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Transferring photos to Macs, iOS devices from iPhone and DSLR cameras
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 20/08/2014
» At a recent camp for students I ran at Mahidol University's Faculty of Engineering, a whole day was set aside for photography. After being taught some theory, the students walked round the Salaya campus taking pictures. After lunch, they were to import the images to MacBook Air computers and create slide shows using iPhoto.
Tonality: A bright solution
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 13/08/2014
» I use Aperture on my Macs for several tasks connected with photography, but with the announced end of development for the application, many users are expected to move to Adobe's Lightroom, another workflow application popular among photographers. Like Aperture, it helps organise images as they are imported and allows a certain amount of editing.
MacBooks top of the class at English camp
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 06/08/2014
» I am currently running a two-week, intensive English camp for students at Mahidol University's Faculty of Engineering. I put this together over the summer break, with a lot of help from my friends, with an eye to the imminent launch of the AEC (Asean Economic Community) and as a way to help some of my students improve their English communication skills.
Preparations for the update to OS X 10.10, Yosemite
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 30/07/2014
» There was a small surprise last week when Apple released the public beta of OS X 10.10, Yosemite. Cupertino had announced this was to be in August, but testing appears to be going well. The public beta will produce feedback from more users, which should help improve OS X. However, there is no real expectation at the moment that the predicted mid-September release of Yosemite will be changed. This may not be at exactly the same time as the iOS 8 release apparently, even though some features need components of both to work.
Investing in limited-edition digital art
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 09/07/2014
» There has been a great merging of media over the last few years. Many articles or books are now only available in digital format, but the ownership of digital art is a fairly new concept with exciting possibilities. With the devices I have — and the use of some interesting iOS apps — I can view digital art as well as other content on my large television screen.
No more Aperture updates
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 02/07/2014
» At the weekend, a number of online sources had the news that Aperture, Apple’s photography workflow application, was no longer being developed. Although it will still work with the next version of OS X 10.10, Yosemite, Aperture and iPhoto are to be replaced with Photo, a new application that is being built from the ground up, but will not be available until early 2015.
Macs, strong but not invincible
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 25/06/2014
» Last week Apple moved the goalposts again, slightly, with the release of an entry-level iMac with a 21.5-inch display. While it shares many of the components and specifications of the current range, there are at least two major differences: the dual-core 1.4GHz processor, that runs slower than the other iMacs, and the LPDDR3 memory.
Fallout from Apple's WWDC
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 11/06/2014
» Last week, Apple’s WWDC at the Moscone Center, San Francisco took place. I watched the keynote presentations live and wrote my own blow-by-blow comments on my blog, uploading live. Deadlines, however, meant I was unable to comment in last week’s Life.
Apple rumours, updates and changes
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 14/05/2014
» At the end of last week I was looking at Mac photography apps for this column, when the Financial Times put out a rumour that Apple was in negotiations with Beats Music, makers of Dr Dre headphones.
Mother’s Little Helpers Part II: Application Switcher and the Apple menu
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 16/04/2014
» On a Mac, Finder has a number of ways in which OS X functions can be controlled. I think of the Finder as a sort of bridge: it acts like an application, but is essential to using OS X. One part of this is an easy-to-use feature called Application Switcher. The Apple menu has several useful ways for quick access to applications and useful information.