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The Up-to-the-Job Edition Sunday, August 19, 2018

A Year With Apple's 5K iMac: Still The Best Mac For Your Money, by Vadim Yuryev, AppleInsider

After working in video editing full-time on the iMac 5K since it was released, I can tell you it's really up to the job. I've used a top-spec 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro a few times, and it paled in comparison. We shoot and edit everything in 4K and perform a lot of stabilization, and since this processes almost twice as fast on this iMac 5K compared to the MacBook Pro, the time savings really add up throughout the day.

Best Photo Editing Apps For Mac In 2018, by Lory Gil, iMore

The built-in Photos app on Mac offers several useful photo editing tools. You can crop, adjust lighting and color, set the white balance, add filters, remove unwanted blemishes, and a few more things. However, in all honesty? It's not really meant to be a robust editing app, so If you are looking for something to really finish your photos right, we've got a list of the best photo editors for Mac right here. Let's go!

Can Apple Out-Netflix Netflix, by David Simon, VentureBeat

We have screens around us all the time. Apple may be the first to connect those screens to a singular, high-quality TV experience manager we all already carry in our pockets. If Apple does this right no one will be able to touch it, and it will reinvent the future of entertainment … again.

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I'm sure the iMac computers are still great. But the iPhone halo effect is real: If a computer has not been updated for at least a year, it is out-dated, we feel.

Maybe Apple should get back to the business of having new colors every year.

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Unfortunately, unlike the old iMac G3, there's really not a lot of surface area to exhibit new colors. Especially as Apple moves towards a bezel-less design for all of its computers.

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Thanks for reading.