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The effectiveness of a reasoned, well-constructed and accurate critique

Amidst the maelstrom of complaint about the way Apple have handled recent security problems John Gruber has complained about Apple viewing security updates as a marketing problem, in Security cannot be spun. One of his complaints was the way about the that the 10.3.4 update was announced, merrily trumpeting that it included 'recent security updates'. As he says (near the bottom of the article):

iSync 2.2 makes me happy

With iSync 2.2, included with the Mac OS X 10.4.6 update, Apple have finally cracked a problem which has bugged me for ages: reliable sync with Nokia phones. Previously, most Nokia sync has been using a special iSync Agent Series 60 app (which only worked with some series 60 phones, and which usually lagged behind new phone models). This resulted in funny hacks like my own N70 sync plugin.

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