I just had machines come back from the road. We were at X Games in Minneapolis, and WSOP in Las Vegas, so almost all of the equipment was out of the office. One of my machines came back and to my shock when I opened up a browser was telling me that I had a … Continue reading Apple System Attacks

My frustration today is measured by many things that Apple has done to screw up my day. We use Apple computers, because they work. They are simple. They are pretty. Right? When they don't work, they are the worst systems on the planet, because there is no good reason for the machines bad behavior outside … Continue reading Apple…Why do you f**k up your OS?

These are my notes from the watching of the keynote. They ripped through some stuff, so this is not comprehensive. My thoughts are at the end of this if you care. Watch OS 4 will bring a bunch of features and updates. Available Fall 2017. Mac OS High Sierra, yeah really. High! Fully Baked! Updates … Continue reading Apple Keynote 2017

So I finally had a chance to watch the almost two hour keynote from Google. Here are some of my observations. For one thing, Google is getting a little more hip. Like Apple there presentations are getting better. More video. Good product demonstrations. A very smooth transition from speaker to speaker. Good on you Google. … Continue reading Google I/O Keynote 2017

I updated all my machines with Premiere 11.1 as Adobe recommended, but that move was a mistake. There are bugs. Bugs I can't even describe, but things that now aren't right. Send a file from Premiere to Media Encoder may or may not work. Premiere crashes often. This version seems a little buggy. I see … Continue reading Premiere 11.1 Update – Wasn’t ready!

Adobe needs us to update our Premiere Pro. Today we’re releasing an update for Premiere Pro CC 2017. The 11.1.1 update contains two important bug fixes, and is highly recommended for all users. You can install the update through the Creative Cloud desktop application, or you can check for new updates from within any Creative Cloud application … Continue reading Premiere Pro 11.1.1 update

cnet wrote a good article about the current state of the WannaCry ransomware. I am pointing people to this article for recommendations and information. https://www.cnet.com/news/the-wannacry-ransom-deadline-is-here-should-you-pay/ The bottom line is this: Make sure you have the latest system updates. All of them. Do it now! Make sure your system is backed up. Make sure your data is … Continue reading Wanna Cry

For some reason this morning one of my email accounts on Google required that I change my password on my phone. The details of this journey are outlined in this post. Not sure if this was a hack or not, I went to my computer and tried to log in. It simply told me that … Continue reading Google Account Reset…What?

Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to inform customers that an update to the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine addresses a security vulnerability that was reported to Microsoft. The update addresses a vulnerability that could allow remote code execution if the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine scans a specially crafted file. An attacker who successfully exploited this … Continue reading Security Update for Microsoft Malware Protection Engine

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