Introduction Every once in a while, I start working on a topic for the show and as I dig in, I realize it’s more complex than I first realized. More rational people would back away and move on to another subject, but if I don’t hit a roadblock, I keep digging in. And sometimes I […]
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Tiny Tip — Easy Way to Bring in Windows to the Foreground with Stage Manager
Last December, my buddy Ron and I had a chat for the NosillaCast on why we both love Stage Manager on the Mac. In the last ten months, my love for Stage Manager has not dwindled a bit. Even with my devotion, there was one thing that still felt clumsy. Let’s say I’m writing an […]
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NC #962 Is Fantastical Fantastic, Sonoma Desktop Widgets with VoiceOver, Freewire Technologies
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 Tuesday, October 10, 2023, and this is show number 962. I know, it’s only been two days since the last show came out but Steve and I are off […]
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Nuke and Pave – 2023 Edition – Battery Tests
One of the greatest sources of content for the NosillaCast is the adventures I go through each time I do a nuke and pave on a Mac. By nuke and pave, I mean a clean install of the operating system and not migrating any apps or settings from my previous installation. The process I follow […]
Continue readingNC #948 Beta Cautionary Tale, How I Test Apps with VoiceOver, 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, July 9, 2023, and this is show number 948. It’s that time of year again, it’s time for me to ask you to step up and help create […]
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Are You SURE You Want to Put That Beta on Your Production Device?
Happy OS beta season to all of my Apple friends. Back in June, during WWDC, Apple announced that developer betas would be available right away for macOS Sonoma, iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and watchOS 10. They also said that public betas of all the OSes would be available in July for the masses. But then […]
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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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