You asked what the point of buying a Mac is if things will be more iOS-like. But there is some good news in all of this: I can still move to Adobe Lightroom, and you can still buy Microsoft Office for Mac. It's frustrating to see Apple abandon professional-level software to focus instead on simpler programs that might be constraining even to more demanding home users.

If Apple wants the Mac to become a computer platform for dummies or for stupid people or for people who care more about showing off their brand new iPhones and posting photos on Facebook then anything else, then perhaps I should think of switching to Windows for good.Ĭlick to expand.As a long-time user of Apple Aperture (the professional-level photo management software that was recently killed by Apple within the last few months) it's not that I don't understand where you're coming from, or that I don't feel your pain.

I want software packed with a lot of features that help my productivity but, instead, I am faced with overly simplified apps that 'just works' or 'look beautiful'. I do not want my US$ 1,999 MacBook Pro to perform the same features as a US$ 499 iPad. Honestly, I do not like the road this is taken. And there are other light apps for iOS also being ported to the Mac. Apple iWork was revamped and, instead of becoming more powerful, was dumbed-down so it could be the same for both iOS and OS X. Now, with Yosemite, you will be able to use the phone and send SMS through the Mac. I have not even used Notability for Mac, so I cannot really say if it is a lightweight or not.īut what I see is companies translating their iOS apps to OS X, including Apple.

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