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HEVC and HEIF: new video and still image formats

High Sierra and iOS 11 introduce HEVC video, and HEIF still image compression. But what good are they?

September 11, 2017 Macs, Technology

Poor coverage: the battery killer

Patchy mobile signal coverage is a sure way to flatten your iPhone or iPad battery very quickly. There must be a better solution than Airplane mode.

September 2, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Consolation 2.2b1 can now open any new-style ‘unified’ log, from macOS, iOS, watchOS, or tvOS

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This version allows you to open, browse, and analyse any .logarchive bundle, from a Mac, iPhone, iPad, or more. Ideal for forensic analysis.

May 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

Hasn’t macOS changed? How it doesn’t work like it used to

macOS doesn’t work like it used to. With heuristic task dispatching and sensitivity to factors like quality of network service, troubleshooting can get fiendishly difficult.

May 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Wireless headphones and lip sync

Why did Apple keep the headphone socket on its new MacBook Pro, but remove it from new iPhones?

November 7, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Programming playgrounds: Swift on an iPad?

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Swift Playgrounds brings programming to the iPad. But for whom – the student, improver, or developer?

September 17, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Developing content for Storyspace and Tinderbox on your iPad

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Putting it all together: creating records on an iPad, and moving them over to form writing spaces or notes.

May 17, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Colour calibrated displays and ambient light

Should all displays use Apple’s True Tone automatic white balance adjustment?

May 16, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Technology is not turning the young into puddings

Should we worry about claimed adverse effects of smartphones on book reading? And who suffers most if we close libraries?

April 12, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Another Year of the Mighty Falling

They fell in 2012, just as they did in 2015. But is Apple still innovating enough?

December 26, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

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