Contemporary abstract artist and educator Bijan Machen was among the industry professionals who spoke at the recent FCPX Global Virtual Summit. The event was held from November 16-22, 2020, and featured seven days of cutting-edge sessions. Bijan shared his great...
We're coming up on the first anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many of us have become very accustomed to using Zoom for everything from online work meetings to virtual exercise classes, we might not be using the tool to...
Some of our readers have been using Apple computers since the very early days of the company; many are new to the Mac. In the 1980s, a lot of low-res classic games were published for the Apple II and other...
CUS, originally known as “One Summer Chicago,” was created two years ago through a collaboration between Apple and the Chicago Public School system. The basis of the program is to help kids understand the power of their voice and share stories through their own lens.
"OWC acquires LumaForge." These will probably be three of the best words you hear/read in 2021 if you care about storage solutions and the content creation community. For over 30 years, OWC has committed to providing hardware and computing solutions...
Admittedly, this Thunderbolt article has an odd title. But it's not random... Keith Shively and I meet every-other Friday to discuss how the blog is doing. We go over more statistics than you can imagine – what the traffic patterns...
Messages is one of the more useful apps on any Apple device. It allows Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users to communicate with text, emoji, photos, videos, and sound clips. Apple made some changes to Messages with the release of macOS 11 Big Sur, so let's see what's new.
Exploring the features of a new OS release is like visiting a part of the world you’ve never seen before. One feature I recently discovered in iOS 14 is Back Tap. It’s an accessibility tool but surprisingly useful in many ways....
Old Macs never die, they just get reused. An old MacBook becomes a school laptop for one of the kids. The old 21.5-inch iMac becomes a FaceTime "videophone" for Grandma. Macs have good longevity and older units are usable for a variety of purposes other than day-to-day work. Read along to see how we were able to transform a 2014 Mac mini into a home media server.
