The decision to retire iTunes in favor of a standalone Mac Music app (alongside separate Podcast and TV apps) will please many of us, but it did leave a few unanswered questions. With Apple these days very focused on streaming music, what happens to music ripped from CD once we make the switch to the new Music app in macOS Catalina, for example … ? ArsTechnica got some brief answers from Apple....

Many users are annoyed by the changing macOS Ventura wallpaper. The desktop wallpaper doesn’t remain the same in the next boot or after a while. The operating system changes the background with time. There are many ways to keep the desired art on the desktop. We have compiled a list of solutions to resolve the macOS issues. Also Read macOS Ventura Trackpad Issue: How To Fix? Why Does Mac Change Wallpaper?...

It looks rather like a steampunk version of a traditional 16mm cinema camera, and that was indeed the inspiration behind the SI-2K Black Betty, a camera aimed at independent film-makers and used as a secondary camera in the movie Slumdog Millionaire. It combines a Silicon Imaging 2K camera head, with its film-like 2/3″ CMOS Imager, with an SSD-equipped Mac Mini inside running Silicon Imaging SiliconDVR software. A 7-inch touchscreen monitor completes the package....

PRESS RELEASE Aug. 6, 2012, 8:41 a.m. EDT World-class speakers, amazing sessions; pre-registration ends August 31st WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — MacTech Conference for Apple Developers and IT Pros, October 17-19, 2012 in Los Angeles, has released its main speaker and session list, as well as many details of the conference. The event: a three-day, information-packed event that will have sessions and activities throughout the day and evening....

The Apple Silicon M1 Macs offer some seriously impressive performance across a variety of workflows. While gaming still isn’t necessarily a strong suit for macOS, the custom M1 SoC definitely brings improvements to offer a solid-enough experience for some titles, and through the lens of Apple’s entry-notebooks even an surprisingly good one. Here’s a look at all M1 Mac compatible games and associated details. We saw an early look at gaming on the new M1 MacBook Air when reviews landed earlier this week....

Apple this week introduced a new version of the MacBook Air, bringing not only internal performance improvements but also a redesigned scissor switch Magic Keyboard. Now that the MacBook Air and 16-inch MacBook Pro feature the new keyboard design, there’s one clear outlier: the 13-inch MacBook Pro. Butterfly keyboard backstory Apple debuted the first version of the butterfly keyboard in 2015 with the launch of the 12-inch MacBook. In 2016, despite early complaints about the butterfly keyboard’s reliability, Apple brought it to the MacBook Pro lineup as well....

Mailsploit easily passes through email servers and circumvents established spoofing protection tools like DMARC and spam filters. Emails sent with Mailsploit appear to come from totally legitimate senders. In most cases, unless email headers are inspected by technicians, emails sent using Mailsploit are undetectable. It gets worse: According to Haddouche, emails sent using Mailsploit are virtually unstoppable at this point in time. Where Do We Go From Here? In a post-Mailsploit world, it is now more important than ever to avoid sending sensitive and confidential information over email....

As it became apparent that COVID–19 would send schools home, many IT directors suddenly had to build out distant learning solutions overnight. Since then, I’ve read about countless deployments of Google Classroom, Schoology, and other Learning Management Solutions being used to support at-home learning. There is one app I’ve not seen a single mention of during COVID–19, and that is iTunes U. About Making The Grade: Every Saturday, Bradley Chambers publishes a new article about Apple in education....

A person, namely Mark Kruger, aged 53, died by inhaling smoke. He died due to a fire caused by overheating his mobile phone, the iPhone 5, which he left to charge overnight. Assistant coroner for Berkshire, Ravi Sidhu , ordered a robe into the death of Kruger on Wednesday, February 3 at Reading Town Hall. Man dies after leaving his iPhone charging overnight The Probe stated that Mr. Kruger kept his mobile phone on his side and set it using an extension cord to make it more approachable....

Use Parental Controls to Manage Kids Computer Usage and Activities on Your Windows 10 Device Before you configure your kid’s screen time and start generating reports, review our previous article on how to set up Family Safety. Once you have that setup, open Start > Settings > Accounts > Family & other people. Click the link Manage family settings online (you can also sign in from here). This will open the dedicated Family settings web page in your browser....

