POPULARITY
16 episodes with System Preferences
4 episodes with System Preferences
7 episodes with System Preferences
3 episodes with System Preferences
3 episodes with System Preferences
2 episodes with System Preferences
2 episodes with System Preferences
6 episodes with System Preferences
2 episodes with System Preferences
In this milestone 100th episode of the Surf Mastery Podcast, host Michael Frampton welcomes back the stylish surfer Devon Howard. Broadcasting from the Channel Islands office in Santa Barbara, Devon shares his insights on the elusive concept of style in surfing. The episode delves into the historical evolution of style, its significance in competitive surfing, and the subjective nature of defining style.Devon emphasizes the importance of making difficult maneuvers look effortless and how personal demeanor often mirrors one's surfing style. He contrasts the stylistic approaches of surfers like Joel Parkinson and Kelly Slater with the more explosive style of Adriano de Souza. Listeners are encouraged to focus on form over presentation, maintain a relaxed and efficient approach, and view style as a natural extension of personal expression.Episode Highlights:Introduction to Devon Howard: Recap of Devon's previous appearances on episodes 41, 77, and 86.Importance of Style in Surfing: Exploring the subjective nature of style and its impact on surfing performance and aesthetics.Origins of the Word 'Style': Michael provides a brief etymology of the word 'style' and its various meanings throughout history.Cultural Influence on Style: How different surf cultures and eras emphasize or de-emphasize style.Effortless Style: The concept of making difficult maneuvers look easy and the importance of being relaxed and calm.Influence of Personality on Style: How a surfer's personality often reflects in their surfing style.Contrived vs. Natural Style: The difference between genuinely stylish surfing and trying too hard to look stylish.Technical Aspects of Style: Tips for improving style through form, patience, and not rushing maneuvers.Style in Tube Riding: The inherent style in good tube riding and how it relates to other surfing maneuvers.Practical Advice: Devon's practical advice for surfers aiming to improve their style.Key Quotes:Devon Howard: “Style is oftentimes making the difficult look easy.”Michael Frampton: “You can be quick without being rushed.”Devon Howard: “Don't try to contrive it. Don't rush your surfing.”Follow Devon Howard Check out Devon's surfing and updates on his Instagram.Devon_howardLinkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/devon-howard-a4b2a613/.Connect with Surf Mastery:Surf Mastery Website: Download the free PDF with the top five tips from the Surf Mastery Podcast at surfmastery.com. Instagram: Surf MasteryFull Show Transcript:Devon Howard: When I. When I often think about style, there's always like there's two camps. There's the people that get it and and style is usually it's like you know it when you see it. I said, how do you know that something's pornographic versus art or beauty? And a lot of times the answer is, well, you know, when you see it, you know, something is gross or smut as opposed to art. Michael Frampton: Welcome back to the Surf Mastery Podcast. I am your host, Michael Frampton, and this is episode 100 of the podcast. A little bit of a milestone. Special guest for this episode. And we've also revamped the website Surf Mastery. Com and on the front page of that website is a free PDF listing the top five tips from the Surf Mastery Podcast. So go to Surf mastery.com and you can download that PDF for free. Today's guest. Well, I was looking back through all the stats on this podcast and the the most downloaded episodes have been from Devon Howard, so it made sense to have him on episode 100. And so you can go back and listen to. He first appeared on the show, uh, episode 41, discussing longboarding and nose riding. Then it was back in, uh, episode 77 zero. Uh, we talked about Mid-lengths in episode 86. It was Twin fins. And today in episode 100, Devin Howard joins us again to discuss style. Style is something that is in it's fundamental. It's paramount for every type of surfing that is done, from traditional longboarding all the way through to high performance, short boarding. All of the greats, all of the most memorable surfers have good style. They are stylish. From Joel Tudor in traditional longboarding through to Joel Parkinson as a high performance, competitive short boarder Tom Curren. Uh, mid lengths and twin fins. You got Torin Martin. Michael Frampton: And of course, Devon Howard himself is a very stylish surfer. He's very smooth, very graceful on a longboard, on a mid length and a twin fin. We've even seen some footage of him riding, uh, three thrusters out there on his Instagram. And his style, his technique, his gracefulness runs throughout his surfing. So a perfect topic for us to discuss in episode 100, so I would love to hear your feedback on the show in general. Last 100 episodes and of course this episode. Go ahead, send us an email Mike at Surf mastery.com. Or you can DM me on Instagram or leave a comment under the, uh, the visual for this episode. And of course, support Devin Howard, give his Instagram a follow. And of course, he's, uh, joining us from the Channel Islands office in Santa Barbara. Uh, Devin is currently working with Channel Islands, are working on some new surfboard models as well as he's you know, some of the most popular boards recently have been he's been