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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…

I’ve always been a little excessive when it came to recording information. My first computer was a BBC Model B (yes that BBC), which had 32K and a tape deck to load programs and games. My favourite game—a space simulator (very rudimentary—this was the early 80’s)—had the ability to save my progress back to a cassette tape. Every time I made any progress, I saved my game, and for some reason was very consistent recording the date, time, planet I was on, and the amount of credits I had. While…

You have likely heard the term “the cloud” mentioned quite a lot in the last few year with regards to storing your information. It may seem like a mythical place and you may have wondered how one can tap into this magical ability to have your data both here and “there”, wherever “there” is. Well, if you have 2 or more Apple devices and have ever entered, say, a friend’s contact information on one of the devices and had that same data appear on the other device (without syncing it through your…