Chuck Joiner talks with the most interesting and influential people in the Mac industry, as well as the individuals who are out there making it happen on the front lines of the global Mac community.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 39 days 3 hours 29 minutes
episode 138: MacVoices #20138: Glenn Fleishman Takes Control of Zoom (Part 2)
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 an amazing job of handling the, literally, millions of users COVID-19 sent their way...
episode 139: MacVoices #20139: Winston Chen Discusses Voice Dream, The eBook Reader That Does It All (Part 1)
Winston Chen, the Founder and iOS Developer for Voice Dream talks about their flagship app that provides a variety of ebook-reading features, including text-to-speech in a number of different voices and languages and more. In Part 1, Winston talks about the surprising beginnings of Voice Dream, why it almost didn’t make it to the App Store, and the letter he received that compelled him to develop the app further...
episode 140: MacVoices #20140: Winston Chen Discusses Voice Dream, The eBook Reader That Does It All (Part 2)
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...
episode 141: MacVoices #20141: Rosemary Orchard Takes Over WhenWorks And Talks OmniFocus
Rosemary Orchard returns to talk about her most recent project: taking over WhenWorks, the service that helps you schedule your appointments with others at times of mutual convenience without revealing your entire calendar. Rosemary explains how she came to WhenWorks, why she didn’t want to see it go away, some of the things under development...
episode 142: MacVoices #20142: Bryan Chaffin Discusses His Satisfaction Level With Apple's Release Schedules (1)
Bryan Chaffin of The Mac Observer has had some issues with Apple’s product release schedules in the past. He weighs in on how things have been going in recent months, both before and during the COVID-19 lockdown. Bryan also begins an evaluation of Apple’s products that continues in the second half of our discussion, and reveals why beaver makes for a better cowboy hat. This edition of MacVoices is supported by Linode, high performance cloud hosting and virtual servers for everyone...
episode 143: MacVoices #20143: Bryan Chaffin Discusses His Satisfaction Level With Apple's Release Schedules (2)
Part 2 of our discussion with Bryan Chaffin of The Mac Observer starts with reading in bed with the iPad and ends with Apple TV+. In between we cover laptop use, Apple TV (the device), voice control expectations, Apple Pay, Apple Card, and why you should watch the season finale of The Blacklist. This edition of MacVoices is supported by Linode, high performance cloud hosting and virtual servers for everyone. To take $20 off your first order, visit Linode.com/macvoices...
episode 144: MacVoices #20144: Jeff Carlson Explains macOS Snapshots and How To Use Them (1)
Jeff Carlson draws on information from his Take Contol 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. In the first part of the discussion, Jeff and Chuck develop an unusual analogy to help you understand how snapshots work, how they fit in with Time Machine, and where to find them on your Mac...
episode 145: MacVoices #20145: Jeff Carlson Explains macOS Snapshots and How To Use Them (2)
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 to your advantage. This edition of MacVoices is supported by Linode, high performance cloud hosting and virtual servers for everyone. To take $20 off your first order, visit Linode.com/macvoices...
episode 146: MacVoices #20146: Derrick Story Guides You Through Digitizing Your Family Memories
Like most of us years, and maybe even decades, of your family photos are in the proverbial shoe box under a bed somewhere. Derrick Story has a new course, Digitizing Family Memories, that will help you through the process of converting them to digital format, from selecting hardware to the scanning process, and metadata entry, to long-term storage...
episode 147: MacVoices #20147: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Apple Mail For The Fifth Time (1)
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 specific message from your backups can be a challenge. He discusses the evolution of the program, and why it is both powerful and frustrating. This edition of MacVoices is supported by MacPaw, the makers of CleanMyMac X. Your Mac...