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MacVoices #25207: Live! – G4 Cube Legacy, ChatGPT Tops Copilot, AI Image Filtering

Aug 4, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

The MacVoices Live! panel reflects on the G4 Cube’s design legacy, discusses Apple’s approach to AI privacy, and reviews ChatGPT’s new meeting transcription feature, which outpaces Microsoft Copilot in downloads. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Web Bixby, Mary Jencius, and Eric Bolden debate the value of on-device AI versus cloud services, examine DuckDuckGo’s AI image filter, and weigh the benefits and risks of AI-generated media in an era of deepfakes and data privacy concerns.

MacVoices #20145: Jeff Carlson Explains macOS Snapshots and How To Use Them (2)

May 29, 2020 | Productivity, Software

Jeff Carlson continues his discussion of the snapshot feature in macOS, explaining why disk Utility takes longer because of snapshots and why it is worth it, how to delete snapshots and why you shouldn’t, and more information to help you understand and use snapshots...

MacVoices #20144: Jeff Carlson Explains macOS Snapshots and How To Use Them (1)

May 28, 2020 | Author, Software, Tech Topics

Jeff Carlson draws on information from his Take Control of Your Digital Storage to help us understand macOS snapshots. A function of recent version of macOS, snapshots facilitate backups and data recovery in a way that is similar to, but different from, Time Machine....

MacVoices #20138: Glenn Fleishman Takes Control of Zoom (Part 2)

May 19, 2020 | Author, Business, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Productivity, Security/Privacy, Software, Take Control, Video, Web

The second part of our conversation with Glenn Fleishman the author of the new Take Control of Zoom from Take Control Books, gets into a discussion of Zoom security, how they have dealt with some of the missteps, and how comfortable you can be using it. Zoom has done...

MacVoices #20137: Glenn Fleishman Takes Control of Zoom (Part 1)

May 18, 2020 | Audio/Music, Business, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Productivity, Software, Take Control, Video, Web

The first part of our interview with Glenn Fleishman, the author of the new Take Control of Zoom from Take Control Books, has Glenn providing some of his favorite tips for the video conferencing service from both the attendee and the host perspectives. Glenn also...

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MacVoices #20132: TidBITS 30th Anniversary with Adam Engst (Part 2)

May 8, 2020 | Commentary, MacNotables, Publisher, Web

TidBITS publisher Adam Engst continues his conversation on the 30th anniversary of their email newsletter, explaining why TidBITS avoided adopting publishing trends, why introducing graphics helps the reader, and in spite of all the changes, email remains the dominant...

MacVoices #20131: TidBITS 30th Anniversary with Adam Engst (Part 1)

May 7, 2020 | Business, Commentary, Publisher, Web

TidBITS, the longest running email newsletter on the Internet just had its 30th anniversary, and publisher Adam Engst celebrates by talking about how web development has become a discipline of its own, and how that affected TidBITs over the years. He covers the care...

MacVoices #20130: ‘How Long Should Tech Last’ with Charles Edge, Ken Ray, and Brett Terpstra (Part 2)

May 6, 2020 | Business, Commentary, Hardware, Software

The second part of the discussion on “How Long Should Tech Last” with the panel of Charles Edge, Ken Ray, Brett Terpstra, and host Chuck Joiner get into topics that include the costs of maintaining older hardware and software from both the end user as well as the...

MacVoices #20129: ‘How Long Should Tech Last’ with Charles Edge, Ken Ray, and Brett Terpstra (Part 1)

May 5, 2020 | Business, Commentary, Hardware, Software

A discussion on “How Long Should Tech Last” starts with the realization that the hardware and software you buy today is, sooner or later, going to be obsolete. That may seem obvious when it comes to computers, less so when talking about smart speakers, home automation...

MacVoices #20111: Jeff Carlson On Luminar 4 From a Photographer’s Perspective (Part 2)

Apr 8, 2020 | Author, Graphics/Photos, Software

Jeff Carlson covers more photo editing tips from his latest effort, The Photographer's Guide to Luminar 4. In the second part of our discussion, we talk about RAW files, whether they come from a DSLR or from your iPhone, and the difference it can make to your final...

MacVoices #20110: Jeff Carlson On Luminar 4 From a Photographer’s Perspective (Part 1)

Apr 7, 2020 | Author, Graphics/Photos, Software

Jeff Carlson is back to discuss photo editing from a different perspective. In his The Photographer's Guide to Luminar 4, we get a look at a new way to enhance our photos. While Luminar has all the usual capabilities, Jeff explains how it uses slider controls to...

MacVoices #20106: Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus On His Training, Music, Productivity Hardware (Part 2)

Apr 1, 2020 | Apple Watch, Hardware, Productivity

Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus continues his discussion of being productive while working from home with an update on the training he provides at Working Smarter For Mac Users, some of the things that he is doing for himself, and two surprising pieces of gear that he uses to...

MacVoices #20105: Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus’ Productivity Tips For Working At Home (Part 1)

Mar 31, 2020 | MacNotables, Productivity, Training/Education

Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus has spent most of his career working from home, so what is new to many us is his normal. Bob tells us some of the challenges he faced early on, how he overcame them, and how he can help you overcome yours. He also covers some recommended...

MacVoices #20103: Peter Cohen on the new Mac mini, iPad Pro, and MacBook Air (Part 2)

Mar 27, 2020 | Hardware, iOS, iPad, Productivity

In the second part of our discussion of new Apple hardware with Peter Cohen, we turn to the inevitable question of whether the iPad can replace a Mac laptop, and if it can, should it? Peter has some thoughts, and then looks at the new MacBook Air, what might be the...

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MacVoices #20130: ‘How Long Should Tech Last’ with Charles Edge, Ken Ray, and Brett Terpstra (Part 2)

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