Category: movies
If you use your Mac to watch any kind of movies… this Application is a must have!
It is my great pleasure to introduce you to Dynamo. Dynamo allows you to play videos faster, slow them down, and skip ads. Ever been bored by the slow pace of training videos? Speed them up! Annoyed by the ads when watching on demand TV or Amazon Prime? Skip them! You’re welcome!
How to safely rip a DVD onto your computer in OSX
Last week my daughter was given a Spider-Man DVD for her birthday from her younger sister. We went to play it from our laptop and watch it on the Apple TV but because of the Disney copy protection it would not work! So we went out to my study and tried to watch it on…
Streaming TV and movies on demand without ads
If you watch TV on your Macbook or iMac here’s a great tip. I’m not sure what happens in the rest of the world, but in Australia when you stream TV on demand from stations like channel 10 or SBS you get between 30 seconds and 2 minutes of ads every 10 minutes or so.…
How to watch HDCP protected movies on a data projector in iTunes
iTunes has copy protection on their movies called HDCP which will not allow you to play iTunes rentals or purchases on some older data projectors. Thankfully there is a simple solution. You just need to watch an SD version of the movie and it does not have the HDCP protection. This is not mentioned…
How to watch a Google Play movie on Apple TV using the YouTube Apple TV App.
There is no Google Play App for the original Apple TV, but you can still watch Google Play movies using Youtube. When you do a search in Youtube, any movies that you have purchased in Google Play appear in the Youtube search results. So even though Apple TV does not have a Google Play App,…
How to extract a movie or photo out of a Keynote presentation – updated for Sierra
There have been many times that I have been given a keynote file from someone, and I wanted to get a movie or picture out of it and save it as a separate file. Here’s how to do it.
How to play Netflix movies on a data projector from a Mac
I recently tried watching a Netflix movie on a data projector and it would not work. I have subscribed to Netflix, but my data projector is old and Netflix have a copy protection on their service that won’t let you play to older data projectors. Thankfully there is a way around this. You just need…
How to lighten up dark movies on your iMac or projector.
I noticed when watching movies on my 27 inch iMac that they are too dark especially in dark scenes. What I mean is that there are a lot of details in the blacks missing compared to watching on a normal DVD player. I’ve also noticed the same thing when watching a movie on a projector hooked up…
How to copy a DVD movie to your ipad.
Here’s the process for how to copy a DVD to your iPad to watch on a plane or in the car.
How to watch different movie formats on your Mac (eg AVI or WMV) using VLC player.
are so many movies coming round in junk emails these days that you may be happy you can’t play WMV files. But just in case you want to look at one, here’s how.
3 things I don’t have an answer to!
I try to answer most Mac problems, but here are three things that have me stumped!
How to download a dropbox movie file from Safari.
I recently was sent a link to a movie file in someone’s dropbox via email…
How to play any kind of movie on a mac including AVI files
Playing AVI files on a mac
Does my Mac need a bigger Hard Disk?
Did you know that more free space your Hard Drive has the faster it will operate? Here’s how to see how full your macintosh computer hard disk is and what to do about it.
How to make a movie trailer
You’ve just gotta love the new iMovie 11 – It comes with built in movie trailers as themes!
Switching to OS X
Switching to OS X from a PC is a big change. Here are a some of my random thoughts on the transition.
How to save a movie for playing on a PC
The safest way to save a movie from a Macintosh computer that you want to transfer to a PC is to save it as an AVI file.
How to put a DVD movie onto your ipod
How to copy a DVD to your iPod or iPad.
Snow Leopard First Impressions
There was a knock on the door at 10 past 8 this morning – it was the Snow Leopard delivery man. I live in Dubbo, NSW, 6 hours drive from Sydney. I can’t believe Apple’s efficiency!
How to save a youtube video
How to save a youtube video.
How to make a Video CD
How to burn a collection of .mov files to a dvd so that they can be read with a normal dvd player.