Six years ago I splurged and bought myself a 24″ Apple Cinema Display. I loved that display. It was huge in that day and worked perfectly with my 2011 MacBook Pro. In 2013 I upgraded to a the fancy new Retina MacBook Pro, but something weird started happening. Fairly frequently, the monitor would blink off […]
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NC #602 HomeKit Not Easier, Just Can’t Win, 3D Touch Part 2, New 15″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
There will be no live show next week as we’re going to hear Shai Yammanee (good friend of the show) perform in Mamma Mia! If you’re in the LA area and can join us, check out scfta.org for matinée tickets. I was on the Clockwise #163 The Ultimate Dongle and Let’s Talk Photography at lets-talk.ie/… […]
Continue reading15″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
I’ve been using a late 2013 MacBook Pro to produce the podcast for the last three years, and an early 2011 MacBook Pro before that. I decided to upgrade to the 2016 Touch Bar-enabled MacBook Pro. I chose 15″ quad-core 2.6GHz i7, 16GB of RAM, with a 2TB SSD. It’s not quite top of the […]
Continue readingNC #601 Mini Metro, Turning off UPnP, Trekz Titanium AfterShokz, New MacBooks Pro Diagram, CarPlay
This week we’ve got the Mini Metro iOS and Mac game review by Allister Jenks, tutorials on how to turn off NAT-PMP and UPnP on your router so you don’t become part of the botnet, Trekz Titanium Headphone review from AfterShokz by Bart Busschots, a handy diagram to explain the crazy new lineup of MacBooks […]
Continue readingDo You Find the New Lineup of MacBooks Pro Confusing?
After the big Apple announcement, I sang the virtues of the new MacBook Pro. However, there appears to be some confusion about all of the different models Apple introduced. Dave Hamilton expressed consternation on the Mac Geek Gab about how much harder Apple has made it to choose the right model. I thought to myself, […]
Continue readingBig or Small? Maybe We Should Buy Them All!
As a listener to tech podcasts, I’m sure you’re always asked questions like,”Should I get the small, medium, or large iPad?” or Should I get a MacBook, a MacBook Pro or a Macbook Air?” or “should I get an iPad or a Macbook?” So often the question is whether we need the big one or […]
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