ImagingAVIF vs WebP: When to Use Each Image Format for Photos
AVIF usually offers the smallest file sizes at equivalent quality, but compatibility, browser mix, and…
When an External Hard Drive Stops Mounting, Your Drive's Health Is On the Clock
When an external hard drive stops mounting, the clock is ticking on your chance to recover files. Photos, videos and documents are at risk, and the first call is whether to keep trying or shut the drive down now to save…
Imaging
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ImagingWhy a 12-Megapixel Photo Is 12 MB on Your Phone and 300 KB on a Web Page
You just sent "the original" of your 12-megapixel phone photo. Your kids can still wave with their arms…
ImagingHow to Remove EXIF and GPS Data From Photos Before You Post Them
Digital photos often carry hidden metadata that includes information like shooting location, camera…
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Sound
All soundWAV, FLAC and MP3: What Is Actually Lost at Each Step
WAV is simply a container for PCM audio data, the raw digital recording that producers actually work with. FLAC then…
What Does LUFS Mean for Podcast? Mastering Integrated Loudness, Explained
Podcasters are used to the baffling measurement of LUFS kicking them in the head. An established podcast doesn't just…
Fixing USB Microphone Clipping and Distortion
Is your USB microphone clipping and distorting in recordings? You may instinctively think the microphone itself is at…
How Much Space Does an Hour of Audio Take?
To size a hard drive or a storage plan for an audio archive, podcast, or recording project, you need to know how much…
XLR vs. USB Microphones: Which Is Better for One-Person Recording?
When starting a solo podcast or voiceover project, the choice between an XLR and a USB microphone can seem daunting.…
Video
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VideoH.264 vs. HEVC vs. AV1: What Each One Costs You in Size, Quality and Compatibility
Publishing video in the modern web is a balance of three things: the quality the audience demands, the…
VideoYour Video Looks Fine Locally but Blurry after Upload: What Platforms Do to It
Many content creators have been there: a video looks sharp on the local machine, but loses clarity and…
VideoSRT vs VTT Subtitles: Which One to Hand a Player
Subtitle formats are a vexed matter for media projects. Putting the time codes, translations, and layout…
- How Much Space Does an Hour of 1080p Video Take?reference
- What to Do When Video Plays with No Sound on TVtroubleshooting
Files
All filesWhy Renaming a File Extension Does Not Solve Compatibility Issues
Renaming a file extension does not solve media compatibility problems. Rename a file to.mp4, and everyone can watch it…
ZIP, 7z and tar.gz: What Each One Is For and What It Actually Does
Understanding ZIP, 7z, and tar.gz means understanding not only what each archive format does, but also the strengths…
How to Identify a File Type Without an Extension
When you can't open a file, it might be using an extension trick that no program recognizes. You'll find out what the…
TTF vs OTF vs WOFF2: Which Font File You Need and Where
If you have ever swapped fonts from desktop design to web delivery, you might think it's about TTF versus OTF. But the…
How to Archive Files Long Term: Protecting Data for Decades
Archiving files for the long term presents two main challenges: retaining readable data, and keeping it usable in a…
Publishing
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PublishingRSS, Atom and JSON Feed: What to Publish Now, and Why You Might Publish Two
Adding a syndication feed? The real choice is not “RSS vs Atom vs JSON Feed" — it’s whether you can…
PublishingSPF, DKIM and DMARC: Setup Guide for Transactional and Marketing Mail Delivery
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are all parts of a digital keychain securing the front door of email. Only when the…
PublishingHow to Move a Website to a New Domain
Before a single redirect goes live, every address on the old site needs a destination on the new one…
Storage
All storageHow to Export All My Files From a Cloud Service
When that a file download must be viewed as a copy, not an exact export, it highlights how metadata—not just the…
How Long Do Hard Drives, SSDs and Memory Cards Actually Keep Data?
When a hard drive or SSD sits unpowered on a shelf, it faces two separate challenges: keeping data reliably in-memory…
Why Does My 1 TB Drive Show 931 GB?
A 1 TB hard drive labels 1 TB as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. But check the File Explorer in Windows, or Disk Utility on a…
RAID Is Not a Backup: What Each Level Actually Protects Against
Many users think that RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 6 offer some kind of data protection; but RAID provides no guarantees of…
When an External Hard Drive Stops Mounting, Your Drive's Health Is On the Clock
When an external hard drive stops mounting, the clock is ticking on your chance to recover files. Photos, videos and…
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