Greetings, everyone! Today, I have some very exciting news. PodStream has been released! This is a program that lets you use some of your old iPod's features that are no longer supported in iTunes, such as contacts and calendars. PodStream makes it easy to do all of these things and more! The CreationI love iPods. When I was in fifth grade, my father gave me an iPod 5g Video, iPod Classic 7th generation, and iPod Touch 4th generation. When I received these devices, I was amazed by just how cool they were. I used these iPods very frequently over the next few years. As a result, they quickly became some of my favorite devices of all time. However, I eventually lost interest in them, as my iPod 5g Video and Classic both eventually broke. However, I started getting interested in iPods again when I discovered a YouTuber named DankPods. He inspired me to fix my old iPod 5g Video and to buy an iPod Nano 5th generation. As I experimented with these devices, I got the idea to create PodStream. Shortly after, I began working on it. Creating PodStream was not easy. I had to write a lot of code, solve several problems that came up along the way, and thoroughly test every feature on my iPod Nano. This was hard work, and I often questioned if I'd ever release the program. However, I kept at it and managed to finish writing PodStream. I have to say, the final result was pretty amazing!    CompatibilityPodStream does not work with every iPod ever released. In fact, no iPod Touch or Shuffle is supported by PodStream. However, almost every iPod Mini, Classic, and Nano works with it. You can see the full compatibility chart here. The ConclusionI am very happy with the first release of PodStream. After all, it's pretty awesome! Writing it was not easy, but it was definitely worth it. You download PodStream from the new PodStream page. I really hope you like it! Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful day. |
About a year ago, I reviewed the 2014 Mac mini on this blog. Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that it was still an excellent machine for productivity tasks, but it could also handle some more intense things you threw at it. Thus, it became my daily driver up until I upgraded to a 2017 MacBook Air a few months ago. That being said, I’ve still been using it some, so I thought I’d briefly share how it’s holding up these days. Here are my thoughts on this miniature Macintosh one year later! Performance Over the last year, I’ve been impressed by how much this Mac can handle. It’s rocking a 2.6 GHz dual-core Core i5 with 8 GB of RAM and a Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB SATA SSD. What all that jargon essentially means is that it’s a moderately powerful little computer, although it certainly isn’t going to put newer Macs to shame. Regardless, I’ve been able to do lots of coding, video editing, and schoolwork on this computer, and it has generally worked pretty well. Granted, it can take a while...