Kyle Foster, Marketing Specialist for Synology , introduces their new, upgraded NAS models that are for both home and business, and helps us understand how Synology names their products so that you know exactly what each can do. Expandable by RAM upgrades, multiple bay expansion units, or SSD caches, Synology offers lots of options, from private clouds to media servers, to backup servers. Kyle talks about the benefits of some of these, what RAID is, and why you don't need to be a network guru to...
Jul 07, 2020•25 min•Season 2020Ep. 20167
Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, and host Chuck Joiner continue their MacVoices Live discussion of how to safely run the Big Sur developer (or public) beta by making an external SSD recommendation, and dig in to the violation of Apple's NDA by developers publishing benchmarks of the developer Mac mini units. Some of the other topics covered include the upsides and downsides of rumors and how they are handled by the media, Apple's new openness, and how iPad Pro uses are and will affect f...
Jul 06, 2020•32 min•Season 2020Ep. 20166
Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, and Frank Petrie showed up for the most recent edition of MacVoices Live. Jeff started us out by sharing his "free agent" status and teases a new podcast that is in the works. Next, the panel looks back on the original iPhone announcement on its 13th anniversary, talks gourmet peanut butter, and starts a discussion of running the Big Sur developer beta. [embed]http://traffic.libsyn.com/maclevelten/MV20165.mp3[/embed] This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile , t...
Jul 03, 2020•35 min•Season 2020Ep. 20165
Mike Potter of ESC! Technologies wraps up our discussion of WordPress with a discussion of Plugins and how they bring functionality to your web site, and offers more thoughts on whether you need a developer or whether you want do run your website yourself. He covers why some businesses think that a Facebook page is enough (it isn't), why you need to plan and budget for your web site like your business depends on it (because it just might), and talks about the benefits of a working with a local d...
Jul 02, 2020•36 min•Season 2020Ep. 20164
Mike Potter of ESC! Technologies starts to dig into the details in the second part of our conversation about using WordPress for publishing your web site. The conversation starts with why the their community is both an important asset and an important factor in choosing WordPress as your web site platform, then covers where to start, the "5-Minute Install" of WordPress ,and the difference between "cheap" and "inexpensive" hosting and how to tell the difference. What is the difference between Wor...
Jun 30, 2020•39 min•Season 2020Ep. 20163
In the first in a series of discussions on WordPress with Mike Potter of ESC! Technologies (and Macstock Conference & Expo), we start with why your website is so important no matter what business or organization you represent. Security matters, the popularity of WordPress, and why the Open Source nature of WordPress is important to the end user get us started. This edition of MacVoices is supported by MacPaw, the makers of CleanMyMac X . Your Mac. Good as new. Find out more and get your copy...
Jun 30, 2020•36 min•Season 2020Ep. 20162
Our MacVoices Live discussion of the Apple WWDC announcements with the panel of Jeff Gamet, Marina Epelman, Mark Fuccio, Frank Petrie, Jim Rea, Michael T. Rose, Brittany Smith, Brett Terpstra, and Frederick Van Johnson wraps up by covering adaptive lighting, app libraries, picture-in-picture on the iPhone, running iOS apps on Macs, touchscreen Mac debate, and more. (Part 3) This edition of MacVoices is supported by Linode , high performance cloud hosting and virtual servers for everyone. To take...
Jun 26, 2020•31 min•Season 2020Ep. 20161
The second part of our MacVoices Live panel discussion of Apple's WWDC keynote featuring Jeff Gamet, Marina Epelman, Mark Fuccio, Frank Petrie, Jim Rea, Michael T. Rose, Brittany Smith, Brett Terpstra, and Frederick Van Johnson covered more of the announcements. This time, the topics covered AirPods Pro spatial audio and how it works, automatic routing between devices, critical information if you want to install the Big Sur beta, , widgets on iOS14, the hand washing timer, Scribble, taping the b...
Jun 25, 2020•37 min•Season 2020Ep. 160
MacVoices Live took on the task of reviewing the Apple announcements from WWDC with an amazing all-star super-panel of Jeff Gamet, Marina Epelman, Mark Fuccio, Frank Petrie, Jim Rea, Michael T. Rose, Brittany Smith, Brett Terpstra, and Frederick Van Johnson. The first part of our discussion includes reaction to the first virtual WWDC keynote, the delivery of information, and why the group would like to see this trend continue. The move to Apple Silicon aka ARM, questions over virtualization capa...
Jun 24, 2020•38 min•Season 2020Ep. 20159
This edition of MacVoices Live, recorded as we get ready for the online version of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), features a discussion of how virtual conferences compare to the in-person variety. Kelly Guimont and Brittany Smith join host Chuck Joiner to discuss the things that we will have and the things we will miss this year. The former includes all the great information from WWDC. Some of the latter include the random encounters, the "hallway track", and the satellite event...
