Joe Kissell joined Chuck Joiner on MacVoices in a two-part interview to discuss his book Take Control of Big Sur. In Part 1, Joe discusses the upgrade process and some things you should know before jumping in—including potential changes to how you back up your Mac. (Part 1 of 2) In Part 2, Joe talks…
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Josh Centers talks iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on MacVoices
Josh Centers joined Chuck Joiner on MacVoices in a two-part interview to discuss his new book Take Control of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. In Part 1, Josh covers App Library in iOS 14, working with widgets, and new ways of thinking about your Home screen. In Part 2, Josh discusses security and privacy feature…
Joe Kissell discusses iCloud for the umpteenth time on MacVoices
Joe Kissell joined Chuck Joiner on MacVoices in a two-part interview to discuss the seventh (seventh!) edition of his book Take Control of iCloud. In Part 1, Joe discusses some differences between iCloud and Dropbox, and whether you should consider storing Desktop and Documents folders in iCloud. In Part 2, Joe discusses iCloud reliability, the…
Jeff Carlson talks storage on MacVoices
Jeff Carlson joined Chuck Joiner on MacVoices in a two-part interview to discuss the second edition of his book Take Control of Your Digital Storage. In Part 1, Jeff discusses APFS snapshots, mechanical drives vs. SSDs, and making storage purchase decisions. In Part 2, Jeff talks about Fusion drives, the pros and cons of large…
Zoom Tweaks Meeting Access and Changes What It Calls a Password
Zoom is constantly tweaking its privacy and security settings, and they announced some minor changes today that I will fold into the next update of the book, slated for July. Zoom will no longer use the term “password” to refer to the secret you use to join a meeting. Because your Zoom account has a…
MacVoices gets an earful about Apple Mail from Joe Kissell
Jeff Carlson talks snapshots on MacVoices
Jeff Carlson joined Chuck Joiner on MacVoices in a two-part interview to discuss the APFS snapshot capability in macOS. In Part 1, Jeff explains what snapshots are, how they relate to Time Machine, and where to find them. In Part 2, Jeff discusses managing and deleting snapshots, and how they affect Disk Utility.
Glenn Fleishman Zooms In on Zoom with Chuck Joiner
Glenn Fleishman joined Chuck Joiner on MacVoices in a two-part interview to discuss his new book Take Control of Zoom. Needless to say, the interview itself was also conducted using Zoom! In Part 1, Glenn offers some Zoom tips and discusses Zoom’s privacy and security challenges. In Part 2, Glenn discusses Zoom vs. the competition,…
MacVoices Interviews Michael Cohen about PDFpen
Michael Cohen discusses Apple interface mysteries on MacVoices
Michael Cohen joined Chuck Joiner on MacVoices in a two-part interview to discuss his new book Apple Interface Mysteries. In Part 1, Michael talks about why he wrote the book as well as some of the “why” behind Apple interface decisions. In Part 2, Michael explains more about hidden and mysterious user interface elements.