I’ve written an email to send to my friends and family trying to give them a heads-up about passkeys. My goal is to tell them not to be afraid of the concept because it really does sound too good to be true. I’m not going to explain to them the details of how passkeys work, […]
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Bartender 5 is a Major Upgrade in Style and Features
I think the first time I talked about the wonderful menu bar app organizer, Bartender, was in January of 2014. When I do my annual nuke and pave, Bartender is in the top list of critical apps I install first. It also has a warm place in my heart because it reminds me of the […]
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Hidden Punctuation Tricks in macOS with Keyboard Viewer
One of the delights of using electronic devices is when you accidentally discover a hidden capability. A few years ago I was hammering away on the keyboard on my Mac and I accidentally hit the semicolon while holding down the Option key. Out popped an ellipsis – those three periods that are used to convey […]
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3 iPads Compared Showing Their Pencil OptionsClick for Fullsize Image When the latest iPads came out, it was obvious that Apple had produced one of their most confusing product lineups since the old Performa days of the 1990s. Some have Touch ID, some have Face ID, some have Lightning, some have USB-C, and some have […]
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Security Bits — 29 October 2023
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Passkeys continue to roll out: Google Adopts Passkeys as Default Sign-in Method for All Users — thehackernews.com/… Amazon adds passkey support as new passwordless login option — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… Deep Dive 1 — iLeakage TL;DR […]
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How Helma Flew 5000 Miles to Sit in My Kitchen and Code
Helma from The Netherlands Came to Visit In the Programming By Stealth podcast I host with Bart Busschots as the instructor, we’ve covered a lot of different programming concepts. One concept we covered twice is Test Driven Development. We covered it twice because the tool that was available the first time we covered it (QUnit) […]
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Star Trails from Insta360 X3 Camera (and a Bonus Video of the Annular Solar Eclipse)
In August I gave you my review of the Insta360 X3 Action Cam. My ending line of the review was, “The camera has so many features I haven’t discovered let alone used them all yet, so I have a lot of fun ahead of me finding out what this action camera can really do.” I’ve […]
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eufy Security Cameras with HomeKit Secure Video to Replace Wyzecams
Two Models of eufy Cams I Purchased (E220 is NOT HomeKit Compatible) Back in the day, I was a huge fan of a company called Wyze which sold very inexpensive ($25) security cameras. They seemed to be unstoppable as they came out with pan cameras, outdoor cameras, then vacuums, and even scales. But then a […]
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Tiny Tip — Easy Way to Bring in Windows to the Foreground with Stage Manager
Last December, my buddy Ron and I had a chat for the NosillaCast on why we both love Stage Manager on the Mac. In the last ten months, my love for Stage Manager has not dwindled a bit. Even with my devotion, there was one thing that still felt clumsy. Let’s say I’m writing an […]
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macOS Settings I Change After a Nuke and Pave
I’ve talked a lot about the process of nuking and paving my Macs over the years, and I just finished the process a couple of weeks ago. I’ve mentioned that I have a giant mind map that I follow to install all of my apps and to configure all of them. Would you like me […]
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