Chuck Joiner of MacVoices interviewed Joe Kissell about the third edition of Take Control of Automating Your Mac. Learn what’s new and interesting in the world of Mac automation and what you can look forward to in the updated version of the book.
Category: Book Blog
What’s New Since the Lightroom CC Book Release
Adobe recently updated Lightroom for Windows and Mac to version 3.0 (dropping the “CC” in the name), though you may have noticed that Take Control of Lightroom CC still covers version 1.0. Unfortunately, sales of the book have not yet merited the time it would take to update it for the latest Lightroom version. So…
Voice Control Demonstration
This brief video demonstrates some ways to use Voice Control.
Robyn Weisman Discusses Browsers on MacVoices
How APFS in Mojave Affects Digital Storage Choices
Just as the file system under macOS works quietly, without fanfare, so do the preparations for the next update to Take Control of Your Digital Storage. We’re working on fleshing out the book for an update later this year, but in the meantime, I want to note a few areas where the march of technology…
Joe Talks Privacy and Passwords on MacVoices
What’s New with Apple TV
The Apple TV world had been pretty quiet until Apple’s March 25, 2019 special event that announced some major new things coming to the Apple TV: * A redesigned TV app, redubbed Apple TV, that’s built around services, integrates live TV, and will even be available on most popular smart TV platforms, such as Roku…
What’s New with iOS
There have been some welcome improvements in iOS 12 since the version 1.1 update of Take Control of iOS 12, but none that warrant a new edition of the book just yet. iOS 12.1.1, released in December 2018, made it so that you no longer have to press the ellipsis button to swap cameras during…
Slack Changes Desktop Login
In macOS and Windows, Slack offers both native desktop apps and a robust web app that works across major browsers. The native apps have a few distinct advantages I mention in the book over using the web app. However, Slack just removed a feature from the native desktop apps, that you would think makes the…