Year: 2022

Apple TV+ ‘Black Bird’ series with Ray Liotta notches 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

CompuScoop Staff July 7, 2022 0

The new Apple TV+ limited series “Black Bird” with Ray Liotta in his last television role currently has a stellar 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

“Black Bird” is inspired by actual events. When high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to elicit a confession and find out where the bodies of several young girls are buried before Hall’s appeal goes through. But is this suspected killer telling the truth? Or is it just another tale from a serial liar? This dramatic and captivating story subverts the crime genre by enlisting the help of the very people put behind bars to solve its mysteries.

Apple TV Plus has been on a roll this year, releasing great series like Severance and Pachinko. Now, another acclaimed show is hitting the service. The true crime thriller Black Bird is one of our picks for what to watch in July and currently has a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes (opens in new tab).

Black Bird features the last TV performance by the late Ray Liotta, who died in May. Crime novelist Dennis Lehane, who developed the limited series, called Liotta “the most electric American actor of his generation.”

Lehane wrote the role of policeman Big Jim Keene specifically for the star of notable films like Goodfellas and Field of Dreams and Emmy winner for a guest stint on ER.

Speaking of Emmys, Black Bird and its stars may be on the shortlists next year in the limited series categories.

Via: Tom's Guide

Did You Know: You can use YouTube.com with Keyboard Shortcuts?

Dan Uff July 6, 2022 1

The other day I was on YouTube and noticed an option called Keyboard Shortcuts in the Manage Section (your YouTube icon in the upper-right corner - at the bottom of the drop-down menu). These shortcuts work with all web browsers (including Safari).

Below is a screen shot of the list. Enjoy!

Apple has (again) lowered the trade-in values of old hardware

Dan Uff July 5, 2022 0

Apple has once again lowered the trade-in value of the below hardware. One can use the trade-in value towards new hardware.

Here's a list:

• iPhone 12 Pro Max: Up to $600, down from $650
• iPhone 12 Pro: Up to $500, down from $550
• iPhone 12: Up to $400, down from $420
• iPhone 12 miin: Up to $300, down from $320

• iMac: Up to $830, down from $850
• Mac Pro: Up to $1800, down from $2000
• Mac mini: Up to $400, down from $450

• iPad Pro: Up to $555, down from $655
• iPad Air: Up to $275, down from $290

Source: Apple / MacRumors.com

The company first lowered the value back in the beginning of 2022.

Problem: Mac Boots to Circle with Line Through it / Solution: Read this

Dan Uff July 2, 2022 0

Rarely, your Mac may boot and it shows a circle with a line through it. What the !@#$%^&*() does that mean, and how to fix it? Then read this.

The icon means that you (or someone else) installed another operating system that your Mac cannot boot into. This can be for various reasons, and none of them are a good outcome, but there are things you can do to get your Mac back.

Reason #1:
You're trying to install a version of MacOS that's not compatible with the current hardware. Such as trying to install an Intel version on an M1 Mac or visa-versa. In that case, you must install a compatible version.

Repair the Disk:

Sometimes the prohibitory symbol shows up due to boot error, or an error after a system software update (automatic or otherwise). This is usually easy to fix.

Shut down the Mac by holding the Power button down for 10 seconds until the computer turns off
Press the Power button again to turn on the Mac, then press and hold the Command+R until you boot into MacOS Recovery mode
From the MacOS Recovery menu, choose “Disk Utility” and select your hard drive, and choose to Repair the startup disk

Reinstall MacOS:

Rarely, macOS needs to be reinstalled on the Mac. Fortunately you can choose to just reinstall the system software itself. You should have a backup available of your data, so that you do not lose anything important in this process.

Shut down the Mac by holding the Power button down for 10 seconds until the Mac is off
Press the Power button again to turn on the Mac, then press and hold the Power Button (Apple Silicon) or Command+R (Intel Mac) until you boot the Mac into MacOS Recovery mode
From the MacOS Recovery menu, choose to Reinstall MacOS and walk through the steps

I cannot stress enough about having a good backup of your Data if you have to do the last idea. The best way to backup is by using Mac's Time Machine. It has gotten me out of some major pickles over the years. For more information about Time Machine, read this official Apple Help Doc.