While competing smartphones use USB-C cables that handle faster charging and speedier data transfer, Apple’s continued use of Lightning means speeds top out at around 480Mbps (60MBps). That means anyone who takes a lot of high-resolution photos on an iPhone 14 Pro or Pro Max will find themselves waiting a bit when offloading them to a computer for editing. “I have definitely heard some murmurs about Lightning-based syncing bottlenecking file transfers,” camera app developer Sebastiaan de With told Lifewire via direct message....

Here are some YouTube channels that are worth following for any digital artist, especially those interested in 3D modeling, design, and game development. At The New Boston, you’ll find tutorial series for 3Ds Max, UDK, Adobe Premiere, and After Effects. Beyond that, there are lessons on GUI programming, Python, Android and iPhone development, HTML5, and every variation of C, C#, C++, Objective C, and even basic algebra. Videos are focused on UDK, CryEngine, level design, modeling, and asset production in Maya, and the material is clear and to-the-point....

Throughout the 1980s and beyond, Tascam’s PortaStudio was the best—if not the only—way for home musicians to record their work. It was a standalone recorder that used standard audio cassettes in a non-standard way to capture four tracks at high quality. Today, we are spoiled with all kinds of amazing hardware and apps that can do way more than record and overdub on four tracks, but there’s never really been a good successor to the PortaStudio....

Likely Reasons Why Sidecar Isn’t Working Here are the most likely reasons Sidecar isn’t working at all with your Mac and your iPad: Inconsistent Apple IDUnsupported devicesOut of date system software How to Fix It When iPad Isn’t Showing Up in Sidecar Try these fixes below in order to get Sidecar working with your Mac and your iPad. Make sure to go in order as the fixes start with easiest and progressively get more involved....

The advantage of having your data backed up off-site, away from your home or office, is that it’s safe from theft, fire, and other local disasters. You can buy Backblaze for $7 /month, or less if you order it for a year or two at once. We also like that there are no file size limits, meaning you can finally back up your 100 GB virtual machine files and 3-hour 4K videos....

What started as a simple puzzler eventually turned into a marketing juggernaut, spinning off into countless sequels and sister releases. As much fun as some of those may have been, though (Angry Birds Transformers, we’re looking at you), none has managed to live up to the high bar set by the original two versions. If you’ve never played an Angry Birds game, start here. To play, you farm for resources that you can spend on new buildings, defenses, or troops, all of which are of the utmost importance if you want to ransack other players’ bases while defending your own....

Aside from the relatively small amount of storage space you’re allowed to use, a free online backup plan is usually identical to the paid plans offered by the same company. This means that, as long as a free plan has enough storage space for your data and meets your other criteria, you can get a complete and permanent backup solution for free! Alternatives to a Free Online Backup Plan The list of the best free online backup services below is sorted by the amount of backup space offered....

Here’s a look at four ways smartphone electrocution can occur and how to make sure it doesn’t happen to you. Don’t Charge and Use Your Cellphone While in Water In December 2016, a 32-year-old British man was found dead in the bathtub. The cause was a charging smartphone. He was resting a charging iPhone on his chest when the device made contact with the water. His injuries were severe, including burns on his chest, arms, and hand....

Whether you’re an IT professional or a home user, here are five simple tips for securing your wireless network. Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) is the more common standard and is more hacker-resistant. However, there is also WPA3, which takes WPA2 to the next level but is not as widespread. WPA3 is also backward compatible with WPA2. Depending on how old your wireless router is, you may need to upgrade its firmware to add WPA2 or WPA3 support....

Because most free video editors limit their features to advertise their professional versions, you may find roadblocks that stop you from making advanced edits. For editors with more advanced features that aren’t free, check out mid-level digital video software or top professional video editing programs. Features include desktop integration for drag-and-drop, image and audio support, curve-based keyframe animations, unlimited tracks and layers, and 3D animated titles and effects. OpenShot is also good for clip resizing, scaling, trimming, snapping, and rotation, plus motion picture credit scrolling, frame-stepping, time-mapping, audio mixing, and real-time previews....

