Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🎧 More details on the Tea leak discussed last time, with reporting of how many women are continuing to use the app, and including new sigunups 🤯: kill switch: why are women still signing […]
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What’s Better Than an Automated Cat Feeder from PETLIBRO?
Two years ago, I penned an article entitled, “Will the PETLIBRO Smart Cat Feeder Keep My Cat from Overeating?” I’m back with a report and a big update. For the past two years, our two cats, Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper, have been happily fed by our PETLIBRO dual-cat feeder. We travel a lot, and […]
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Apple Watch Cellular for a Child – Not as Easy as You Would Hope
Our grandson Forbes is a delightful child, but he’s been doing this annoying thing called “growing up”. He just had a birthday, and his parents agreed that we could buy him his first Apple Watch. They felt that he was mature enough to handle the responsibility, and they liked the idea of being able to […]
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Automating Folder Structure for New Projects with Shell Scripting Embedded in Keyboard Maestro
At Macstock this year, we had a brand-new attendee who was also a first-time speaker at the conference. His name is Mike Burke, and as I explained in my Macstock coverage, he took a very big swing in his workshop. He had us download 4 apps and a plugin, and taught us just enough to […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 1 August 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇬🇧 It looks like the UK is trying to find a face-saving way to back down from it’s secretive attempt to back-door Apple’s iCloud Advanced Data Protection feature — appleinsider.com/… (Nothing official because everything […]
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MagGo 3-in-1 Charger + Sharge Retro 67 = Magic for Travel
A few weeks ago, the delightful Sandy Foster gave us a review of the Anker MagGo 3-in-1 travel charger. I was intrigued, so I picked one up for myself. I have to agree with Sandy — three enthusiastic thumbs up. What surprised me the most was how small and compact it is. It fits in […]
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PSA — Your Brother Printer’s Password May Have Been Reset
I have a quick but important public service announcement brought to you by listener Jane. A few weeks ago on Security Bits, Bart Busschots explained how a vast number of printer models (mostly from Brother but also from Fujifilm, Toshiba, and Konica Minolta) had default admin passwords that were easily generated by hackers. The problem […]
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Virtual Monitor HDMI Dongles Solve Many Problems
The Problem to be Solved When Apple came out with the 14” MacBook Pro models, it created a problem for screencasters like those of us at ScreenCastsONLINE. The problem is that the displays are a 16×10 aspect ratio, while video on just about every platform is 16×9. If I produce a video using the display […]
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Even More Sindre Sorhus Apps — ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial
A few months ago, I created a ScreenCastsONLINE tutorial about three apps from the prolific developer Sindre Sorhus. I taught how to use Dato, Aiko, and Velja. I’m back with four more small but powerful apps from Sindre. Plain Text Editor for Mac, iPad, and iPhone gives you a place to get your thoughts down […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 20 July 2025
❗ Action Alerts Calls to action, if any stories in this section are relevant to you, there is some action you should take. Microsoft July 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes one zero-day, 137 flaws — www.bleepingcomputer.com/…, krebsonsecurity.com/… & isc.sans.edu/… Most important patches for typical NosillaCastaways are Office zero-click exploits (triggered by previewing a document) Most important […]
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