a part of. So without further adieu, I shall fade in my conversation with Devon Howard. I actually see a lot of agreement between Brett and Chaz on this subject. Yeah, yeah, because there are there are thing right that you go to a Grateful Dead concert and you experience the show and the vibe, you don't really listen to them on Spotify. Devon Howard: Yeah. It's it's something to be enjoyed live. Michael Frampton: Yeah. There's a certain style and vibe to them I think that come across differently in person than it does. And also the audience they sort of draw in. Yeah. Rather to the music on Spotify right there. Devon Howard: There are two bands that I think are better live as well, which I think Radiohead is better live. I like Radiohead, I think a lot of their albums are great. I've been to a few of their shows that I think, no, this is 10 or 15 years ago. I don't know if that's still the case, but at the time when they were really peaking, they were insane live. And then I also saw James Brown live. Oh, wow. 25 years ago. And that was incredible. Mhm. I mean what a showman. Michael Frampton: Yes. Yeah I can imagine I mean there's the Radiohead live from the basement. Um unbelievable. Like gives you I can't remember what album it's they play in full from their studio basement studio and just makes you appreciate them on a whole nother level. Yeah. Just just by watching that on YouTube, not even being there. Well, yeah. Um, I remember seeing a gentleman called AMP Fiddler, another one of the best live acts I ever saw. Um, gave me a new appreciation of his music. He's sort of new, new age funk slash reggae. Um. Interesting music. Yeah. Catch a fire. Catch a fire. They're doing a tour through California at the moment. There are another unbelievable band live. Their live performance and sound is bigger than their their studio albums. I think they actually New Zealand band. You get a chance to see them. They often play in Santa Barbara. I forget the venue names, like a 500 capacity venue in Santa Barbara. They always play there. Devon Howard: Is that the ball? I'm not sure. Michael Frampton: Can't remember. Devon Howard: Anyway, a lot of venues there, but yeah. Michael Frampton: Style. Let's talk about style. Do you? Yeah. What would what do you know the origin of the word. Devon Howard: Um, I don't, but I'd imagine. Uh. Well, I hope you did some research on it. Is it, um, the Latin word is it is it is it Greek? Is it? Where does it come from? Michael Frampton: Let me sort of summarize from etymology online from the early 14th century started out as a writing instrument, pen or stylus, uh, a piece of a piece of written discourse or narrative, uh, characteristic. Characteristic, uh, rhetorical mode of an author, a manner or mode of expression. Uh, a way of life behavior. Uh, then the word sort of transformed, uh, the evolution of the word uh, from writing tool went into writing into manner of writing, into mode of expression, uh, in writing of a particular writer, writer or author. Um, and then it was in the 1500s. It was paired with the word substance, um, which basically meant back then, divine part of essence, sorry, divine part or essence, uh, and that, sort of, that sort of gave the word, uh, a deeper meaning, including finer parents or dashing character. Um, then it was the word then went into an artist's particular mode or form of skilled presentation that was later extended into athletics. Um, then by the 1800s it was distinctive or characteristic mode of dress. Obviously it was more in regards to fashion. Um, and so there's a, there's a little bit of a history of the word. So I think there's a lot of lot of depth to that. And it's certainly, um, it's very, uh, apt for, for surfing. A lot of those meanings, I think. Yes. Had tell me what you think about style and how important it is. Devon Howard: Well, style is um, from my personal experience growing up, it was a, it was a measure of good surfing and, um, it was a marker of, like, one's own presentation of their expression of surfing. Uh, I don't want to cheapen it by, I guess, using the word brand, like your brand of surfing, but, um, everyone has their own form of expression, and style is. Oftentimes I see style as making the difficult look easy and my own belief in, you know, just absorbing what was around me when I was a kid. You know, we're humans. We we sort of mimic and and imitate what's around us. I haven't innovated anything really at all. I've just looked what's around. And you take bits and pieces of first. You take it from your parents, of course. And then as you get out in the world, it's like what's going on around you. And in San Diego, where I grew up. And I think this was the same in many other served cities in not only the US but the world. Um, in the 80s, the older surfers, 10 to 20 years or year older than you, where style focused as opposed to this idea of, um, ripping or tearing something apart and in doing it with reckless abandon. Um, that was something that started getting more popular as I was a kid. So I was sort of born into this era where one thing was kind of falling out of favor. Um, and this other form of surfing was gaining popularity. And, uh, sorry, that was kind of a muddled answer, but it's it's I think it's one of the most difficult subjects in surfing to discuss or to describe because it's so subjective. Um, and it comes with the word style, comes with a lot of different ideas to people ranging from beauty to something that's very contrived and nonfunctional. Michael