Our conversation with Rosemary Orchard, the author of Take Control of Shortcuts, Second Edition, continues with some examples of how Shortcuts has improved Reminders in macOS Ventura, and how to find what Shortcuts are available for what apps. Rosemary also shares...
MacVoices #22240 – Rosemary Orchard Takes Control of Shortcuts (1)
Rosemary Orchard, the author of Take Control of Shortcuts, Second Edition, brings us up-to-date on one of the most powerful utilities that Apple provides She provides some concrete examples of why you should use Shortcuts, and gives examples of how Shortcuts support...
MacVoices #22227: MacVoices Live! – A Heated Work-From-Home Debate (2)
The discussion of the Meta/Microsoft partnership for virtual workspaces morphed into a heated discussion about workplace behavior both physical and online. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Warren Sklar, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, Andrew Orr, and Kelly Guimont debated how some...
MacVoices #22226: MacVoices Live! – Is Best Buy’s Mac Upgrade Program For You? (1)
This MacVoices Live! session starts out with the panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Warren Sklar, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, Andrew Orr, and Kelly Guimont examining Best Buy’s Mac Upgrade Program. Who is it for and does it make sense from productivity and financial...
MacVoices #22220: Brittany Smith Talks Shortcuts, Video Production, ADHD Coaching and More
ADHD Coach, productivity coach, and MacVoices Live! panel member Brittany Smith talks about the inspiration and production for the videos on her YouTube channel, why that channel is so diverse, and her surprise video education background. Brittany explains how she...
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MacVoices #21106: MacVoices Live! – The M1 iPad Pro’s Power and How You Might Use It (1)
This MacVoices Live! session starts with asking the panel who got what new hardware but then turns to an at-times contentious discussion of iPadOS and software, what is missing, and what the panel wants. Is Apple doing what it needs to do with the iPad? Is it doing...
MacVoices #21098: Mike Schmitz Demonstrates The Power of Obsidian (2)
Mike Schmitz continues his demo of Obsidian using both his own activities and also taking on the challenge of how a new user would set things up in a real-world situation. Mike also talks about how Obsidian integrates with his analog task management system, and...
MacVoices #21097: Mike Schmitz Demonstrates The Power of Obsidian (1)
Productivity expert Mike Schmitz is back with a new option to take your note taking and organization to the next level. Obsidian can solve problems that other note, knowledge base, and task management software can’t. Explaining that can be a challenge, so Mike gives...
MacVoices #21093: Michael E. Cohen Updates Control of PDFpen
Michael E. Cohen has updated Take Control of PDFpen to cover version 13 for Mac and version 6 for iOS and iPadOS. This was a different kind of update; Michael explains why there are few new features but a whole new look to the program, and why that is a good thing. He...
MacVoices #21092: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Backing Up Your Macs, 4th Edition (2)
Our discussion with Joe Kissell, the author of the fourth edition of Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac, continues with more examples of things that have changed in the world of backups. This time, Joe talks about what you can and can’t do with APFS snapshots, how to...
MacVoices #21091: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Backing Up Your Macs, 4th Edition (1)
Joe Kissell is back with the fourth edition of Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac. A lot has changed in the world of backups, more than you realize. Joe digs deep on the issue of the M1 Macs and bootable backups. Along the way, we touch on SSDs, how to think about...
MacVoices #21061: MacVoices Live! – What We Learned From Lockdown Working From Home (1)
After a year in lockdown and the shift to working from home for so many, we wanted to take a look at how it has gone, what we’ve learned, and where it will go from here. The panel of Jim Rea, Jay Miller, Jeff Gamet, Frank Petrie, Mark Fuccio, Brittany Smith, David...
MacVoices #21056: MacVoices Live! – The Many Faces of a ‘Virtual Desktop’ (2)
The second part of our MacVoices Live! discussion of virtual desktops continued our evaluation of personal cloud options and why you might not want to take on the task of running a web server yourself. Kelly Guimont, David Ginsburg, Jeff Gamet, Frank Petrie, Jim...
MacVoices #21049: Productivity, Podcasting, and Developer Advocacy with Jay Miller (2)
Our conversation with Jay Miller of The PIT Show continues with an examination of developer advocacy whether it represents an evolution of product evangelism, why podcasts don’t have to have a large number of followers to be considered successful, the idea of...
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