Ugijime i- I-7 February ka-1981, noSteve Wozniak kanye nentombi yakhe, uCandi Clark, umfowabo nentombi yakhe, baba nokuphahlazeka okukhulu kwendiza nebhanoyi leBeechcraft Bonanza A36TC lomunye wabasunguli benkampani yezobuchwepheshe i-Apple futhi ngaleso sikhathi eyayinehora lokundiza elingama-50 njenge umshayeli wendiza.
Ngenhlanhla engozini enkulu yendiza akekho umuntu olahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe, kodwa uWoz, uhlushwa ukulimala okuhlukahlukene ekhanda nasemzimbeni ngenxa yalokho. Akungabazeki ukuthi usuku esiqiniseka ngalo ukuthi uWozniak ngokwakhe akasoze alukhohlwa ngoba bekungamlahlekisela impilo yakhe.
Le ngozi isho ukungabikho emsebenzini isikhathi eside kunjiniyela okhaliphile, ngaleso sikhathi wayengakaze abe kude isikhathi eside ngaphandle kwenkampani yeCupertino. Asikholwa ukuthi le ngozi ayihlangene nekusasa lezinto, kepha eminyakeni emine ngemuva kwale ngozi embi, uWoz washiya i-Apple unomphela - ngoFebhuwari 6, 1985 - ngemuva kokungezwani nezakhe, uSteve Jobs. UWozniak wabe esungula i- inkampani entsha ibizwa Cloud 9 okwakha izilawuli kude, kwakhiwa isilawuli sokuqala sendawo yonke emakethe ngo-1987.
Kunoma ikuphi, ngaphambi kwengozi yendiza ehlala abantu abayisithupha, uWozniak usanda kuhlukaniswa nonkosikazi wakhe wokuqala futhi waqala ubudlelwano nonobhala wakhe e-Apple, uCandi Clark. Imithombo esemthethweni ithe ingozi yenzeke nini ukwehluleka ekwethulweni komqambimunye we-Apple uqobo wenze intombi yakhe yancika ekulawulweni yindiza yagcina iphahlazekile.
Okuhle kunakho konke, ukuthi akekho owalimala kanzima ngaphandle kobuhlobo bukaWoz neMisebenzi ngenxa yokungaqhubeki kwekhompyutha ye-Apple II nezinye izindaba ezithinte ngqo abasebenzi balo mkhiqizo nokuziphatha kukaJobe nabo. Konke bekungukuqoqwa kwezinto okwaholela ekushiyeni inkampani kepha hhayi ngaphambi kokuqoqa isabelo sabo samasheya. Futhi kunjalo nanamuhla UWozniak, useyingxenye yale nkampani enkulu eyi-Apple.