Last night, I had a problem with Xcode not recognizing a provisioned iPhone. After some fiddling and a screen sharing session, the problem was fixed with a hardware reset to the iPhone.
Apple and its products, like most of our world, have changed over the past thirty-three years, even over just the past decade. A garage computer kit manufacturer has turned into a multinational producer of computers, software, and mobile devices; computers have changed fundamental hardware and aesthetic designs; and operating systems have gained color, multitasking, and Unix certification. The iPod, originally not a personal computing platform at all, has turned into a fully fledged platform for application development, all while having a significant impact on our culture.
And yet, the past will never truly die. We live in a time where encyclopedia articles are written and updated minutes after events happen, and where nerdish collectors indulge their nostalgia for all to see. And despite all the progress and change we make, sometimes the solution is exactly the same as it was more than twenty years ago: turn it off and back on again.
I’m about six months late with this post, but happy twenty-fifth anniversary to the Macintosh. You changed the world.
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