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Josh Centers weighs in with a different kind of Gift Guide pick, sharing some of his personal tips and tricks for acquiring the much-sought-after PlayStation 5 and Xbox gaming consoles. Find out what Twitter accounts to follow, what YouTube alerts to set, how to avoid scams, and one of Josh’s tricks to help you get what you want when you want it. Upstart Today’s MacVoices is sponsored by Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans. Go to upstart...

Our seventh and final MacVoices Holiday Gift Gide for 2021 kicks off with the virtual panel of Rosemary Orchard, Frank Petrie, Bart Busschots, and Mike Potter selecting picks that go from fun to practical, inexpensive to not-so-inexpensive-but-worth-it. (Part 1) Upstart Today’s MacVoices is sponsored by Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans. Go to upstart.com/macvoices and find out how Upstart can lower your monthly payments...

The second part of our 7th and final MacVoices Holiday Gift Guide for 2021 features the final picks from Rosemary Orchard, Frank Petrie, Bart Busschots, and Mike Potter. Music to education, organization to function, there are some great picks as we wrap up and head for the holidays. (Part 2) Upstart Today’s MacVoices is sponsored by Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans. Go to upstart.com/macvoices and find out how Upstart can lower your monthly payments...

As the holidays close in, the MacVoices Live! crew got together for an online holiday party. David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, Jeff Gamet, Kelly Guimont and Jim Rea were the first to arrive, and a discussion that started with celebrity donuts quickly shifted to the announcement of support for digital drivers licenses, online tracking, and where the two might intersect. (Part 1) Upstart Today’s MacVoices is sponsored by Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans. Go to upstart...

The MacVoices Live! Holiday Party continues as David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, Jeff Gamet, Kelly Guimont and Jim Rea are joined by Mark Fuccio and Brittany Smith to continue the discussion of digital identification and the intersection of privacy, convenience, and tracking. How much do we give up to get what want in the way of services, and how much inconvenience are we willing to endure to maintain privacy? Where does AI play into this? The discussion gets deep...

Our MacVoices Live! Holiday Party wraps with the panel of David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, Jeff Gamet, Kelly Guimont, Jim Rea, Mark Fuccio, and Brittany Smith share their tips and techniques for dealing with holiday tech support requests, and also talking about some of the traditions they and their families share. (Part 3) Coinbase This edition of MacVoices is supported by Coinbase. For a limited time, new users can get $10 in free Bitcoin when you sign up today at Coinbase.com/ macvoices...

In the final Update for 2021, Chuck talks about his decision not to attend CES in person, and how that will affect this year’s CES coverage. Then, he expresses his appreciation to everyone associated with MacVoices in any fashion and reveals a new Patreon benefit and how it expands access to the MacVoices Slack. The update wraps up with comments about MacVoices After Dark, MacVoices Magazine, and the month’s Support Report...

Ken Ray of macOSKen helps us take a look at some of the top Apple and tech-related stories of 2021. Ken and Chuck start out with the obvious choice: COVID-19 and what it meant for Apple at all levels. Then, they each pick an “imaginary” product that impacted things this year. That discussion starts with Apple Car and continues with the enthusiasm over the metaverse concept. (Part 1) Coinbase This edition of MacVoices is supported by Coinbase...

We start 2022 the same way we finished up 2021: by looking at some of the top Apple and tech stories with Ken Ray of macOSKen. Ken and Chuck finish up a discussion of the rise of the metaverse concept, then turn to an in-depth discussion of why Apple TV+ is different than other streaming services, and why it is and will continue to be important to Apple. The show wraps up with where Apple fits into the Work From Home movement, both past, present, and future...

The last MacVoices Live! panel of 2021 got together to discuss expectations and desires when it came to Apple products in particular, and tech products in general. David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour and Jim Rea started off with why the Lightning interface should go away, then turned quickly to how Siri needs to improve. From implementation to accuracy, Siri took center stage. (Part 1) Headspace This edition of MacVoices is supported by Headspace...