On the left is Pinky. She’s set up for my writing with every visual aid I can find, both from Apple’s native apps and those I’ve added – large text, dictation apps and voice over etc. I’ve even got Siri set to an Irish accent. It has had a customised nano screen fitted to it which cuts down the glare that tires my eyes so quickly. She’s also got my microphone attached so will be the Mac I use for podcasting when I finally get started.
The only drawback to this magnificent machine is that the nano screen subtly alters the colour. As I am still able to work in Photoshop to some extent, this is important to me and this is where Binky, on the right, comes into her own. Although a much older machine than Pinky, I keep her updated to the latest operating system and she’s colour calibrated to Adobe 1998. (I’m an ex-printer and old habits die hard.) I keep all my old photographs on there, catalogued in Lightroom, so hopefully she’ll be a faithful work horse for quite a few more years.
It took quite a while to get them set up, both physically and properly networked, something that I’d have done quite quickly in the past but when you have to use a magnifying glass to insert a cable, well, it slows things down a bit. But it’s done and now I can get back to procrastinating over my writing and my podcasting.
JJ Grafton 