No Turning Back Now If you’ve been following me for years, then you already know that I’m a huge proponent of nuking and paving computers. By nuke and pave, I mean a clean install of the operating system, but the truly nuke version of clean. I try to do this every year “or so” where […]
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Making Progress Learning the Basics of Synology
As I mentioned a while ago, my aged Drobo 5N died after many years of good service. The 5N, for the last few years, had the role of backup NAS to the newer Drobo 5N2. When the 5N died, I did what I’ve been itching to do for quite some time – I bought a […]
Continue readingMore TagTiny Tip – How to Save Images from your Contacts – by Shai Yammanee
Shai here in very sunny Las Vegas, and I have a little tip that I discovered and promised Allison that I would share with everyone. First, what was the problem to be solved? A little while back I was having dinner with Allison and Steve and mentioned that I came across an issue that I […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #783 Hiking Apps, RØDE Mini Mic, epocCam, Backup Idiot, AMIR Lenses for Phones
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, May 10, 2020, and this is show number 783. Next week is the 15-year show and I’ve gotten so many great audio recordings. They’ve really warmed my heart. […]
Continue readingMore TagI’m an idiot… – by Steven Goetz
I accidentally deleted my photos while trying to “back them up”. But to explain why this wasn’t as big of a disaster as it could have been here is some background. I enjoy photography, I use Lightroom to organize and edit the RAW files that I have accumulated over many years. I have a 2014 […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #758 Switch to Carbon Copy Cloner, Tour of SpaceX, Fix to 1Password Update, Security Bits
This week I’ll tell you why I switched from SuperDuper! To Carbon Copy Cloner for my local backups and then give you a walk through of Carbon Copy Cloner and why I love it. I’ll then regale you with the story of how we actually got to go on a tour of SpaceX! I’ll give […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #757 Ken Case, DTNS Appearance, Landing Zone, Moving Podfeet, Fixing Bart’s Audio Player
I’m super excited about this week’s Chit Chat Across the Pond guest, and I am almost as excited about being on Daily Tech News Show again. I’ve got one more interview from MacTech with Landing Zone about their cool docks. I moved podfeet.com from one hosting company to another with no disruption in service. And […]
Continue readingMore TagSwitching to Carbon Copy Cloner from SuperDuper! for Local Backups
I was watching the news last week during the awful California fires, and they interviewed a guy who only had time to grab his family and run out of their home before it was engulfed in flames. He told the reporter that he didn’t have time to get his laptop which had his children’s baby […]
Continue readingMore TagI Moved Podfeet and You Didn’t Even Notice – Bluehost → DigitalOcean
Problem to be Solved I have done something very drastic under the hood on podfeet.com and you haven’t even noticed! In a way, that’s a very good thing. I actually changed hosting companies for podfeet.com from Bluehost to DigitalOcean. Before we get into some nuts and bolts about that, let’s talk about the problem to […]
Continue readingMore TagA Story of Two Troys, Backblaze and a Lost Recording
We have a listener contribution for the show, but before I can give it to you, I have to tell you a story to set it up. As you most certainly recall, I did a nuke and pave of my MacBook Pro a few weeks ago for my installation of Mojave. I checked all of […]
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