Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The SolarWinds attack Malwarebytes Reveals it Was Hacked by Nation-State Behind ‘SolarWinds’ — www.macobserver.com/… Did not use SolarWinds products Vector was their Office365 tenancy (Microsoft spotted suspicious activity on their account and contacted them) […]
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NC #812 Accell Cutie, MacUpdater, HomePod mini
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, November 29, 2020, and this is show number 812. mp3 download CCATP #662 – Rod Simmons on Screencasting Tips and Tricks This week Rod Simmons of the SMR […]
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Keep All Your Apps Up to Date with MacUpdater – Joe LaGreca
Listener and friend Joe LaGreca contacted me to suggest we have a discussion on the NosillaCast about a tool he relies on called MacUpdater. This app’s job is to show you all of the apps you need to update on your Mac, and if possible to run the updates for you with a click of […]
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How to Update macOS Catalina and Not Upgrade to Big Sur
We all know that it’s important to “stay patched, so you stay secure.” But macOS is making that a bit harder these days. Apple really wants you to upgrade to macOS Big Sur, but if you’re not ready for that big jump, it may be hard to notice that you have macOS Catalina and Safari […]
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Motorola g7 Android Phone Finally Got Updates
Android 10 Comes to Moto g7Like My Fancy Drawing With Android’s Markup Tools? Back in March, I wrote a blog post entitled I Really Don’t Understand Why People Choose Android. I wrote it because I was so frustrated that my seven-month-old Moto g7 Android phone wasn’t getting recent security updates. At the time, the phone […]
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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 – 25 January 2019
Followups Australia’s controversial anti-encryption law has come into effect — www.macobserver.com/… Sprint to Stop Selling Location Data to Third Parties After Motherboard Investigation — motherboard.vice.com/…
Continue readingMore TagWho Ya’ Gonna Call? Try Allison! – George from Tulsa
“If there’s something strange in the Neighborhood, who ya’ gonna call?” “If there’s something weird, and it don’t look good, who ya’ gonna call?” Be grateful those pesky copyright laws spare you George FromTulsa’s rendition of the Ghostbuster theme song. I’ve been told my singing voice redefines demonic possession. Just for fun, I’m putting a […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #670 Paintcode, Apple Watch Health Tracking, Stretch Timer, We.Stream, Bellus 3D, Cyber Essentials, Rings
Allister Jenks stands in for a vacationing Allison Sheridan. We have a review of Paintcode, a story of using the Apple Watch to track health in ways other than the Activity app, Allister’s own health app Stretch Timer, two interviews from CES with We.Stream and Bellus3D, some security tips with Cyber Essentials, and a fun […]
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Cyber Essentials
The management at my work often brings up the topic of training. While for many years it was a hollow promise, in recent years there has been a real push on staff to take training courses, and not just those directly relevant to their current roles. Anything that is relevant to our company is considered […]
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