https://mgsllc.io/blog.html Guides and deep dives on Apple Intelligence, local AI, Rust, and the Mac apps Plush and Imani. en-us Thu, 05 Nov 2026 01:30:04 +0000 https://mgsllc.io/blog/slideshow-with-music-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/slideshow-with-music-mac/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush Two jobs hide in 'slideshow with music on a Mac': making a video file to share, and playing a slideshow live. Photos and iMovie are free for the first. For the second, Plush runs a photo folder beside an Apple Music tile. https://mgsllc.io/blog/play-multiple-videos-quicktime-vlc-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/play-multiple-videos-quicktime-vlc-mac/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush QuickTime can play multiple videos at once, one window per file, with Command-Return to play or pause them all. VLC on a Mac needs open -n in Terminal, and IINA allows multiple windows by default. Here are the steps, and a one-window option. https://mgsllc.io/blog/loop-video-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/loop-video-mac/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush In QuickTime Player, choose View > Loop or press ⌥⌘L. This guide covers YouTube, VLC, IINA, Photos and A-B loops, then shows how to loop two or three videos side by side, each on its own, in Plush. https://mgsllc.io/blog/ultrawide-monitor-split-screen-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/ultrawide-monitor-split-screen-mac/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush Plush 1.6 adds Split: one big tile on the left and the rest in a grid beside it, sized by dragging the seams. It's free, it was built for ultrawide monitors, and on a 32:9 screen it fits five 16:9 videos with next to no black bars. https://mgsllc.io/blog/multi-screen-app-apple/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/multi-screen-app-apple/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush Apple's Multiview covers Apple TV sports on Apple TV 4K, iPad and Vision Pro, and the Mac isn't on the list. Here is what each Apple device does, and a multi-screen app for Mac. https://mgsllc.io/blog/build-your-own-multiview-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/build-your-own-multiview-mac/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush YouTube TV, the ESPN app and DirecTV each let you build your own multiview, but only from their own service. Here are six Mac layouts that mix services, from a free three-game NBA grid to an eight-tile watch party. https://mgsllc.io/blog/plush-1-5-free-plush-pro/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/plush-1-5-free-plush-pro/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush Plush Media Player is now free with up to 3 tiles at once. Plush Pro, a one-time $2.99 upgrade, unlocks 8 tiles and the advanced features, and everyone who bought Plush before 1.5.0 keeps all of it, free. Thank you. https://mgsllc.io/blog/halloween-ambience-video-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/halloween-ambience-video-mac/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush Three Halloween layouts for a Mac and a TV, a party wall, a horror movie night and a front-window loop, with the setup in order and the sound settings that keep four spooky scenes from turning into noise. https://mgsllc.io/blog/watch-videos-while-working-macbook/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/watch-videos-while-working-macbook/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush No second monitor? Here are the free ways to keep a video in view while you work on a MacBook, and a pinned, resizable, savable one-window setup in Plush. https://mgsllc.io/blog/watch-multiple-videos-mac-one-audio/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/watch-multiple-videos-mac-one-audio/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush Four videos, four soundtracks. Here is how to mute other tabs on a Mac, where the free methods break down, and how Plush's Focus, Adaptive and Chaos sound modes route audio for you. https://mgsllc.io/blog/watch-election-night-2026-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/watch-election-night-2026-mac/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush What is free, what needs a login, when polls close on November 3, and how to follow up to eight network streams and a results map in one Mac window. https://mgsllc.io/blog/split-screen-mac-watch-two-videos/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/split-screen-mac-watch-two-videos/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush Split View gives you two windows and two soundtracks. Here is how to split screen on a Mac with Apple's own tools, where they fall short for video, and how resizable tiles in one window fix it. https://mgsllc.io/blog/shuffle-videos-from-folder-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/shuffle-videos-from-folder-mac/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush QuickTime can't shuffle, Quick Look has no random mode, and Photos wants an import. Here's how to play a folder of videos at random on a Mac, loop it, and run several folders at once. https://mgsllc.io/blog/best-multi-screen-video-players-mac-2026/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/best-multi-screen-video-players-mac-2026/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush Seven Mac App Store apps for playing multiple videos at once, compared on sources, tile count, audio control and price. We make Plush and say so up front. https://mgsllc.io/blog/thanksgiving-parade-football-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/thanksgiving-parade-football-mac/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush A warm, practical Thanksgiving week guide: the 2026 schedule from the Wednesday Netflix game to Black Friday, and a Morning, Afternoon and Night setup for one Mac. https://mgsllc.io/blog/watch-multiple-youtube-videos-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/watch-multiple-youtube-videos-mac/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush YouTube's multiview only works on TVs and phones. Here are the free ways to put several YouTube videos on one Mac screen, where each one breaks down, and how Plush goes past a plain grid with audio focus, sync and shuffle. https://mgsllc.io/blog/watch-multiple-twitch-streams-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/watch-multiple-twitch-streams-mac/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush Twitch retired Squad Stream and macOS stops at two windows. Here's every way to watch two, four or eight Twitch, YouTube and Kick streams at once on a Mac, with chat intact. https://mgsllc.io/blog/multiview-mac-watch-multiple-games/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/multiview-mac-watch-multiple-games/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush YouTube TV, ESPN and Apple TV multiview all skip the Mac. Here is the Safari-vs-Chrome matrix for 13 services, and the one-window setup for watching four games at once. https://mgsllc.io/blog/compare-videos-side-by-side-mac/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/compare-videos-side-by-side-mac/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush Every search result says iMovie. Here's how to just watch two or more local videos next to each other on a Mac, in sync and at half speed, with the free options covered honestly first. https://mgsllc.io/blog/ambient-video-wall-mac-apple-music/ https://mgsllc.io/blog/ambient-video-wall-mac-apple-music/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Plush A practical guide to running Apple Music, a rain or fireplace video, your own photos and a study-with-me stream on one Mac screen, with the free options, their limits, and the Plush recipe that mixes the audio.