Two-factor authentication is an extra layer of security used to make sure that folks trying to gain access to an online account are really who they say they are. First, a user will enter their username and a password. Then,...
Have a note that you often update in the macOS Notes app, such as a to-do list or shared brainstorm? You can pin it to the top of a list. By default, your most recently changed notes are shown first...
From your friends at OWC! (that's us)... …we’d like to introduce our brand-new(1) iOS app — ConsoleCam! Now before you go and get too excited and think this app will change the world as you know it, well... you may...
Last June at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple made its usual announcements about upcoming changes to its operating systems -- iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS. Among the changes were some hotly-anticipated upgrades to Apple Maps, the company's homegrown...
With many people across the world sheltering in place, we have come to rely on our content creators to fill in that void where we would normally be socializing with our families and friends, whether it’s full-length feature films or...
Hang around a group of Mac power users long enough, and eventually, you’ll hear the term eGPU. As you can probably surmise from this article’s headline, eGPU is an acronym for “external Graphics Processing Unit.” The acronym is pronounced “eee-gee-pee-you,” not “egg-poo.” It describes an external chassis that is connected to a laptop computer via a high-bandwidth connection cable and provides more graphics processing power than is available from the laptop’s internal graphics processing unit (GPU). Let’s get into some more detail!
Today marks the end of a busy Earth Week here at OWC. We've spent the past several days hitting topics such as the history of Earth Day, OWC's past and current environmental initiatives, and green creative projects we support. As...
Perhaps the best thing about getting older is that you have the opportunity to watch dreams turn into reality. Solar power from photovoltaic cells was just an expensive, impossible dream back in 1970 when I was an 8th-grade student at East Junior High in Aurora, Colorado, celebrating the first-ever Earth Day. In this article, I’ll talk about the roots of solar power, the first practical uses on spacecraft, and how companies and individuals are now taking advantage of the sun to produce clean, inexhaustible energy.
Recently we took a look at some very capable but more affordable alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. It’s always a benefit to customers when developers provide legitimate competition and choice. However, if you find yourself sticking with one...
