Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. After their first attempt received a lot of negative user feedback, Discord has redesigned their age-verification system: Discord rolls out age checks that don’t require an ID or selfie — cyberinsider.com/… “The company says […]
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ViewSonic VG1457 is Two 14″ Displays in One
I’m a big fan of portable USB-C displays. My current love is the $500 ViewSonic VX1655-4K OLED portable display. It’s a 15” display that’s super thin and light, and it’s an essential tool when I record the podcast during the live show when I’m on the road. A 4K display gives me the screen real […]
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The Case of the Missing F-Keys: Solved with Keyboard Maestro
One of the most powerful tools that I take for granted on my Mac is Keyboard Maestro. I have a lot of cool little automations running that I sometimes forget aren’t part of the operating system. I wouldn’t call myself a power user of the tool compared to some other folks, but I know my […]
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CleanShot 5.0 Brings Studio Mode for Producing Screencasts
As I said in my 2022 article introducing CleanShot X, I’m addicted to screenshot apps. I take a lot of screenshots for the podcast, as you can imagine, but I also find that screenshots are a very useful tool for sending bug reports to software developers. I do a lot of tech support for family […]
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Audiobook Audio (V3) Part 10: EQ for Audiobooks
EQ got easier when I stopped asking it to do everything I need to start this one with a confession: I used to be completely lost with EQ. Not “I am still learning” lost. I mean guesswork lost. I would watch the analyser, drag points around, do things that felt like they should be right, […]
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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. Age Verification News: Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… Apps get an age range, not a specific age or date-of-birth Apple announced similar APIs […]
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Goodbye Mac mini, Hello Desk Space
You may remember when Steve and I performed The Emergency Mac mini Upgrades of 2023 for Steve’s mom and dad, Merlee and Ken. We went to visit them (about 4 hours away), and while helping them with some computer stuff, we realized that their Mac minis were 9 years old with 5400 RPM spinning hard […]
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Audiobook Audio (V3) Part 9: Invisible Cadence Editing in Logic
The edit that feels wrong This part is about the kind of editing that can be technically perfect and still feel wrong. You know the feeling. The noise is gone. The cut is clean. There is no obvious click or pop. And yet the sentence feels impatient. It feels like the narrator is rushing the […]
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View Markdown Files in Quick Look with Marked QL
If you’ve been using a Mac for a while, you know that you can tap the space bar with any file selected to invoke Quick Look, the built-in previewing app for files. Image files show the images, music plays, videos play, PDFs render, presentation and word processing files render nicely, and plain text files render […]
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Stream Your Own Content When Away From Home with UGREEN Wireless Transmitter
Are you the kind of person who brings an Apple TV with you when you go away on vacation? If you are, you might be a candidate for the gadget I’m about to tell you about. But first, the problem to be solved. When you go away from home for business or vacation, you may […]
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