We’ve covered all but two of the Mac apps I can live without. Here are the last two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#2 Microsoft Teams<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teams may be OK on a Windows machine [as if a Windows machine can be OK – ed], but on a Mac, it is barely usable.\u00a0\u00a0I would say 50%* of the time, Teams does not launch correctly, 25%* of the time it whines about needing more permissions than it has, and 25%* of the time it is adequate.\u00a0\u00a0Hitting .250 seems to get you a job in the major leagues as a designated hitter, but in the computer world, that gets you sent down to single A ball or qualifies you to manage a T-ball team.\u00a0\u00a0I like Zoom, since it just works.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As an extra bonus, if you can contain yourself to 40 minutes of meeting, Zoom has a free version that does the job! If you cannot contain your meetings to 40 minutes, take a good look at what you are doing and figure out why you have to talk so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*These are my estimates. Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And, a drum roll please, the number 1 Mac app I can live without: Parallels Desktop<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I used to rely on Parallels Desktop to run a couple of Windows-based apps that didn’t work on the Mac.\u00a0\u00a0Whatever those apps were, they are long gone from my repertoire, and I have found that even though I own a license to Parallels still, I don’t ever fire it up.\u00a0\u00a0I am sitting here trying to remember what I would possibly have run under Parallels, and I am coming up empty.\u00a0\u00a0[What did you have for breakfast? -ed]\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess I could run Windows XP under Parallels if I felt so inclined, but I could also slap myself in the face with a pilchard. [Who uses words like “pilchard,” you pompus jennet? -ed] So, Parallels ends up taking up 630,683,290 bytes for the main program plus the gigabytes for a virtual machine. If I ever need the space, Parallels will need to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Up next: The one Mac app I can’t live without.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"