“Many Mac users like to make a bootable installer drive for installing OS X El Capitan, whether for performing a clean install, or for making it easier to install OS X 10.11 onto multiple Macs.”
Woman unknowingly tosses a first-gen Apple computer worth $200,000 at a recycling center
“A recycling center in Silicon Valley is looking for a mystery woman who unknowingly dropped off a rare, first-generation Apple computer that fetched $200,000 at a private auction.”
Google vs. iCloud: Which wins the pick for your pics?
“One of the best things to come out of Google’s I/O keynote on Thursday was Google Photos, a brand new service for storing, sharing, and organizing your images and videos. It’s totally free — no matter how many items you upload — but is it better than the competition?”
Hands Free by Google could be way better than Apple Pay
“Yesterday’s Android Pay reveal at Google I/O was a slight disappointment in that, it’s pretty much just like Apple Pay.”
Tech Talk: Apple Rumored to be Buying BlackBerry
“Some of you may remember earlier this year, when the rumors were spreading that Samsung was looking to buy Blackberry. Which rose BlackBerry’s stock by about 30%.”
Critical HTTPS bug may open 25,000 iOS apps to eavesdropping attacks
“At least 25,000 iOS apps available in Apple’s App Store contain a critical vulnerability that may completely cripple HTTPS protections designed to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks that steal or modify sensitive data, security researchers warned.”
The Magzet adapter is like MagSafe for your headphones
“A new Kickstarter project named Magzet is promising to do for headphones what Apple’s MagSafe connector did for power cables. The two-part audio connector works with any standard 3.5mm jack to magnetically attach your headphones to your laptop, MP3 player, or smartphone.”
How to transfer files between your Nexus 6 and computer
“Most of us reading here have a computer of some sort. Maybe it’s at home and you use it to play games or to surf the Internet, or maybe it’s at work and you do things that aren’t nearly as fun as playing games and surfing the Internet.”
One important area where top Android phones crush the iPhone 6
“The iPhone 6 is a spectacular smartphone. I reviewed the iPhone 6 earlier this year and while there are a few things that could certainly be improved, I said that the phone was clearly one of the best smartphones in the world. And it still is.”
AT&T locks your iPad Air 2’s SIM so you can’t switch carriers without a new one
“Apple’s iPad Air 2 launched with a very, very pleasant surprise: If you splurged on an LTE model, you could choose whether you wanted to jump on Sprint’s, T-Mobile’s or AT&T’s networks (along with EE’s if you’re in the UK), with nary a SIM card swap in sight.”
