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 6, 2021, and this is show number 839. Hey, should we spend the next 40 minutes or so talking about what we hope will come out tomorrow […]
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How to Back Up iCloud Photos When Your Only Mac Can’t Store Originals
ICloud Photo Library Optimize Storage My friend Diane was visiting her granddaughter, and, as one does, she was giving tech support to her daughter-in-law. She wanted to bounce ideas off of someone so she brought me in with the “phone a friend” option. The problem to be solved was one I hadn’t given much thought […]
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Everything is Fiddly – Helma on Apple IDs
Somewhere between 2001 and 2005, I got an iPod, my first Apple device, which I used as an external hard disk to transfer my PhD research between work and home. I got an iTunes account (then just a name, no email address). I switched from Windows to Mac in 2005 when Tiger was released by […]
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Nuke & Pave Install of Mojave (AKA Clean Install)
Partial list of tasks and apps organized in Wunderlist</figcaption/> One of the great things about being a tech blogger and podcaster is that just about anything I think is interesting has been fully documented. If I can’t remember how to do some complex technical task and I’ve ever accomplished it before, I’ve got a blog […]
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That Time Apple Stole My Stuff (or Maybe Not)
This post is Part 2 of a 4-part saga. To read Part 1, please enjoy: AppleCare Needs a Frequent Flyer Program. In my most recent post I told you about how my 2016 MacBook Pro died and had to go back to Apple for repairs. I said at the end that it wasn’t the worst […]
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This week’s Dumb Question comes from David Bodgan from Japan. He wrote: “When I send jpeg pix to my siblings, they give me all sorts of grief about not being able to open them up. I guess they only show up as thumbnails. The funny thing is that in their replies to me, I get […]
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On iOS Today on the TWiT network hosts Leo Laporte & Megan Morrone were talking about iCloud Photo Library and the impact on your iOS devices. Leo expressed concern that the small storage of iOS devices wouldn’t be able to handle a big library. In this video I demonstrate how a 300GB+ library on the […]
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