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MacVoices #21001: MacVoices Live! - Looking At Apple's 2020 (1) In our last MacVoices Live! of 2020, the panel of Guy Serle, David Ginsburg, Brittany Smith, Craig Allebach, Marina Epelman, and Kelly Guimont discussed some of Apple’s decisions and product releases of the year, and how they faired, both in reality and in the press. The challenges faced by at least one university, Apple’s adaptation to the pandemic environment, and which products were the biggest winners...

The second part of our look at the anniversary of Lockdown continues as the panel of Jim Rea, Jay Miller, Jeff Gamet, Frank Petrie, Mark Fuccio, David Ginsburg, Guy Serle, Brittany Smith, and newcomer Andrew Orr continue the conversation about what we’ve learned about working from home and virtual interaction, starting with the challenges of socialization and Zoom culture...

Our look at the anniversary of Lockdown wraps up with a change in direction. The panel of Jim Rea, Jay Miller, Jeff Gamet, Frank Petrie, David Ginsburg, Guy Serle, Brittany Smith, and Andrew Orr finishes off the discussion of Zoom meetings, then turn their attention to larger events. The pros and cons of online and in-person conferences are debated...

Callum O’Hara is a Senior Engineer at iMendMacs, and joins us to give us a view from the independent Apple repair shop perspective. Callum talks about how he got into Apple device repair, the services they offer, and provides some advice for evaluating an independent repair shop when you need one. We also talk about their data recovery services, and he shares some repair horror stories...

Our new MacVoices series, Up To Speed, is our way of helping those new to Apple devices. Jeff Gamet and host Chuck Joiner take a conversational approach to some of their favorite aspects of Apple computing. In this first episode topics include Finder Sidebar customization, using aliases, preferred pointing devices, and Dock management and placement. Smile This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of world-class software like PDFpen, PDFpen Pro, and TextExpander...

This MacVoices Live! conversation started out with a discussion of chat apps and privacy. The panel of David Ginsburg, Jeff Gamet, Mark Fuccio, Guy Serle, Jim Rea, Kelly Guimont, and Andrew Orr discussed what they are using and why it is so difficult to get others to switch to secure options. Open source vs. platform specific, the risks of giving a chat app access to your contacts, and more spark a lively debate. The topic of why so many ignore basic security starts up as this part wraps up...

The panel of David Ginsburg, Jeff Gamet, Mark Fuccio, Guy Serle, Jim Rea, Andrew Orr, and Kelly Guimont wrap up our discussion of chat apps and security by taking the larger view of security, examining why so many users don’t practice good security, the misunderstandings surrounding security, and why adopting a new, more secure chat app meets with so much resistance...

The topic shifts in the final part of this MacVoices Live! discussion to Apple’s Worldide Developers Conference (WWDC), and the announcement that  it will be virtual again this year...

Sharon Cooksey of Kidde takes us through the latest features of their home smoke and Carbon Monoxide alarms that can be both hardwired as well as battery operated. Sharon talks about why our escape time from a fire has dropped in recent years, how their alarms communicate with each other to give you the time you need, and why you need to replace your smoke detectors on a regular basis for reasons that you probably didn’t know about...

An article on Cult of Mac, 45 ways Apple put a ding in the universe, was the basis for a spirited MacVoices Live! discussion. The panel of David Ginsburg, Kelly Guimont, Guy Serle , Jim Rea, Jay Miller, and Frank Petrie take on topics that include the butterfly keyboard, iPods, the iPhone camera, and interface elements, selecting their favorites and debating the impact of each. (Part 1) CLEAR This edition of MacVoices is supported by CLEAR. Get to the front of the line Faster. Safer. Touchless...