When the first Apple Silicon-based MacBook Pros came out, we had a lot of options to choose from, and very little information on the repercussions of the decisions. The possible configurations were so vast that I wrote an article to accommodate a diagram I’d created called M1 Pro and M1 Max Decision Tree – a Diagram […]
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What Would Make an iPhone Answer on Speaker?
A couple of years ago, Steve started having a problem with his iPhone while connected via Bluetooth to his Tesla Model Y’s entertainment system. If while actively playing a podcast, he received a phone call, the iPhone would disconnect from Bluetooth, stopping the podcast, and answer on the phone’s speaker. As annoying as that was, […]
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How’s that MacBook Pro Battery Problem Going?
Typical 11% Battery Drain Over Night It’s been a while since I gave you an update on my seemingly never-ending battery saga with my 14” M1 Max MacBook Pro. I haven’t talked about it because I’ve hit an impasse with Apple. Allow me to do a quick recap to bring everyone up to speed. I […]
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Choosing an Environmentally Sound Vehicle — a Discussion with Steve Ewell
Steve Ewell will be joining me on the NosillaCast in a discussion of how he went about the process of choosing an environmentally sound vehicle and how he ended up with the Kia Sportage X-Line Prestige Plugin Hybrid. Enjoy his written writeup along with a link to download his crazy huge spreadsheet that helped him […]
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Getting Your Feet Wet with TrueNAS — by PDXKurt
Hi, this is PDXKurt, bringing you an introduction to the open source operating system for network-attached storage systems called TrueNAS, maintained by the company iXSystems. TrueNAS manages disks, runs network applications, and offers volumes over the network to client computers. It is thus similar in function to the operating system that runs on products that […]
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Tiny Tips on iOS 17 But Not From Me
When the new OSes come out, like everyone else I struggle to learn all of the new features on my Mac, iPad, and iPhone. I start by reviewing my notes of what I was all excited about in WWDC, but I realize that my notes weren’t all that good and they don’t actually tell me […]
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Get Organized with Notion — by Jill from the Northwoods
Hi, this is Jill from the Northwoods. You know how much I love getting organized. But I had a problem on my hands. I was a OneNote user and a couple of things going on there. I’m hoping to get away from using Office 365. Yes, I hear all the anti-Windows people cheering out there. […]
Continue readingShure MV88+ A Microphone for Everything by Jill from the Northwoods
Shure MV88+ USB Mic I did a review of all the microphones I use, and I forgot I bought a fourth microphone. This is the Shure MV88+. I primarily bought this because I have this vision or this dream that I’m going to record while I’m on the road. Again, my friend and I are […]
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Security Bits — 17 September 2023
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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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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