Slack has finally added one of its most requested features: threads! Updated versions of Slack for all platforms and the Web now allow you to start a thread in reply to any message. Threads are shown in both a channel-specific sidebar in the Web and desktop apps, and in a pane in the mobile apps.…
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Sierra Users: Don’t Edit PDFs in Preview
macOS 10.12 Sierra has been plagued with PDF problems. First, there were problems with PDFs created using ScanSnap scanners, but those issues turned out to be relatively mild and Apple addressed them in the 10.12.1 update. Unfortunately, 10.12.2 Sierra ushered in even more troubling issues with PDFs. Developers have reported a number of PDFKit problems,…
Josh Explains What’s New with Apple TV and tvOS
Apple TV, slowly but surely, continues to gain features and capabilities, this time with its new TV app and Single Sign-on capability. Josh and Chuck Joiner of [MacVoices][*] discuss the state of streaming TV, Apple TV’s place in this dynamic and highly contested market, and what’s new in the latest edition of his book. Adjust…
Jeff and Joe on Serial Collaboration and Apple Watch
Jeff Carlson and Joe Kissell spend some time with Chuck Joiner of [MacVoices][] describing what’s new in their co-authored Crash Course about Apple Watch and how the current edition came about. Learn what special Watch features float each of their boats and more in this timely interview. []: http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-16207-joe-kissell-jeff-carlsons-updated-apple-watch-crash-course/
The TV App Is Coming to tvOS
At Apple’s October “Hello Again” event, the company announced a major paradigm shift for tvOS, in the form of the soon-to-be-released TV app. The TV app will aggregate content from multiple apps, help you track your favorite shows, and suggest new content. Unfortunately, Netflix isn’t on board in the app and Amazon is still nowhere…
Single Sign-on News
At Apple’s recent “Hello Again” event, the company announced that Single Sign-on is coming to the Apple TV at last, and the feature is available in the most recent tvOS betas. Unfortunately, it works with only two major providers so far: DirecTV and Dish. Thankfully, my earlier prediction about Single Sign-on being based on TV…
Print to PDF Not Useful for Redactions
On page 142 and again on page 157, the book says that printing to PDF removes the text layer of a PDF and suggests this could be a useful way to redact information from a PDF. Unfortunately, this doesn’t appear to be true; the text layer is retained and can be searched, selected, and copied.…
What’s Interesting in tvOS 10?
tvOS 10 has a few new features that are worth knowing about. To make sure that your fourth-generation Apple TV is running tvOS 10, open the Settings app and go to System > Software Updates. If tvOS 10 is installed, you’ll see the version number at the lower left of the screen; otherwise, you should…
MyMac’s Review of “Take Control of Preview”
Joe and Chuck in a Parallels Universe
Joe spends some quality time with Chuck Joiner of [MacVoices][*] to discuss Joe’s new book. Joe begins by describing why, at the moment anyway, Parallels is his choice for running Windows, Linux, and other OSes on his Mac, including beta versions of new macOS releases. The discussion goes on to cover what is new in…