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, August 8, 2021, and this is show number 848. mp3 download Chit Chat Across the Pond You know I’m super proud of the uninterrupted 16 years of the […]
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Tiny Tip – View Calendar in Terminal
Terminal Showing Command `cal 2018` Have you ever needed to see an entire month or an entire year calendar just to look at dates but not with it all cluttered up with your appointments? On macOS there’s a super easy way to do it. To instantly see the current month, just open the Terminal app […]
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CCATP #695 – Bart Busschots on PBS 122 – Managing Dot Files with Chezmoi
In our previous installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart introduced us to Chezmoi, an open source tool to help us manage dot files, those hidden configuration files that get created on our Macs. Configuration files contain information about how we like our Macs configured, including where to access our ssh keys and our preferred command […]
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Security Bits — 8 August 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Pegasus/NSO Group: Apple may have patched flaw used by Pegasus in iOS 14.7.1 — www.imore.com/… Pegasus spyware maker investigating misuse, halts access for several governments — www.imore.com/… Backup Tool ‘iMazing’ Updated to Detect Pegasus […]
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CCATP #694 Dr. Niki Ackermans on Anatomy and Neuroscience with Oxen and Sheep
This week our guest is Dr. Niki Ackermans. Dr. Ackermans is a Postdoctoral fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York City. Her current work focuses on the anatomy and neuroscience of traumatic brain injury in head butting animals. She is also the science […]
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Bulk Storage on the Cheap – by Allister Jenks
When I bought my Apple Silicon-powered MacBook Pro in late 2020, I wasn’t sure what I’d do with my 2018 Mac mini. My overriding thought was it would be useful to keep around as a server, but… what would it serve? I’ve traditionally sold all my old Macs to help defray the cost of my […]
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How I Fell In Love with AirPlay 2 with HomePod, Apple TV and Belkin
Last week Bart told you about how he fell in love with AirPlay 2 because of the Sonos speakers that he bought for his house. He spoke of the wonders of whole-home audio. I loved this review because I love listening to anything Bart chooses to describe but also because I too have fallen in […]
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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, August 1, 2021, and this is show number 847. This week Steve and I had a lovely week-long vacation with our daughter Lindsay, her husband Nolan, and our […]
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How I Fell in Love With AirPlay 2 with Sonos – by Bart Busschots
Since moving into my new house in January I’ve gone all-in on AirPlay 2 devices. This screenshot probably makes my point — and bear in mind it’s missing our second AppleTV which is off-line today in preparation for some furniture re-arrangement! How did I get here? What was I doing in the old house? But […]
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Generating Random, Secure, Memorable Passwords in Your Head – by Allister Jenks
In late 2020 AgileBits, the folks behind 1Password, published a blog post entitled Randomness (or things humans do poorly). It’s a fascinating article on randomness in computers, but near the beginning is this paragraph. As I’ve alluded to with the title of this post, humans are notoriously terrible at creating randomness. You’ll doubtless have heard […]
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