Month Archives: July 2020

OBS is quite powerful and adequate for many consumer and even professional video live-streaming or recording use cases, but it can have its limitations. In today's article, we'll discuss why it may be more advantageous to look at commercial apps and talk about the features of some of the more popular Mac video production apps. In addition, if your budget is limited to the free OBS application, we'll talk about how to get support.

This week, Intel introduced the new Thunderbolt 4 standard, so let's look at what it means for Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, USB4, USB3, the future of computing, how it will save humanity, etc. Well, maybe not that last one, but you get the idea. Let's begin, shall we?

OWC announces the release of SoftRAID Lite and Lite XT for Windows. This is the first time SoftRAID is available for Windows users, who now have a cross-platform solution and can share RAID volumes between OSes. Available for purchase now; users who have previously purchased SoftRAID 5 Lite XT with their OWC solution will receive this Windows edition for free.

Once the dust has settled from the excitement of the annual Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), it’s always time to start loading beta operating systems just to see how current apps work with them. If you only have one Mac and can’t “sacrifice” one to running beta software, it’s useful to install the operating system on an external drive, then boot from it when you wish to test the beta. That’s what I attempted...until it didn't work.

Smartphones reportedly carry more germs than a toilet seat. That’s disgusting. Whether true or not, it’s important to keep our smartphones, tablets, desktops, laptops, and other electronic devices clean, especially in these COVID-19 times.  I don’t use alcohol-based cleaning solutions...

Industry-first Thunderbolt™ 3 storage, docking, and PCIe solution for digital imaging, VFX, and video professionals. OWC today announced that its new ThunderBay Flex 8 media workflow solution, revealed at CES 2020, is now shipping. A cutting-edge approach for world-class Thunderbolt™ 3 storage, dollar for dollar, there is no better way for serious media professionals to handle their storage, connectivity, and PCIe expansion needs.