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Category: Video

Video: Identifying Apple Adapters by Touch ⇢

May 2, 2020 ⌘ Permalink

During a recent recording of Connected, it was suggested that I make a video trying to identify Apple dongles by touch. Ask and you shall receive, as the kids say:

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Video: Using Ancient Apple Displays with the 2019 Mac Pro ⇢

April 20, 2020 ⌘ Permalink

I was recently challenged to hook up a Studio Display to my Mac Pro, and things got out of hand from there:

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Video: iPod nano Tubes — Like iPod Socks, but Worse ⇢

April 14, 2020 ⌘ Permalink

I’ve put together a little video treat this week:

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Video: Mac OS 9’s Voiceprint ⇢

February 7, 2020 ⌘ Permalink

Mac OS 9 included a featured named Voiceprint, which allowed you to log in to your Mac with just a spoken phrase. It wasn’t great.

Apple didn’t even get the “My voice is my passport” reference right.

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Video: Rewatching the Original iPad Keynote Video ⇢

January 24, 2020 ⌘ Permalink

Early next week is the 10th anniversary of the original iPad keynote. I haven’t seen it in a few years, so I figured we could all sit down together and rewatch it:

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Video: 2020 Q&A: College, Keyboards and More ⇢

January 7, 2020 ⌘ Permalink

It’s a new year, so I’m back at it, answering questions on my channel. This time, mostly about college and career, but also about keyboards.

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Video: Goodbye, 2013 Mac Pro ⇢

December 9, 2019 ⌘ Permalink

We’re on the verge of the new Mac Pro, so it’s time to say goodbye to the old one:

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Video: The Black MacBook: Apple’s Coolest Notebook ⇢

November 28, 2019 ⌘ Permalink

Black Friday is boring, but the black MacBook is still cool:

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New Video: Will it Sync? The Original iPod and macOS Catalina ⇢

November 19, 2019 ⌘ Permalink

It was fun to break out some old iPods and sync them with my MacBook Pro:

Come for the sample video from an old iPod nano; stay for the construction of MEGA DONGLE.

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Video: Live Unboxing of a Graphite iMac ⇢

September 30, 2019 ⌘ Permalink

This morning, I hopped onto the Relay FM Twitch channel and unboxed then set up an iMac G3 to mark the end of our month-long St. Jude Fundraiser. The video is up on YouTube:

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Video: The Stainless Steel iPod shuffle ⇢

September 24, 2019 ⌘ Permalink

If you hated buttons and loved shiny things in 2009, this iPod shuffle was for you:

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Video: How I Record Podcasts with Audio Hijack ⇢

May 29, 2019 ⌘ Permalink

After I uploaded a video about my podcasting setup, I got several questions about how I use Audio Hijack, so I’ve put together a little screen recording of just that:

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