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Isoftware ye-Apple kudala yathokozela idumela elihle. Yayizinzile, inembile futhi "yasebenza nje". Lokhu bekungelona iqiniso ngaso sonke isikhathi kumasistimu wokusebenza, kodwa nakuzinhlelo zokusebenza zeqembu lokuqala. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakuyiphakheji ye-iLife multimedia noma izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Logic noma i-Final Cut Pro, sasazi ukuthi singalindela isofthiwe eyinkimbinkimbi abasebenzisi abavamile kanye nezingcweti zokudala abangayijabulela.

Ngeshwa, eminyakeni yakamuva, ikhwalithi yesoftware ye-Apple yehliswe kakhulu, kuyo yonke imikhakha. Hhayi kuphela amasistimu wokusebenza aneziphazamisi, kodwa nezibuyekezo zakamuva zesoftware, ikakhulukazi iMac, azilethanga okuhle okuningi kubasebenzisi.

Lo mkhuba uhlehlela emuva ku-2011, lapho i-Apple ikhipha i-OS X Lion. Ithathe indawo ye-Snow Leopard ethandwayo, esabhekwa njengenguqulo ezinzile kakhulu ye-OS X. Ingonyama yayinezinkinga eziningi, kodwa okuyinhloko kwakuwukuwohloka kwesivinini. Amakhompiyutha ayesebenza ngokukhulu ukushesha i-Snow Leopard aqala ukuba kancane ngokuphawulekayo. Ingonyama yayibizwa nge-Windows Vista ye-Mac mahhala.

I-Mountain Lion, eyafika ngemva konyaka, yalungisa isithunzi se-OS X futhi yathuthukisa kakhulu uhlelo, kodwa alukho olunye uhlelo oluke lwalungiswa njenge-Snow Leopard, futhi izimbungulu ezintsha nezintsha zilokhu zinqwabelana, ezinye ezincane, ezinye ezinkulu ngokuhlazisayo. Futhi i-OS X Yosemite yakamuva igcwele kubo.

I-iOS ayingcono kakhulu. Lapho i-iOS 7 ikhishwa, yadunyiswa njengenguqulo ye-buggy kakhulu eyake yakhishwa i-Apple. Ukuziqalisa kabusha ucingo kwakuyinto evamile, ngezinye izikhathi ucingo lwaluyeka ukuphendula ngokuphelele. Inguqulo engu-7.1 kuphela eye yafaka amadivayisi ethu ngendlela okufanele ngabe yaba ngayo kusukela ekuqaleni.

Futhi iOS 8? Akufanelekile ukukhuluma ngakho. Ingasaphathwa eyesibuyekezo esibulalayo se-8.0.1, esikhubaze kancane ama-iPhone akamuva futhi senza izingcingo zingenzeki. Ukwandiswa, okungenye yezinto ezintsha ezibaluleke kakhulu ohlelweni olusha, kubonakala kushesha kakhulu. Amakhibhodi ezinkampani zangaphandle abangela ukuthi uhlelo lokusebenza lokuthumela imiyalezo luqine, ngesinye isikhathi lungalayishi nhlobo. Kuze kube yisiqephu sakamuva, isistimu ibingakhumbuli nokulandelana kwezandiso zesenzo lapho yabelana, futhi isandiso sokuhlela isithombe asiyona inkazimulo uma isixhumi esibonakalayo sohlelo lokusebenza simiswa uma kusetshenziswa imiphumela yesithombe futhi ngokuvamile singalondolozi ngisho izinguquko.

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Ukuqhubeka bekufanele kube isici esingenziwa yi-Apple kuphela, futhi bekufanele ikhombise ukuxhumana okumangalisayo phakathi kwamapulatifomu amabili. Umphumela uyangabazeka ukusho okuncane. Isikhalisi sekholi se-Mac asivali ngemva kokuthola ucingo kufoni yakho noma ukuyikhansela. I-AirDrop inenkinga yokuthola idivayisi kwenye iplatifomu, kwesinye isikhathi kufanele ulinde imizuzu emide, ngesinye isikhathi ingawutholi nhlobo. I-Handoff iphinde isebenze ngokungavamile, okuwukuphela kwento ecacile ewukuthola i-SMS eya ku-Mac.

Yengeza kukho konke lokhu okunye ukugula kwasebuntwaneni kuzo zombili izinkundla, njengezinkinga eziqhubekayo nge-Wi-Fi, ukuncipha kwempilo yebhethri, ukuziphatha okungajwayelekile kwe-iCloud, isibonelo uma usebenza ngezithombe, futhi unegama elibi. Inkinga ngayinye ingase ibonakale iyincane ngokwayo, kodwa ekugcineni iwutshani owodwa ezinkulungwaneni ophula intamo yekamela.

Kodwa-ke, akukhona kuphela ngezinhlelo zokusebenza, kodwa futhi mayelana nezinye isofthiwe. I-Final Cut Pro X yayiyimpama futhi iseyimpama kubo bonke abahleli abangochwepheshe abakhetha ukushintshela emikhiqizweni ye-Adobe. Esikhundleni sesibuyekezo esilindelwe isikhathi eside sokuvula i-Aperture, sibone ukukhanselwa kwaso kuvumela uhlelo lokusebenza lwezithombe olulula kakhulu, oluzothatha indawo ye-Aperture kuphela, kodwa ne-iPhoto. Endabeni yesicelo sesibili, lokhu kuyinto enhle kuphela, ngoba lo mphathi wesithombe ogujwa ngaphambilini uye waba ongathembekile futhi uhamba kancane. i-bloatware, nokho, i-Aperture izobe ingekho ezinhlelweni eziningi zokusebenza, futhi ukungabi khona kwayo kuphinda kuphonse abasebenzisi ezingalweni ze-Adobe.

