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Friday, July 25, 2014
Apple Shoots Itself in the Foot (if not higher)
Was I being a bit too hyperbolic with
my "Beavis and Butt-head" accusation
? I don't think so. Apparently, the current state of OS X download software is so bad that it is
getting in the way of beta testers trying to download Yosemite
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