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Kirk McElhearn returns in a wide-ranging conversation that has something for everyone. Our first part starts with using Siri for calculations, cooking, cider, accounting software, and the Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanner software update. Then, we turn to an evaluation of the state of Apple Music, and start a discussion of the issues with backing up to a NAS...
Our conversation with Kirk McElhearn continues with why backing up to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device is a bit different than some other options, which drives to buy for your NAS, and cat photos. We also return to the Apple Music question with an examination of what’s next for all the music services, and how the answer to The Marshmallow Test may determine the role podcasts will play. [embed]http://traffic.libsyn.com/maclevelten/MV20199...
This MacVoices Live! focused on the Apple/Epic Games battle royale, with some great perspectives by featured guest Josh Centers, as well as David Ginsburg, Michael E. Cohen, and host Chuck Joiner. In the first part of the conversation, some of the issues covered include Epic’s wants vs. Apple’s requirements, an attempt to look at the issue from a right/wrong perspective, and why it might not be that simple...
Our MacVoices Live! conversation with featured guest Josh Centers and the panel of David Ginsburg, Michael E. Cohen, and host Chuck Joiner continued with more on the the Apple App Store. Jailbreaking, the use of enterprise certificates, and what Apple is and isn’t doing that affects their standing with developers and politicians are discussed...
Aidan Fitzpatrick, CEO of Reincubate, introduces us to Camo, their app that turns your iPhone or iPad into a high quality web cam. In the first part of our discussion, Aidan explains how Camo was developed to solve some of their internal problems, how it achieves compatibility with your favorite video chat apps like Zoom and Skype, and why resolution isn’t the best way to evaluate a web cam. He also demonstrates how Camo gives you access to all of your iPhone’s cameras, not just one...
Our conversation with Aidan Fitzpatrick, CEO of Reincubate, the developers of Camo, continues with more information on how their app makes your iPhone a high-quality camera. Camo provides a free mode with a watermark and a limited feature set, but the Pro version offers so much more...
Michael E. Cohen was the latest featured guest on MacVoices Live!, heading up the panel of Mark Fuccio, David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, and host Chuck Joiner. We started off having Michael explain why his Take Control of Pages book has so many revisions and is such a challenge, Apple’s (and Michael’s) history with word processing, and the recent developments in the Apple/Epic Games battle. This edition of MacVoices is supported by LinkedIn Jobs...
The second part of our MacVoices Live! conversation with featured guest Michael E. Cohen and the panel of Mark Fuccio, David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, and host Chuck Joiner wrapped up our discussion of the on-going App Store saga with some interesting parallels to other industries...
Josh Centers has completely re-written his guide to Apple’s mobile operating systems in Take Control of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. Josh explains how the App Library in iOS 14 works, why it might look like your apps are in two places at once (but aren’t), and how management of those apps is just a little different. Widgets will give you always-on access to the information you want, and provide a new way to display that information...
We start the second part of our conversation with Josh Centers, the author of Take Control of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, with a review of some of the privacy and security features Apple has built in to iOS 14. Some of those include video and camera use indicators, limited photo roll access by default, and why the new clipboard access notifications correct a potential weak spot in security...