Steve and I use HomeKit to control our smart devices. While we can do a lot of what we want, it’s often clumsy, and we get tangled in the terminology. The solution to this problem is obvious. Add more automation. Let’s set up the problem Steve and I were trying to solve, and as I […]
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Retrobatch Real-World Use for Sticker Packs — by Graeme Sheppard
When Allison reviewed Retrobatch from Flying Meat, it seemed like just what I needed for my sticker workflow for our iOS app, PT Sticker Shop, so I downloaded it and set up a couple of workflows on my iMac, testing the waters. I had a couple of niggles, but generally loved it. When my 2-week […]
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The Emergency Mac mini Upgrades of 2023
Last week Steve and I went to visit his parents who live about four hours away. His parents are fantastic about always staying up to date on their apps and doing all security patches on their own because, you know, “stay patched so you stay secure.” But when it comes to major macOS upgrades, we […]
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NC #943 Ironic Timing on Auphonic, Sonos Roam SL, Shottr
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, June 4, 2023, and this is show number 943. mp3 download Live Chat During WWDC If you’re listening to this on Sunday night or early Monday morning, don’t […]
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Oh, the Irony…
Last week you heard me sing the many virtues of Auphonic, the web-based tool I use to do so many wonderful things for my podcast. But things went horribly wrong last week. While I’m recording the live show, Steve always pulls images and links from my blog posts to paste into the live chat room […]
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Shottr — A Gem of a Screenshot Utility at a Surprising Price
Small details have been corrected in this article since it was originally posted. My friend Tim Verpoorten was addicted to buying speakers. My friend Victor Cajiao’s vice was buying disk drives. My addiction is to screenshot apps. It’s only been a year since I declared CleanShot X the best screenshot & annotation tool I’ve ever […]
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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, May 28, 2023, and this is show number 942. mp3 download CCATP #768 — Bart Busschots on PBS 151 of X — Bash: Printf and More MacVoices #23154: […]
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You NEED Another Charger — Anker GaNPrime 65W Charging Station
Anker 65W GaN Charging Station Just to prove to myself that I can write a review that isn’t 2000 words long, I’m going to explain why you might need yet another charger for your devices. It’s table stakes these days that any charger you buy is made with GaN (Gallium Nitride). Compared to the older […]
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CCATP #768 — Bart Busschots on PBS 151 of X — Bash: Printf and More
This week’s Programming By Stealth wasn’t a heavy lift but I managed to get confused a couple of times anyway so expect lots of questions from me in this one. Bart started the show by telling us about a clever tip from listener Jill of Kent about how to detect when the Terminal talking to […]
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Auphonic – Sweetens My Audio and More
Back in 2015, I wrote an article entitled Making Happy Audio in which I walked through the different technologies that I was using to create listenable podcasts. In that article, I sang the virtues of a free, cross-platform tool called The Levelator that would level the audio of an uncompressed recording. It was a marvelous […]
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