The Connectivity Standards Alliance, of which Apple is a member, has released Matter 1.5, the latest version of the cross-platform smart home standard. The CSA says Matter is the “industry–unifying standard that promises reliable, secure connectivity.” Version...
Apple TV subscribers will continue to have access to two Friday Night Major League Baseball games for the 2026 to 2028 seasons, reports Major League Baseball. Apple has offered Friday Night Baseball since 2022, providing a doubleheader with pregame and postgame...
Apple will release a new MacBook Air series in the second quarter of the year, according to Taiwanese supply chain publication DigiTimes (a subscription is required to read the entire article). The report says “The first quarter of 2023 is expected to see Apple’s...
By Aaron Lee Escape Motions’s Rebelle is a fun watercolor and acrylic painting application for macOS. Its watercolor simulation is based on a real-world color mixing, blending, wet- diffusion, and drying. About Rebelle Rebelle mimics the way natural media interacts...
By Aaron Lee Anytune for macOS has a limited audience, but for that audience, it can be extremely useful. And with version 2.4, it’s compatible with Apple Silicon (M1) Macs. Anytune allows musicians, dancers, and singers to learn to play or transcribe songs by slowing...
Booq, makers of tip-top accessories and cases, offers a refreshing product to their Taipan iPad line with Booq Taipan Shadow XS and Booq Taipan Slim XS.
By Erik Kuna
For almost 15 years, Sorenson Media (http://www.sorensonmedia.com) has been a leader in video encoding and compression technology. Building on their success, they’ve developed a new Video Delivery Network (VDN) service, Sorenson 360.
Like other Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), Sorenson 360’s VDN allows for increased preference, quality, and scalability, without the high price of a CDN, such as Akamai or Limelight. Pricing starts at US$99 per month.
I find the iPad a good, complementary “mate” to my Mac. And ImTOO has introduced the US$59.95 iPad Mate (http://www.ImTOO.com/ipad-mate.html), which is a good, complementary mate to the iPad.
It can convert any video or DVD to play on the iPad. That’s a nice feature, though if that’s all you need it for, check into the RipIt/Handbrake combo instead. However, if you need to transfer iPad contents to and from your computer and iTunes, iPad Mate is definitely worth a look. It works similar to iTunes and also supports the iPod, iPhone, and iPod touch.
By “Doctor Dave” Greenbaum
You just decided to upgrade your Macbook hard drive to take advantage of the incredible storage space out there now or maybe you are adventuresome and switched to a Solid State Drive. What should you do with the old hard drive?
