Snazzy Labs – It’s pretty rare that Apple releases a product to market nowadays that doesn’t perform well. Even niche products sell in the tens of millions; however, the HomePod released in 2017 is estimated to have sold around just 5 million units during its product life cycle. The product is discontinued—dead—but still continues to get new updates with iOS 15. Why? Is Apple doing something behind the curtain that we just can’t see? Today, we take a look at Apple’s other failed hi-fi speaker—one that launched over 15 years ago at the exact same $349 price point. Why do they keep screwing these speaker systems up? What might they be planning for the future? Have they given up and settled on HomePod mini? I don’t think so…
Computer Clan – The Macintosh TV is another rare gem from the Apple world which has earned its title as a collector’s item. But why didn’t it succeed when it was originally released? (Hey, it still looks good in black. At least it failed with style.)
engineerguy – Bill describes how metals like aluminum and titanium are made resistant to corrosion by growing an oxide layer into the metals. These is the same process used on many Apple products.
Dan Wood – I take a nostalgic look back at the Apple Power Mac G4. The history of the machine and a look back at the roots of MacOS X, the transition from NeXT and some classic OS9 applications and games!
In this episode we’ll take a look at the unusal history of the Mp3 player. Some people may think it began with the iPod in 2001 but the story begins back in 1979 with Kane Kramer.
Instead of using music from a collection or jingles from iMovie you can easily create your own video soundtrack in GarageBand. It only takes a few minutes to combine a drum track with other loops and then export some music that you can drag and drop into iMovie or Final Cut Pro. Then your video will have unique royalty-free music that fits the content.
While major new changes get all of the attention, here are 10 minor things that you may not have heard about, but could become your favorite new features in macOS Catalina. You can put Dark Mode on automatic, block email senders, use picture-in-picture with QuickTime Player, tint the color of your screen, and much more.
