I replaced my 15" Intel MacBook Pro with a M1 MacBook Air about 20 months ago and I've been pretty happy with it. In general, performance is great, battery life is great, the keyboard is great, the size is nice, it's light, and the screen is good. The issues pop up when I run Lightroom …
Resurrecting a Blue & White G3
I've been spending some time in my museum lately cataloging my collection. In particular I'm booting up all of my machines to verify their specs and whether they work. At last count I had a little over 100 machines, most of which work, but only about â…“ of which I have cataloged. I pulled out …
March 2022 Apple Predictions
On occasion I try to predict what products Apple is going to release based on rumors. On occasion (ok, always so far), I'm wrong. But you know what they say - "if at first you don't succeed..." So here we are, try, trying again with another prediction, this time about Apple's March product release. There …
Lightroom Update for M1 Addresses My Issues
I wrote recently about my experiences running Lightroom on my M1 MacBook Air. Overall it was more performant than my 2016 MacBook Pro, but I often encountered slowdowns with brush edits and had to close most other applications to make my 8 GB RAM usable. Adobe released an M1-native update to Lightroom in June and …
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My iPhone 13
Apple announced the iPhone 13 lineup last week and pre-orders were available this past Friday. From my first iPhone 3GS in 2009 I've been on the off-cycle, buying Apple's "s" model and keeping it for two years each time. I didn't buy the hot new designs (iPhone 4, 5, 6, 7) but the next iteration …
iPhone 13
My least favorite blue has reached the regular iPhone Apple announced the iPhone 13 series yesterday and as I expected, it was more evolution than revolution. The new models use the same flat-edge, slim-bezel design introduced last year with a few minor tweaks. The notch is 20% narrower (but a tiny bit taller) and the …
This was NOT the End of the Apple Watch Series 3
I made a prediction last week that Apple would stop selling the Apple Watch Series 3 once the Series 7 was introduced. I was wrong. In fact, I was so wrong, that Apple's decision was the one thing I didn't even include as an option because I thought it was so unlikely. Yikes. Quick recap: …
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Is this the End of The Apple Watch Series 3?
Apple is expected to announce new iPhones and Watches this month. The Series 7 Watch is rumored to have a new, flatter design with larger display that is closer to the glass, and possibly blood pressure monitoring capabilities. As with every new product, its introduction will move Apple's other watch offerings around, which got me …
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SNES Emulation in Mac OS 9
During my Retro Gaming Handheld review I mentioned that Nintendo emulation has been around for a long time and even worked on my Classic Macs. By "Classic" I meant Macs that could run Mac OS Classic, such as my Tangerine iBook from 1999. I wanted to verify my statement so I pulled out the Tangerine, …
Retro Gaming on a Custom Handheld
My museum is mostly focused on Apple-related items, but it's ultimately about nostalgia. I do have a few non-Apple pieces like my collection of Intel and AMD CPUs, my large array of Palm Pilots, and even a few Windows PCs and peripherals. After a busy season acquiring phones and other items, I shifted to a …
Relatively Ambitious 