Two of Joe Kissell’s most important books are Take Control of Your Online Privacy and Take Control of Your Passwords, and both have just been updated. Joe joins us to talk about why you should be suspicious about just about anything online. By not being...
Josh Centers and Take Control Books have updated Take Control of Apple Home Automation to version 1.1 to cover some of the changes that have occurred in the world of HomeKit, Apple’s home automation platform. From vendors focusing just on HomeKit to the expansion into...
Adam Engst and Josh Centers have updated Take Control of Preview to version 1.1 to cover some of the changes, both positive and negative, to Apple’s super useful utility. While recent updates have introduced a couple bugs, it remains a tool that every Mac user should...
Think you know everything Siri can do? Think again. Scholle McFarland shares some little-known capabilities as we discuss her new book, Take Control of Siri. Privacy has been a key point in understanding what Siri can and can’t accomplish, and why. Scholle talks about...
We caught up with Glenn Fleishman to chat about three of his Take Control Books. The most recent, Take Control of Slack is not only for the new Slack user, but also the experienced individual who wants to access features that aren’t always obvious, but are always...
Jeff Carlson and Dan Moren have co-authored The Connected Apple Family, the perfect book to help you understand and take advantage of “the rich ecosystem of the Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.†Whether you're new to Apple devices, are adding to your collection,...
Michael E. Cohen is back to talk about the 1.0 release version of Take Control of Pages. Originally available as a Take Control pre-book, the update is now a fully formed book that will help you get things done with both the Mac and iOS versions of Apple's...
Charles Edge has authored the latest edition to the Take Control library, and it is an important one. Take Control of OS X Server helps you tackle the task of setting up your own home server. Charles talks about the advantage of a home server for email, calendaring,...
Joe Kissell has a brand new edition of Take Control of iCloud out, his third, and joins us to talk about some of the changes to iCloud that came with Yosemite and iOS 8. There is still a bit of frustration that can be involved with using iCloud, and Joe shares his...
Bryan Chaffin provides an update on the Bitcoin economy - whether it is still a thing, why its use continues to expand, and whether he is continuing his mining operations. Bryan wears lots of hats, personal and professional, so has some very specific productivity...
The latest release from Maria Langer is the new course, Up and Running with Meetup , on lynda.com. You might think Meetup is simple - someone posts a get together and people get together. Maria explains why there is so much more power to Meetup for both users and...
Joe Kissell has a unique new offering this time around: Digital Sharing for Apple Users: A Take Control Crash Course helps the Apple technology-centric individual share all sorts of things. Because “sharingâ€can mean many different things in different contexts,...
Scholle McFarland has spent lots of time with Yosemite, the latest release of the Mac OS, and has distilled her experiences down into Yosemite: A Take Control Crash Course. Scholle gives us a run-down of some of the things that we can expect to go smoothly in the...
Now that Yosemite is out, Joe Kissell has filed an update to his Take Control of Upgrading to Yosemite, moving it to v1.1. This version covering the actual upgrade process as well as getting ready for the upgrade, something covered in v1.0, including some things to...
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