During April, the Rocket Yard focuses on the importance of backups to an overall data security plan. Previously, we discussed how to use the Time Machine app built into OS X to easily and quickly begin backing up data on your Mac, as...
Hang around a Mac gaming forum or YouTube channel for five minutes and you’re bound to see someone ask “why would anyone choose a Mac for gaming?” It’s an honest question, but unfortunately, it’s backward. People don’t buy Macs just...
March 31 may have been World Backup Day, but here at The Rocket Yard we put a lot of emphasis on the importance of backups throughout the month of April. Today we're going to take a look at online backup...
During the month of April, we’re going to forego the usual Friday Five and replace it with a series of articles that deal with audio and video content production, editing and distribution. That’s the focus of the annual NAB (National...
On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 10 AM PDT/1 PM EDT, Apple-watchers around the world will be glued to their Macs, iPhones and iPads to watch a live-streamed event at which Apple is expected to announce new devices. The "Let...
Did you know that today is National Clean Up Your Computer Day? The second Monday in February was designated with this title by the Institute for Business Technology, with the goal of reminding people to clean up their computers inside and...
Before the holidays, I was running into an odd problem with my new iMac, and when I mean "odd", I mean that it was acting as if someone was trying to access my Mac from somewhere else. Now, I'm one...
NewerTech announced today that the NewerTech Power2U has received a 2015 IoT Evolution Connected Home and Building Award from IoT Evolution magazine, the leading publication covering IoT (Internet of Things) technologies. The award honors organizations delivering software or hardware solutions...
At this year’s Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) conference, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, asked the question that hides in the shadows of every filmmaker’s mind. When she asked,...
