Allison interviews Eric Mathiesen from Omnicharge about their full range of powerbanks. Eric describes Omnicharge’s new line of mobile powerbanks that can charge high-end devices like a 13” and even a 15” MaBook Pro. Omnicharge powerbanks provide USB-C charging for higher efficiency and come in charge capacities of 13,400 mAh, 20,400 mAh, and 40,300 mAh. […]
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NC #699 Tale of Two MacBooks, Nuke & Pave Mojave, Podcasts Filling Apple Watch, Fifth iPad Pro
Steve Davidson brings us his wonderful “Tale of Two MacBooks”. Then I’ll walk you through how I do a “nuke and pave”, also known as a clean install, of macOS Mojave. Claus Wolf brings us a warning about how podcasts can fill up your Apple Watch. I’ll tell you about a bizarre caps lock bug […]
Continue readingNC #692 MacAlly MacBook Pro Charger, Excel and Numbers and Elapsed Time, Code-Free Automation Video, Security Bits
After last week’s brain-bending segment on battery calculations, I’ll give you three easy steps to follow that literally summarizes the entire segment. Then I’ll explain why I tried to use Numbers when I wanted to use Excel and how I continue to be disappointed by Numbers. My CMD-D video is finally up from last year […]
Continue readingBreaking My Silence on the MacBook Pro Keyboard
I’ve been listening to people on podcasts complain about the butterfly keyboard on the MacBook for the last year and silently grumbling under my breath at them, but my silence ends now. I’ve used Apple laptops since the first Titanium PowerBook came out in 2001, so I’ve got a fair bit of experience with Apple’s […]
Continue readingMatias Wireless Keyboard – by Terry Austin
Hello, Castaways! Terry Austin here with a brief review of my brand new Matias keyboard. I recently found myself in need of a new wireless keyboard and on the very reliable recommendation of the ineffable Jeff Gamet over at the Mac Observer, I went with the Matias Wireless Aluminum Keyboard in Space Gray (to match […]
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NAB 2017: Lacie Thunderbolt 3 Dock
Allison interviews Gaspar Plantreau from Lacie about two of their new products. The first is the 2big Thunderbolt 3 dock which provides storage capacities of 12, 16 or 20 TB. Offering up to 27 Watts of power, the 2big can charge your MacBook Pro along with other peripherals. Lacie’s second product is the Rugged Thunderbolt […]
Continue readingCES 2017: Satechi Accessories Matched to Apple Products
Allison interviews Alan Jacobson from Satechi about a range of products all matched to the colors and finishes of Apple’s MacBook, MacBook Pro and iPhone. Alan described a power strip, dock, headphones, headphone stand, Apple Watch charging stand, numeric keypad, mousepad, laptop stand, USB-C disk enclosure, magnetic phone mount and bluetooth presenter, all offered in […]
Continue readingMissing MagSafe on Your USB-C Mac? Griffin BreakSafe Isn’t the Answer
When the MacBook and later the MacBook Pro came out with only USB-C there was a lot of moaning and groaning about dongles, but mixed reactions about the loss of the MagSafe power connector. It was designed to break away if someone hit the cable so your laptop wouldn’t go skidding across the table and […]
Continue readingNC #603 Touch Bar MacBook Pro Challenges, How Not to Do Migration Assistant, Security Bits
NosillaCastaways go see Mamma Mia!, I solve some interesting challenges with the new Touch Bar MacBook Pro, I explain how not to do Migration Assistant when getting a new Mac and Bart Busschots joins us for another lively session of Security Bits. mp3 download
Continue readingHow Not to do Migration Assistant
When I got the 2016 Touch Bar 15″ MacBook Pro, it was only about a month after I’d done an involuntary nuke and pave on my 2013 MacBook Pro. For those unfamiliar with the term nuke and pave, that’s when you erase everything, including the operating system, and then install everything from scratch. You can […]
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