Apple Explained

History of the Online Apple Store

When it comes to ordering tech products from a website, there’s really no better place to do it than the online Apple Store. Not only does it look and work better than competing sites from Dell and Microsoft, but it also has helpful capabilities like live chatting with an associate, reserving products for in-store pickup, or getting value estimates on your trade-ins. But the online Apple Store hasn’t always been so cutting edge. In fact, Apple wasn’t even the first computer company to create an online store. So in this video, we’re going to explore the history of the online Apple Store and find out how it became the e-commerce powerhouse it is today.

The Mac's Storage Space Problem

Most Mac users have received notifications warning that their startup disk is almost full. It’s become such a common issue that Apple actually introduced a new feature in macOS to reduce clutter and optimize storage space. Now the obvious reason why users are running out of space so quickly is due to Apple’s tendency to equip their Macs with small drives, a problem that’s only gotten worse in recent years. So in this episode we’re going to find out why Apple appears to be stingy with storage space, and how that has effected users.