Protecting Your Data: How to Safely Eject a Disk or Drive

“I just wait a couple of seconds before unplugging a disk..." “I never safely eject a disk, and I’ve never had a problem...” “I waited for the light to go off before I pulled the plug, and everything looks fine...” There’s a lot of different idea…

How to Store and Access Your Files in iCloud Drive

iCloud is a cloud storage and cloud computing service that Apple debuted on October 12, 2011. There are here a lot of components to it, including iCloud Drive, which allows you to securely access all of your documents from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iP…

The Other World Comic – Episode 239

OWC RADiO: Jim Tierney – Digital Anarchy

Jim Tierney is a pioneer in the development of plugins for motion graphics, animation, and video editing. During the 1990s, Jim worked for software companies like MetaTools, Atomic Power, and Cycore. He helped create graphics products like Bryce, Ev…

Retro Apple: The Apple Newton MessagePad Was Well Ahead of Its Time

The Newton MessagePad series was truly a product line that was ahead of its time. It was the most highly anticipated product of the early 1990s, offering many smartphone features — without the phone, of course — in a portable package. The devices ha…

How to Use Dock Stacks in macOS Catalina

The Dock is the bar of icons that sits at the bottom or side of your screen. It provides easy access to many of the apps that come with your Mac. And the Stacks feature of the Dock in macOS can be a time-saver. A stack is a Dock item that gives you …

How to Set the Default Wireless (Wi-Fi) Network in macOS

By default, macOS attempts to join the wireless network it was most recently connected to. However, if you’re like me, you have a Wi-Fi network you use most often. This guide will show how you can set it as the default network in macOS. The wireless…

Read This Before Buying a 2020 27-inch iMac to Save Big!

There’s no doubt about it. As we noted in an earlier post, Apple’s new 27-inch iMac 5K for 2020 is a beast of a machine. With 10-core availability, all Solid State Drives, True Tone Retina display with a nano-texture glass option, faster GPU, T2 chi…

How to Use Your Mac Laptop in Closed-Display (Clamshell) Mode

You can use your Mac laptop in closed-display mode (also known as “clamshell” mode) if you have an external display attached. Sometimes closed-display mode isn’t convenient. For instance, I have a 16-inch MacBook Pro connected to a 27-inch LG UltraF…

[VIDEO] Unboxing & Teardown: The 27-inch iMac 5K (2020)

The new 27-inch iMac 5K arrived today quite unceremoniously, and we took no time jumping right in, opening it up, and voiding the warranty so you don’t have to. You’re welcome. Here’s what Apple has to say about their newest offering: The all-in-one…

Learn to Mix and Master Audio with Jam in the Van [LIVE STREAM]

Episode 3 Join us live in the studio at 12:30 PM CDT on Thursday, August 13th, for an in-depth mixing tutorial live stream with Jam in the Van’s mixing engineer Sean P. Jones! Ask your questions and learn from the best as he teaches how they mix Jam…

MAJOR UPDATE: Apple’s New 27-Inch iMac Goes All Out for 2020

Yesterday, August 5, 2020, Apple made a major update to the 27-inch iMac -- probably the last update that the venerable big-screen Mac will receive in its current incarnation. Future iMacs may feature a new design and will most certainly use Apple S…

Advancing the Portrayal of People With Disabilities [PODCAST]

Deborah Calla is CEO and Chair of the Media Access Awards (MAA), which she producers with Allan Rucker. The MAA is one of Hollywood’s major awards events originally created by Norman Lear and Fern Field, honoring people in the entertainment industry…

Annoying LG UltraFine 5K Flickering Screen Problem Fix

I was having intermittent problems with my 16-inch MacBook Pro and LG UltraFine 5K display. It took me a while to come up with a solution. If you’re experiencing the same thing, I’ll tell you what worked for me. The problem: Sometimes when I powered…

Go Retro with Macintosh.js

Many Mac users today never had the “thrill” of using the pre-2001 Mac operating system on a Motorola 680X0 or PowerPC-based Mac. Thanks to developer Felix Rieseberg, a 68k Mac emulator called Basilisk II by Christian Bauer and others, and a compiler…

QUICK TIP: How to Save Your “Memories” Movies in Mac Photos

The Photos app in macOS has a Memories feature, which is designed to help you “rediscover favorite and forgotten moments from deep in your photo library,” as Apple states. Memories automatically creates curated collections of your most meaningful ph…

How To Become A Mac Stickies App Power User

There’s one default Mac app that I’m sure not many Mac users even know about – the Stickies app. You don’t need to download it because it comes with macOS. Like the name implies, the Stickies app allows you to create virtual “sticky notes” that are …

The Other World – Episode 238 | The OWC Comic

TECH TIP: Managing Your “My Card” in macOS Contacts

macOS’s Contacts app automatically creates a contact card for you—your me card—when you set up your Mac. Information on your vCard — such as your name, email address, or picture (if you add one) — can be used in other apps, such as Mail or Safari. I…

Organizing Your Mac: Handy Tips to Help Remove the Clutter

Perhaps you’ve been working on your home Mac since the pandemic started and are suddenly realizing that you can’t find documents when you need them. Maybe that Mac has been in use for a much longer time and the struggle is even worse. Today, I’ll pr…

TECH TIP: Import Your Notes and Files to the Mac Notes App

You can take the notes that you’ve created in other apps, and import them into the Notes app in macOS. Sweet! When you import notes, you can add them to your iCloud notes account or your “On My Mac” account. If you store them in iCloud, you can auto…