August 2019 – Page 4

How to Digitize Audio and Video Cassettes

When was the last time you played an audio or video cassette? There are many who weren’t even born when VCRs or Sony’s iconic Walkman were the rage. In fact, you can find online tutorials that teach you how to play a cassette which is hilarious, if a bit sad. Since these pieces of nostalgia aren’t coming back anytime soon, you might want to digitize those memories. If you have audio cassettes or VHS tapes gathering dust, here is how you can bring them to life. Digitizing Audio Cassettes Audio cassettes consist of an analog music tape whose length gives the total playing time. If… Read more

5 Useful Android Accessibility Options You Never Knew You Needed

Those who have worked to develop the Android platform want to make sure that everyone has access to using the devices no matter what may be hindering them. Those with permanent disabilities such as visual or hearing impairments or those with temporary impairments such as a broken arm can use most Android features by enabling the appropriate Android accessibility options. But what about the rest of us? Are these options only for those who are disabled in some way? Although that’s the reason the options are available, these accessibility options are for everyone. They can make some tasks you need to complete on your phone… Read more

What Task Do You Wish You Could Give Up to a Robot?

We were promised certain things about the future, via movies and television shows, such as Star Trek, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Jetsons, and even books such as 1984. (Although granted, that is now thirty-five years in the past, a scary concept.) One of the things we were promised was a prevalence of robots to handle our daily lives. However, this has not really come to fruition just yet. When we do reach that point, what tasks do you wish you could give up to a robot? Our Opinion Miguel would give up washing dishes… Read more

Handle Your Hard Drives Easily in Mac With iBoySoft Drive Manager

This is a sponsored article and was made possible by iBoySoft. The actual contents and opinions are the sole views of the author who maintains editorial independence, even when a post is sponsored. You would think that after all these years, we’d have agreed on a universal file system format. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case, and different operating systems still prefer to work with certain file systems and simply won’t work with others. No matter what your operating system prefers, sometimes you just need to work with a certain type of drive. If your operating system doesn’t support… Read more

How to Run Mac Apps on Linux

macOS and Linux share a common heritage. Unfortunately, that does not mean applications can smoothly transition between the operating systems. To run Mac apps on Linux, you’ll need some sort of virtual machine or translation layer. Run a macOS Virtual Machine (All Apps) The most reliable way to run Mac apps on Linux is through a virtual machine. With a free, open-source hypervisor application like VirtualBox, you can run macOS on a virtual device on your Linux machine. A properly-installed virtualized macOS environment will run all macOS apps without issue. Virtualizing… Read more