I am really excited to tell you about my latest video tutorial for ScreenCastsOnline, how to do a clean install of macOS. I’m excited because it was one of the most terrifying and challenging tutorials I’ve ever created. This was a very difficult video to create for several reasons.
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I Built a Hackintosh – By Trevor Drover
Creating a Hackintosh is not endorsed by Podfeet Podcasts. This post is meant to inspire the geek in all of us and to look at creative ways to make tech work for you. See relevant Laws in your own country before testing a solution like this. When Mojave was released last year I was disappointed […]
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In Case of Emergency, Open Home Inventory
The Theft Many years ago, Steve and I traveled to Florida with the kids on an airline that no longer exists called Trans World Airlines, also known as TWA. I made the critical error of carrying my jewelry in my checked luggage. I’m sure you’ve guessed the second part of that story. When TWA gave […]
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Sleep Tracking Isn’t Stupid – by Jill McKinley
Better Sleep from Going to Bed Earlier I am Jill from the Northwoods. I have listened quietly to Allison and Bart for years. I work for a software company and used to be a systems administrator. I love learning how fully use gadgets and software to make life better and more enjoyable. I heard somewhere […]
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Why You NEED a DJI Osmo Pocket – by Joe Dugandzic
DJI Osmo Pocket Size vs iPhone 8 Plus So you’ve heard about those camera gimbal gizmos, right? Maybe you’ve even seen them out “in the wild” and thought they were pretty cool. But still, you think, “I have the iPhone 11 Pro Max with three cameras on it, and Tim promised that it would be […]
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Apple Watch Series 5 and the Phone Call of Sadness™
Lately, Steve and I have started upgrading our phones and watches every single year. I’m starting to seriously question this strategy. While we can afford to do this, and it’s great fun, in two cases I don’t think we’ve gotten our money’s worth. Last year we promised the kids that we’d flow down our iPhones […]
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I Found an Electronic Doorbell!
My Father the Scavenger My father grew up during the Great Depression and as a result, he became a bit of a scavenger. If he found something interesting like a screw or a nut on the ground, it was quite likely to come home in his pocket. Late in his working career, he was making […]
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Security Bits – 5 October 2019
Followup Bluetooth permissions on iOS A nice article explaining some of the most common legitimate reasons apps me request BlueTooth access: Here’s why so many apps are asking to use Bluetooth on iOS 13 — www.theverge.com/… CloudFlare’s Warp VPN has Finally been Released — blog.cloudflare.com/…, nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… & www.imore.com/… Note that VPNs can provide encryption and […]
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Apple Health: How to Add a Forgotten Workout – by Sandy Foster
This is Sandy Foster again with a little tip. I’m sure I’m not the only person who has forgotten to start a workout on the Apple Watch or the iPhone; it’s important to be able to add it afterwards, of course, and some time ago, I shared a tip for doing just that. In iOS […]
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Sleep Tracking is Stupid
I purposely wrote a clickbait title of “Sleep Tracking is Stupid” for two reasons. One, because it’s fun to rile people up, but more importantly that within some specific parameters, I believe that statement to be true.
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