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 Monday, June 20, 2022, and this is show number 893. I hope your routine wasn’t too disturbed by the NosillaCast coming out a day late! Steve and I on […]
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Add Glanceable Information to Your Mac Menu Bar with SwiftBar
Hello Allison and NosillaCastaways, Allister from New Zealand here, once again, with a review of a geeky tool that will let you flex your Taming the Terminal muscles. On an episode of the Upgrade podcast Jason Snell talked about an open source utility called BitBar. This utility puts customisable information in the macOS menu bar […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #761 Adam Engst on Chit Chat, draw.io on ScreenCastsOnline, Parts Electric Vehicles Don’t Have, VueScan, App Tamer
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 Saturday, December 7, 2019, and this is show number 761. This week we’ve got Chit Chat Across the Pond with Adam Engst, some bragging about how amazing my video […]
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Manage Your Apps and Save Battery with App Tamer
One of the coolest things about being a Mac owner is how long your computer will remain useful. I hear stories about people using Core 2 Duo machines that are 12 years old! I’m not a big fan of recommending letting a Mac that’s not able to run a currently supported operating system get on […]
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Apple Watch Series 5 and the Phone Call of Sadness™
Lately, Steve and I have started upgrading our phones and watches every single year. I’m starting to seriously question this strategy. While we can afford to do this, and it’s great fun, in two cases I don’t think we’ve gotten our money’s worth. Last year we promised the kids that we’d flow down our iPhones […]
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GOSPACE Supercharger — A Battery and Charger in One
GOSPACE Supercharger Wall Charger/Battery I’m going to do something I don’t think I’ve done before, and that’s review a piece of hardware that I don’t own. On Friday night my buddy Ron brought over something I got to play with and I was really intrigued. He bought the GOSPACE Supercharger from getgospace.com. The GOSPACE […]
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Tiny Tip – Best Buy for Apple Battery Replacement
If you’re like me, and procrastinated till the very end of Apple’s $29 battery replacement program, you might still be able to get it done before the deal disappears at the end of 2018. I procrastinated because the phones weren’t in really bad shape, they were all around 89% health. I finally decided to go […]
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This week we dive deep into battery technology to figure out if a high-capacity battery can actually charge a laptop. Warning, you’ll learn about Watts Law and other terms so it’s a bit of a propeller beanie episode, but in the end you’ll have the skills to decide which battery is right for you. We […]
Continue readingMore TagJackery & RAVPower Batteries Will Charge Your Laptop
Before learning about these two batteries, I highly recommend you read my previous article Can A Portable Battery Charge a Large Laptop?. In this article, I run through the math on how to figure out if one of these chargers will work for you. This background will be important as you judge these two batteries […]
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Charge Your Apple Watch and Phone with Belkin Valet Power Pack
When Steve and I were retiring, many people asked us if we were going to travel. I said, “no plans at all to travel.” Evidently I was wrong! It seems we travel an awful lot these days, to both foreign lands and locally to go see the grandson. I’ve gotten so that I can pack […]
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