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The Benefits of NAS in a Pro Workflow

I'm Luke. Tech fan, engineer, history buff, developer, and closet Sim Racer. I work for Other World Computing as a Product Manager for our networked line of solutions. More specifically, the OWC Jupiter system. Sneakernet “Sneakernet” is a term that...

Activity Monitor - Energy, Disk & Network

Using Activity Monitor Part 2: Energy, Disk, and Network

The Activity Monitor app can be used to troubleshoot your Mac, as well as evaluate how well your Mac is performing overall or with specific running processes (apps). In Using Activity Monitor Part 2, we’ll take a look at using this utility to explore your Mac's energy use, disk performance, and network performance.

Mac Energy Saver lightbulb icon on top of Energy Saver Preferance Pane

Use the Mac’s Energy Saver Preference Pane

By making some adjustments in the Energy Saver preference pane, you can better tune your Mac to run at peak performance, save energy, reduce potential data loss when power fails, and extend the runtime and battery life of portable Macs. In this Rocket Yard guide, we will explore the Energy Saver preference pane and see how you can customize energy performance.

Top 10 Rocket Yard Posts of 2019

A Year in Review: The 10 Most Popular Rocket Yard Posts of 2019

As many are wont to do, we here at Rocket Yard like to take some time to reflect at the beginning of each new year. We look back at what went well and what hurdles we encountered. We celebrate the victories and learn from the challenges. In 2019, we saw our readership grow by 29% – that’s a fantastic increase that we can only attribute to you. And for that, we thank you!

How to Restore Data From Time Machine Backups

Time Machine is certainly an easy-to-use app for backing up your data. It's free, and comes installed and ready to use with the Mac OS. In many of our Rocket Yard guides, we’ve often suggested that you perform a backup...

Using an External Drive as Your Startup Drive: Part 2

Using an external device as your Mac’s primary startup device can offer a number of advantages, as we outlined in Using an External Drive as Your Startup Drive: Part 1. This can include having increased storage space, faster performance, the ability...

Pro Audio Cocal Microphone Neumann U87

Pro Audio: Microphone Recommendations for Recording Vocals

In my previous article, we discussed the differences between two common microphone types, the condenser microphone, and the dynamic microphone. In this article, we'll review some of the most common microphone choices for recording vocals. The Best Microphones for Vocals...

Deeper Dive: A Close Look at the September 10, 2019 Apple Event

The September 10, 2019 Apple Event is now history, but Apple fans worldwide should be excited about the products that were announced at the event. While no groundbreaking new products or services were announced, the next generation of Apple Watch,...

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