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Why are there problems backing up Photos Libraries?

Running High Sierra? Do you keep your Photos Library on an external drive? Do you realise that backing it up using Time Machine is likely to be a waste of time?

December 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

What’s really in the High Sierra 10.13.2 update

As expected, the macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 update contains a great deal more than the three relatively minor […]

December 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

What’s really in the High Sierra 10.13.1 update

Effectively a Combo updater with the Supplemental Update, many apps are updated in a total payload of around 4.5 GB. And there’s the new emoji too.

November 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra write HEIF/HEIC image files?

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Which apps can write image files using High Sierra’s wonderful new HEIF? I can’t find one, can you?

October 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

How’s your Personal Digital Archive?

In 10 or 20 years time, where will today’s photos and videos be? In an archive? Have you started one yet?

January 24, 2017 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

EXIF editing: the high overhead to image scanning

Never underestimate the time and effort involved to enter data for old photos when you scan them in.

March 31, 2016 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Hosting major project in iPhoto

I have been getting my lifetime photo work scanned into iPhoto, which seems to have a bug. What should I do?

October 9, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Copying images from Photos

What is the best way to copy images from Photos? Its library looks a real mess.

October 6, 2015 Macs, Technology

Let’s Play Unintended Consequences

The nights are drawing in, so why doesn’t Apple do something to cheer us up – like add some subtle humour to El Capitan?

September 8, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Storing libraries off the boot disk

How can I make Photos, iTunes, and Mail save their files to an external hard drive?

July 16, 2015 Macs, Technology

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