Even if you still mostly listen to music on your smartphone or computer, vinyl gives you the option of elevating the experience with your favorite albums. You also get to have an object that you can proudly display in your home. Here’s where you should start if you want to buy Vinyl records online. Genres available include everything from rock, pop, and country to brass and military, stage and screen, children’s music and more....

Besides donating or recycling, another popular option is to sell your used electronics for money, something you can do right at home or work, usually without fees. To sell used electronics online, you have to answer some questions to value the items, print off a free shipping label, package the products in a box that you or the company provides, and then send it off. Once they receive the items and verify that the condition is as you described, it’s common for them to pay you via a check, PayPal, gift card, or some other means just a few days later....

What’s Taking up So Much Space on My PC? One of the simplest places to look for items taking up a lot of space on your PC is the Recycle Bin. The Recycle Bin is where your deleted files go. Files aren’t automatically deleted. Instead, they are marked for deletion and placed in the Recycle Bin. That gives you some time to restore the files if you have mistakenly deleted one, but it can take up a lot of space....

Sadly, it’s become increasingly common to advertise that a registry or other PC cleaner program is free to “download” even though the all-important “cleaning” part will cost you. How these companies get away with that sort of practice is beyond belief. Fortunately, among the hundreds you’ll find in a search, there are several very good, completely free PC cleaner tools available. Where to Get a True Free PC Cleaner Completely free PC cleaner tools are available from many companies and developers, and we’ve put together a list of the very best to choose from in our Best Free Registry Cleaners list....

Researchers at MIT have designed a modular chip that uses flashes of light to convey information between its components. One of the design goals of the chip is to enable people to swap in new or improved functionality instead of replacing the whole chip, in essence paving the way for perpetually upgradeable devices. “The general direction of reusing hardware is a blessed one,” Dr. Eyal Cohen, CEO and co-founder of CogniFiber, told Lifewire over email....

Copy Your Chart From Excel Any chart that you create in Excel can be copied and pasted into any Microsoft Office app. Choose How to Paste Your Chart The chart you copied in Excel is stored on the Clipboard. Now it’s time to paste it into a PowerPoint slide. Update Excel Charts in PowerPoint If you chose to Link Data when pasting your Excel chart into PowerPoint, changes made to the original spreadsheet file will update the chart in PowerPoint....

The Trouble With USB and Older Head Units While USB seems like just another type of auxiliary input, there’s actually more going on under the hood than a lot of people realize. Normal auxiliary inputs require an analog signal from a device like a satellite radio, CD player or MP3 player, which is fine, but USB allows a device to offload digital audio data to a head unit and allow it to do the heavy lifting....

Cloud Spaces is a digital hub for work teams to aggregate files, links, and libraries to ensure everyone stays consistent on a project. Cloud Canvas is a digital surface where team members can bring together different creative works into a cohesive vision for review. With Spaces, team members can organize assets to ensure the right people have the proper access, add links to relevant documents, and keep project resources up to date....

What Do I Need to Use Cydia? An iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, with iOS 3 or higher, that is jailbroken. Where Do I Download Cydia? Many jailbreaks for iOS give you the option to install Cydia as part of the process. If yours didn’t, you can download the latest version of Cydia here. What Kind of Apps Does Cydia Have? The types of apps available in Cydia vary widely. Some perform system-level tasks that Apple blocks from apps approved for the official App Store....

According to Apple rumormonger Mark Gurman, Apple is working on not one, not two, but several new monitors. After a years-long drought in the Apple displays department, this kind of revelation gets the imagination going. One of these will be an update to the current high-end 32-inch Pro Display XDR, but other than that, we can only speculate. So, speculate we shall! “It’s possible that Apple may incorporate some of the technologies it has developed for its iPhone and other devices into its new external monitors with Apple Silicon....