The pandemic put a damper on a lot of vacation plans. For me and my wife, it was an opportunity to put a halt to expensive foreign travel and see more of our country. We bought a small travel trailer that’s just big enough for the two of us, and we’…
Lees meerHave an M1 Mac? You can create an external, bootable drive for it — but the disk won’t work with Intel Macs. There are benefits to having an external, bootable drive. For example, it allows you to continue working on a different computer or helps yo…
Lees meerOne question that new Mac users often ask is whether they should shut down their computers at the end of the day or just let them sleep. The quick answer is that sleep is better for your Mac, and in today’s Tech Tip we’ll show you why it’s better to…
Lees meerDo you have multiple files you need to rename? Thankfully, batch-renaming files in macOS isn’t difficult. Here’s how: Start in the Finder. And remember not to confuse the Finder with the Desktop. The Finder is the first thing that you see when your …
Lees meerBig Sur marked Apple’s move to macOS 11 from the venerable macOS 10 (or OS X as it was known for many years). It’s a huge move, a big redesign, and a paradigm shift that is accompanied by Apple using their own silicon. What are some of the biggest c…
Lees meerOWC recognized for future company outlook and most likely to recommend to a friend in 2021 Comparably’s annual Best Company Outlook for 2021 combines anonymous employee ratings in two categories: Outlook, which measures how they feel about their com…
Lees meerWe’ve been saying that iPads would replace the laptop since their inception, but they haven’t done so yet. Apple’s newest iPad will drop any day now. With the add-on purchases of an Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard, it could finally harken an age whe…
Lees meerWelcome to the first edition of Rocket Yard’s Apple News Roundup. This column provides a quick recap of some of the biggest Apple news announcements from each month. To kick us off, here are ten highlights from the first quarter of 2021. AirPods Pro…
Lees meerThe Keychain Access app in macOS lets you view the keys, certificates, passwords, account information, notes, and other info stored in a keychain. A keychain is a locked, encrypted container used in Keychain Access to store account names and passwor…
Lees meerWelcome to the first edition of Rocket Yard’s Apple News Roundup. This column provides a quick recap of some of the biggest Apple news announcements from each month. To kick us off, here are ten highlights from the first quarter of 2021. AirPods Pro…
Lees meerAfter nearly four decades as an Apple fanatic, OWC Founder and CEO Larry O’Connor has decided to “go PC.” On April 31st, the company will make an extraordinary move by shutting down macsales.com and launching pcsales.com. The new website will be dev…
Lees meer"Don't be afraid to really let it all hang out in front of other artists or other writers when you're writing with them. I always say you learn a lot by being vulnerable, and work hard, develop your craft as a writer and as a singer, and don't be af…
Lees meerMac or PC? It’s a tale as old as time. Or, at least, a tale as old as thirty-five years ago, which can feel like the same thing in a world gone digital. Speaking of Justin Long… the Dodgeball actor and Connecticut native is best known for his Mac sp…
Lees meerIf like me, you have various Apple devices, you like to have your data synced (updated and transferred) between them. If you use iCloud, much of this is done behind the scenes. However, about once a month, I manually sync my devices just in case som…
Lees meerMarch 24, 2001, was a banner day for Mac users. On that day, twenty years ago, Apple introduced the next generation of the Mac operating system – Mac OS X 10.0 “Cheetah.” The introduction was no small matter, as it marked a change in how Macs work t…
Lees meerHave you ever needed to select more than one item in the macOS Finder? It’s easy! There are several different ways to select files and folders: click and drag, shift-click, and command-click. They each work differently – here's a description of each…
Lees meerBeeple (aka Mike Winkleman) broke worldwide digital art records when his collage entitled, “Everydays: The First 5,000 Days.” The NFT was sold to Vignesh Sundaresan—aka @Metakovan—for $69.9 million on March 11, 2021. The following week, in a down-to…
Lees meerWe’ve all been there. Haven’t we? When your perfectly fine Mac becomes an oversized paperweight because everything has been updated and your computers no longer play nicely with hard drives, apps, or other peripheral devices. So, unless you’re willi…
Lees meerYou often have one chance to get a really good picture. That makes it upsetting when an opportunity is lost because tapping the Camera app shutter button blurred a photo. With this short tip, I'll offer two methods of using your voice to take a pict…
Lees meerYour shiny and speedy new Apple Silicon Mac is missing something – the ability to run virtual machines. While you might be spending most of your time in macOS 11 Big Sur, your job might require you to use Windows-only apps, Perhaps you need a Linux …
Lees meerFor an impressive 9th time, OWC/MacSales.com has received the distinguished Bizrate Insights Circle of Excellence Award. This honor is a distinction earned by those retailers who go above and beyond to provide exceptional online service and experien…
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