Leo Xiong

Transferring files between iPad and Mac at gigabit speeds

Recently I had a need to transfer about 100 gigabytes of files across from my iPad to my Mac. iCloud Drive and USBs were too slow, and AirDrop wasn't very stable. So here's a trick to share them over SMB. Connect the iPad and Mac with a USB cable and

Outback road trip

This Christmas break we went on an impromptu 6-day road trip to rural Australia - you've gotta visit Outback Australia at least once, right? This road trip is brought to you by... Maccas!The drive there...The roads between Sydney and Dubbo are pretty similar to New Zealand roads. The

Thoughts on the EOS R6

I've been shooting with my Canon EOS R6 for about a month now and here's my thoughts on it so far. Feb 2020 update: I switched to the EOS R5 The goodImage stabilizationThe image stabilization (IS) and in-body image stabalization (IBIS) is really impressive. Maybe it's because it's my first

Superb Fairywrens

Some shots of Superb Fairywrens at Liberty Grove, from a RF 100-500 L IS USM handheld. The blue colored one is male and the other is female.

Northern Beaches

Drove up to Palm Beach and took some photos along the way.

The Gap

As my friend and I headed down from The Gap lookout, we noticed a someone sitting alone on the bench who seemed a bit empty. The Gap is a really beautiful place, with high cliffs and an expansive view out to sea. But it’s hard not to have a

iPhod

If you've ever needed a burner iDevice, this is your solution. $299 AU iPod Touch$59 AU Belkin 10,000 mAh battery$29 AU Huawei 4G USB WiFi modem (E8372)and some double sided to tape it all togetherWorks great!

Sydney Zoo

These photos were taken at Sydney Zoo to test the new Canon EOS R6 and a RF 100-500 f/4.5-7.1 L USM I picked up recently. I settled on the EOS R6 as it is a well-rounded mirrorless camera around the $3500 AUD mark. Other comparable bodies I

Corrupted microSD cards

The Raspberry Pi I ordered last month suddenly stopped booting today. I tried re-imaging the microSD a couple times but was still having the same issue. Doing some tests, it seems the SD card is corrupting data, the data written and data read back doesn't match. Ratchet :: Desktop/ubuntu-img/20.

AirPlay across broadcast domains

AirPlay is great and "just works" if all your devices are on the same network. But if your device and TV are on separate broadcast domains, for example different VLANs, they will not be able to discover each other. Luckily the solution is simple. Find somewhere to run Linux (in