Glenn Fleishman joined Chuck Joiner on MacVoices to talk about his new book Take Control of Home Security Cameras. He’ll tell you about the many variables involved in choosing a camera system and what his book covers.
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What’s New Since the Lightroom CC Book Release
Update, May 2, 2020: Since the blog post below was written back in November, we’ve realized that we currently have no plausible path to update this book in the foreseeable future. Since the book’s contents go further out of sync with each new update of Lightroom, we decided that the best course of action was…
Voice Control Demonstration
This brief video demonstrates some ways to use Voice Control.
How APFS in Mojave Affects Digital Storage Choices
Just as the file system under macOS works quietly, without fanfare, so do the preparations for the next update to Take Control of Your Digital Storage. We’re working on fleshing out the book for an update later this year, but in the meantime, I want to note a few areas where the march of technology…
What’s New with Apple TV
The Apple TV world had been pretty quiet until Apple’s March 25, 2019 special event that announced some major new things coming to the Apple TV: * A redesigned TV app, redubbed Apple TV, that’s built around services, integrates live TV, and will even be available on most popular smart TV platforms, such as Roku…
What’s New with iOS
There have been some welcome improvements in iOS 12 since the version 1.1 update of Take Control of iOS 12, but none that warrant a new edition of the book just yet. iOS 12.1.1, released in December 2018, made it so that you no longer have to press the ellipsis button to swap cameras during…
Slack Changes Desktop Login
In macOS and Windows, Slack offers both native desktop apps and a robust web app that works across major browsers. The native apps have a few distinct advantages I mention in the book over using the web app. However, Slack just removed a feature from the native desktop apps, that you would think makes the…
Apple Developers Told 2FA for Apple ID Soon Required
Apple recently told software developers that two-factor authentication (2FA) will be required as of February 27, 2019, for Apple ID accounts used to log in to the company’s developer website, and which are used for other purposes to create identification and encryption documents. That’s a concern for some developers who haven’t enabled 2FA on the…