Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The SolarWinds attack Malwarebytes Reveals it Was Hacked by Nation-State Behind ‘SolarWinds’ — www.macobserver.com/… Did not use SolarWinds products Vector was their Office365 tenancy (Microsoft spotted suspicious activity on their account and contacted them) […]
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CES 2021: USB4 Explained by USB Implementers Forum
The USB Implementers Forum, or USB-IF, is a non-profit corporation founded by the group of companies that developed the Universal Serial Bus specification. USB-IF doesn’t make any products, and they don’t speak for any of the hardware vendors, but rather they facilitate the development of USB peripherals and promote the benefits of the products that […]
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CES 2021: Shure Home Office Mic and Bluetooth Headphones
Every year at CES we love to stop by the Shure booth to see the latest in cool new consumer microphones and headphones. Laura Davidson, Lead Retail Market Development Specialist at Shure, joins us again to tell us about their new products. She explains and demonstrates the new MV5C home office microphone (https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/mv5c) designed to […]
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LumaFusion – Video Editor for iPad by Chris Nielsen
LumaFusion for $29.99 in the App Store Hi there castaways. Today I’d like to talk to you about an iOS and iPadOS video editor called LumaFusion from luma-touch.com/… that I use here in New Zealand to edit motovlogs, which are vlogs shot on a motorcycle, and the term also includes other videos about motorcycles, like […]
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CES 2021: Hex Home Security
Dan Bugos, product manager for Origin Wireless, joins Allison to talk about their Hex Home security product. This is a small puck called Hex Command that you connect to your network and two very small Hex Sense devices that plug into normal outlets. With these three simple devices, the Origin Wireless Motion Engine not only […]
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MagSafe Duo Charger – It’s Cool But You Need an Electrical Engineering Degree to Use It
MagSafe Duo Charger I obviously don’t do much traveling right now, but when Steve and I do travel, about 1/3 to 1/2 of what we pack is electronics, cables and chargers. I don’t even go to dinner at our son Kyle’s house without a backpack containing a laptop, iPad and all the chargers and cables. […]
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CES 2021: ViewSonic Monitors
Allison interviews Ray Hedrick from ViewSonic about their line of monitors compatible with the Mac. He walks through the VX line of displays perfect for home offices, and the VP displays that are intended for serious video and photography editors. He explains how they’re perfect for Mac users because they also support full power delivery […]
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NC #819 Bartender 4 Tutorial, Boot-Loop-a-Go-Go, Cheating on Wyze, 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, January 17, 2021, and this is show number 819. mp3 download CCATP #668 – Bart Busschots on PBS 110 of X – Merge Conflicts Blog Posts Bartender 4 […]
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Bartender 4 for macOS Big Sur – Video Tutorial on ScreenCastsOnline
Bartender has been one of my mission-crictical apps on my Macs for many years. Without it, I wouldn’t have room for all of my menu bar items, even thought I use a 16″ MacBook Pro. Bartender 4 from www.macbartender.com/… is out in public beta right now, redesigned only for macOS Big Sur. My video tutorial […]
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Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. COVID Update: Apple have released iOS 12.5.1, bug-fix for the un-expected iOS 12.5 recently released to add COVID exposure tracking to older iPhones — www.macobserver.com/… Yelp have added fields to allow reviewers to mark […]
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