Have you ever been tempted to make your own screencasts? They're usually video tutorials of some sort, showing how to perform a task on a Mac while a narrator provides explanations of what's going on. There are a lot of...
Another year, another World Backup Day! Each year around March 31, the Rocket Yard makes you aware of this observance that is designed to point out the importance of backing up your data and what can happen if you neglect doing...
Field trip day has arrived. Apple has descended on Lane Tech High School in Chicago for its first education-focused event in several years. So, what exactly will be announced at Apple's spring event? We’ll be following the action right here at the...
(Mirroring an iOS device. Image via AirSquirrels.com.) When teaching other people about iOS, demonstrating usage of various iOS devices, screencasting, or podcasting, it's often useful to be able to mirror iOS devices to a Mac or PC so that the...
This is the last of our four-part guide to using the Mac's accessibility features. If you missed the previous installments, you can catch up by reading: macOS 101: Getting Started With the Mac's Accessibility Features macOS 101: Using Accessibility's Vision...
Are you backing up your Mac's data? If not, you may regret it... In this article, we're going to give you five great reasons why you should have at least one backup solution -- either an external drive that is...
In a recent article on the company’s blog, Mike Bombich of Carbon Copy Cloner shared an APFS bug that can cause the loss of data when writing to images. Bombich describes the bug at length in the blog article and...
Do you have a few USB flash drives lying around? Chances are you have at least a couple, or maybe even a small drawer full of them. In my case, I have about a half dozen, with no specific use...
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARN0CKXNbzk] It’s on. Tens of thousands of tech and music enthusiasts have descended on the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California for the 2018 edition of the NAMM Show! Be sure to stop by OWC booth #11802 to find...