Ngisho nenguqulo entsha ye-iWork ayizange yamukelwe kahle kakhulu, lapho i-Apple isusa ingxenye enkulu yemisebenzi emisiwe, kuhlanganise nokusekelwa kwe-AppleScript, futhi yafaka zonke izinhlelo zokusebenza kwisofthiwe yehhovisi elula kakhulu. Angikhulumi nangoshintsho lwefomethi ye-iWork oludinga ukuthi abasebenzisi bagcine inguqulo endala ye-iWork ngoba iphakheji elisha ngeke liwavule. Ngokuphambene, i-Microsoft Office ayinayo inkinga yokuvula amadokhumenti adalwe, isibonelo, eminyakeni engu-15 edlule.

Ubani okufanele asolwe ngakho konke

Kunzima ukuthola imbangela yokucekelwa phansi kwekhwalithi yesoftware yakwa-Apple. Kulula ukukhomba ngomunwe ekudutshulweni kukaScott Forstall, okubusa isofthiwe yakhe okungenani i-iOS eyayisesimweni esingcono kakhulu. Kunalokho, inkinga ilele ezifisweni ezinkulu ze-Apple.

Onjiniyela bezinhlelo zokusebenza bangaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu minyaka yonke, ngoba kufanele bakhiphe inguqulo entsha yesistimu yokusebenza minyaka yonke. Ku-iOS bekungokwesiko kusukela kunguqulo yesibili, kodwa hhayi ku-OS X, eyayinejubane layo kanye nezibuyekezo zeshumi ziphuma cishe njalo eminyakeni emibili. Ngomjikelezo waminyaka yonke, asikho isikhathi sokubamba zonke izimpukane, njengoba umjikelezo wokuhlola ufinyele waba yizinyanga ezimbalwa kuphela, lapho kungenzeki khona ukupeca zonke izimbobo.

Esinye isici futhi kungase kube iwashi elihlakaniphile lokubuka, i-Apple ebilokhu ithuthukisa iminyaka emithathu edlule, futhi mhlawumbe yabela kabusha ingxenye enkulu yonjiniyela be-software kuphrojekthi yesistimu yokusebenza ye-Apple Watch. Yiqiniso, inkampani inezinsiza ezanele zokuqasha abahleli abaningi, kodwa ikhwalithi yesofthiwe ayilingani ngokuqondile nenani labahleli abasebenza kuyo. Uma ithalente elikhulu kunawo wonke e-Apple lisebenza kwenye iphrojekthi, kunzima ukumbuyisela esikhundleni okwamanje, futhi isofthiwe ihlushwa izimbungulu ezingadingekile.

I-software, ngokungafani nezingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha, isewuhlobo lwekhono elingakwazi ukusheshiswa noma ukuzenzekela. I-Apple ayikwazi nje ukudala isofthiwe ngokuphumelelayo njengamadivayisi ayo. Ngakho-ke, iqhinga elilungile kuphela ukuvumela isofthiwe "ivuthwe" futhi iyihlobise ngendlela efanelekile kakhulu. Kepha ngezinsuku ezibekiwe zokuphanyekwa i-Apple ezizilukele yona, iyiluma enkulu kunaleyo engayigwinya.

Ukukhishwa kwaminyaka yonke kwezinguqulo ezintsha kuwukudla okuhle kakhulu kokumakethwa kwe-Apple, enezwi elikhulu enkampanini, futhi kukuyo ukuthi inkampani ime kakhulu. Impela kuwukuthengisa okungcono ukuthi abasebenzisi banenye isistimu entsha ebalindile, kunokuba balinde omunye unyaka, kodwa izolungiswa. Ngeshwa, mhlawumbe i-Apple ayiqapheli umonakalo ongadalwa yisoftware egcwele izimbungulu.

Kuke kwaba nesikhathi lapho ukwethembeka kwe-Apple kwakuphumula kumantra eyaziwayo "isebenza nje", into umsebenzisi ayijwayela ngokushesha futhi angathandi ukuyiyeka. Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, i-Apple iluke amanethiwekhi engeziwe ngendlela ye-ecosystem exhumene, kodwa uma kungenjalo imikhiqizo ebukeka kahle nenemininingwane iqhubeka nokuzibonakalisa njengengathembekile ngasohlangothini lwesoftware, inkampani kancane kancane izoqala ukulahlekelwa amakhasimende ayo athembekile.

Ngakho-ke, esikhundleni sesinye isibuyekezo esikhulu sesistimu yokusebenza esinamakhulu ezici ezintsha nokuthuthukiswa, kulo nyaka ngingathanda ukuthi i-Apple ikhiphe isibuyekezo sekhulu kuphela, isibonelo i-iOS 8.5 ne-OS X 10.10.5, futhi esikhundleni salokho igxile ekubambeni zonke izimbungulu yehlisa isithunzi isofthiwe ibe yizinguqulo ezindala ze-Windows thina njengabasebenzisi be-Mac esahlekisa ngazo ngenxa yeziphazamisi zazo ezingapheli.

Ikhuthazwe ngu: UMarco Arment, UCraig Hockenberry, URussel Ivanovic
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