Snaps from the past, including that 128k Macintosh.

One winter in Minnesota, Apple and I became inseparable.

My mom liked to say, “Life is all about the fruit.” Who knew her words would be so prophetic?

1984
I was 11 when my parents bought the original 128k Macintosh from the local Mac shop in Minneapolis. It was beautiful. It was well-designed. It was engineered. And it made sense to me. Rumor was that it was engraved with all the original executives’ signatures, so of course, I took it apart. (The rumors were false.)

1992
Apple and I became inseparable the year I purchased a Macintosh LC for college in Minnesota. My next-door neighbor happened to own the same Mac. We traded applications, software, games, and took apart our computers trying to understand what the hell was going on in there.

1993
Computers intrigued me more than campus life, so when my mom invited me to come live with her in Berkeley, I went. I found a job for an all-Apple IT company and learned more on the job than I ever did in the classroom. I wrote a business plan for MacMan and offered my services to everyone I knew.

I’ve learned my work is ultimately about relationships, trust and being of service.

2002
When I joined the Apple Consultants Network, I found my people, my community of fellow nerds. Sure, many of them are more technical than me, but none of them have the relationships that I do. I’m excited by what Apple offers, but my work is ultimately about relationships, trust and being of service.

2004
After 11 years in the Bay Area, I needed a change. I was hired at an IT solution company in Santa Monica and learned more than I could have ever imagined. But I was overwhelmed. I wasn’t sleeping. I had no life. I needed to do my own thing again. So I re-established MacMan in Los Angeles.

Mini-museum of Jeremy’s Apple products.

2005–Today
Through word-of-mouth referrals, my business gained momentum, taking me all over LA, from a podcaster’s garage in Highland Park to the Huntington Botanical Gardens, celebrity homes, music studios and home offices. It’s never boring.

I love what I do, the people I work with, and because of Apple’s technology, I can help more than one client simultaneously—all from the comfort of home. My office now includes a mini-museum of all my Apple devices, including my dad’s 128k from 1984. And guess what? They still work! (Of course they do. That’s my job, after all.)