AgileBits is now offering a new way to pay for 1Password in the form of a monthly individual subscription. You can still pay for the app (or use the free version of the iOS app), just as in the past, but you can also switch to a $2.99 per month subscription (billed annually). Subscribers receive…
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Apple Releases New Remote App
Apple has released its new Apple TV Remote iPhone app, designed specifically to emulate the physical Siri Remote that controls the fourth-generation Apple TV. Because the new Apple TV Remote app controls only the fourth-generation Apple TV, it does not replace Apple’s previous Remote app, which remains in the App Store with a new name:…
Tip: Control Object Layering in Preview
When you add text boxes and shapes to an image, they’re added in layers corresponding to the order in which you created them. For example, a rectangle created after a text box will obscure the text if you position it over the text, which may not be desirable. Other graphics apps tend to have Bring…
Scrivener for iOS Released
After many months of development and testing, Literature & Latte has released [Scrivener for iPad and iPhone][2]. The mobile edition of the popular writing tool, now available in the iOS App Store, is fully compatible with Scrivener for Mac version 2.8 and Scrivener for Windows version 1.9.5, with which it can sync projects via Dropbox…
Acoustic Fingerprinting Comes to Apple Music, Some DRM Leaves
Yesterday, the Apple news world was abuzz with a change that Apple is rolling out to Apple Music subscribers. The change effects the way that iCloud Music Library tracks are matched. Instead of using metadata, as it had before, iTunes will now employ the same acoustic fingerprinting technique used by iTunes Match. This change means…
Confused About Digital Signing? You Won’t Be After This MacVoices Interview!
In my interview with Chuck Joiner about the latest edition of my PDFpen book on [MacVoices][*], we discussed in detail one of PDFpen 8’s new features: support for digital signing certificates, which allow you to guarantee the authenticity of a document. But we didn’t just talk about certificates: PDF portfolios, file attachments, and audio annotations…
Glenn Cuts Us All Some Slack on MacVoices
It’s rare when an author shows up with two books to discuss on [MacVoices][*], but Glenn (who can sometimes talk twice as fast as normal humans) was up to the task, helping to lead Chuck Joiner through both the basics of Slack and some of its administrative features in his discussion of his latest duology,…
Joe Unflips Bits with Chuck Joiner on MacVoices
Joe sits down with Chuck Joiner of [MacVoices][*] to explain some of the common misconceptions that people have about technology, why this Take Control book doesn’t have “Take Control” in the title, and how the book came to be written. The discussion includes visual aids, reveals the astonishing fact that there isn’t a hamster in…
Changes to Plex Authentication on Apple TV
When we published “Take Control of Apple TV, Second Edition,” the Plex app still required you to enter your username and password to sign in to your Plex account. Thankfully, Plex has now been updated to use browser authentication instead, so you don’t have to type or dictate your credentials with the Siri Remote. When…
Charles Talks OS X Server 5 with Chuck Joiner
Yes, Server 5 is alive, and so is Charles’ book about it, which means it is time for Charles to explain to [Chuck Joiner of MacVoices][] what has changed, what hasn’t, and the pros and cons of running your own server. This far-ranging conversation has much to offer your inner sysop. []: http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-16096-charles-edge-takes-control-os-x-server-5/