Jun 19, 2020•35 min•Season 2020Ep. 20158
This edition of MacVoices Live, recorded as we get ready for the online version of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), features a discussion of how virtual conferences compare to the in-person variety. Kelly Guimont and Brittany Smith join host Chuck Joiner to discuss the things that we will have and the things we will miss this year. The former includes all the great information from WWDC. Some of the latter include the random encounters, the "hallway track", and the satellite event...
Jun 17, 2020•37 min•Season 2020Ep. 20157
Randy Fredlund, Cofounder of Vivid-Pix , overcame all sorts of hurdles to tell us about their software products that help you improve your photos, no matter where they were taken. With Land & Sea Scuba, your underwater pictures take on a new dimension. Restore takes your old, beat-up photos and gives them new life. Randy explains the challenges of correcting different types of photos, how they achieve the results they do, and the 9-up interface that lets you pick the corrections that suit yo...
Jun 16, 2020•29 min•Season 2020Ep. 20156
This MacVoices Update for June talks about the response to MacVoices transcripts, how MacVoices Live is evolving and why there will be a change of where to find it, and the Support Report. Show Notes: Guests: Links: Support: Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon http://patreon.com/macvoices Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect: Web: http://macvoices.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner http://www.twitter.com/macvoices Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chuck....
Jun 15, 2020•10 min•Season 2020Ep. 20155
Aleksey Novicov of Yodel Code introduces ScreenBadge , the latest in his evolving efforts to help facilitate the exchange of business contact information. With COVID-19, not only are we interacting in person less, but are reluctant to exchange business cards. ScreenBadge lets you create a QR code for use with Zoom and Skype virtual backgrounds so that your information is on screen at all times. Aleksey explains how it works, what you need to use it, and how security was considered during its dev...
Jun 12, 2020•44 min•Season 2020Ep. 20154
The second part of our MacVoices Live conversation with David Ginsburg and Frank Petrie dug a bit more into the effects of ARM-based Macs, how lockdown has affected both work and education, and whether a new iMac design is a good idea at this time. This edition of MacVoices is supported by Linode , high performance cloud hosting and virtual servers for everyone. To take $20 off your first order, visit Linode.com/macvoices . Show Notes: Guests: David Ginsburg is the President of the Suburban Chic...
Jun 11, 2020•29 min•Season 2020Ep. 20153
MacVoices went live on Facebook on 2020-06-09 with David Ginsburg and Frank Petrie. The topics ranged from video lighting and production tricks to Apple's stock price spike, ARM-based Macs and using iPad Pro as the main machine. Oh, and we found out how Ansel Adams got those amazing skies in his photos, and how Ted Turner made money by mistake. This edition of MacVoices is supported by Linode , high performance cloud hosting and virtual servers for everyone. To take $20 off your first order, vis...
Jun 11, 2020•35 min•Season 2020Ep. 20152
We caught up with David Sparks to talk about his two latest Field Guides, Keyboard Maestro Field Guide , covering the automation utility and Photos Field Guide (2nd Edition) , covering Apple's Photos app. For Photos. In the former, Keyboard Maestro has made some updates and additions, including compatibility with the Stream Deck, and David talks about how to use it to your advantage. In the latter, David covers the Mac, iPhone, and iPad version of the program, talks about which platform he prefe...
Jun 09, 2020•37 min•Season 2020Ep. 20151
The second part of our conversation about how Lockdown has and will affect business going forward features more opinions and experiences from Mark Fuccio, Barry Fulk, Mike T. Rose, and host Chuck Joiner. Topics include changes in logistics, robotics, friction in the online food ordering experiences, contactless payments, and more. This edition of MacVoices is supported by MacPaw, the makers of CleanMyMac X . Your Mac. Good as new. Find out more and get your copy at MacPaw.com/podcast , and use t...
Jun 06, 2020•42 min•Season 2020Ep. 20150
Lockdown has brought lots of changes to the way businesses conduct their operations. Some of those changes will be long-standing if not permanent. In a wide-ranging discussion, Mark Fuccio, Barry Fulk, Mike T. Rose, and host Chuck Joiner cover their personal experiences and observations on topics such as business travel, hardware capability and availability, face-to-face interactions, more paperless-ness, digital signatures, and more. (Part 1 of a 2-part conversation) This edition of MacVoices i...
Jun 04, 2020•34 min•Season 2020Ep. 20149
The second part of our discussion with Joe Kissell, the author of Take Control of Apple Mail ,5th edition focuses on how Joe extends the capabilities of the program by using third party utilities, some of the necessary but annoying security interruptions imposed on Mail, and why email (and other technical aspects of macOS, iOS, and iPadOS) still represents challenges to less technical users. This edition of MacVoices is supported by MacPaw, the makers of CleanMyMac X . Your Mac. Good as new. Fin...
