Apple woes

Looks like Apple's ongoing quality control issues are getting worse. Earlier in the year there were the extensive problems with iMovie. Then there were grumbles about iTunes for PC. Now Apple's crown jewels - the OS itself - is under fire. My gripe is that my iMac now drops its internet connection very frequently, requiring a restart of the base station to get a few more minutes' surfing. But I've escaped quite lightly. More than a few people have lost all their data because of an incompatibility with certain external FireWire drives which causes them to be wiped clean. And today Tony Smith at the Register reports another problem with the new encryption system, Filevault.