THANK YOU! for all the Get Well wishes. They are deeply appreciated. The doctor tells me the surgery to repair my broken leg was successful. Now, I'm on crutches and LOTS of rest for the next five weeks. Sigh... Doing nothing has never been my favorite activity.
To allow me more time to recover, I'm putting The Inside Tips on hold for a week. They'll resume next Monday.
In the news:
Apple released a new update to Big Sur: 11.3. This fixes a lot of problems with macOS 11.2 that affected 3rd-party storage, external monitors, Spotlight, and mail. You'll find the link in System Preferences > Software Update. However, I'm continuing to have problems downloading the update, which others are also reporting. While updating to 11.3 is a good idea, it might make sense to wait a few days for these download bugs to get addressed.
One of the things that Big Sur 11.2 broke on M1 Macs was SoftRAID. This bug is now fixed in 11.3. Tim Standing, technology lead for SoftRAID, wrote a fascinating blog on the challenges in getting storage technology to work with Apple's latest operating system. It's worth reading.
Frame.io announced support for the AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative from Amazon Web Services to accelerate and simplify collaborative content creation with remote teams. AWS for Media & Entertainment is an initiative featuring new and existing services and solutions from AWS and AWS Partners, built specifically for content creators, rights holders, producers, and distributors.
EditShare also announced support for the AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to transform content production, editing and archive workflows.
Blackmagic Design announced a new lower price for its ATEM Mini Pro and ATEM Mini Pro ISO live production switchers. The ATEM Mini Pro was reduced to $495 and the ATEM Mini Pro ISO model became $795.
MoovIT announced Helmut4, a supplementary tool that can assign an individual configuration of the Premiere interface to each user and save personal settings so that only functions relevant to that person are included. When Premiere Pro launches, a configuration file loads that was previously assigned to a user in Helmut4. This file automatically deactivates all functions classified as not relevant for someone. The result is a streamlined user interface that can be individually tailored to a specific person or team of people.
AdvancedTelevision.com reports that Google, Roku and Paramount+ now support HDR10+. As a result, HDR10+ technology is now available from more than 100 different companies, offering advancements to everything from professional content creation to consumer electronics.
