Working with macOS High Sierra for the past three weeks has made it obvious to me that there are a lot of somewhat hidden features that didn’t necessarily make it onto the main feature list slides at WWDC 2017. To...
The day that the first developer beta of a new operating system version is available is a bit like Christmas; we get to open up a package and see what's inside. That was the situation on Monday, June 6 when...
Yesterday, over 6,000 developers crowded into McEnerny Convention Center in San Jose to hear what Apple was going to announce. The keynote address was different from many in the past, with no recitation of how well Apple and its products...
On Monday, June 5, 2017, Apple is hosting its annual keynote address to kick off the Worldwide Developers Conference -- WWDC. This event gets a lot of attention from Apple fans, shareholders, developers, and those in the press, as it clarifies the...
New Macs are a joy to work with, since everything seems so speedy! Give that new computer a year or two and you'll most likely experience the opposite of joy as you wait for websites to open, watch the famous...
The macOS Sierra release on September 20th, 2016 marked a few milestones. It's the 13th release of the Mac OS, the fourth release of the Mac operating system based on place names (the previous naming convention involved cats), and the...
Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo ©2016, Steven Sande Rocket Yard Contributor Steve Sande is out of the country now on a great adventure, so he’ll be providing readers with a lot of helpful tips over the next month...
Back in the early days of the Internet, things weren't quite as stable as they are now so system administrators created a suite of tools to help troubleshoot issues. Many old-timers wistfully remember the "fun" of typing in a ping...
Sometimes when I'm outside exercising or doing the dreaded lawn work, I really don't want to have to carry my iPhone with me. One reason I bought an Apple Watch when it first arrived on the market was to be able...
