by Jeff McKamey
The IPhone 15 is out!
It is mostly a little faster, and has much better zoom in the camera. Also it switched to USB-C so you will have to buy all new cables.
https://www.lux.camera/iphone-15-pro-max-review/
What is a tetraprism camera?
https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-iphone-15-pro-max-has-a-tetraprism-camera-what-the-heck-is-that
The prism bounces this light back and forth to make it functionally a bigger lens than it is.
Comparing the new iPhones to SLR cameras:
iPhone 15 Pro Max vs. DSLR photos: Real-world camera comparison
IPhone 15 pro cameras will go 3D with a future update
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/16/apple-iphone-15-pro-spatial-video-vision-pro/
IOS 17 is now officially out
Several programs break and need an upgrade, specifically any camera capture program does not work with the new camera software. Also my favorite ad blocker stopped working, so I had ads until I found a new one:
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/1blocker-for-iphone
Sonoma just came out for the macs
Sonoma incorporates almost all the features of IOS 17 into the Mac:
https://www.macrumors.com/guide/50-new-macos-sonoma-features/
LastPass Breach
If I were to recommend a password program, it would have been LastPass….. But turns out that was not a good choice for some!
AI making movie posters:
Someone asked AI to make some horror movie posters of board games:
Wavecity
This is a free, web based, audio editor! I would have never thought this possible ten years ago..
Audiostrip
You can now take a song, and pull out the vocals, drums and strings separately to edit in garageband or other programs!
This same type of software was used in the Beatles documentary to filter out all the background noise.
@creatingmusicandsound AudioStrip AI Music Stems #audiostrip #stems #musicstems #ai #pinkfloyd #drummersoftiktok #musicproduction
♬ original sound - Jon Mattox
So you can do cool things like deconstructing any old song
@creatingmusicandsound The Magic of Shining Star By Earth Wind & Fire 🙏 #shiningstar #earthwindandfire
♬ original sound - Jon Mattox
Or replacing a drumloop:
@creatingmusicandsound Replying to @Jon Mattox #stayinalive #beegees #michaeljackson #steviewonder #talkingheads #queen #indeed #frankivalli #pinkfloyd
♬ Stayin Alive - Bee Gees
Orion monitor
You can turn your Mac into a second screen or do other things with a video capture device and some software:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hdmi-monitor-orion/id6459355072