Jill from the North Woods, host of the delightful and inspiring Start with Small Steps Podcast at smallstepspod.com decided a few years ago that she wanted to switch from Windows to the Mac. I was a bit of an enabler on this, so I’ve been watching her adventure with great interest. She recently made the […]
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More M1 Max Mac Musings
Last week I gave you a few early musings on the M1 Max Macs and this week I’d like to give you a few more. There’s nothing super unexpected but so many things that have delighted me. Speed Optional Math Explanation:You might be wondering about how I calculated “faster”. Steve and I both have Masters […]
Continue readingCCATP #702 – Doc Rock Explains ProRes Video & We Talk new M1 Max Macs
Doc Rock Rocks Doc Rock joins me for a fantastic discussion on Chit Chat Across the Pond. I asked Doc on the show originally to come on and explain ProRes video to me, but Apple delighted us by dropping the new M1 Max Macs and M1 Pro Macs the same day we were scheduled to […]
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Let The Backpedaling Commence – by Frank Petrie
After the conclusion of Apple’s April event, many You Tubers and bloggers (myself included) began our assault on the new M1 iMac. Personally, I likened the design to a 5th grader who used the iPad software feature where you can make a square, circle, rectangle, what-have-you perfect by merely drawing the shape then holding the […]
Continue readingCCATP #676 – Jill McKinley on Windows to Mac Conversion
This week our guest is Jill McKinley, also know as Jill from the North Woods. I’ve been using a Mac since 1984, and other than a 3-year stint using Windows Vista at work, I’ve been heads down in the Mac operating system all that time. Jill has recently bought her first Mac, which as is […]
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Everything is Fiddly – the Audio Edition
I was watching a video on my iPad Pro and I wanted a richer, louder sound, so I used Control Center to switch it to the HomePod mini sitting right next to it. That worked great. After a bit, I wanted to change rooms, so again using Control Center I switched the audio output to […]
Continue readingCCATP #662 – Rod Simmons on Screencasting Tips and Tricks
This week Rod Simmons of the SMR Podcast https://smrpodcast.com joins me to talk about our tips and tricks for doing effective screen casting. We started by going through some more strategic ideas on how to get your message across with a screencast, and then we dug into some of the techniques and tools we use […]
Continue readingFirst Mac by a Long-Time PC User — Jill McKinley
Jill with her Apple IIc This is Jill with reflections on the new-to-me MacBook Pro. I have been a Microsoft gal when I built my first 8088 in the early 80s and it had MSDOS v1. When I bought my Apple IIc in college, it was an extraordinary amount of money given to me by […]
Continue readingCCATP #618 – Adam Engst on Success of Macs at IBM
Adam Engst, veteran author of TidBITS for the last 29 years, inventor of Internet advertising and someone who dresses appropriately for the weather joins us for this episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond. Adam explains the fascinating results that IBM has reported since they first decided to give their employees the choice of whether […]
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A Unique View on the 2019 16″ MacBook Pro
8-Core i9, 64GB RAM, 4TB Disk I’d like to tell you about the new 16″ MacBook Pro in a way that doesn’t repeat what everyone else has had to say already. I think I have a way to connect the dots between the new MacBook Pro and the tour we had of SpaceX. We’ll get […]
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