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MacVoices #25115: Live! – Virtual Friends, A New Vision Pro Utility, An Audiobooks Lawsuit

Apr 18, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius and Web Bixby discuss the rise of AI-powered virtual companions and their potential roles in therapy and social interaction, especially via Apple Vision Pro. They explore concerns around emotional dependency and AI hallucination risks. Also covered is a new immersive video utility for Vision Pro content creators and a $5B lawsuit over digital book licensing, highlighting ownership confusion of digital media.

MacVoices #23266: A 20th Anniversary Take Control Authors Reunion (3)

Oct 26, 2023 | Take Control

The 20th Anniversary gathering of Take Control authors wraps up with reflections on the early days of Take Control Books and the collaborative editing process. Joe Kissell, Adam and Tonya Engst, Jeff Carlson, Josh Centers, Michael E. Cohen, Scott Knaster, Ted...

MacVoices #23264: A 20th Anniversary Take Control Authors Reunion (1)

Oct 24, 2023 | Take Control

Twenty years of Take Control Books deserves a reunion, and we’ve got it. Current publisher Joe Kissell and Take Control Co-Founders Adam and Tonya Engst organized a get-together that featured the star-studded roster of Jeff Carlson, Josh Centers, Michael E....

MacVoices #23263: A Take Control Books Anniversary Celebration

Oct 23, 2023 | Business, Take Control

Co-Founders Adam Engst, Tonya Engst, and current Publisher Joe Kissell celebrate the 20th anniversary of Take Control Books, revealing the origins of the company. The success of their ebook model, the challenges of setting up their first merchant account, and how the...

MacVoices #22167: Select Tech – Overcast and Voice Dream Reader

Aug 12, 2022 | Audio/Music, Print, Productivity, Select Tech, Software

In this edition of Select Tech, Chuck talks about two apps that will help you “read” more, regardless of what format your content is in. Want to listen to an audiobook or podcast faster? Overcast should be your first choice, for four key reasons. Need to have a web...

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MacVoices #20148: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Apple Mail For The Fifth Time (2)

Jun 3, 2020 | Author, Business, iOS, Productivity, Software, Take Control, Web

The second part of our discussion with Joe Kissell, the author of Take Control of Apple Mail,5th edition focuses on how Joe extends the capabilities of the program by using third party utilities, some of the necessary but annoying security interruptions imposed on...

MacVoices #20147: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Apple Mail For The Fifth Time (1)

Jun 2, 2020 | Author, Business, Productivity, Software, Take Control, Web

Joe Kissell has updated Take Control of Apple Mail to the 5th edition. In the first part of our discussion, Joe outlines some of the nastier bugs in Apple Mail, including one that can lose data, explains why you may want to avoid column view, and why recovering a...

MacVoices #20140: Winston Chen Discusses Voice Dream, The eBook Reader That Does It All (Part 2)

May 21, 2020 | Audio/Music, Developer, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Productivity

In Part 2 of our discussion with Winston Chen, the Founder and iOS Developer for Voice Dream ,we get into some of the details of the app, including formats supported, ebook DRM, sources of ebooks, and an exception in copyright law for visually challenged individuals....

MacVoices #20090: Joe Kissell Takes Control of The Mac Command Line With Terminal

Feb 28, 2020 | Author, Take Control, Tech Topics

Joe Kissell is back with a new edition of Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal, the third edition of this book that will help you get comfortable with one of the most mis-understood parts of macOS. Joe explains how Catalina made this new version...

MacVoices #19247: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Automating Your Mac

Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorized

Take Control boss Joe Kissell has just updated Take Control of Automating Your Mac to edition 3, to reflect the constantly changing macOS landscape. Joe discusses some of those changes before covering how he makes you comfortable with automation concepts. Then, he...

MacVoices #19244: MacVoices Gift Guide #2

Nov 18, 2019 | Commentary, Hardware, Productivity

Our second Gift Guide show went about as expected - out of control, with lots of laughs and lots of off-beat picks from the small to the extravagant by the panel of Jeff Gamet, Joe Kissell, Jean MacDonald, and host Chuck Joiner. This edition of MacVoices is supported...

MacVoices #17147: AltConf – Josh Brown of Softorino Profiles WALTR2 and Softorino YouTube Converter 2

Jun 16, 2017 | Developer, Events, Software, Video, Web

At AltConf in San Jose, we catch up with Softorino Marketing Director Josh Brown to review the current state of video conversion utility WALTR 2 and Softorino YouTube Converter 2. WALTR 2 makes it simple to convert virtually any video format for use on your iOS...

MacVoices #17102: Adam Engst, Tonya Engst, Joe Kissell, and a Major Take Control Books Announcement

May 1, 2017 | Business, Publisher, Take Control

Adam Engst, Tonya Engst, and Joe Kissell reveal some major news about the future of Take Control Books. They talk about where Take Control has been, what is involved in the process of delivering a consistently excellent series of ebooks, and what the future has in...

MacVoices #17072: Kirk McElhearn Updates iTunes 12: The FAQ and Answers Your iTunes Questions

Feb 21, 2017 | Audio/Music, Author, iOS, Software, Take Control

Kirk McElhearn takes up the challenge of informing you about the changes and enhancements to the latest revision to iTunes in iTunes 12: The FAQ. Various interface elements have come, gone, come back again and been updated, as well as new capabilities added. Kirk...

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