The iPhone makes it easy, but does the Sony offer more potential? — The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max have remarkable cameras. Remarkable enough to make wonder why I bother with my expensive Sony equipment. On a trip to London, I did a general comparison between the iPhone 14 Pro Max and my Sony. …

ChatGPT can turn content creation into a production line but take care with quality control — AI has been making a bit of a splash recently, spooking some content creators. For me, it could enable me to take on projects that would otherwise be unreachable. ChatGPT, for example, helped me create and publish my first eBook on Amazon, and it hasn’t stopped there. …

Maybe what employees want isn’t what the business needs — Apple has experienced astonishing growth in the US corporate market. It has a 23% share of enterprises, according to ComputerWorld. This is a significant change of fortunes. I’ve worked in everything from a massive telco to start-ups, but only one used Apple products and services for its IT needs. …

I yearned for mechanical keyboards, the Remarkable 2, Apple MagSafe chargers — No matter what I have, I always want something else. This leaves me vulnerable to buying the latest toys, often on a whim. Cases in point include mechanical keyboards, the Remarkable 2, and iPhone MagSafe peripherals. …

Re-purpose one of Apple Photos most powerful features — There are many remarkable photo-editing apps on the iPhone and iPad, but did you realise how much you can do for free with Apple Photos? The stock app is very capable, offering functionality previously only available in paid apps. It has downsides, however. The one that annoys me most is…

ChatGPT is a friend, not a foe, that enabled this writer to take on the other challenges of self-publishing. — ChatGPT scares some creatives, but it only automates (imperfectly) one part of the creative process. For me, ChatGPT is the research assistant that I can’t otherwise afford. Case in point. I’ve wanted to write eBooks for a while, but not about Apple technology (my niche). There is more to me…

I unexpectedly turned into a block head and discovered that time-lapses are harder than they look — To my shame, I once mocked a colleague mercilessly when I heard he was into Lego. He had made the mistake of telling me that he was going to spend his weekend building the Millennium Falcon — the really big one. Years later, on a whim, I bought a Lego…

Those M1 Macs are pretty, but where does a poor iPad user start? I’m there for you — Apple didn’t do the iPad any favours in 2020. It replaced Intel processors with in-house silicon on Macs. Soon its laptops would be as power-efficient as its phones with processors honed for macOS.. iPad users realised that their beloved iPads had lost a USP. A MacBook Air would be as…