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…
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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…
Sharon and Chuck Run the Numbers on MacVoices
Sharon Zardetto and Chuck Joiner discuss Sharon’s exhaustive, but far-from-exhausting, book about Apple’s Numbers. Don’t think spreadsheets can be fun? Sharon thinks different. Find out why on this episode of [MacVoices][1]. [1]: http://www.macvoices.com/macvoices-15132-sharon-zardetto-takes-control-of-apples-spreadsheet-numbers/
A Useful Hack for Throttling iCloud Photo Library Uploads
Over at TidBITS, we’ve written an article that offers a potential solution to the problem of Photos overwhelming your Internet connection with uploads to iCloud Photo Library. It’s not for everyone, but it might help you. See [How to Throttle iCloud Photo Library Uploads][]. []: http://tidbits.com/article/15679
Chuck and Joe Discuss the Kissell Security Trilogy
While you won’t find any doughty Hobbits assailing Mount Doom in this trilogy, Joe Kissell and Chuck Joiner do spend 50 minutes describing what you will find in the latest releases of Joe’s three Take Control books about digital security and why he separated them into three separate titles: [Take Control of Your Online Privacy][0]…
Joe and Chuck Take a Bash at Using the Command Line on MacVoices
Chuck Joiner and Joe Kissell sit down to discuss Joe’s latest edition of his guide to the Mac command line on [MacVoices][*]. Together they ls the changes Joe made to the book to bring it current with Terminal in Yosemite, and man up to the challenge of explaining this essential but technical tool to typical…
How to Stop Doing the Same Thing Over and Over
Although this ebook covers many features, it doesn’t discuss scripting with Apple’s Automator and AppleScript tools to automate repetitive tasks that would be better carried out by a script than by you. To learn more about what’s possible and get started, check out the iWork & Automation portion of the Mac OS X Automation Web…
The Limits of the iWork for iCloud Beta
Apple has posted a support document, [Size limits of iWork for iCloud beta documents][1]. Among other interesting facts provided by the document are these: the iWork for iCloud beta can share a document with as many as 100 users at a time, an iWork document can be as large as 1 GB (though a few…
iCloud Photo Library: The Missing FAQ
10.10.3 Yosemite is out, bringing with it Apple’s new Photos for Mac and its associated iCloud Photo Library, which was previously in beta testing. Although Apple has posted an [iCloud Photo Library FAQ][1], it doesn’t answer many of the questions that users have raised. That’s why Joe Kissell took on that chore, compiling a list…
Important — Recovering Lost Snippets in TextExpander touch 3.2.3
NOTE: This only applies to TextExpander touch 3.2.3: subsequent versions do not exhibit the problem. The issue described below was fixed in 3.2.4, which was released on April 17, 2015. Smile acknowledged a bug in TextExpander touch 3.2.3 (released on April 7, 2015) that “appears to erase all your snippets.” Fortunately, the snippets aren’t really…