ICloud Photo Library Optimize Storage My friend Diane was visiting her granddaughter, and, as one does, she was giving tech support to her daughter-in-law. She wanted to bounce ideas off of someone so she brought me in with the “phone a friend” option. The problem to be solved was one I hadn’t given much thought […]
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Security Bits — 30 May 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 Hot on the heels of the Colonial Pipeline hack, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published cybersecurity rules for pipeline operators — www.macobserver.com/… Vizio’s questionable privacy stance has come up a […]
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Another Reason I Use Feeder for My Podcast Feed
Feeder Adds Podcasts URLs The reason you get my podcasts delivered into your podcatcher each week is because of a magical little text file, often referred to by terms such as RSS file or feed file or podcast feed. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. This file contains the information about the name of the […]
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Dumb Question Corner – Which Macs are for Light vs. Heavy Duty?
Jill from the North Woods (who is a recovering Windows user) asks our Dumb Question this week: Are Macs like Windows in that desktops are for heavy-duty work, and laptops are portable but typically less capable? And are all-in-one computers for lightweight users? It seems as I look at it, the Macs are all the […]
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Camera+ 2 Monument Mode Removes Moving Objects – by Wally Cherwinski
Camera+ 2 Monument Mode A while back I got together with our good friend Bart Busschots on his Let’s Talk Photography podcast. And one of the things we talked about was how hard it is to get good shots of places or tourist attractions when there are always crowds of people around. You can listen […]
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How I Justified a New iPad Pro
Everything is Fiddly – Helma on Apple IDs
Somewhere between 2001 and 2005, I got an iPod, my first Apple device, which I used as an external hard disk to transfer my PhD research between work and home. I got an iTunes account (then just a name, no email address). I switched from Windows to Mac in 2005 when Tiger was released by […]
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Touch-Sensitive Ring on Apple TV Remote is Weird
New Apple TV Remote With Arrows Illustrating Behavior The new Apple TV remote is probably the most exciting device Apple announced recently. Steve and I picked up two of the 2021 Apple TV 4Ks, not because they were amazing but because we wanted a flow down of devices in the house. And let’s be honest, […]
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OWC Combo Dual-Disk Enclosure & USB Hub – by Ryan Winkler
Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-Port Hub Today I thought I would give you a review of the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-Port Hub. Let’s start with the problem to be solved. Problem 1: I just received my new M1 Mac mini and in looking it over I noticed the lack of ports. […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 16 May 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Twitter is continuing its moves to nudge people on its platform towards being better netizens by adding a dialogue to their mobile app warning users when they use potentially abusive language in replies — […]
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