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But’ like to suggest that The Next Big Thing Is already happening, right before our eyes. You can see itin OS X, 10S, and the devices Apple is creating. ‘About You and Your Devices ‘The Next Big Thing is Apple comprehen- sively changing the way we interact with ‘our devices and data, Sit a four-year-old down with an iPad. ‘Show him or her how to switch it on, press the Home button to get the Home ‘screen, ang launch an app or wo to introduce the touch interface. In about an hour, you'lfind that the tot can move. ‘around the device pretty easily Now place that four-year-old in front of your Mac. Stat it up, explain what the mouse and keyboard are for, launch a ‘couple of applications, and tell the child to take over After a few seconds, he oF she willturn to you and, in whatever terms fouryear-olds use these days, say that the idea of shoving a mouse around to move a cursor on a screen is insane. And that’s right, As Mac users, we find Itentiely natural But try to forget what {you know. In the real world, do you walk ‘around with a retractable mechanical ‘law designed to manipulate objects ‘around you? OF course not-—no! when Those now coming to the Maclikely have already had experience with iOS devices and will expect touch and gestures. ‘you can simply touch what you need. Same idea with technology. Apple Is pushing us in the direction of gestures ‘and touen with the idea of removing that level of abstraction where you need to move a physical object to then move a virtual one, And it makes sense. W's About Your Stuff ‘A few years ago, Apple pustied the idea of Digital Hub. It placed your Mac in the midcle; off oft you'd hang other devices an IPod for your music, a digital camera {or importing pictures, a camcorder for movies, a printer, hard dives, and so on Butthe Mac was the brains ofthe outfit. 'No longer. The Mac Is now (or soon will bbe ust another device—because the Mac is, In this new scheme, broadly no more Important than any other device you use to interact with your stuft And stuf isthe key. Your iPhone, iPod touch, Pad, Mac, and Web browsers are just diferentsize windows to your stuf An your devices, talk to one another to ensure that your stu isthe same, regardless of which ‘gadget you use at any given moment Ir stuff rues the roost, then concepts like “fle structure” are far less important. You don't care where your stuf Is, you Just want quick access to it. Ang that helps explain why Apple has eliminated ‘ile structure from iOS devices and is, dde-emphasizing itn the Mac OS, The {older hierarchy has always been a construct to help us visualize how our ‘les are organized, but it's only a con struct. So what's to keep us from doing ‘away withthe abstraction and instead ‘thinking of our stuf as "just available"? Where We Fit Although Apple doesn't currently prevent ‘you fram working with the Mac OS as you have in the past, the company has certainly made it more ciffcut to tweak things the way you once could. And my {quess is, that tend will continue. But longtime Mac users who think this, way are not Apple's future. Those now coming to the Mac likely have already had their frst experience with Apple products using an iOS device. They'll expect touch and gestures, feel comfort- jble with Launchpac’s interface and a simplified settings screen, and won't jripe that their documents are tled to specific applications. understand some people's reluctance 10 adopt Apple's Vision of the future. But | ‘also understand something about progress and recall all 100 well our forebears who objected mightly to the loss of the command line. Has Apple lost its abilty to disrupt? Hardly. 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