Fifty bucks for a terabyte of storage ain’t a bad way to go.

The G-Technology G-Drive 1TB mobile hard drive is down to $49.99 on B&H. This same drive sells for $85 at Amazon and $90 at Best Buy.

This hard drive comes formatted for Mac devices. It can work with Windows, but it will need reformatting, which means losing anything you’ve put on it already. Features include:

1TB Storage Capacity
USB Type-C and USB Type-A Connectivity
Up to 130 MB/s Data Transfer Speed
Two Types of USB Cables Included
Supports Time Machine & File Vault
Plug-and-Play
This hard drive is backed by a three-year warranty.

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Unifying your platform is hard. Apple has some advantages, but it is also far behind when compared to Microsoft.

Microsoft was both lauded and derided for its Universal Windows Platform (UWP). UWP is meant to give developers a way to share code and resources easily between app projects, making it easier to target different hardware like phone, PC, tablets, and Xbox.

UWP is not a ”write once, deploy everywhere” model, though in some ways it can be used as such. Nor is it only about phones, which apparently are on the sideline now for Microsoft. UWP is about building a next-generation app platform that can quickly adapt to new hardware paradigms, whether it is Windows Mixed Reality, traditional PCs, tablets, mobile devices, or your living room.

In a new report from Bloomberg, Mark Gurman, a writer who is well known for his accurate Apple leaks, details how the company is attempting to combine ”iPhone, iPad and Mac apps to create one user experience.”

Let’s talk about what that mean…

You know you want a Touch Bar.

Apple’s MacBook Pro with touch bar is only $1,399 at Adorama. The same laptop goes for as much as $1,750 at Newegg and Amazon. This deal is even better than refurbished versions, which go for $1,519 at Apple.

This is a late 2016 model. While it has been discontinued by Apple, it’s still a very modern machine. The newer version is almost $500 more expensive.

The specifications on this model include:

2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 Dual-Core
8GB of 2133 MHz RAM | 512GB PCIe SSD
13.3-inch 2560 x 1600 Retina Display
Integrated Intel Iris Graphics 550
802.11ac Wi-Fi | Bluetooth 4.2
4 x Thunderbolt 3 (USB Type-C) Ports
It’s covered by a one-year warranty from Apple.

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The very first time I laid eyes on the Light L16 camera, I knew I had to test it. Sixteen individual 13MP sensors ranging from 28mm to 150mm, laid out in a scattershot pattern without even the pretense of adhering to a grid, festooned with steerable mirrors that wiggled and warbled as they fixed those big mechanical eyes on a subject … it was the perfect mix of oversized smartphone and terrifying Matrix robo-spider. I snapped one up as soon as it went on sale.

Unfortunately, I very quickly encountered many of the problems I’d read about – all of which trace themselves back to the core promise of the product. Light calls the L16 the ”camera of the future,” and given its potent mixture of cutting-edge technology and the hefty $1950 price tag, I expected nothing less. Sadly, though, the photos the L16 delivered fell far short of the pictures kicked out by my Pixel 2 XL – disappointments which continued even after a software update and a trip through …

How do you replace all your old physical media — your music, newspapers and magazines, books and comics, movies and TV shows, with shiny, new, space-saving bits? More easily than you might think!

Too. Much. Stuff. That’s how I felt. trapped by shelves full of DVDs and Blu-Rays. Piles of magazines and books. Boxes of comics and graphic novels. Stacks of old CDs and cassettes (ask your parents!). And I wanted out. I needed out. Sure, physical objects are magnificent and there’s something about the glint of an optical disc, the smell of paper and ink, the crinkle of covers, that’s compelling and real in a way no digital content could ever be. But physical objects take up space both physically and mentally, and de-cluttering yourself from them — that can be the best, most liberating feeling of all.

Over the last few years I’ve been deliberately reducing the amount of stuff I own. This year, I’m moving and that’s drastically accelerated the process. There’s nothing…

To prevent losing all your WhatsApp data, you gotta back dat app up.

WhatsApp uses iCloud to backup your chats to the cloud. Your chat logs and account data are secure in case you ever ever lose your phone and need to pick back up where you left off.

How to turn on iCloud Drive for WhatsApp backups on iPhone

First off, you’ll want to confirm that you’ve got iCloud turned on and set up to back up WhatsApp data.

Launch Settings from your Home screen.
Swipe up to scroll down the menu until you see iCloud.
Tap on the iCloud button.
Tap on iCloud Drive button.

Tap the turn iCloud drive on if it is off.
Ensure that iCloud access for WhatsApp is turned on. Apps are list in alphabetical order, so WhatsApp should be near the end.

How to back up your data to iCloud

Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen.
Tap on Settings. It’s the gear icon in the bottom right corner.
Tap the Chats button.
Tap on Chat backup.

Tap Back Up Now to upload your chat data to your iCloud storage. If you…

These are the best of the best pro apps in their categories.

If you’ve just picked up a new iMac Pro, chances are you already have a suite of software you rely on for your work. But if you’re curious as to what else is out there for pro users, I’ve put together some of the best apps for pro work in various disciplines.

This isn’t every pro app on the market, nor is this list filled with apps from every discipline*. But after surveying many of my pro friends, fellow Mobile Nations coworkers, and Twitter, I’d like to think it’s a good primer on some of the many excellent pro apps out there.

*Notably absent at present are science, astronomy, and math-related apps — scientists and mathemeticians, hit me up in the comments! What should we be checking out?

Video apps

Final Cut Pro X: I’ve used Apple’s pro video editor since high school, and I can’t imagine cutting clips together any other way. Final Cut has its rivals, but Apple continually rethinks what it means to be a no…