Getting a jump on the forthcoming release of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Smile has released [TextExpander 4.1][1] with support for the new Security & Privacy settings, a collection of fixes and enhancements, and a new shared snippet collection of Emoji characters. A complete [list of changes][2] is available, some straightforward (“Allows typing Command-Return to complete…
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Joe Kissell Tells Chuck Joiner How to Keep It to Himself
In an [interview][1] with Chuck Joiner of MacVoices, Joe Kissell goes over some of the basic dos and don’ts that he offers in his latest book, Take Control of Your Online Privacy. Included are useful tips about email, Google, off-shore providers, Wi-Fi, and social media. Take a look or a listen (we’ll know whether you…
MacVoices Covers Launch of Take Control of LaunchBar
Chuck Joiner of [MacVoices][*] interviews Kirk McElhearn about the LaunchBar 5 version of “Take Control of Launchbar.” LaunchBar, created by Objective Development, is one of the favorite apps of the Take Control staff. Kirk, who appears on the video as himself instead of in the guise of his cartoon avatar (see the book; this will…
Ebooks, Footnotes, and Skeuomorphs, Oh my!
If you’ve been wondering about the place of traditional footnotes in a Multi-Touch book, you might find this article on TidBITS, “[Ebooks, Footnotes, and Skeuomorphs, Oh My!][],” 4 June 2013, of some interest. []: http://tidbits.com/article/13805
Joe Talks about How to Think inside the (Drop)box
Fresh from pioneering a new Take Control authoring workflow for his Dropbox book, Joe Kissell (virtually) sits down with Chuck Joiner of MacVoices to discuss some of the lesser-known benefits of using Dropbox for cloud storage and file sharing and to describe the educational extras that come with the book.
Michael in Your Pocket (Sized Podcast)
Michael chatted with Scott Willsey and Peter Nikolaidis of [Pocket Sized Podcast][psp] about iBooks Author and how best to approach using it last week, and a good time was had by all. The interview begins about 8 minutes into the show. [psp]: http://www.pocketsizedpodcast.com/2013/04/psp108/
MacVoices Talks with Michael about iBooks Author
Within hours of completing the 1.1 version of Take Control of iBooks Author, Michael virtually met up with Chuck Joiner to talk about what is new with the iBooks Author software, how Apple is progressing with its Multi-Touch textbook initiative, and where interactive text seems to be going. Hear or watch the interview on MacVoices.
iCloudy, with a Chance of Chuck and Joe
Chuck Joiner and Joe Kissell got together on MacVoices recently to talk about iCloud: the good, the bad, and the what’s-up-with-that? [Listen or watch][MacVoices]. [MacVoices]: http://www.macvoices.com/wordpress/macvoices-13100-joe-kissell-takes-control-of-icloud/
Joe Talks Passwords on MacVoices
Chuck Joiner and cartoon superhero Joe Kissell discuss Joe’s new book and the advice it offers for corralling the wild herds of passwords you’ve probably acquired over the years. Plus, you get to view Joe’s new stateside center of operations and its advanced technology (much of it cleverly disguised as shipping boxes). See the video…
Using the Keychain in Older Versions of Mac OS X
If you are using an older version of Mac OS X, such as 10.6 Snow Leopard, here is useful and still applicable information about using the Keychain, Mac OS X’s system-wide password manager, taken from Joe’s earlier Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X, Second Edition.