Listener Lynda asks (generalised a little): I’m sitting in a hotel and my VPN appears to be working fine on the Hotel wifi. I am, tho, getting notices from Private Relay, saying that it is not working due to a software conflict. Which of these would be more secure in this kind of setting? The […]
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Create a Test Volume to Diagnose Your Mac with APFS
Battery Graph from iStat Menus Showing Massive Battery Loss Overnight As you probably know, my 14” MacBook Pro has been plagued by battery life well below the advertised numbers pretty much since the day I got it in late 2020. Apple continue to work with me to try to figure out the root cause and […]
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NC #939 Battery Problems M1 MacBook Pro, Boogie Board Reusable Writing/Drawing Tablets, iCloud is Apple’s Superpower
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 7, 2023, and this is show number 939. mp3 download Articles My Never-Ending Battery Problems with my M1 MacBook Pro Boogie Board Reusable Writing/Drawing Tablets for Work […]
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iCloud is Apple’s Superpower
iCloud is Apple’s superpower. I’ve been planning on writing up how much I take advantage of all of the integrations Apple give us between our devices. The subject came into even sharper focus when conducting experiments, at Apple Engineering’s behest, to try to solve my pesky battery problems on my M1 MacBook Pro. The most […]
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CCATP #764 — Adam Engst on Mac Cloud Storage Changes
Adam Engst of TidBITS joins me on Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite to talk about the changes Apple made recently to the File Provider Extension. These changes had a fairly significant effect on how cloud storage providers like Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Box work with macOS. Whether you realize it or not, you’ve […]
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Security Bits — 11 December 2022 Deep Dives on Eufy Credibility Problems and Apple New Security Features
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The Twitter Chaos Continues: 🇪🇺 EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has warned Twitter that it needs to bring its moderation practices up to speed before the Digital Services Act (DSA) goes into effect next year […]
Continue readingNC #908 iCloud+ Custom Domain Notification Email, Noun Project for Icons, iPhone 14 Pro Cameras Obfuscated, 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, October 2, 2022, and this is show number 908. mp3 download Allison on Kilowatt Podcast to Talk bout Three-Wheeled EV Electra Meccanica Solo Test Drive Steve in Solo […]
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Dumb Question Corner – Migrating a Giant Photos Library to a New iPhone
Jill from the Northwoods sent in our Dumb Question for this week. She asked: My friend has 90k photos on her current iPhone and is worried about when her new phone comes soon. How can she migrate her phone over without the hours of backup and restore time and still get her photos back? She […]
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iCloud Passwords for Windows – by Jill from the Northwoods
iCloud Passwords for Windows As you may know, I use Windows. I like Windows. There are always interesting conundrums involved when saving some of your data into Apple applications and other pieces of your data that are not in Apple. For example, I have this very nice password list of all the things I use […]
Continue readingNC #839 Back Up iCloud Photos, Password Manager vs. iCloud Keychain, Recording iPhone
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, June 6, 2021, and this is show number 839. Hey, should we spend the next 40 minutes or so talking about what we hope will come out tomorrow […]
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