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, April 24, 2022, and this is show number 885. This week was Steve’s birthday and I just want to give him a little shout-out. He said he didn’t […]
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Dumb Question + Tiny Tip – Mike Price on Why “Hey Lady” May Not Be Working
Mike Price here with a combo Dumb Question Corner/Tiny Tip because apparently, that’s a thing now! Question: How come “Hey ” refuses to work on my iPhone !!?? Background: For the past week or so, I re-realized that “Hey ” on my iPhone12 ProMAX would not work no matter what I tried. It would work […]
Continue readingNC #857 Pivot Tables in Numbers, Per-App Accessibility in iOS 15, Taking a Break from Facebook, iOS Dictation Tips
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 10, 2021, and this is show number 857. mp3 download Let’s Talk Apple #97 This week I had the pleasure of being on Bart Busschots’s fabulous Let’s […]
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CCATP #687 – Mikah Sargent on What Thread Means for the Internet of Things
In this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Mikah Sargent joins us to explain why he’s so excited about what the new technology called Thread is going to bring to the Internet of Things, or IoT. You may know Mikah from the awesome show Clockwise with Dan Moren, or perhaps iOS Today with […]
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Dumb Question Corner – How to Answer iPhone Hands-Free
Recently, my good friend Kelly Guimont (aka @verso) asked me a question I couldn’t immediately answer. She asked whether there was a way, through accessibility on iOS, to answer a phone call on an iPhone without using your hands. This began a journey of discovery. I found several ways to accomplish this, and the methods […]
Continue readingHow I use Loopback to Solve a Variety of Problems
You know I’m a huge fan of the company Rogue Amoeba and you’ve heard me sing the virtues of Audio Hijack at least 237 times so far. I have also mentioned their application Loopback a few times in the past but I’ve never done a full review of what you can do with this amazing […]
Continue readingNC #788 Read to Me Siri, Magic Up Arrow, Wyze Affiliate, I’m a Real Developer, 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, June 14, 2020, and this is show number 788. mp3 download If you have an EVER so slight Apple bias too, I’m sure you know that Apple has […]
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Read to Me, Siri
Dr. Maryanne Garry from New Zealand, favorite of the Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite episodes, has a nasty habit of sending me super long-form articles she thinks I would enjoy reading. It’s not that I don’t like to read because I actually love to read. It’s not that the things she sends aren’t fascinating. […]
Continue readingNC #747 Prizmo 5, Tesla Tech Self Driving, How to Fix Siri, Processor Slow Down
We’ve got a first-time contribution from a 13-year listener named Christian about Prizmo 5, I’ll explain the tech behind Tesla’s self driving modes, I give Apple advice on how to fix Siri. Then I’ll tell you a long, sad, frustrating tale of how my 2015 MacBook Pro appears to be failing and all of the […]
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Dear Apple: Here’s How to Fix Siri
Dear Apple: I know that you are constantly getting flack from people about problems with Siri, and I’d like to offer a solution. You were recently under fire for having human reviewers listen to snippets of anonymized recordings to help improve the service. You’ve promised to give us a way to opt into helping you […]
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