{"id":4552,"date":"2014-01-12T19:37:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T03:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=4552"},"modified":"2024-12-15T19:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T03:03:04","slug":"453-dot-me-domain-mac-boot-up-key-modifiers-enable-remote-mac-screensharing-audio-portraitpro-taming-the-terminal-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/453-dot-me-domain-mac-boot-up-key-modifiers-enable-remote-mac-screensharing-audio-portraitpro-taming-the-terminal-14\/","title":{"rendered":"#453 Dot Me Domain, Mac Boot Up Key Modifiers, Enable Remote Mac Screensharing Audio, PortraitPro, Taming the Terminal 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Make sure you get to Macworld | iWorld in time to see me do my Tech Talk on Thursday March 27th! And early bird registration ends on 28 February<\/a> so be sure to sign up early. Interview from New Media Expo with Nata\u0161a Dukanovi\u0107 about the .Me domain name. In Dumb Question Corner, Yadiel Sotomayor asks about key modifiers during boot up and I explain each of them as outlined in Apple knowledge base article HT1533<\/a> and tell you what problem they solve. In another “Dumb” question, Slau asks if there’s a way he can control a Mac remotely but actually be able to hear the other Mac’s audio, and I found the solution at bionoren.com<\/a>. I do a review of PortraitPro from portraitprofessional.com<\/a> which allows you to “improve” portraits like the pros (spoiler, I liked it enough to buy it). In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart takes us through Taming the Terminal Part 14<\/a>, where he explains how to create aliases and prompts.<\/p>\n


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\nHi this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Mac Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Macintosh bias. Today is Sunday January 12, 2014 and this is show number 453. We have a LOT to pack into the show today, I may even need to push some of it out to next week.<\/p>\n

I really do love being able to post to podfeet.com mid-week. I know you never told me I couldn’t but it felt like I should warn you at least. Remember I told you last week that Leo LaPorte hosted a discussion with the CEO of Stitcher and the CEO of PodcastOne during New Media Expo, all about the future of radio and podcasting? Turns out Steve recorded a video of that really interesting discussion and posted it on YouTube so I put it on podfeet.com yesterday so it would be really easy for you to find. It’s pretty long so settle in with a nice cup of tea to watch. You may not agree with what they say but I bet you’ll find it makes you think.<\/p>\n

Macworld | iWorld<\/h3>\n

If you’re thinking about going to Macworld | iWorld, when you make your plans, be sure to be there for the Thursday tech talks because my talk is on Thursday at 3pm! I’ll be doing a talk called Digital Disaster – Life After Death. In that session I’ll talk about what you can do to make sure your family and friends know what to do with your digital life if the worst were to happen to you. This was, as you might guess, inspired by what we went through helping Tim Verpoorten’s wife Alice out after he passed away. It’s a grim subject but you know I’ll manage to make it entertaining while you’re learning.<\/p>\n

Paul Kent is the event manager for Macworld | iWorld from IDG, and he’ll be the guest for Chit Chat Across the Pond on the 26th of this month, so you’ll learn all the reasons why you really do want to come! If that’s not enough, don’t forget Steve and I are hosting the NosillaCastaways party again on Friday night at Jillians at the Metreon right next to the conference so if nothing else you’ll want to meet the friendly and enthusiastic NosillaCastaways like Leon Sargent who’s celebrating his birthday by going to Macworld! I’ll give you more information on how to RSVP when we get closer to the date. <\/p>\n

With all that said, the Macworld | iWorld conference pass goes up after February 28th – right now you get access to the expo floor, all of the tech talks, and the main stage activities for $249. I put a link in the shownotes for the registration page at macworldiworld.com<\/a> if you want to get in early!<\/p>\n

.me Domain Interview from New Media Expo<\/h3>\n

Let’s start with another short interview from New Media Expo. I’ll play the audio here, and I’ve also included the video as its own blog post earlier today<\/a> (I’m out of control with this now!)<\/p>\n

Dumb Question Corner<\/h3>\n

In Twitter, Yadiel Sotomayor asked a great question. He asked:<\/p>\n

Really dumb question here. What does pressing certain keys on the keyboard do when booting up the Mac? I know T is for target disk mode. But the rest, I have no clue. Is there an article explaining the different functions?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I knew about a few of the keys that did interesting things during boot up but since he asked about an article I thought I might be able to find a more complete answer. I did a search on Google using a few of my favorite search tricks. I was hoping that Apple would have a knowledge base article on the subject, and I wanted to make sure I didn’t get search results from the discussion forums, Which are often not the definitive source. So into Google I typed:<\/p>\n

key during startup site:apple.com -discussions<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And that worked perfectly. I was rewarded with Apple knowledge base article HT1533<\/a>. I put a link the show notes of course but I thought I’d walk you through each of the options. We’ll do the problem to be solved first, and then I’ll tell you what keystroke will achieve that objective.<\/p>\n