I just finished telling you about a cool trick to use Focus modes to put an “If found call:” message on your lock screen, but I may have an even easier method. To recap, the problem to be solved is that someone finds your phone you left behind and they need a way of contacting […]
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Focus Mode to Put “If found call:” on Your Lock Screen
The Problem to be Solved If you lose your phone and someone of good moral character finds it, how would they contact you to return it? Back in 2012 on episode #395 of the NosillaCast, I told you about a terrific little iOS app called Bob’s Contact Lock Screen that solved this very problem. Bob’s […]
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NC #1033 Vivoo Home Tests, Fiddly Apple Gestures, xTool Laser Cutters, Insta360 Link, Adam Engst on Grammarly
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Thursday, February 20, 2025, and this is show number 1033. Since today is Thursday, that’s your hint that there will be no live show this coming Sunday. Zoe, that […]
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Are Apple’s Gestures Getting More Fiddly, Or Is It Just Me?
Is it just me, or does it seem like Apple has added so many gestures to their OSes that triggering the wrong thing is a constant annoyance? I’m seeing this gesture fiddliness on almost all of Apple’s platforms. Let me elaborate by going through a few I’ve logged just in the last few days. Control […]
Continue readingNC #1032 Apple Photos Editing Tutorial, AUKEY Chargers, Plantaform Indoor Gardens, Blip for File Transfers, BioLite Battery Backup, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, February 16, 2025, and this is show number 1032. Before we get started, I want to tell you there will be NO live show next week. The show […]
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Security Bits — 16 February 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. DNS discussion update: as pointed out by Ferrers in the Podfeet Slack, Cloudflare’s free DNS service does offer an equivalent to Quad9’s malware-blocking DNS service — Details on their website 1.1.1.1 — unfiltered DNS […]
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ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial: Editing in Apple Photos on Mac
Many people ask me what tool I recommend for editing photos, and I almost always suggest Apple Photos on the Mac. When I show them the power inside the editing tools for Apple Photos, they’re surprised that they had so much capability all this time. In my latest ScreenCastsONLINE video tutorial, I did a deep […]
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Fast Point-to-Point File Transfer with Blip
The Problem to be Solved When Bart and I record an installment of Programming By Stealth or Security Bits, we both record both sides of our conversation. We use Audio Hijack to record the files in stereo, so he’s on one track, and I’m on the other. We do this for two reasons. The first […]
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CCATP #809 — Adam Engst on Writing with an Editor and Grammarly
This week, the delightful Adam Engst of TidBITS joins us to talk about how he learned to write so well, what it’s like having an editor, and then moves into how he uses the AI tool Grammarly to improve his writing. It’s great fun as always and convinced me to pay for one month of […]
Continue readingNC #1031 Update on Flic, Elvie Bouncer Bassinet, Lifehive for Bees, Fancy Transcripts for Videos, Roam SodaTop, StehoMe, and Jason Snell on Six Colors Charts
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, February 9, 2025, and this is show number 1031. I’m super excited about this week’s show. Not only because we have four interesting interviews from CES along with […]
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