tens of thousands of Windows PCs are knocked offline by a big software update gone horribly wrong.
The global update is causing havoc worldwide with hospitals, airlines, banks, stores and thousands more systems knocked offline.
Naturally, Macs are unaffected.
Oh, the schadenfreude.
Of course, there may be serious implications to this: Hospitals are cancelling surgeries and some 911 systems are still down.
But right now, you gotta be feeling pretty good about at least one of your life choices.
Also in today’s newsletter:
Vision Pro users have been complaining for months about the lack of immersive content from Apple for their headsets. That just changed in a big way.
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Check out the new Apple TV+ series The Lady in the Lake — it’s getting rave reviews.
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Tweets of the day
Mac users on International Blue Screen of Death day...
— Basic Apple Guy (@BasicAppleGuy)
2:07 PM • Jul 19, 2024
I guess Apple was indeed right to draw their PC SF symbol this way
— Parker Ortolani (@ParkerOrtolani)
2:46 PM • Jul 19, 2024
Apple has just released 20 new colorful models for Paris in Maps, including nine 2024 Olympic venues.
— Andre Baev (@andre8aev)
10:31 PM • Jul 18, 2024
Wallpaper of the day
One more thing ...
We had a fundamental belief that doing it right the first time was going to be easier than having to go back and fix it. And I cannot say strongly enough that the repercussions of that attitude are staggering. I've seen them again and again throughout my business life.
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