The panel is back from Macstock and share highlights and lessons from the conference, including creative experimentation, podcast strategy, video production, accessibility, health, digital legacy planning, and useful Mac tools. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jim Rea, Web Bixby, Jeff Gamet, and Mark Fuccio reflect on the friendships and international […]

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The Road to Macstock wraps up with organizer Mike Potter providing last-minute updates for attendees, including his Creator Camp session on why the Mac still matters and a weekend talk about giving old Macs new life. He explains the event’s themed schedule, hotel room situation, late registration options, and what to bring. Mike also teases this year's T-shirt design details, talks about Macstock swag advice, and the value of curiosity, community, and conversation as a highlight of the event. 

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At Flip The Script in San Francisco at WWDC, Vladyslav Hamolia, AI Staff Engineer for MacPaw.discusses the company’s push to become AI-first by rethinking existing products, building internal tools, and supporting third-party vendors. He profiles Eney, the MacPaw AI assistant (available in Setapp) designed to perform tasks, optimize workflows, and improve daily routines. It addresses security while balancing local-first privacy goals with hybrid cloud models. 

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In the CYME booth at NAB in Las Vegas, Matthieu Kopp, Chief Technology Officer, previews the next Peakto release, highlighting support for much larger media libraries, expanded collaboration, guest sharing, and secure on-premise access without cloud uploads. He also discusses other features such as new culling tools, improved ingest control, subclips for video workflows, and […]

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From NAB in Las Vegas, Matt Bach, Senior Product Manager at Puget Systems, explains PugetBench, a free benchmarking tool for end users that tests real applications such as Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and soon Unreal Engine. Matt discusses why real-world benchmarks beat synthetic scores, how software updates can dramatically change performance, and […]

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The Road to Macstock takes us to Dave Hamilton, who previews his Macstock session, “From Curiosity to Capability,” which will focus on practical AI workflows anyone can use. Dave discusses how generative AI has changed coding, project management, proposals, productivity, and procrastination for him. The session will encourage experimentation as a way to get involved as AI tools rapidly evolve.

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