Jeff talks about the new edition of his book with Chuck Joiner of [MacVoices][*], framing the discussion with a portrait of how the digital photo landscape has changed following the replacement of Apple’s Aperture and iPhoto apps with its new Photos app. He then focuses on issues of mobile access to photos, competing online services,…
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Track Changes Support Changed in Pages for iCloud
In the previous versions of Pages for iCloud, if you attempted to edit a Pages document that had tracked changes, Pages offered you two options: either accept all the tracked changes, or create a duplicate of the document with all tracked changes accepted. Now that Pages for iCloud is no longer in beta, you no…
Pages Updates for Mac, iOS, and iCloud
As Agen Schmitz noted in his TidBITS Watchlist article, “[Pages 5.6, Numbers 3.6, and Keynote 6.6 for Mac][1],” 16 October 2015, Pages has been updated on all three platforms: Mac, iOS, and iCloud. Among the many enhancements are support for Split View in El Capitan, support for Force Touch on Macs and 3D Touch on…
Scholle Talks about El Capitan with Chuck Joiner
El Capitan has marched into town, and with it Scholle’s Crash Course about it. Naturally, Chuck Joiner wants to know what both Apple and Scholle have wrought. [Watch and listen][*] as Chuck and Scholle discuss the new features in the OS, the nature of Crash Course books, and how El Capitan and iOS 9 have…
EPUB Templates Now Provide Pop-Over Support, Improved Import
iBooks Author 2.4 has been released by Apple, and it includes enhancements to its recently introduced EPUB (or, as Apple consistently insists on misspelling it, “ePub”) templates. The notable enhancement is that EPUBs produced by iBooks Author can now employ Pop-Over widgets. In addition, the release note says that EPUB templates in 2.4 also include…
Suggestions for Snippet Abbreviations
If you sometimes find yourself stymied when coming up with abbreviations for your snippets, check out [12 Great Ways To Choose TextExpander Abbreviations][] on the Smile blog to see how the experts do it. []: https://smilesoftware.com/blog/entry/choosing-textexpander-abbreviations
MyMac Review Lauds Take Control of Audio Hijack
Although we at Take Control Books are confident that we produce high quality helpful technology guides, it’s always nice to get outside validation. Such is the case with [Elisa Pacelli’s recent review][0] of Kirk’s guide to Audio Hijack Pro. In addition to writing for the venerable (20 years!) Mac-oriented site [MyMac.com][1], Pacelli is also a…
Kirk and Chuck Talk about Audio Hijack
In his [second interview][*] with Chuck Joiner of MacVoices this month, Kirk talks about why he finds Audio Hijack 3 a user-interface breakthrough for the venerable audio utility. He also explains the real-world approach he takes in the book. So give a listen — if you have Audio Hijack, you might even want to record…
MacVoices #15153: Jeff Carlson Talks Apple Watch and His Take Control Crash Course
A few months back, before the Apple Watch was released, version 1.0 of Jeff’s book came out, full of information for prospective watch buyers but, of necessity, short of usage tips and advice. However, now that Apple’s wrist-bling has been available for a couple of months, Jeff has been able to expand and update his…
Michael Expands on TextExpander with Chuck Joiner
One of the best parts of finishing a Take Control book (aside from the royalties, of course) is the chance to spend an hour chatting with Chuck Joiner about it on [MacVoices][*]. As usual, Chuck and I had a great time discussing not just the book but the TextExpander software and why we like it…