This is how to disable hard drive sleep from the macOS command-line. Simply disabling hard drive sleep within Energy Saver often does not work. Before I ran this command, my USB external hard drives were going to sleep at night and that was causing my cloud backup to stop. This was the fix for my
This is how to adjust the DJI Mavic Air's gimbal wheel speed. To create "cinematic looking" video, a slower gimbal wheel speed is imperative. This is the gimbal wheel speed setting that I use for my Mavic Air. Please share and be sure to subscribe to my channel and watch my other DJI Mavic Air
This is how to attach the gimbal guard to the DJI Mavic Air. This should only be attached while the drone is not being flown and it MAY better protect the drone's camera during transport.
This is how to initialize a hard drive within macOS using the command-line. If you've encountered errors initializing a hard drive using Disk Utility, there is a good chance that following this procedure to initialize the hard drive via the command-line may work. I found this procedure because I had built a concatenated RAID disk
This is how to create a thumbnail for a YouTube video. I'm demonstrating using the Pixelmator application but other photo editing applications may worked well too. When I create a video thumbnail, I always choose a photo that is visually pleasing and relevant. I almost always incorporate bold text. The only exceptions are when the
This is how to bake sausage. Baking sausage is often a lot easier and less messy than cooking sausage in a skillet. Please keep in mind that different thicknesses of sausage will likely take longer to cook. #sausage #cooking
Even high-end cameras often contain microphones of mediocre quality. The only way to capture excellent quality for video productions is to record the audio using an external microphone. After audio has been recorded from both the camera's internal microphones and the high-quality external microphone, it's then easy to replace the camera's audio with high-quality external
This is how to edit 360 degree video within Final Cut Pro X 10.4. Spherical video editing is one of the most awesome new features within Final Cut Pro X. I was an early adopter of VR camera but I had the VR hardware before the software had caught up. Fortunately I filmed several VR
This is how to setup a web server with Amazon Web Services ("AWS"). I've been a computer nerd for many decades and my first web server was a colocated Slackware Linux box. Web hosting options have come a long way since then! I love AWS because it's affordable, scalable and easy to setup! AWS initial
This is how to unlock a Volkswagen with a key. I'm demonstrating using a 2017 Volkswagen Passat SEL Premium. Finding the VW key hole is likely the hardest part! After that, it's likely easy. If you're stranded on the side of the road with a dead VW key fob battery, I hope that this video