Smartphone cameras are improving every year making fewer people buy single purpose cameras. An iPhone used by a good photographer has better results than a DSLR shot by an amateur. Time investments in photography training and photo walks is likely to improve your photography more than a new camera. The basic test […]
Apple’s iMovie can be confusing to use especially if you don’t use it often. Apple has changed the sequence of steps and the way files are organized. This outline shows how to quickly edit a movie and archive the files so as not to waste all the space on your Macbook drive. […]
Verizon FIOS increased its monthly internet charge to $80 and wouldn’t budge on price. Coworkers reported COMCAST was ok as an ISP and it offered cable and internet for $55 a month. In this area, it is nice to have a choice. The Verizon disconnect was scheduled for 1 month after the […]
The 2005 Prius does not come with an auxiliary 1/8″ stereo input jack to send iPhone music through the car stereo. Option 1 – FM transmitter Pros – $40 or less, easy, works will all cars Cons – No charging capability, low to terrible sound quality, will drop out especially in major areas with many radio […]
On the internet, every password should be unique to each site that is storing your username and password. This protects you on other sites if one site has your password stolen. A password manager is a preferred method of securing all your unique passwords with one master password. However, many people have […]
Windows Explorer will rotate a photo via right-click. Mac OSX doesn’t have this ability but it can be added with no additional software. Steps to setup 1. Add the image rotate feature as a service using Automator. Detailed instructions are available but here are the quick steps 2. Open Automator and select File, […]
Almost every week you hear of passwords stolen from some website. Often people will use the same password for every site they use. Once the password is stolen from one site, hackers will try to use the password on a different site potentially leading to financial loss and identity theft for people who […]
OSISoft PI is the industry leader for operational historians. Historians take simple time-based data and store it for retrieval later. For example, a temperature probe sends the historian the value 10.1 degrees C at 2015-01-15 09:32:03 for storage. The probe sends an updated value every minute. Later, someone interested in that data […]
iPhoto is a great entry-level tool for managing and editing photos on the Mac. Using iPhoto on large photo collections (>10,000) is risky as it stores your original photos in a somewhat hidden manner. The default settings for iPhoto lock users into using iPhoto even when they have outgrown of the tool. […]
Background – Why Switch to a Mac? Macs are becoming more popular as installing unique software on the computer is less of a need with functionality being on web sites. People are also becoming more concerned about security. Apple provides better support especially if you live near an Apple Store. Microsoft Windows 8 has also […]