Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From MacRumors: Apple is hosting an Apple Watch Activity Challenge on Sunday, December 21 to honor World Meditation Day. The challenge will show up for Apple Watch owners...
Apple TV’s “F1 The Movie” is nominated in the Cinematography, Music (Original Score), and Original Song (“Drive”), Sound, and Visual Effects categories of the Academy Awards’ “shortlist.” The streamer’s “The Lost Bus” is also in the Visual Effects list. The Academy...
Apple has been granted a patent (number US 11640275 B2) for “devices with enhanced audio.” About the patent In the patent Apple notes that electronic devices, such as computers, mobile phones, audio players, laptops, tablet computers, televisions (hereinafter an...
By Laura Darnell The US$49.99 Adonit Star for the iPad is incredible. It looks just like a regular ink pen in my backpack. It is lightweight and very responsive. I love using it with the notes app on my iPad to toggle between a hand writing and a typed look. The...
By Dustin Darnell The US$49.99 iWALK PowerGrip Mag MagSafe Battery Pack features a built-in powerful N50 magnet ring that attaches it firmly to the back of your phone. Slim and lightweight, the PowerGrip also features a finger ring so you can keep a grip on your...
Join us at MacTech Pro Los Angeles About the Event Date: February 13, 2019 Time: All Day. See Detailed Schedule. Registration at 8:30am Sessions start at 9am. Day ends by 6pm. Location: Four Points Los Angeles Westside 5990 Green Valley Circle Culver City CA 90230...
AutoMile (http://briantoth.com/automile) for Mac OS X (10.7 and higher) is a solid alternative to other mileage tracking apps that require recording your car’s odometer reading. It’s built for quick data entry using drag ‘n drop and conveniently supports keyboard shortcuts.
With the US$29 app, you simply record where you went and it does the rest. AutoMile looks up the distance traveled between stops and keeping a running total of the miles you’ve traveled. You can also do your recording when you prefer.
Boinx Software recently updated iStopMotion, to version 3, making its stop motion animation tool for Mac OS X, even better The new version adds the ability to create HD movies using an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch as a camera via the free iStopMotion Remote Camera app.
Perfect Mask 5 (US$99.95) is the next generation of Mask Pro from onOne Software (www.ononesoftware.com). It can be purchased as a standalone or as part of Perfect Photo Suite 6, and promises to make high-quality masks in just a few clicks.
Perfect Mask can be accessed directly from Photoshop, Lightroom, Photoshop Elements, and Apple Aperture. Because there’s no masking in Lightroom or Aperture (without a plug-in), photographers who use these programs for the majority of their workflow would benefit most from this application. Likewise,
If you want an easy, breezy guide to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, check out “OS X Mountain Lion Portable Genius” from Wiley. This US$30, 424-page book offers a ton of tips and techniques on the features of the latest major rev of Mac OS X, such as Game Center, Messages, and Notification,.
The book also offers an easy-to-understand guid on the basic tools and shortcuts — with color graphics, no less. “OS X Mountain Lion Portable Guide” covers everything from customizing your operating system to using multimedia to syncing your Mac to other devices.
