Recent content by Andy Taylor

VeraCrypt is freeware and audited for security: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.html It's a pity you don't just need this for MacOS as that has built-in encryption for drives, just choose the file system type as APFS Volume • APFS (Encrypted) when formtting a new drive. You will then need...

If purchased direct from the Apple Store, they used to allow 2 years under the Sale of Goods Act, not sure if that is still the case.

CMD-A to select all then space. Use the "Gallery" view in finder. There are various other apps available that will do slide shows too.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJH9F7Hcluo

Definitely the way to go, terminating sockets is so much easier than trying to get 8 cables into the RJ45 connector in the right order. By the way, the different coloured light on the switch is likely due to a different negotiation speed - perhaps a printer that can only support 100Mbit not 1GBit.

Totally understand the problem :D

Just as an example - I picked up an X-E1 and a 16-50mm zoom (separately) on this forum for about £220 total. More than adequate for a beginner and compatible with your existing kit :)

There's no need to dismantle - hold T key down and boot. That should put the machine into target disk mode. Plug in to another Mac using Thunderbolt or FireWire and the drive will appear as an external device on the working Mac. From there you can copy and/or delete date, erase the drive...

Biggest advantage of Time Capsule is that you can put it somewhere away from your computer. If someone steals the machine, they might not see/steal the TC. As others have pointed out, you need to ensure your photos are stored in at least 2 places - moving them to an external drive of any kind...

You can use Photoshop's automation to do this (File>Automate>Batch). First create an action that does what you want, then you can use the batch command to apply it to an entire folder/tree. It's also possible to specify a different output destination, so you could resize and write direct to the...

The simple answer is that the HDD interface is faster than the DVD one, You won't get the full speed benefit if you put the SSD in place of the DVD. ETA - HDD interface is 6Gbps, DVD is 3 or 6Gbps but Apple does not recommend using 6Gbps devices in it.

I'm having similar issues here - there are a couple of workarounds: If you're using a trackpad, click on the file(s) with one finger, drag slightly and then use 2 additional fingers to scroll up/down. Open a second Finder window/ tab, click/drag to the other window/tab. Add the destination...