by Aaron Crabtree | Mar 7, 2012 | Blog, Technology, Video
Have you ever wondered why 720p televisions are still available? Are 720p TVs cheaper? Is that the only reason? Read on for a practical analysis. 720p is 1280 pixels horizontally 720 pixels vertically. 1080p is 1920×1080. The “p” means Progressive...
by Aaron Crabtree | Mar 4, 2012 | Apple, Blog, Data backup, MacOS, PC Hardware, Technology
Oh Apple, so many of us trust your well thought-out products and don’t complain when you remove features. After all, if you remove it, then we must not need it! Apple, if you ever read this post, please consider adding your Disk First Aid utility to the Airport...
by Aaron Crabtree | Aug 6, 2011 | Apple, Blog, MacOS, PC Hardware
The official way to get MacOS 10.7 Lion is to download it from the App Store or buy a computer with it preinstalled. What if I want to make a bootable DVD? Here’s what you do: Download the installer (almost four gig!) from the App Store. Once finished,...
by Aaron Crabtree | Aug 6, 2011 | Apple, Battery Life, Blog, MacOS
Upgrading to MacOS 10.7 (Lion)? My battery lasted about half as long as it used to once I upgraded. I went to Utilities -> Console and had a huge list of messages in the system query log. I found that Little Snitch wasn’t compatible with Lion and kept...
by Aaron Crabtree | Jul 31, 2011 | Apple, Blog, MacOS, PC Hardware, Technology, Video
If you decide to upgrade to Lion, ProPresenter won’t work right away. I upgraded and ProPresenter crashed immediately. So I went to the Renewed Vision website and downloaded the latest version (4.2.5). This version would hang on boot up every time I tried to...