Long-time readers of The Rocket Yard know that I have a thing about vintage technology. My love of all things retro got the attention of another fan of ancient tech history, Niles Mitchell. Mitchell goes well beyond my simple experiments...
We've been saying that iPads would replace the laptop since their inception, but they haven't done so yet. Apple's newest iPad will drop any day now. With the add-on purchases of an Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard, it could finally...
The Keychain Access app in macOS lets you view the keys, certificates, passwords, account information, notes, and other info stored in a keychain. A keychain is a locked, encrypted container used in Keychain Access to store account names and passwords....
Most home and project studios are run by songwriters, musicians, and composers who fall under the “Me, myself, and I” category of producer. Recording is not easy for people who are doing it solo. Not only are they writing the...
March 24, 2001, was a banner day for Mac users. On that day, twenty years ago, Apple introduced the next generation of the Mac operating system – Mac OS X 10.0 "Cheetah." The introduction was no small matter, as it...
I don't know about you, but sometimes I get really tired of the boring blue folder icons in macOS. That's why I occasionally add a touch of fun to my folders by changing that icon to an image. The image...
This poor MacBook Air is experiencing the "white screen of death" From time to time, you may experience one of the more frustrating Mac glitches – a white screen during boot. Usually, this rare bug happens after updating macOS to...
So, my 2018 MacBook Pro died. Not the kind of end-of-life-hit-the-recycle-bin kind of death – it just ran out of juice. That rarely happens to me because I think I regularly catch the battery percentage indicator in the menu bar...
Do your tools of choice affect your work? How will choosing one NLE over another impact your craft? Editors face these questions when they’re looking for a new non-linear editor (NLE). For those working outside of the AVID TV/Hollywood ecosystem....
