The new 12″ MacBook has been mocked by many for it’s paltry connectivity options, or should I say option. No MagSafe connector, no Thunderbolt, no HDMI, no SD card slot, heck it doesn’t even have a standard USB port. It only has a single USB-C port and a headphone jack. The good news is that […]
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#526 New NosillaCast App, Flash Memory Differences in SSDs, Unified 1Password at NCHQ, Crypt::HSKPasswd
Don’t forget to join the NosillaCastaways in the live chatroom during WWDC at podfeet.com/live (or if you know how to use an IRC chat client, go to irc.borgchat.net and enter room #nosillacast. Macstock Conference and Expo and the Midwest Mac BBQ are only 2 weeks away! I sure hope to see a lot of you […]
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Last week on the show I told you about a thumb-drive sized external SSD called the Envoy Pro Mini from OWC, In the review I talked about the speeds I was able to measure which weren’t as high using Blackmagic Speediest as what OWC had in its specs. They explained to me that Blackmagic uses […]
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You MIGHT have heard that California is having a wee bit of a drought while many other places in the world are suffering with record rainfall. Until we figure out how to level things out across the globe (which will end up causing some other natural disasters I’m sure), we in California are looking for […]
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Steve and I have been living in a split household for the last year. It’s been a trying time, and finally we have unity in the NosillaCast Headquarters. I’ve been using 1Password from agilebits.com as my password manager while Steve’s been using LastPass. You might remember from an article I wrote last October that LastPass […]
Continue readingMore Tag#525 Portable Charging a MacBook, How Photos Optimizes Photo Storage, Peau Productions to Modify Your GoPro, Robb Dunewood
I start off with a rant about a dreadful experience with a Cox tech support guy blaming the Mac for why their email servers weren’t working. Steve and I will be in the live chat room at podfeet.com/live during the WWDC keynote at 10am on June 8th, hope you’ll join us. I walk through the […]
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Allison interviews Michael Perry from DJI about their latest quadcopter, the Phantom 3. The Advanced Phantom 3 includes a 3-axis stabilized 1080p camera that streams 720p video to your smart device. The Professional model includes a 4K video camera. Flight time of the Phantom 3 has been extended to 23 minutes under ideal conditions. The […]
Continue readingMore TagA 240GB SSD in the Form Factor of a Thumb Drive from OWC
Whether you have a diminutive ultrabook like a Macbook Air with a tiny SSD or a beefy desktop with a giant drive in it, you still want more storage. You know how it is, the more space you have the more you need, right? I think it’s like with houses, if you have 4 bedrooms […]
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If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly surveying rooms in hotels and at conferences and at friends houses for places to plug in your electronics. Smartphones phones, tablets, computers and now even watches are all seeking a charge. Heck, even my books need to be charged now that I use a Kindle. One of the […]
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In Dumb Question Corner this week we hear from Rick. He writes: Hi Allison, I have a dumb question about Photos.app. I have all my photos in Photos.app and use iCloud Photo Library. My iMac is set to store all the originals, and my Macbook Pro, iPad and iPhone all are set to Optimize Storage. […]
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