We’ve been hearing reports of minor – not severe – white MacBook constraints as early as last week. The white MacBooks are not even close to as constrained as the MacBook Air and the Mac mini – which is in fact constrained as well – but the process leading up to a product refresh is booting up. Now, we’ve discovered that Best Buy is marking the $999 white MacBooks as “backordered” in their systems....

And now, following these high-profile breaches, another major hotel chain has suffered a massive breach, this time affecting 500 million customers! If you made a reservation at one of these hotels these past few years, hackers may now have your data. Read and see if you’re affected and what you can do about it. Marriott-Starwood hotel chain breach Marriott has confirmed that it has suffered a massive data breach that has compromised the information of around 500 million guests who made reservations at their Starwood properties....

‘Make in India’ initiative is Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s ambitious plan to bring in industries and help them manufacture their products within the country itself. Barely a year since the launch of the initiative, a number of mobile handset manufacturers have boarded the ship, while many are mulling to do so in the future. In this article, we aim to talk about the advantages for manufacturing devices in India and would also touch upon the companies which have already joined the initiative....

Play Song When Logging into Windows There’s a lot of cool things you can do with Task Scheduler. Recently we showed you how to create a basic task to turn your PC into an ultimate alarm clock and play a video, music, or podcast when you wake up. To create a basic task, check out this article on making Windows run Disk Cleanup automatically. To play a song when you log on, start by creating a basic task and work through the wizard; after giving it a name, for the Trigger, select When I log On....

Safari is a popular browser choice for those who live in the Apple ecosystem. All your tabs sync across all devices, you can pick up where you left off on other devices with Hand Off, among other things. However, every user is different and sometimes you’ll want to choose a different web browser for various reasons. Follow along to learn how to do so on your Mac. Mac: How to set default web browser Fire up System Preferences, and then click on General....

The Macworld All-Star Band’s history goes back two decades and this year during the pandemic, the group had a reunion for a virtual performance to raise money for COVID-19 relief. Check out the fun performance below of “Feelin’ Alright.” Continuing on with its legacy, the Macworld All-Star Band decided to reunite for a virtual recording this year to raise money for the MusiCares COVID Relief Fund. Spread out around the US, the band recorded their parts from home while Dave Hamilton and his daughter mixed the audio and Macworld All-Star Band videographer Wally Cherwinski took care of the post-production....

But when something great exists, the urge to make it even better often leads companies to release new features, which is exactly what Google did. The app recently released its newest feature: creation tools. What does it do and why is it changing your vacation game? Continue reading to learn more about Google Earth’s new creation tools and how you can use them to build and tell stories. Google Earth’s creation tools The creation tools allow you to pick any place, or create a collection of locations, on the globe....

Disney owning the MCU practically makes Maleficent, one of the company’s most iconic characters, into a bonafide supervillain. While she was terrifying to children that grew up watching Sleeping Beauty, the new live action Disney films starring Angelina Jolie have made her something of an antihero. For all her internal conflict, she still retains her her immense magical powers, which are only augmented by her temper. The films have augmented her abilities beyond what they were in the animated film, including new forms of transformation, elemental manipulation, and dominion over the natural realm....

PE file Portable executable file format is a type of format that is used in Windows (both x86 and x64). As per Wikipedia, the portable executable (PE) format is a file format for executable, object code, DLLs, FON font files, and core dumps. The PE file format is a data structure that contains the information necessary for the Windows OS loader to manage the wrapped executable code. Before PE file there was a format called COFF used in Windows NT systems....

Save on MacBook Pros, Apple Watch bands, and LG’s UltraWide monitors in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break. You’ll find all that and more just down below. MacBook Pros from $1,140 in both sizes Today only, Woot offers Apple’s 2018 13-inch MacBook Pro in certified refurbished condition from $1,140. As a comparison, this model sells for closer to $1,700 in new condition and $1,489 as a refurb direct from Apple. Today’s deals are $20 less than our previous mention....