In the Rocket Yard's first look at macOS Sierra, one of the standout features I looked at was Siri on the Mac. Several readers here and on another blog I write for have asked me point-blank just how useful Siri...
Each August, the Mac community is treated to the latest version of Parallels Desktop. This application, which is celebrating its tenth birthday this year, provides a way for Mac users to run Microsoft Windows -- and a lot of other...
Free to Play (F2P) games can get a bad rap sometimes, or be accused of being “pay to win”, meaning those who pay for special items or DLC have a significant advantage. While this is true in some cases, the...
Despite the advances made by Macs in both the corporate and home PC markets, there are still many more Windows PCs in the world than there are those running OS X. But there are a lot more iOS devices --...
We speak often at the Rocket Yard about protecting your digital data. But there are times that your physical devices also need protected whether it’s in the case of fire, water damage or in the author of a recent Hackernoon...
We all have webpages or sites that we visit frequently on our iPhones and iPads. To get to them more quickly, you can keep the tab open permanently, add a bookmark, or a save it in a reading list that you’ll likely...
macOS Sierra Public Beta Judging from the response to my earlier post highlighting some of the standout features in the first public beta of macOS Sierra, there's a lot of interest in the upcoming Mac operating system. In this article,...
macOS Sierra Public Beta Apple surprised many people last month when it announced during the Worldwide Developer Conference keynote address that its desktop/laptop operating system would be renamed macOS. Fortunately, they're keeping the theme of California locations and landmarks for...
A while back I showed readers of the Rocket Yard how to take an old MacBook and repurpose it as a Chromebook -- a computer that runs Google Chrome as a web-based operating system. Today I'm going to take the cross-platform...
