{"id":720,"date":"2002-09-26T12:09:58","date_gmt":"2002-09-26T20:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/26\/who-says-the-mac-doesnt-have-any-software\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T14:07:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T22:07:56","slug":"who-says-the-mac-doesnt-have-any-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/26\/who-says-the-mac-doesnt-have-any-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Who says the Mac doesn&#8217;t have any software?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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