By now you’ve all either watched the Apple event this week, or you’ve heard commentary or you’ve read the details of the announcements. I’m not going to cover every detail ad nauseam, but I do have a few observations that I’d like to share. iPad Nothing I continue to be really happy that Apple has […]
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Encrypted Off-Site Backups with Synology Hyper Backup
Hyper Backup Cloud Options – Scroll to See All of These Having all of these different cloud services as options is great, but the most important thing about Hyper Backup is that by default it is encrypted in transit to the server (and you cannot disable that option) and you can also choose to enable […]
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Apple Apps Aren’t In Your Normal Applications Folder and Why You Might Care
Applications Folder Shows Apple Apps Did you know that Apple apps aren’t REALLY in your top-level Applications folder with all of your other apps? If you open your Applications folder on your Mac using the Finder, you’ll see all of your Apple apps intermingled with your third-party apps, but it turns out they’re not really […]
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Security Bits by Bart Busschots – 05 September 2021
Bart had Tom Merritt of the Daily Tech News Show on the August episode of Let’s Talk Apple this week to have an extended discussion of Apple’s proposed child protection features. It’s a great discussion with someone who has been described (by a good friend) as being “pathologically unbiased.” You can find this episode of […]
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GitHub Copilot for VSCode Might Make Coding Easier
As a beginner developer, I find it very difficult to recommend coding tools to others because I’m worried the more advanced programmers will make fun of me. They’ll say my opinion is wrong because I don’t have the right experience, or I’ll accidentally step into a religious war like saying vi is better than Emacs. […]
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iCloud Passwords for Windows – by Jill from the Northwoods
iCloud Passwords for Windows As you may know, I use Windows. I like Windows. There are always interesting conundrums involved when saving some of your data into Apple applications and other pieces of your data that are not in Apple. For example, I have this very nice password list of all the things I use […]
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Joplin Part 2 – a Deeper Dive
A couple weeks ago Knightwise told us about a fantastic open source, cross-platform notebook app called Joplin. After he told us about it, I raved about it as well. This week I asked Bart whether he thought it might be the right app to replace Evernote for him he said he was waiting for me […]
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Why Would You Want to Create a Deep Link to an Email?
I’m not one of those highly organized, Getting Things Done people with OmniFocus tasks and due dates that I actually achieve. I use a hodgepodge of techniques that seem to revolve around my email. I know, that made many of you cringe, but I’ve got a cool trick that is starting to help me connect […]
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Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Apple’s Child Protection Features New Information: Apple publishes Child Safety FAQ to address CSAM scanning concerns and more — www.imore.com/… Apple shares a security threat review for its new CSAM detection feature — www.imore.com/… […]
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The Day the Internet Lost Its Mind about 1Password Becoming an Electron App
Last week every single Apple-centric podcast was busy with hand wringing about Apple’s new child protection efforts. This week they have a new target for their hand wringing, and it’s the changes that the folks at AgileBits announced about 1Password. What Happened Was… 1Password 8 Beta Enough discussion of other Electron apps, what about our […]
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