Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. UK backs down from nonsensical law after threats from Apple, WhatsApp — appleinsider.com/… (in a dishonest way, but better than nothing) Deep Dive — LastPass Vaults are Being Cracked (Follow the Money!) It was […]
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NC #957 Do Not Disturb on macOS, Deleting Audio Workouts, TouchRetouch, Why It Takes Me So Long
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, September 10, 2023, and this is show number 957. mp3 download Scheduling for the NosillaCast has become a full-time job for me, but I think with the help […]
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Why It Took Me Over Two Hours to Write a 623-Word Blog Post About watchOS Workouts
These Fancy Screenshots Are Why I’m pretty sure I wrote an article a while ago about why it sometimes takes me so long to write the blog posts that serve as companion content to the NosillaCast podcast. I’ve got another great example to tell you about. This week wrote a tiny tip about my discovery […]
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Object-Aware Image Fixing with TouchRetouch
Back in 2018, I told you about a tool called TouchRetouch for iOS from ADVA Soft. The problem to be solved is that you’ve taken a great photo, but there are things in the photo you’d like to remove. In the last five years, it’s come a very long way. Late last year I created […]
Continue readingAudio Workouts Rudely at the Top of Workouts
Audio Workouts Rudely at the Top In 2021, Apple added a feature called “Time to Walk” in the Apple Watch. The idea is that while you walk (or run) you listen to someone famous telling stories. I’ve listened to a few, including Dolly Parton and Hannah Waddingham. They were both lovely experiences. Hannah walked in […]
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Tiny Tip — Do Not Disturb is Right at Your Fingertips
Focus in Control Center Back in 2021, Apple introduced a new feature called Focus Modes. Basically, it’s Do Not Disturb on steroids. I know it’s really capable and lets you do all kinds of fancy tailoring of who can disturb you under which modes so you can focus better on the task at hand, but […]
Continue readingNC #956 Three Microphones by Jill, Nerdy Explanation of Why Apple Might Change the iPhone to Titanium, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, September 3, 2023, and this is show number 956. mp3 download We have the announcement date for the next Apple event — it will be at 10 AM […]
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A Tale of Three Microphones — by Jill from the Northwoods
Hello, this is Jill from the North Woods. When I got started in podcasting, Allison was so great and helped me in so many ways and gave me advice on things I knew nothing about, including microphones. The first microphone I owned came as a recommendation. It was the ATR-2100. This microphone, as she told […]
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Why Might Apple Create a Titanium iPhone?
Marks’ Handbook from My Dad in 1978 It’s the time of year when the wild and unsubstantiated rumors about the new iPhone and Apple Watch are resolving into less wild and more substantiated rumors. In less than two weeks we’ll know what’s coming but the frenzy doesn’t slow down just because we’ll know soon. One […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 3 September 2023
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. An excellent overview of the NightOwl saga we mentioned last time: Did the NightOwl app really join Macs to a botnet army? — www.intego.com/… A fresh campaign has been launched to try pressure Apple […]
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