We have a listener contribution for the show, but before I can give it to you, I have to tell you a story to set it up. As you most certainly recall, I did a nuke and pave of my MacBook Pro a few weeks ago for my installation of Mojave. I checked all of […]
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Cord Cutting Solutions – by Troy Shimkus
Guest post by Troy Shimkus Hi Allison and fellow Castaways! I wanted to share my experience with cord cutting with you all as that seems to be a hot topic. Since here in Central Florida, we don’t have very many options, getting a good deal can be difficult. Cable and Satellite packages range wildly in […]
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CCATP #567 – Nuris Coronado and Dan Eckmeier on iPhone XS from a Blind Perspective
We’re joined by Nuris Coronado and Dan Eckmeier this week as they talk about their experiences as blind users upgrading from iPhone 7 to iPhone XS. How is the transition from a home button to Face ID if you can’t see? What about the form factor for women vs. men? I learned a few things […]
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The Fat Lady Sings for Google Plus
I remember when Google Plus first came out and with great excitement we all went in to see if this was something cool. I immediately started putting people in circles, thinking this was what I’d been waiting for in a social network. The idea was you could have family in one circle, family you actually […]
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NC #700 iPhone X vs XS Cameras, Mark Up Emails Without Third Party App, Security Bits
We put on our party hats (literally) to celebrate 700 episodes of the NosillaCast. Then I brag about how may latest video tutorial on iThoughts made it into ScreenCasts Online Magazine. I try to convince the audience that the iPhone XS is a logical purchase if you already have an iPhone X just on the […]
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Tiny Tip – Mark Up Emails on iPad or iPhone without a 3rd Party App
Last year I answered a Dumb Question from Rod Simmons on whether it was possible to mark up emails on an iPad. In those instructions, I explained how to get an email into PDF format and then save it into Notability, a $10 app from GingerLabs. Rose left a comment on that post, expressing her […]
Continue readingiPhone X vs XS Cameras Compared – Can You Justify the Upgrade?
As you may recall, Steve and I both upgraded from the iPhone X to the iPhone XS. We justified such silliness by promising our daughter Lindsay and her husband Nolan that they could have our iPhones X. Lindsay’s iPhone 7 Plus was fine, but she really wanted Animoji. But Nolan’s phone was an iPhone 6 […]
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CCATP #566 – Bart Busschots on PBS 64 – Bootstrap Form Layouts
In this Programming By Stealth episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots teaches us about three more types of Bootstrap Form Layouts. It’s not too tough of a lesson and we had a lot of fun working through the lesson. You can find Bart’s full written tutorial at pbs.bartificer.net/… If you appreciate the […]
Continue readingNC #699 Tale of Two MacBooks, Nuke & Pave Mojave, Podcasts Filling Apple Watch, Fifth iPad Pro
Steve Davidson brings us his wonderful “Tale of Two MacBooks”. Then I’ll walk you through how I do a “nuke and pave”, also known as a clean install, of macOS Mojave. Claus Wolf brings us a warning about how podcasts can fill up your Apple Watch. I’ll tell you about a bizarre caps lock bug […]
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That Time I Got My FIFTH 12.9″ iPad Pro
You would think that doing one nuke and pave in a week was enough for me, but in an unfortunate miscalculation of timing, I forced the second one on myself. I bought the 12.9″ iPad Pro the day it came out in November of 2015. At the time, the middle version was 128GB and it […]
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