I talked a few weeks ago about the Bartender kerfuffle when developer Ben Surtees sold it to a company called Applause. While I’ve not taken up the alarm bells, many still remain skeptical of this new company. You’ll also remember that Physics Nerd Graeme reviewed Hidden Bar for us as an alternative to Bartender. This […]
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CSUN 2024: Sony OTC Hearing Aids
Allison interviews Lauren Reynolds from Sony about their new self-fitting, over-the-counter hearing aids. Since these hearing aids do not require an evaluation and fitting from an audiologist, they are much less expensive and are easier to purchase than traditional hearing aids. Sony’s hearing aids come in a couple form factors. The CRE-C10 self-fitting hearing aids […]
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NC #997 Macstock Discount, Tesla vs CarPlay – Best of Both Worlds, Brava Oven Cooks With Light, Password Sharing, WWDC with Adam Engst
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, June 16, 2024, and this is show number 997. mp3 download I would like to register a complaint right now about the live chatroom. I know they have […]
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Tiny Tip – Password Sharing with Apple — by Physics Nerd Graeme
In our Slack community (podfeet.com/slack), before WWDC there was a discussion about password management with Apple Keychain, and Physics Nerd Graeme jumped into the discussion. He had a tiny tip on how to share passwords with family members. Keep in mind that this discussion occurred right before WWDC when Apple announced that they’re coming out […]
Continue readingNC #996 Glass Trackpads, iPad Pencil Diagram 2024, Bartender Kerfuffle, HIdden Bar with Physics Nerd Graeme, Security Bits
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, June 9, 2024, and this is show number 996. mp3 download Before we get started, a couple of housekeeping notes. This may be late notice but the live […]
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Security Bits – 2024 June 9
Deep Dive — You Probably Want to Avoid Microsoft Recall, at Least for Now! At their recent Build developers conference Microsoft announced a new line of ARM-based laptops with built-in AI chips branded as Copilot+ PCs, with one of the headline features being Recall. The idea is that Recall will constantly monitor everything you do […]
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Magic Trackpads Really ARE Made of Glass
Remember back in 2010 when Apple first came out with the Magic Trackpad and it was made of glass? Well, I can prove that the Magic Trackpads are made of glass. Last Friday night I opened my M2 MacBook Air and saw what looked like a hair across my trackpad. With a dog, two cats, […]
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My View of the Bartender App Kerfuffle
You may or may not have heard that there was quite the kerfuffle this week about the beloved-by-many Mac app, Bartender. If you’re unfamiliar with Bartender, the problem it solves is to help you manage your menu bar items. My most recent article about Bartender was just in November when developer Ben Surtees came out […]
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Hide Your Menu Bar Items with Hidden Bar – by Physics Nerd Graeme
The Problem to be solved Bartender was a great app for hiding menu bar items, and it may well continue to be a great app for the myriad things it can now do for the new proprietors. But, I felt it wasn’t the right fit for me right now, so I went looking for a […]
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CCATP #795 — Bart Busschots on PBS 167 of X – jq: Recursion, Syntactic Sugar, Some old Friends and a Few Honourable Mentions
It was actually bittersweet for Bart and me this week as he taught the final installment in our series of Programming By Stealth about jq. As Bart says partway through our recording, he thought this would just be a few episodes but it took 13 episodes to go through everything Bart thought was fun about […]
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