The newest episode of Ungeniused is admittedly a little dark:
History is full of people tragically killed by their own inventions. This episode is full of their stories.
There’s something painfully ironic about all of these accounts, which span many decades and several professions.
Don’t miss the B-Side, in which Myke and I really struggle with some of the names in the episode.
As announced at WWDC 2003, OS X Panther included iChat AV, an updated version of Apple’s AIM client that brought video and audio conferencing capabilities to the Mac. It was all done automatically; users didn’t even need to know if their Buddies had a microphone or camera hooked up to their computer. All that was required was a FireWire camera or USB microphone and DSL or better for video.
Steve Jobs then announced that the company had a companion product for iChat AV: the iSight Camera.
A new episode of Liftoff is here:
This fortnight, we catch up with New Horizons, Dawn and Mars 2020.
There’s lots of fun stuff going on with spacecraft across our Solar System. Come get caught up.
My thanks to our sponsor, Luminos.
On the centennial episode of Connected, the crew covers #TicciMentee program applications, checks out Scrivener for iOS and considers iOS 10’s widgets and privacy features.
I’m super pumped to be linking to episode 100 of our podcast.
Myke, Federico and I put our first show out way back in June 2013. It had a different name then — and was on 5by5 — but ever since that first episode, making this podcast each week with two of my good friends has been a highlight in my work.
Steven Sandhoff linked to this video in relation to software rot:
It’s a deep, sobering reflection on the life cycle of technology and products from Steve Jobs in 1994.
Learn which power adapter, power cord and plug are appropriate for each Mac notebook.
Keep in mind that size, shape, and color of replacement adapters and cords may vary. If you are trying to locate an power adapter part number for an Intel-based Mac notebook, please see this article.
Jim Dalrymple with good news for Apple Music users:
Apple has been quietly rolling out iTunes Match audio fingerprint to all Apple Music subscribers. Previously Apple was using a less accurate metadata version of iTunes Match on Apple Music, which wouldn’t always match the correct version of a particular song. We’ve all seen the stories of a live version of a song being replaced by a studio version, etc.
Using iTunes Match with audio fingerprint, those problems should be a thing of the past.
In what will probably be the last build of El Capitan:
This update:
- Resolves an issue that may prevent settings from being saved in accounts with parental controls enabled.
- Resolves an issue that prevented some network devices, such as speakers and multifunction printers, from accessing SMB share points.
My friends Tom and Dan have made something awesome yet again:
The landscape for smartphone photography has changed dramatically since we launched the original Glif in 2010. With each successive smartphone, the camera is getting more and more incredible. The smartphone has become a legitimate tool, for photographers, filmmakers, and mobile journalists. So our goal is simple: to create the best tripod mount for smartphones, period. To do that, we are focusing on three areas.
I crashed Mac Power Users this week:
Mac user, collector, and … yes … YouTuber Stephen Hackett joins in to explain essential cloud-based services used to run the Relay Network, his growing collection of Macs, and his photo and video workflows.
I’m not sure I’m a YouTuber, but it was a blast catching up with David and Katie. I hope you enjoy it.
As hard as it is to preserve vintage computer hardware, software is even harder.
If an iBook’s hard drive implodes, I can knock out the repair myself.
I have a bunch of old Apple hardware. Most of it still works, but if my Macintosh SE blows a capacitor, I can (more than likely) have it repaired by someone more skilled than I am.
If one of my old notebooks has screen failure, the problem may prove too difficult or expensive to repair. Spare parts are harder and harder to come by as time goes on.
For episode 99, listener Nathan sent in the best follow-up of all time. After that, the boys talk about Stephen’s PowerBooks, Myke’s two-factor authentication pains and Federico’s new line of work.
My thanks to our sponsors this week: