Recent articles in tech (page 2 of 10)

1. Mar 3, 2023 New Mac Day One Installs

   I just picked up a new MacBook Pro 14" for personal use. Here's what I've installed on my first day with it. In other words, these are my "essential items" for a comfortable macOS environment.

2. Jan 21, 2023 Privacy & Security settings in macOS reset on reboot

3. Dec 19, 2022 Twitter Archived

   My posts on Twitter are now archived here.

4. Apr 24, 2022 Email apps on Mac, iPhone and iPad compared

   I love a good deep-dive into competing software, so with the time I saved recently on shopping for email hosts I decided to take a fresh look at email clients for my Apple-ecosystem devices. Strap in for some obsessive comparison-shopping!

5. Apr 6, 2020 Shrink Videos With ffmpeg On Your Mac

   There is a free tool called ffmpeg that makes it easy to convert an original video file into something much smaller (as little as 10% the size, in some cases!) but still very high quality. Installing and running it on your Mac can be a little bit of a hassle, especially if you’ve never used the command line in Terminal before, but I’ve written up these detailed instructions to get you started.