Joe Kissell talks about why you should and shouldn’t buy his latest book, Take Control of Upgrading to High Sierra. The process should be easy, but as with all OS upgrades, there are a few pitfalls that could bite if you’re not careful. Joe discusses a few of those...
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MacVoices #17172: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Automating Your Mac Again
Joe Kissell is back with a second edition of one of his favorite books, Take Control of Automating Your Mac. Joe explains why this book is expanded in coverage, how reader feedback influenced some of that expansion, and his inclusion of two of his favorite utilities....
MacVoices #17161: Michael E. Cohen Takes Control of PDFpen 9
Want to get more out of one of your favorite utilities? Michael E. Cohen and Take Control Books have released Take Control of PDFpen 9, a free book that covers the latest edition of PDFpen and PDFpen Pro from Smile. Michael discusses a few of the many feature updates...
MacVoices #17154: Joe Kissell Updates Take Control of The Cloud
The latest effort from Joe Kissell is the second edition of Take Control of The Cloud, a topic that has become more expansive and involved since the book was first released. Joe explains how he has changed his approach because of this, and expanded the book to cover...
MacVoices #17124: Michael E. Cohen Takes Control of Apple’s Pages On All Platforms
Michael E. Cohen and Take Control Books have released a new version of Take Control of Pages that covers Pages on the Mac, iOS and the online/iCloud version. Since the last update, Pages has been revised to the point that this entire book had to be updated, along with...
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Older Episodes
MacVoices #1174: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac for the Second Time
Joe Kissell is back to discuss another in his trilogy of Mac performance books, this time covering the newest revision to Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac. Things keep getting more complex, so your troubleshooting skills have to match. Joe discusses how his...
MacVoices #1173: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Speeding Up Your Mac
In what turns out is the third book in a trilogy of Mac performance information, Joe Kissell has released Take Control of Speeding Up Your Mac. While it didn't start out as a series, this book joins Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac and Take Control of...
MacVoices #1168: Kirk McElhearn Takes Control of Scrivener 2
If you do lots of writing, or are planning to, Kirk McElhearn can help you do it better and easier with Scrivener 2. In his new book, Take Control of Scrivener 2, Kirk explains why Scrivener is better than a standard word processor because of its advanced features,...
MacVoices #1167: Jeff Tolbert Takes Control of Making Music and Recording in Garageband ’11
Jeff Tolbert, the author of Take Control of Making Music with GarageBand '11 and Take Control of Recording with GarageBand '11, talks about what's new in the latest version of Apple's consumer-level music program. Newly updated with features like Groove Matching and...
MacVoices #1166 – Jeff Carlson on Taking Control of iPad Media
Jeff Carlson has been busy updating his Take Control of iPad Media to the second edition, and talks about the changes iOS 4.3, Airplay and the iPad 2 have brought to Apple's tablet. If you want to get the most from your iPad 1 or iPad 2, find out how new and optimized...
MacVoices #1165: Steve Sande Takes Control of iWeb ’09 Updates and Enhancements
Steve Sande has updated his Take Control of iWeb '09 to version 1.1 to reflect the changes and additions to Apple's web publishing program, even though it didn't get a full update in iLife '11. Steve talks about where iWeb is and where it is going. Even if you don't...
MacVoices #1163: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Big and Easy Backups in Mac OS X
Mac expert Joe Kissell has been busy, this time updating not one but two of his most important books, Take Control of Easy Mac Backups and Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Fifth Edition. You've got a backup strategy, so you're done, right? Wrong. Joe discusses his...
MacVoices #10134: Tonya Engst Takes Control of the iPad with iOS4
Tonya Engst has updated her book, Take Control of iPad Basics, to v1.2. Why a .1 upgrade and what does it mean? Tonya explains before digging into some iPad basic tips for every level of user. The iPad is #1 on everyone's holiday gift list for giving or getting, and...
MacVoices #10129: Joe Kissell Finally Takes Control of Your Paperless Office
After writing books and articles that touched on the topic, Mac expert Joe Kissell has released Take Control of Your Paperless Office, a handbook to accomplish the task. Blending a high-level approach to going paperless with some very practical and self-developed...
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