Over the last decade, I’ve heard people sing the praises of the app PowerPhotos from FatCat Software. I’d take a look at it, but find the vast capabilities somewhat intimidating. When J.F. Brissette suggested I consider making a ScreenCastsONLINE video tutorial on PowerPhotos, I figured this was the best way to learn the tool once […]
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Macstock 2025: Unleash the Power of Apple Photos on macOS
This presentation was given by Allison to attendees at Macstock 9 held in Crystal Lake, IL, on July 12, 2025. Many people ask Allison what tool she recommends for editing photos, and she almost always suggests Apple Photos on the Mac. When she shows them the power inside the editing tools for Apple Photos, they’re […]
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I Want Feature Parity in Apple Photos Between macOS and iPadOS
As Apple appears poised to give its operating systems a new coat of paint, I wish they’d direct their attention elsewhere. I’d like to see some care put into bringing feature parity in Photos on macOS and iPadOS. I use a 12.9″ iPad Pro and a 13″ MacBook Air, so the two devices are nearly […]
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ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial: Editing in Apple Photos on Mac
Many people ask me what tool I recommend for editing photos, and I almost always suggest Apple Photos on the Mac. When I show them the power inside the editing tools for Apple Photos, they’re surprised that they had so much capability all this time. In my latest ScreenCastsONLINE video tutorial, I did a deep […]
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Taking and Transferring Live Portrait Photos
Introduction Every once in a while, I start working on a topic for the show and as I dig in, I realize it’s more complex than I first realized. More rational people would back away and move on to another subject, but if I don’t hit a roadblock, I keep digging in. And sometimes I […]
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I’m in Love With the Aura Digital Photo Frame
Digital Photo Frames – a Little History According to Wikipedia, digital photo frames were first introduced in the 1990s. These frames allowed you to insert a memory card containing photos you took from your big-girl camera. They were a pretty revolutionary idea. Remember there wasn’t even an iPhone to view photos until late in the […]
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Retrobatch for Automating Image Manipulation
Remember a few months ago when I spent a stupid amount of time automating the incredibly complex procedure of unchecking a box in Preview’s Export window to remove the alpha channel from PNG files? The problem to be solved is that images with an alpha channel have transparency, and if they’re dark images, they’re impossible […]
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ScreenCastsOnline Tutorial: Create Projects with Apple Photos
I had so much fun creating my latest ScreenCastsOnline tutorial video. It’s all about how to create projects with Apple Photos. I thought I knew a lot about the options because I’ve been making a physical calendar with Apple Photos’ Mimeo Photos plugin for years. But as I explored a bit more, I learned how […]
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Tech on Travel – the Antarctica Edition
Whenever Steve and I go on our wild adventures, I find myself learning something new about how to use our technology when away from home. The problems and solutions evolve over time. I wanted to give you a few things we learned on our Antarctica/Argentina/Brazil trip – some of which are successes and some of […]
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NC #923 Correct Mail Group Addresses, Google Sign-in Popup, Stream Deck Part 1, Synology with rsync Over Tailscale, Photo Calendars with Mimeo Photos
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, January 15, 2023, and this is show number 923. mp3 download Well, this is the last live show recording before we head off to Antarctica. The next live […]
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