Category: Macintosh
Chapter 8 of Take Control of Your Digital Photos Now Available
We’re almost there. The latest chapter of my book Take Control of Your Digital Photos is now online for TidBITS Members, and it’s an important one: “Back Up and Archive Your Photos.” Digital photography is great in that you can shoot and store so many photos, but a failed hard disk can wipe them out. ...
New article: New MacBook Air’s battery puts in a full day of work
My MacBook Air battery observation the other night was in service of writing my latest Seattle Times column: New MacBook Air’s battery puts in a full day of work. I look at the new MacBook Air, which is a curious model of computer for Apple because it’s simultaneously a pro machine and also the company’s ...
MacBook Air Battery Gauge
Working on the new 2013 MacBook Air, I noticed that the battery gauge in the menu bar had slid into red. Typically that means a scramble to find the power adapter, but then I clicked the button: 17% battery still left—with an estimated 3 hours 23 minutes of battery charge. (That’s with screen brightness set ...
New Article: Making the most of multiple screens
http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021053268_ptechpracticalmac25xml.html
Come See Me at Macworld/iWorld 2013
The Macworld/iWorld conference is next week, and in addition to roaming the conference I’ll be participating in a few events. ✭ On Thursday, January 31, I’m appearing at the Macworld Live Stage at 2:00 p.m. to participate in a photo/video panel with fellow Macworld contributors Derrick Story, Gary Adcock, Mark Spencer, and Gary Yost. ✭ ...
Announcing the OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide!
This doesn’t directly relate to the iPad and photography, but I’m excited to announce that my latest book, OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide, is now available. It covers all of Apple’s new operating system, is packed as full of tips as I could make it, and all in just 264 pages. Best of all, the ...
Steve Jobs 1955-2011
Although I’ve covered Apple and the Mac for almost two decades, I don’t have many photos of the late, truly great, Steve Jobs. Here are my two favorites, both taken during the introduction of the original iPad. They’re not nearly as good as this one by Duncan Davidson, but I still like ’em. On stage: ...
Quick, Switch to iTunes
Which is which? Apple’s icon design is awfully blue and round lately. I still have trouble identifying iTunes in the app switcher while I’m working.
My Current Data Backup System
My first computer hardware purchase of 2011 isn’t terribly exciting, but it is very useful: a batch of new hard drives. Let me put on my old-computer-user hat on for a moment and marvel that for about $450, I bought six and a half terabytes of storage. That was almost unfathomable just a few years ...
iLife ’11 on the New Mac App Store
Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.6, notable for including the Mac App Store. I think the App Store is a great thing for most Mac users, providing a clean, understandable way to buy and install applications. (I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve helped someone with a Mac who has been confused about where ...
Jeff Carlson | Never Enough Coffee Creations 