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Phil South

Phil South has been writing about tech subjects for over 30 years. Starting out with Your Sinclair magazine in the 80s, and then MacUser and Computer Shopper. He’s designed user interfaces for groundbreaking music software, been the technical editor on film making and visual effects books for Elsevier, and helped create the MTE YouTube Channel. He lives and works in South Wales, UK.

Video Aspect Ratios for Beginners

Understanding Video Aspect Ratios

Know the difference between 16:9 & 4:3 and 1.85:1 & 1.33:1? Here, we define video aspect ratios with examples so you know what size your screen should be.

Tech Explained – Aug 13, 2015

Use a Raspberry Pi as a Looping Video Player

Use a Raspberry Pi as a Looping Video Player

In this article we show how to turn your Raspberry Pi into a looping video player, how to encode your videos, and how to get the videos in the Pi.

PC Guides – Aug 5, 2015

Running Pepakura Designer on a Mac to Make Papercraft

Running Pepakura Designer on a Mac to Make Papercraft

Pepakura Designer 3 is a popular Windows program for making real world papercraft models from 3D digital models. Here’s how to get it running on Mac.

Mac – Aug 3, 2015

Making Multi-Track Music with Audacity

Making Multi-Track Music with Audacity

In this article we will talk about how to use Audacity as a multitrack studio and making finished tracks using all the little tricks which make it easy.

Productivity – Jul 29, 2015

Mac Video Encoding

What You Need to Know About Video Encoding

Video encoding is sometimes hard to figure out. This article helps to demystify some of the settings you might come across in your encoding travels.

Tech Explained – Jul 25, 2015

Reduce Latency on the Mac for Music

How to Make Music on Your Mac with Minimal Latency

Making music on Mac is easy but sometimes suffers due to the speed of your system. In this article we show how to reduce latency and make your music flow.

Mac, PC Guides – Jul 22, 2015

Use SIP and VOIP to Add Another Landline to Your Home

Use SIP and VOIP to Add Another Landline to Your Home

In this article we will cover how SIP and VOIP hosting services can be used on your broadband connection to add another landline to your home for free.

Productivity – Jul 14, 2015

Make an Internet Radio Station on a Budget

Make an Internet Radio Station on a Budget

Want to start an Internet radio station but are short on cash? In this article we tell you how to record your shows, sequence them and broadcast on a budget.

Internet – Jul 9, 2015

How to Repair Refurbish and Update an Old iPod

How to Repair, Refurbish and Update an Old iPod

In this article we’ll discuss how to get into the iPod Mini, replace damaged or tired batteries, and replace the old hard drive with solid state memory.

PC Guides – Jul 6, 2015

Making a Raspberry Pi Music Machine

Making a Raspberry Pi Music Machine

In this article you’ll learn to use the Volumio system to turn Raspberry Pi into a home hi-fi, playing music from memory sticks & streaming from Mac or PC.

PC Guides – Jul 3, 2015

HazeOver for Mac Review

HazeOver for Mac: Improve Your Productivity By Focusing on What Matters

HazeOver for Mac helps get rid of distractions & focuses on the current task by highlighting the front window and fading out background windows. Check it out.

Mac – Jun 29, 2015

Using Processing to Make Interactive Art

How to Use Processing to Make Interactive Art

Processing is a computer language used to make generative & interactive art. Let’s see how the band The Sinatra Test used it on a Mac to create an album cover.

Mac – Jun 23, 2015

Viewing 3D Movies Without a 3D Display

Viewing 3D Movies on a Mac Without a 3D Display

If you don’t have a 3D display, but still want to watch 3D movies, here are a few ways to watch them on your Mac without paying for expensive new equipment.

Mac – Jun 18, 2015

Installing Kodi to Make Your Mac into a Media Center

Installing Kodi to Turn Your Mac Into a Media Center

Kodi began as an open source alternative to set-top boxes. Now it can be a TV box, movie box or streaming audio/video player. Here’s how to set it up on Mac.

Mac – Jun 8, 2015

Apple Mac and Raspberry Pi

Creating SD Card Images For Raspberry Pi in Mac

A big problem on a Raspberry Pi is that the SD card needs to be in a specific format. This isn’t easy to do on a Mac, so this guide will explain it for you.

PC Guides – May 25, 2015

Making Fonts on the Mac

How to Make/Edit Fonts on the Mac

In this article you will learn how to create your own Truetype, OTF, etc. fonts on a Mac using free tools, including tips on the black art of font design.

Mac – May 18, 2015

Removing MacItNow From Your Mac

Removing MacItNow From Your Mac

Here we explain the symptoms of an ‘infection’ and show how you can remove despicable and sneaky adware (like MacItNow) from your Mac and default browser.

Mac – May 15, 2015

Converting Awkward Windows File Formats on a Mac

Converting Awkward Windows File Formats on a Mac

Converting a Windows file to a file format that is usable on a Mac isn’t always easy. This guide features various online & offline tools to help with that.

Mac – May 7, 2015

How to Create a Mac OS X Recovery Disk

How to Create a Mac OS X Recovery Disk

In this guide, we talk about the Recovery Disk on Mac OS X and how to prepare for the worst by making a copy of it as a bootable recovery disk.

Mac – May 5, 2015

Adding Image Effects to Preview in OS X

Adding Image Effects to Preview in OS X

Adding image effects to Preview is a simple three step workflow, combined into one. In this article, we will show you how to do it.

Mac – May 3, 2015

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