Joe Kissell’s latest effort is an important one. Take Control of Your Digital Legacy, Second Edition outlines the importance of preserving digital assets and navigating account access policies after your death. Joe emphasized the need for up-to-date information on...
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MacVoices #23179: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Your Passwords (1)
Joe Kissell is back to discuss his latest book, Take Control of Your Passwords. First up is the ever-increasing importance of password hygiene in our digital age as passwords remain an easy target for hackers. We delved into Passkeys, a more secure alternative to...
MacVoices #23168: Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Managing Your Files
https://youtu.be/iIE3OMt5mtE Jeff Carlson, the author of Take Control of Managing Your Files from Take Control Books, talks about the second edition of his guide to organizing, manipulating, and using your files on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. We start out discussing what...
MacVoices #23093 – Joe Kissell Takes Control of iCloud (2)
https://youtu.be/Tb42mnP3AAUJoe Kissell finishes our discussion of the 9th edition of Take Control of iCloud with some updates on iCloud for windows, and details on one feature of iCloud, what can happen and why, and what you need to be VERY careful with it. (Part...
MacVoices #23092 – Joe Kissell Takes Control of iCloud (1)
https://youtu.be/r9dAOrEw3TsJoe Kissell has just updated Take Control of iCloud to the 9th edition, more than another Take Control book. Joe discusses the upsides and downsides of end-to-end encryption via Apple’s Advanced Data Protection, and what it means for older...
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MacVoices #21163: Josh Centers Takes Control of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 (2)
Our conversation with Josh Centers about his new book, Take Control of iOS15 and iPadOS15, concludes with Josh talking about the translation capabilities, the controversial CSAM policies and functions Apple is implementing, and how the public beta process has affected...
MacVoices #21162: Josh Centers Takes Control of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 (1)
Josh Centers will help you get up to speed the Apple’s newest operating systems in his new book, Take Control of iOS15 and iPadOS15 for Take Control Books. Josh starts our our conversation in an unusual way: discussing the features that will not be part of the initial...
MacVoices #21144: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Your Passwords and 1Password (2)
The second part of our conversation with Joe Kissell about the updates to two of his Take Control books, Take Control of Your Passwords and Take Control of 1Password, focuses on the second, and why 1Password is our password manager of choice. Joe talks about the...
MacVoices #21143: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Your Passwords and 1Password (1)
Joe Kissell has updated two of his most important Take Control books, Take Control of Your Passwords and Take Control of 1Password. The first part of our conversation focuses on the first book, and some of the updated advice that Joe has to help you make yourself as...
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 #21075: Glenn Fleishman Takes Control of Your M-Series Macs, Securing Your Mac, More (2)
The second part of our conversation with Glenn Fleishman wraps up our discussion of the M1 Macs, his new Take Control of Your M-Series Mac and what makes them different. Backups, especially online and Time Machine backups are more important than others. New startup...
MacVoices #21029: Scholle McFarland Takes Control of Calendars and Reminders
Calendar and Reminders are built in to the Apple ecosystem, but are you getting as much out of them as you could? Scholle McFarland helps you do just that in the third edition of Take Control of Calendar and Reminders. Scholle updates us on how Reminders has taken on...
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