Macstock News
Macstock on BrettTerpstra.com!
Macstock received a great write-up at BrettTerpstra.com this week that perfectly encapsulates why we decided to launch Barry's Midwest Mac BBQ and Macstock last year. Brett writes: I always loved attending Macworld, and almost entirely because of the people I’d meet...
Macstock Makes List of Annual Apple Conferences at TidBITS
Macstock makes TidBITS' list of 31 Conferences for Mac and iOS Professionals in 2016! Thanks to Adam and Josh for including us in this year's line-up! If, like so many others, you find yourself missing the "community" of Macworld, don't forget there are plenty of...
Tom Piper: The Apple User Group Community
In this short presentation from Macstock Conference & Expo 2015, Tom Piper, vendor liaison for the Apple User Group Advisory Board, explains the value of Apple User Groups, some of the challenges facing them, and the importance of User Groups to the Apple...
Chuck Joiner: Better Living Through Apple Tech
Whether it is in their personal or professional life, everyone wants to do more, better, faster. In the rush to accomplish those goals, you can lose track of the objective while pursuing how to accomplish it. If managed properly, your Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch...
Dave Ginsburg: Apple Watch – The Useful Apps and Future Ones
In this talk at Macstock Conference & Expo 2015, Dave Ginsburg reviews some of the best apps currently available for the Apple Watch as well as takes a look forward to what apps may be coming with the release of Apple’s watchOS 2 this fall....
Dave Hamilton: How to Give and Receive Tech Support – The Human Angle
We all either give or receive tech support (or both) as a matter of course in our daily lives. During these interactions it’s easy to lose the human element. In Dave Hamilton’s thirty-plus years of both giving and receiving tech support he’s learned a few things about...
Julie Kuehl: Life as a Digital Nomad
Mac laptops are powerful enough that many people use them as their desktop machine. But when in their native environment – a coffee shop or backpack – a few adjustments might be needed. At Macstock Conference & Expo 2015, Julie Kuehl talks about what apps, habits,...
Guy Serle: What Kind of Mac Should You Get?
Buying a Mac is a deeply personal experience, but at Macstock Conference & Expo 2015, Guy Serle and Gary "Gazmaz" Malpas break the process of buying a Mac down with three examples and then give a surprise twist at the end....
10 Terminal Tips: Commands Covered
Below are the terminal commands covered in Mike's 10 Terminal Tips for Mac Users talk at Macstock 2015! Reveal Hidden files in the Finder: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killall Finder Select Text in Quick Look: defaults write com.apple.finder...
Why You Should Upgrade to AfterShot Pro
It won’t be long now until you can finally start taking control of your RAW photos and better manage your image library with your complimentary copy of Corel’s AfterShot 2. If you’re serious about your photos and photography, you should know that this is really just...
Corel AfterShot Keyboard Shortcuts
By Alex Brazeau Hi again Macstock-ers, If you’ve been following our multi-part series here as part of this year’s conference, you’ll know that speed to results is a major focus of the AfterShot team. It’s our mission to get you in and out of AfterShot as quickly as...
From Photos to AfterShot & Why You Should Upgrade
By Alex Brazeau Hey Mackstock-ers, Photo editing on the Mac is changing—and the change has just begun! With the recent debut of Photos and its planned addition of extensions, it’s an interesting time for photographers to be on the Mac. Now that Part 1 of our series...