Jun 03, 2020•29 min•Season 2020Ep. 20148
Joe Kissell has updated Take Control of Apple Mail to the 5th edition. In the first part of our discussion, Joe outlines some of the nastier bugs in Apple Mail, including one that can lose data, explains why you may want to avoid column view, and why recovering a specific message from your backups can be a challenge. He discusses the evolution of the program, and why it is both powerful and frustrating. This edition of MacVoices is supported by MacPaw, the makers of CleanMyMac X . Your Mac. Good...
Jun 02, 2020•29 min•Season 2020Ep. 20147
Like most of us years, and maybe even decades, of your family photos are in the proverbial shoe box under a bed somewhere. Derrick Story has a new course, Digitizing Family Memories , that will help you through the process of converting them to digital format, from selecting hardware to the scanning process, and metadata entry, to long-term storage. Derrick talks about how to get started with his potentially daunting task so you won't be intimidated, takes you through a workflow that will help y...
Jun 02, 2020•42 min•Season 2020Ep. 20146
Jeff Carlson continues his discussion of the snapshot feature in macOS, explaining why disk Utility takes longer because of snapshots and why it is worth it, how to delete snapshots and why you shouldn't, and more information to help you understand and use snapshots to your advantage. This edition of MacVoices is supported by Linode , high performance cloud hosting and virtual servers for everyone. To take $20 off your first order, visit Linode.com/macvoices . Show Notes: Guests: Author and phot...
May 29, 2020•34 min•Season 2020Ep. 20145
Jeff Carlson draws on information from his Take Con tol of Your Digital Storage to help us understand macOS snapshots. A function of recent version of macOS, snapshots facilitate backups and data recovery in a way that is similar to, but different from, Time Machine. In the first part of the discussion, Jeff and Chuck develop an unusual analogy to help you understand how snapshots work, how they fit in with Time Machine, and where to find them on your Mac. This edition of MacVoices is supported ...
May 28, 2020•25 min•Season 2020Ep. 20144
Part 2 of our discussion with Bryan Chaffin of The Mac Observer starts with reading in bed with the iPad and ends with Apple TV+. In between we cover laptop use, Apple TV (the device), voice control expectations, Apple Pay, Apple Card, and why you should watch the season finale of The Blacklist . This edition of MacVoices is supported by Linode , high performance cloud hosting and virtual servers for everyone. To take $20 off your first order, visit Linode.com/macvoices . Show Notes: Guests: Bry...
May 27, 2020•35 min•Season 2020Ep. 143
Bryan Chaffin of The Mac Observer has had some issues with Apple's product release schedules in the past. He weighs in on how things have been going in recent months, both before and during the COVID-19 lockdown. Bryan also begins an evaluation of Apple's products that continues in the second half of our discussion, and reveals why beaver makes for a better cowboy hat. http://traffic.libsyn.com/maclevelten/MV20141.mp3 This edition of MacVoices is supported by Linode , high performance cloud host...
May 26, 2020•33 min•Season 2020Ep. 20142
Rosemary Orchard returns to talk about her most recent project: taking over WhenWorks , the service that helps you schedule your appointments with others at times of mutual convenience without revealing your entire calendar. Rosemary explains how she came to WhenWorks, why she didn't want to see it go away, some of the things under development. Then, we talk about getting started with OmniFocus, and her book, Build Your OmniFocus Workflow , and how to break down those big tasks into smaller, mor...
May 23, 2020•37 min•Season 2020Ep. 20141
In Part 2 of our discussion with Winston Chen, the Founder and iOS Developer for Voice Dream ,we get into some of the details of the app, including formats supported, ebook DRM, sources of ebooks, and an exception in copyright law for visually challenged individuals. Winston talks about how their Voice Dream Scanner app helps with the challenges of reading PDFs, why other scanner apps weren't quite up to the task, and the productivity aspects of Voice Dream Writer for students and others who hav...
May 21, 2020•34 min•Season 2020Ep. 20140
Winston Chen, the Founder and iOS Developer for Voice Dream talks about their flagship app that provides a variety of ebook-reading features, including text-to-speech in a number of different voices and languages and more. In Part 1, Winston talks about the surprising beginnings of Voice Dream, why it almost didn't make it to the App Store, and the letter he received that compelled him to develop the app further. The part that computer voices played in the development, how Voice Dream "jacks inf...
May 20, 2020•35 min•Season 2020Ep. 20139
The second part of our conversation with Glenn Fleishman the author of the new Take Control of Zoom from Take Control Books, gets into a discussion of Zoom security, how they have dealt with some of the missteps, and how comfortable you can be using it. Zoom has done an amazing job of handling the, literally, millions of users COVID-19 sent their way. Glenn and Chuck discuss why Zoom beat out some well-entrenched competition, how that competition is trying to catch up, the recording options, and...
May 19, 2020•36 min•Season 2020Ep. 20138
