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Have you ever been tempted to make your own screencasts? They're usually video tutorials of some sort, showing how to perform a task on a Mac while a narrator provides explanations of what's going on. There are a lot of apps that can make screencasting easy, but many of them are also quite expensive! In this article, I'll demonstrate one...
It's springtime, and that means the annual NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Show is about to open in Las Vegas. The NAB Show covers a wide range of interests, including film, television, radio, audio, and video. OWC will be invading...
Another year, another World Backup Day! Each year around March 31, the Rocket Yard makes you aware of this observance that is designed to point out the importance of backing up your data and what can happen if you neglect doing...
Content Caching is one of the new services available in macOS High Sierra. Designed to reduce Internet data usage and increase the speed of updating Macs, iOS devices, and Apple TVs, Content Caching can also speed up iCloud storage by...
Early in the evolution of the Macintosh, folders became a way to logically organize documents. In the early 2000s with the release of Mac OS X, folders gained a number of different views that made it possible for Mac users...
(Mirroring an iOS device. Image via AirSquirrels.com.) When teaching other people about iOS, demonstrating usage of various iOS devices, screencasting, or podcasting, it's often useful to be able to mirror iOS devices to a Mac or PC so that the...
