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Mac Zen founder Aitan Roubini sat down with various colleagues in the last while to discuss all things Apple, and the newest innovations in the the world of tech in general. In this episode of Inside the Apple Studio, Neal Pann and Aitan discuss Apple's September iPhone and Apple Watch Event, "California Streaming". In this episode of Space Javelin, Charles Martin and Aitan discuss the newest offerings from Apple and other big news in the tech realm. In this bonus episode of Inside…

There are no shortage of useful features in the latest iteration of Apple's iOS for iPhones, some of which correlate with Monterey OS for your Macbooks and iMacs. And while we might suggest giving Monterey a chance to breathe until the new year, installing iOS 15 on your iPhone will give you an opportunity to explore some of the most prominent upgrades to make your life simpler and more intuitive. One feature we are fascinated with is Live Text, available only for your iDevices. Enable this…

Every year around this time, I rue an opportunity lost. Each year, I get dozens of calls from customers either asking whether they should be upgrading, or dealing with unforeseen consequences of doing so. Each time, I say to myself “I wish I got the message out”. That message is quite simply “Wait”. In a week or two, Apple will be releasing macOS Monterey. It’s the 17th major operating system release since Apple switched their Mac over to the Unix-based foundations that form the basis of…

“More than 20 percent of the workforce could work remotely three to five days a week as effectively as they could if working from an office. If remote work took hold at that level, that would mean three to four times as many people working from home than before the pandemic and would have a profound impact on urban economies, transportation, and consumer spending, among other things.” “What’s Next for Remote Work: An Analysis of 2000 Tasks, 800 jobs, and Nine Countries” - McKinsey Global…

Everybody considering buying a new Macintosh ought understand that the standard off-the-shelf models aren’t always the best value. Many are standard builds that have a lower cost of entry to enable new Apple users to enter the desktop market (don’t get me started on cheap Windows computers). As such that deal that you may see at local retailers aren’t always going to work out in your favour in the long run. If you’ve ever asked us about what type of Mac you should be replacing your aging one…

It’s the summertime and of course that means I’m outside hiking and biking. Or so I claim - there’s no proof except for photographic evidence, right? And there’s no better evidence than a nice big panorama shot that captures the entire stunning vista before you. The iPhone 4s was the first Apple device to include a Panorama feature, allowing you to take one very wide photo with a single click (and a lot of slow, steady panning - what photo and movie buffs call swivelling horizontally from a…

Monday June 4th through to the 8th is Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference. Apple’s CEO Tim Cook will once again take the stage and undoubtedly wow us with new computing hardware and its latest upcoming operating systems. Apple will often have a live webcast (is that still a word?) which many of us will be glued to. Apple’s webpage for the event is here (https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/). It’s a time where we hold off on making new purchases, until we know exactly what they are to…

Most of the time, a single external drive is all you need for simple, effective and easy backup of your important files. With Time Machine and especially the Time Capsule, you can even back up multiple computers wirelessly to the same device. But in a couple edge cases this type of solution doesn't quite hit the mark. Back when I worked as a professional photographer, I was always running into problems with data storage. The camera technology kept getting better and better, creating larger and…