If you’ve been on the Internet in the last few weeks, you’ve probably heard about a wonderful new word game called Wordle. Just in case you haven’t heard of it, or if you’re confused at all about it, let me give you a quick intro before I give you a way to help you play […]
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Apple Apps Aren’t In Your Normal Applications Folder and Why You Might Care
Applications Folder Shows Apple Apps Did you know that Apple apps aren’t REALLY in your top-level Applications folder with all of your other apps? If you open your Applications folder on your Mac using the Finder, you’ll see all of your Apple apps intermingled with your third-party apps, but it turns out they’re not really […]
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How to Back Up iCloud Photos When Your Only Mac Can’t Store Originals
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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NC #835 Fiddly Sidecar, Logitech 4K Pro Webcam, Backpedaling Wheels, AirTag Games with Bodie, Command Line Screenshots
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 9, 2021, and this is show number 835. mp3 download The Dialogue is Flawless – DTNS 4023 – Daily Tech News Show This week I got to […]
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Let Me Try to Convince You to Take Screenshots from the Command Line in macOS
Terminal `man screencapture` I think I need to find a support group for people who are addicted to screen capture utilities. I went through all of the articles on podfeet, and I’ve talked about macOS’s built-in screen capture, Loom, Capto, Monosnap, Teampaper Snap, Parallels Toolbox, Folge, and the now deprecated Clarify and Stepshot Guides. And […]
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Package Manager Chocolatey – by Caleb Fong aka @geekosupremo
Greetings fellow NosillaCastAways (still not sold on intracap). Today I want to tell you all about a wonderful (mostly) Windows tool. It’s the package manager Chocolatey. In short, a package manager is a tool, to manage applications in a reproducible way. For example at my $DAYJOB I have to manage around fifty Windows desktops. The […]
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CCATP #658 – Bart Busschots on PBS 104 – Tracking Changes in Git
In our next baby step in learning to use the version control system Git, Bart teaches us how to track changes. We start by doing a bit of housekeeping, especially for Mac users to set Git to always ignore those pesky .DS_Store files. We learn how to stage and then commit a simple change, then […]
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Dumb Question Corner – Do I Need Homebrew?
Ryan Winkler wrote in: I’ve heard you mention Homebrew on the show and I’m not sure if I need it. What is it and do I need it? This is a great question. The answer, in short, is, maybe, maybe not. Let’s walk through what Homebrew is, and what kinds of fun things you can […]
Continue readingNC #662 CES Observations, Avantree Bluetooth Headset, Eargo, Thunderbolt Docks, OLEDcomm LiFi, Command Line Mac App Store, Magik AR Toothbrush, NASA SLS, Security Bits Special
In this mammoth episode, we’ve got some random CES observations, a review of the Avantree Bluetooth over-the-ear headset from George from Tulsa, a CES interview with an innovative hearing aid called Eargo, a story of Thunderbolt docks and USB-C from me, another CES interview about LiFi for Internet connectivity with OLEDcomm, a hot tip from […]
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Reinstall Mac App Store Apps from the Command Line – from Knightwise
This week the irrepressible Knightwise of knightwise.com sent in an awesome tip via audio, and it’s too good not to share in text as well. I’ll do my best to do it justice. I’ll start with the problem to be solved (of course) and then give a little bit of background and then his tip. […]
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