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, December 1, 2019, and this is show number 760. We’ve got a great show for you this week with some Tesla Tech, my quest to leave Wunderlist and […]
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Tiny Tip – Fixed: Update Problem with 1Password 7
I wouldn’t normally post a tip about a specific problem with a specific piece of software, but when my father-in-law ran into the exact same problem updating 1Password, I figured maybe it’s a widespread problem and I know we have a lot of 1Password-loving friends in the NosillaCastaway community. There appears to be a problem […]
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Security Bits – 17 November 2019
Followup 🇺🇸 Mozilla refute the very misleading (factually incorrect) presentation American ISPs gave to congress urging them to take action against encrypted DNS (DoH) — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Microsoft have issued yet another warning about the patch they released a few months ago for older versions of Windows to remove the so-called BlueKeep vulnerability. Attacks have now […]
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NC #756 Do I Need Homebrew, Airpods Pro, Security Bits
This week I’ll try to answer a dumb question from Ryan Winkler about what Homebrew is and whether he needs it. Then I’ll give you my take on the new AirPods Pro, and whether they fit in Steve’s wrong earholes. Then we’ve got a nice meaty Security Bits even though there were no Security Mediums […]
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Security Bits – 1 Nov 2019 Notable Security Updates Apple updates just about everything: Everything you need to know about iOS and iPadOS 13.2 — arstechnica.com/… Some users experiencing bricked HomePod after updating to iOS 13.2 [Update: pulled] — 9to5mac.com/… Related: Apple resumes human reviews of Siri audio with iPhone update — apnews.com/… Related: iOS […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #754 Hackintosh, macOS Clean Install Tutorial, MacTech, Security Bits
We’ve got a great story of building a Hackintosh by Trevor Drover from Australia, I’ll tell you how hard and scary it was to do a ScreenCastsOnline video tutorial about why you might want to do a clean install on your Mac and how to actually do such a thing. Then I’ll regale you with […]
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Security Medium 1 — Apple Card is not Magic A story made a lot of news this week because it involved a physical Apple Card being skimmed. It underlines the fact that people do not understand that when they fall back to using the physical card or entering the virtual number into a website manually, […]
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Followup Bluetooth permissions on iOS A nice article explaining some of the most common legitimate reasons apps me request BlueTooth access: Here’s why so many apps are asking to use Bluetooth on iOS 13 — www.theverge.com/… CloudFlare’s Warp VPN has Finally been Released — blog.cloudflare.com/…, nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… & www.imore.com/… Note that VPNs can provide encryption and […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #752 Tunity Revisited, Flotato for iOS Apps on the Mac, Adding Forgotten Workouts to Apple Health, Sleep Tracking is Stupid, Security Bits
Terry Austin is back with a review of an app called Tunity that I reviewed ages ago (he’s got a different perspective). I’ll tell you about Flotato, an app that will let you run some iOS only-apps on your Mac. Then Sandy Foster tells us how to add a workout back into Apple Health if […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #750 Reafoo Smart Bulbs, iOS 13 Bugs, Joby Griptight Micro Stand, Copy’em Paste Tutorial on ScreenCastsOnline, Security Bits
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, September 22, 2019, and this is show number 750. Do you realize we’ve done three quarters of a thousand podcasts together? That’s kinda cool. mp3 download
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