Jill from the North Woods (who is a recovering Windows user) asks our Dumb Question this week: Are Macs like Windows in that desktops are for heavy-duty work, and laptops are portable but typically less capable? And are all-in-one computers for lightweight users? It seems as I look at it, the Macs are all the […]
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Camera+ 2 Monument Mode Removes Moving Objects – by Wally Cherwinski
Camera+ 2 Monument Mode A while back I got together with our good friend Bart Busschots on his Let’s Talk Photography podcast. And one of the things we talked about was how hard it is to get good shots of places or tourist attractions when there are always crowds of people around. You can listen […]
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How I Justified a New iPad Pro
Everything is Fiddly – Helma on Apple IDs
Somewhere between 2001 and 2005, I got an iPod, my first Apple device, which I used as an external hard disk to transfer my PhD research between work and home. I got an iTunes account (then just a name, no email address). I switched from Windows to Mac in 2005 when Tiger was released by […]
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Touch-Sensitive Ring on Apple TV Remote is Weird
New Apple TV Remote With Arrows Illustrating Behavior The new Apple TV remote is probably the most exciting device Apple announced recently. Steve and I picked up two of the 2021 Apple TV 4Ks, not because they were amazing but because we wanted a flow down of devices in the house. And let’s be honest, […]
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OWC Combo Dual-Disk Enclosure & USB Hub – by Ryan Winkler
Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-Port Hub Today I thought I would give you a review of the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-Port Hub. Let’s start with the problem to be solved. Problem 1: I just received my new M1 Mac mini and in looking it over I noticed the lack of ports. […]
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Security Bits — 16 May 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Twitter is continuing its moves to nudge people on its platform towards being better netizens by adding a dialogue to their mobile app warning users when they use potentially abusive language in replies — […]
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Knit Like a Programmer
After I had written most of this article, I realized that I may have come up with a subject that interests absolutely no one but me. You see, this is about knitting like a programmer. How many of you both program, and knit? I mentioned this problem to Bart and he explained that there’s a […]
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Apple Podcasts – So Many Problems
Apple recently released some new “features” to the Apple Podcasts app, and if you don’t use a third-party app as your podcatcher of choice, you really want to listen up. Even if you do use a third-party app, some of this will apply to you, and I’m afraid it’s not great news. Before you start […]
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Parallels Toolbox Gets a New Coat of Paint
I’ve written a lot of posts about Parallels Toolbox, the menu bar app that gives you access to lots of tiny tools that each do one specific thing. The reason I’ve talked about Parallels Toolbox so many times is that they keep adding more and more tools to the toolbox, so every year or so, […]
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