Regarding my previous post about picking which hand to write with, I think the reason behind making me choose one was that they thought I wouldn’t be able to improve my handwriting while using both. If you see my handwriting now, you would realize that’s a fool’s errand anyway!
When I was a real little kid, maybe in kindergarten, I wrote with both (either) hands. I don’t think I even knew I was doing it or that it was different. “They”* told me that I couldn’t do that, I had to pick one. I asked what did most people write with and they told me the right hand, so that’s what I went with. I sometimes wonder what would have happened if I picked the left hand or was allowed to continue to use both.
* I think “they” were my father and grandmother, but I don’t know for sure.
My new Mac Studio M2 Max, Final Cut Pro, and my 2017 iMac
I got a new Mac Studio last Friday (“just” the Max version), and Final Cut Pro with it. I’m having as much fun learning FCP as I do with Logic, another app I love. While I don’t have super great ideas for content, I have some ideas of how to shoot with multiple cameras and NOT do those annoying jump cuts. It’s not rocket science.
I also got a Luna Display so I could use my 2017 5K Retina iMac as a second monitor. It works pretty well, but not quite as well as I would like. They did warn me. Video playback isn’t great and moving stuff around can get blurry. It’s a shame that this is the best solution to keep using the iMac’s great display with another computer. I mean, they did a great job and the price might seem high but it’s less than any 5K display out there. It’s also better than the old Samsung 21.5″ monitor I was using as a second display. That was great back in the day when I bought it, but next to a 5K Retina display it’s almost hard to look at.
I’m also sometimes having trouble losing focus of the keyboard and/or trackpad at times. I think sometimes the stuff I’m doing is getting sent to the iMac itself instead of the Luna Display on it. Sometimes, commands get lost. There was one point where I was doing stuff in FCP that required the option key and it didn’t work at all until I disconnected the Luna display.
My primary display for the Mac Studio is an LG 5K Ultrafine, the same monitor Apple used to sell before they started selling their own 5K Studio Display. OWC had a bunch of “used” ones that were in excellent condition for around $700. I should have bought two, though. It doesn’t have all the features of the Studio Display (six speakers with Spatial Audio, three mic array, 12 MP Ultra Wide camera with Center Stage, though the stand is more adjustable than the tilt-only stand at the low end of the Studio Display), but I can make those up other ways, like the Continuity Camera with my iPhone 14 Pro. I still might get a Studio Display at some point, or if I find a good deal on another LG of the same model. I’m not sure I want to just buy a used one on eBay but I have seen reputable sellers selling used ones around the same price.
The other cool thing is the keyboard and trackpad sharing between the Mac Studio and iMac. I’m using one keyboard and trackpad with both computers and it’s perfectly seamless. It has been great when I want to go between the two computers to get the settings from the iMac and copy them on the Mac Studio. I can even literally copy and paste from one computer to the other as if they were the same machine.
Overall, I’m pretty happy though I’m still getting used to the setup (two 27″ monitors on my desk is a lot and I have to leave room for my audio monitors (speakers)). And even though I haven’t pushed it, I can tell it is much faster and smoother than the iMac. It runs cooler processor temperatures, too. That’s another negative about using the iMac as a display is that it’s likely using more energy and generating more heat than the Studio Display would.
One thing I find annoying about the various App Stores from Apple is that once you buy or download an app from the store, there isn’t a way to know how much it was. Or, if you did an in-app purchase, which one you did. I guess you can dig into your account info *in the Music app* and scroll around, year by year, until you find it.
Mark that as an item I didn’t even know I had on my bucket list, ✅ completed.
I will let you know when our podcast episode interview with Bill Payne is available, part one should be next week.
https://keyboardchronicles.com it will be on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts
If you’re going to be literal about the text of the U. S. Constitution, doesn’t that mean that Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky get left out every time it references States?
OceanGate — the scandal name is already built-in!
People’s use of language is bizarre. On one hand, they’ll do anything to shorten a name or phrase (“insta” “my Facebook” “JLo”), OTOH, they’ll use unnecessary phrases like “out and about” without thinking. Here’s an example.
“I’d expect it to take at least a few hours for [power restoration crews] to get out and about and address fallen trees and other issues.”
Are all tropical storms this year named after SCOTUS justices, or just the ones owned by billionaires?
I don’t like repeating myself, I don’t like being redundant, and I don’t like saying the same thing over and over