Production and post-production issues, tips and tricks, how’s and why’s
OWC’s miniStack has been a Mac Mini companion device for a long time. The STX is the newest version, featuring storage and Thunderbolt expansion. OWC says it’s the world’s first Thunderbolt certified Thunderbolt 4 storage solution.… Read More OWC miniStack STX review
Are you aware of online security and avoid having your personal data exposed? If you’re serious about security, a two-factor login is essential, but a security key is better as it makes hacking a lot more difficult. The OnlyKey is an innovative security key that offers more than FIDO/U2F/FIDO2 and TOTP code generation. It’s a complete solution for secure logins and even PGP file encryption.… Read More 99.99% security for logins and files with the OnlyKey security key
Switch 5 Pro gives you frame-accurate playback of all your media and lets you see detailed information about it, including metadata (e.g. AS11 with UK DPP metadata, AS03 and others), bitrate, video essence and codec, audio channels, speaker assignments, and loudness levels. You can also compare multiple files in a single window and play and convert Windows Media content on your Mac as Switch is a fully licensed Windows Media playback tool (all three versions).… Read More Telestream’s Switch 5 Pro lets you check your video’s quality on lower-end iMacs fast
If you’re writing in Markdown, MultiMarkdown or CommonMark, you probably are familiar with editing tools like iA Writer, nvUltra (beta) from Brett Terpstra, Panda which is Bear app in an early beta stage, and Ulysses.… Read More Switching between iA Writer, Ulysses, nvUltra and Panda Bear
What do you expect from a text editor? Either you want it to encourage a focus on the process of writing with this particular app or you want it to lead your focus to the subject you’re writing about. If you went for the first option, then the design, look and feel, and feature set of the app will determine your choice of app. If you favoured the second answer, an app like iA Writer or the Author app I’m covering here will have more appeal.… Read More Text editor with citation power: Author
On the Mac, you have four options to backup your data: Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner, ChronoSync and Arq Backup. Of these, Arq Backup is the only true backup system. Time Machine is OK but doesn’t have incremental backups, compression, de-duplication or encryption. CCC 6 comes close but is true to its origin as a… Read More Arq 7 Backup solution for Macs review
People who regularly read this publication know that I am a big fan of Hook, the macOS app that connects information resources from all types no matter where they be located, potentially turning your Mac in a huge zettelkasten system. Hook 3.0 has been released and I got a chance to preview its beta.… Read More Hook 3.0 adds folder-level links
The people who develop Ulysses have done it again: they updated, or rather upgraded, one of the very best text and markdown editors available on the Mac platform. If you ever doubted if a subscription licence can actually work out well for the user, the Ulysses subscription is proof that it can.… Read More Ulysses 22 text and Markdown editor, ever more power in your writing hands
If you’re professionally working with colour, it pays off to invest in a colorimeter or spectrophotometer. The only problem is that these can be quite expensive and bulky, and if your need is to compare colours, find colour harmonies and the RGB, Lab, CMYK and other colour space value of colours, this kind of equipment is overkill. It is where the $349 Nix Color Sensor Pro 2 tristimulus sensor is a boon to have.… Read More Nix Color Sensor Pro 2 Tristimulus Colorimeter Review
COLOP, a company based in Austria, develops imprint products that you’ll find in offices all over the world. About a year ago, the company developed the first “digital stamp”, the e-mark, a hand-held 600dpi inkjet printer that integrates with a Windows computer, iOS or Android device and outputs multicolour stamps.… Read More COLOP’s e-mark handheld inkjet printer is a brilliant marketing tool
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