In this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Adam Engst joins us to valiantly attempt to explain to us how the new Phone app is supposed to work in iOS 26. He’ll demystify the Classic and Unified views and even help you figure out how to call someone from the calls list in […]
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NC #1076 Night Before Christmas, New Taming the Terminal, Eddie Tonkoi on Producing an Audiobook
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 Saturday, December 20, 2025, and this is show number 1076. The alert amongst you will realize that if I’m recording on Saturday, that means there will be no live […]
Continue readingTaming the Terminal — New Installment 41!
In October of 2015, Bart and I started a podcast called Taming the Terminal. It’s a fantastic and (mostly) evergreen series that helps demystify the Terminal. It’s not just for macOS users. Whenever possible, Bart included Linux and Windows commands. With the advent of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, it became even easier for Windows […]
Continue readingNC #1075 Record Your Own Review, Sandy’s Smart Outlets, Everything Tech is Broken, Andy Dolph on Zoom Webinars for Remote Events
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, December 14, 2025, and this is show number 1075. Before we get started, I wanted to let everyone know that there will be NO LIVE SHOW for the […]
Continue readingSmart Outlets — by Sandy Foster
I don’t have a home that’s as “smart” as many these days. I don’t, for instance, have smart door locks or window shades. I certainly don’t have any fancy lighting systems. However, I do have three smart outlets from Meross. I’ve used a couple of different brands in the past, but right now my outlets […]
Continue readingCCATP #825 — Andy Dolph on Remote Production of Events Using Zoom Webinar
There are some people who are part of the fabric of the NosillaCast, piping up from time to time over many years to provide valuable insight to the show when a topic tickles them. One of these people is Andy Dolph, who’s been sending in content and chatting with me in the background since 2012. […]
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When last we left our heroes, Steve and I had just finished having our house recarpeted. I walked you through the agony just as therapy for me, and then gave you the tech angles to taking a house apart and putting it back together. By the end of the day Saturday, the house was mostly […]
Continue readingNC #1074 Stream Deck to Sleep Mac, Recarpeting Tech Angles, 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, December 7, 2025, and this is show number 1074. mp3 download Articles New Carpet is Like Moving … but Not Stream Deck Button to Put Your Mac to […]
Continue readingNew Carpet is Like Moving … but Not
We just had our entire house recarpeted this week, and holy cow was that a lot of work. It’s like moving … but not. While it is tempting to give you all the details of things like putting two bookcases’ worth of books and photo albums into our bathtub, instead, I’m going to talk about […]
Continue readingStream Deck Button to Put Your Mac to Sleep
Do you ever do some repeated operation on your Mac that’s not hard but you find it annoying? If you can’t think of one, I’ll go first. The Problem to be Solved When I’m done working on my Mac at my desk, I like to put my laptop to sleep to save energy. I use […]
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