Kirk McElhearn returns in a wide-ranging conversation that has something for everyone. Our first part starts with using Siri for calculations, cooking, cider, accounting software, and the Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanner software update. Then, we turn to an evaluation of the...
Shelly Brisbin was the featured guest on a recent edition of MacVoices Live!, where she joined David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, and host Chuck Joiner. Shelly was installing the iOS 14 beta live to prepare to research the next edition of her book, iOS Access for All. We...
In the second part of our discussion with Joe Kissell about the seventh edition of his Take Control of iCloud, Joe explains why iCloud is the best, most reliable version of Apple’s file sharing and online storage service yet, how their simplification approach...
Joe Kissell has updated his Take Control of iCloud to the seventh edition, the first in Take Control history. Can iCloud finally replace Dropbox? Joe tells us why the answer is a definite “maybe”, depending on your needs. He goes through some of the considerations,...
Our MacVoices Live! discussion with Andrew Orr of The Mac Observer and David Ginsburg shifts to the release of the new driver for ScanSnap scanners, hardware lifespan expectations, and how developers might get paid to continue supporting older, legacy hardware. We...
In Take Control of Your Digital Photos, Jeff Carlson not only updates his existing Take Control book with a new title, but expands on his coverage of the topic by including both the Mac and Windows in the mix. Before explaining why, Jeff and host Chuck Joiner talk...
Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software provides a look at MarsEdit 4, his program that lets you create and edit blog posts offline. Some of MarsEdit’s new features, what blogging platforms are support and why (or why not), and how he is a user of his own software start...
Rogue Amoeba has a new audio product, Farrago, that has obvious uses for podcasters, and some not-so-obvious uses for anyone who needs sounds at their command. Paul Kafasis explains how this soundboard app can be used to trigger audio files with just a click for...
Chuck was looking to streamline and improve his mobile video rig for CES 2018, and did! In response to many requests (especially from CES attendees and exhibitors!) for information about what it was and how it worked, this walk through takes you from bottom to top,...
Joe Kissell is back for his first appearance of 2018, and talks about new editions of two of his books that are important to anyone who uses a computer or online device of any kind. In Take Control of Your Passwords, Joe updates his advice on making your passwords as...
In Eureka Park at CES in Las Vegas, Eliska Divoka, Chief Marketing Officer for Oscar Senior, takes us through their iOS app, service, and optional hardware dock that puts a simplified, senior-oriented interface on your iPhone or iPad to make them more accessible to...
At CES in Las Vegas, ManoMotion was showing a software development kit (SDK) for augmented reality that gives developers the ability to interact with their programs via hand gestures tracked by the devices’ camera. Daniel Carlman, CEO & Co-Founder, talks us through...
In Eureka Park at CES, yet another take on 360-degree video came from ORBI, who were showing glasses that capture everything that goes on around you, front, back and sides. Adil Suranchin, COO for ORBI, talks about the feature set that includes full HD, hands-free...
At CES in Las Vegas, another interesting use of augmented reality-style technology is Plott, tools and software that let you take your do-it-yourself projects from the real world into the virtual world for visualization, planning and design purposes, and then back out...
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