![]() Through hands-on testing, I've concluded I can mostly survive in a single-port world, but that won't be true for everybody. A simple USB-C to USB-A adapter is $20, while Apple's big multiport dongle that gives you HDMI, USB-A and USB-C (the latter for pass-through charging) is $80. There are USB-C dongles and adaptors available for each and every eventuality, but they're inconvenient and often expensive. Yes, if you need a wired Ethernet connection on a daily basis, use sneakernet-delivered USB keys every day, or need to send a video output to an external monitor, it can be a real pain. The battery life was long enough that I didn't need to worry about taking up the power port to connect an external peripheral, and frankly, so many things have migrated to the cloud, that I've even removed the once-ubiquitous key-shaped USB drive from the keychain, where it hung for many years. ![]() The use of a single port for data, video and power - and a not-quite-mainstream one at that - remains the most bedeviling thing about this laptop.Īnd yet, using the 2015 MacBook fairly heavily over a course of months, I also found it wasn't nearly the deal breaker some had feared. There were hopes that we'd see a second port, either USB-C or something else, in this updated model, but that was not to be. If you ask 10 people about the 12-inch MacBook - assuming they know enough about this product to differentiate it from other MacBooks - and they'll all say something along the lines of: "That's the one with just one USB-C port, right?" CNET/Dan Ackerman Still the elephant in the room It took a while to get used to, and it'll never be my favorite keyboard, but I found it was easy to acclimate to after a few days of heavy usage, and I've easily written more than 100,000 words on the 2015 version of this system.ĭan and Joe in the CNET Lab, via the MacBook's 480p webcam. It takes some getting used to, especially if you're accustomed to the deep, clicky physical feedback of other MacBooks or the similar island-style keyboards of most other modern laptops. The nearly edge-to-edge keyboard has very large key faces, yes, but the keys are shallow, barely popping up above the keyboard tray and depressing into the chassis only slightly. Part of the reason for that is the butterfly mechanism under the keyboard. If you wish to use this content in any manner, you need written permission.This is still the thinnest Mac that Apple has ever made. This content was written by Diane Cipollo. Related Articles Editor's Picks Articles Top Ten Articles Previous Features Site MapĬontent copyright © 2022 by Diane Cipollo. Scrivener and Scapple screenshots used by permission of Literature and Latte. Scapple has been around long enough to have a good support structure. Now when you click on the template to start a new Scapple document, you will only open a copy of the template and not the original template. In the General section in the Get Info panel, check the box next to Stationary Pad. Right-click on the document file name in the Finder window and choose Get Info (see screenshot). It's easy to turn your document in to a template.If you need to scale any image, it maintains the correct proportions. As mentioned in the previous article, you can just drag the image file from the Finder window in to Scapple. Working with images is easy in Scapple.Students and academics can buy Scapple with a 15% discount. Scapple is a small one-time payment, requires no account and stores your content locally on your machine. Just download Scapple from the website or app store. You can use Scapple on macOS and Windows.When you get to the edge of the canvas, just begin to draw an object beyond the edge and the canvas will expand automatically. ![]() This freeform feature also has a continuous canvas. Just select both, right-click and choose a connection type from the menu. As Scapple has a freeform system, you are free to set up any type of relationship or connections between your notes, images and other objects.Now let's talk about the rest of the story. ![]() In the previous two articles, we talked about just one example of how to use the Scapple app.
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