Hi! George from Tulsa here, responding to Allison’s request for content while she and Steve safari off to Africa. In June 2024 Mac security company Intego published a blog article “When does an old Mac become unsafe to use?” Intego’s answer, “… if your Mac cannot run the latest version of macOS, it won’t get […]
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Termius – a Mobile Terminal App for iOS & iPadOS by Kurt Liebezeit
Hi, this is PDX_Kurt with a review of the iOS and iPadOS app called Termius, which is a mobile terminal app. What’s a mobile terminal app, you say? Well, most of us have heard of, and possibly used, THE Terminal, which is a utility program built into the MacOS environment. The Terminal is what Bart […]
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Command Line Text Expansion with Espanso by Ed Tobias
Hi folks, this is Ed Tobias AKA Mr. Ed. I’d like to tell you about an open source text expansion app called Espanso. Espanso works a lot like TextExpander, you know, Allison’s second favorite app after Excel? It was created by Federico Terzi, a talented software engineer from Bologna Italy. The app is free, but […]
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NC #1005 Choosing a Color Laser Printer, Elgato Video Setup with Jill from the Northwoods, Adam Engst on Troubleshooting
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 Thursday, August 8, 2024, and this is show number 1005. This show is coming out early, because Steve and I leave on Saturday for our 3-week African adventure to […]
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CCATP #798 Adam Engst on Troubleshooting
This week our guest is the venerable Adam Engst of TidBITS. Adam wrote an article recently about his solar inverters that ended up being a story about troubleshooting. That inspired me last week to tell you our troubleshooting story about our home network. We thought it would be fun to go through Adam’s story and […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #1004 Cleaning Up Apple Contacts, Amorus Magnetic Phone Chest Mount, Networking Surprise Ending, 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, August 4, 2024, and this is show number 1004. That’s a lot of 4s in one show introduction, and 4 is our daughter Lindsay’s favorite number, and, today […]
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Choosing a Color Laser Printer – Brother MFC‑L3780CDW
Back in 2015, Steven Goetz wrote a review for the show entitled Have You Considered a Brother Laser Printer? He gave compelling reasons why a laser printer was superior to an inkjet printer, specifically for those who don’t need color. As a home user, I knew I needed color. Steve and I were firmly entrenched […]
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Make Over-the-Shoulder Videos with Amorus Hands-Free Magnetic Phone Chest Mount
Have you ever wanted to demonstrate something you’re doing with your hands in a video? For example, Marc Loehrwald and I were trading videos back and forth trying to troubleshoot a problem he was having with a memory card and different adapters into his new iPad Pro. It was quite the feat while holding the […]
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A Surprise Ending to a Networking Problem
I’ve got a networking adventure to tell you about that has a very surprising ending. While the specifics of the story will be recounted purely for your entertainment, there are some steps along the way that might help you in diagnosing technical problems. Remember, we have two engineers with masters degrees in the house so […]
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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, July 28, 2024, and this is show number 1003. Before we get started, it’s time for my annual call for content because we’re going on vacation. This time […]
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