As a follow up to the Chit Chat Across the Pond episode #605 on wireless Carplay with Sandy Foster, I wanted to provide information regarding why wireless Carplay is not more widespread. As was pointed out in the episode, almost all new cars that have Carplay support offer only wired CarPlay. Until recently only BMW […]
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Tiny Tip – Organize System Preferences for Findability – by Sandy Foster
This is Sandy Foster with a little tip to try to make life easier for some of us. Have you ever gone into your Mac’s System Preferences and had to figure out which row was hiding a particular preference? And who decided how to organize the categories, anyway? If you hate scouring the icons for […]
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How to Fix a Slow Mac mini in an Unusual Way by Troy Shimkus
Hello Castaways! So, just an anecdotal story to share for fun. Recording this on my new 13” MacBook Pro in a hotel room after buying it last night at the local Apple Store in the city I’m visiting. While visiting my parents, my dad was complaining that his late 2014 Mac mini was slow. While […]
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Maybe if I Had a Keyboard for My iPad mini I’d Use it More
In April I wrote a post entitled Does the New iPad mini Have a Place in Your Digital Life? In my bottom line, I wrote: The bottom line is that I’m delighted with the iPad mini and it’s found many places to squeeze into my digital life. If I had to give up the 12.9″ […]
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NC #745 Search for Secure Email Service, Apple iPhone Case Warranty, AppleCard with Denise
It’s an all-female cast this week with Dorothy telling us about her quest for a new secure email service, Sandy talking CarPlay in cars on Chit Chat Across the Pond and Denise talking AppleCard with me. I even do a quick bit on the show about how Apple didn’t honor the warranty on the iPhone […]
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CCATP #605 — Sandy Foster on CarPlay and Prius Prime Tech
In this week’s episode, Sandy Foster, aka @MacQuilter joins me to talk about why CarPlay is so awesome and how it influenced her decision to buy the top-of-the-line Prius, called Prius Prime. We also talk about the new tech in the Prius Prime including the fact that it’s not just a gas/electric hybrid, it’s also […]
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Tesla Tech – So Many Levels of Self Driving
I’ve been getting some good feedback on my Tesla tech series. It seems that people enjoy the strange things I’ve told you about the car. But I’ve also noticed that people seem to be getting the impression that I don’t like the car. I actually love the car! Let me explain why I have been […]
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Apple Doesn’t Honor Their Warranty on iPhone Cases
You know I’m a huge believer in AppleCare and that it has saved me more times than I can count. Who can forget the five 12.9″ iPad Pros and four keyboards Apple replaced for me? In all cases, I haven’t had to pitch any kind of fit to get them to honor the warranty when […]
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Clipboard Managers and Keyboard Maestro
On the Mac Geek Gab, Dave Hamilton has been singing the virtues of clipboard managers. These are tools that give you a clipboard history beyond the single most recent thing you’ve copied. I’ve been intrigued, as I love anything that increases productivity. I recently discovered that there’s a clipboard manager built into Keyboard Maestro, which […]
Continue readingNC #744 Tabliss, Freeplane, Clipboard Managers & Keyboard Maestro, Security Bits
Bart talks tech of bicycles on Chit Chat Across the Pond, Caleb Fong tells us about Tabliss for Firefox and Chrome, Ed tells us about the open source mind mapping app Freeplane and I’ll tell you how Dave Hamilton helped me automation chapter marks in Hindenburg and tried to convince me that clipboard managers are […]
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