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. […]
Continue readingMore TagiCloud 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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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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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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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… Michael Fey wrote a blog post at 1password.com explaining how 1Password has […]
Continue readingMore TagNon-realtime Communication at Work – by Allister Jenks
Back in March I took part in CCATP Lite #675 about working from home, along with Allison and the pod-daughter, Lindsay Tondee. We had so much fun discussing our different experiences that there was a whole section of content I had notes for that we just didn’t have time to get into. I’d like to […]
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Last year I wrote an article explaining why I use five different apps to take notes. One of the apps I talked about was Ulysses for writing my draft blog posts. I have found that writing on my iPad Pro with the Magic Keyboard is a great way for me to focus, and Ulysses is […]
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Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID My tagline says that I have an EVER so slight Apple bias. I figure lean in, rather than have people think they’re being mean by calling me an Apple fangirl. This week, I am categorically not an Apple fangirl. And it’s not because my Mac pauses for 2 seconds […]
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