Frampton: Yeah. I mean, has the word style itself has, as you sort of addressed, has a lot of meanings, like everyone has their own unique style, you could say, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they are stylish. So when we think of when we think of stylish surfers, we do. We think of beauty and grace and flow. Um, so and I think it is related to, to that and it's related to efficiency, right? I mean, Rob Machado comes to mind. I think he's sort of an incredibly stylish surfer, but he's also fits in that modern category. Category of radical. Yeah, he encompasses both. And I mean, world champ Joel Parkinson obviously fit the criteria of of competition surfing but remained incredibly smooth and stylish. Devon Howard: Yeah. Well, um, you know, I think depending who where you grew up and what culture you came from or grew up in, um, style could also just not be that important. You know, if, if surfing to to you or just to any individual is about, um, really pushing as hard as they can with maneuvers and being as radical as they can and, you know, tearing apart a wave of, you know, like you think of the Brazilian storm. Guys there for years have been, you know, they're well deserved. They're incredible athletes. They are highly athletic. And it is explosive maneuvers. And they're acrobats in many ways. Um, for some reason, as that game has gained popularity, some aspects of the presentation and sort of fall into the wayside where, uh, in gymnastics, um, presentation and form is still really part of the whole thing was never really let like if you do a floor routine in gymnastics, um, or let's say dance or anything like that, they're doing really kind of athletic, powerful moves, but they also keep the form and I don't know quite the exact reason, but, uh, that sort of started falling out of favor in surfing, mostly because what drives our conversations oftentimes revolves around competition. Surfing, um, like competition surfing drives a lot of the media narratives, um, let's say, who are like, where do we get our information from? It's driven by the cell to, to whatever extent that is, stab in their audience. Devon Howard: Um, surf line kind of, sort of. But they're more focused on cameras and whatnot. And then the most of the magazines have gone out of business. But only ten years ago, a lot of the stories were driven by the the personalities and the folks that competed. And there was a mixed bag in there of surfers that had great style, like Joel Parkinson. He mentioned, um, I would say Kelly Slater has a good style. It's a different style. It's his own. Um, and then on the opposite end of that would be like an Adriano de Souza or somebody like that, where he's clearly just incredibly talented, but sort of putting his surfing together and like one seamless, fluid motion was not a focus of his. And so, um, it's been interesting to watch and the broader conversations of the mainstream, how that sort of played out, uh, in back to where I grew up. I grew up on the fringe of all that. Anyways, so I was riding longboards in the 80s and 90s that was as fringe as it got. And in that world, all through that time, um, style was still important, even when folks were trying to emulate Shortboard maneuvers on longboards, there was still an emphasis of style. Um, sorry. I'll shut up. I don't know where I'm going with that, but yeah. Michael Frampton: So I'm just wondering when you look at, I mean, I think that you mentioned the Brazilian storm. I think Gabriel Medina is quite stylish. Not all the time, but probably actually more so when you see him. Freeserve he sort of. He just seems to be more relaxed when he's not surfing in a competition. And I think that's maybe what separates the I think that's a big part of being stylish is you're very calm and you're relaxed. That doesn't necessarily mean you're going slower or that you're even putting less effort in. It's just maybe you referenced gymnastics. I think a gymnast could do the same routine. They get the same height, the same amount of power. But if one of their runs, they were purposely trying to keep the presentation of themselves relaxed and calm, it would be more visually appealing. Sort of making it look, look easy. Devon Howard: Yeah. That's the that's the thing. Making it difficult look easy. Mhm. In the 60s or 50s or whatever the boards weren't very maneuverable. So um clearly the market did. Surfing was just people who were stylish and could kind of keep it together. Um, hang on one second. Um, are you hearing a beeping on your end? What? I'm getting messages. Yeah. Michael Frampton: Is that your phone? Devon Howard: Yeah. I don't know how to turn off the iMessage on my, uh. Oh, it's on the computer. I'm trying to see how to undo this. Is this on. Michael Frampton: Your phone, a phone or your laptop or your iPad? Devon Howard: It's on my laptop. Oh, sorry. You're going to have to edit this out. That's all right. I'm just getting, like, every one of them. Don't fuck me up. The client. Claudia, um, do you have any idea how to get rid of iMessage off here? Preferences services? Michael Frampton: That's a good question. I don't I don't have my, um, I don't have my laptop linked to my phone, so. Yeah. Devon Howard: Don't do it. References. Let's say. Michael Frampton: I'd say I'd be under notifications, notifications and focus is like a bell symbol. Devon Howard: On, uh, on the computer itself or on the phone. Michael Frampton: I'm looking on my laptop. Devon Howard: Where did you find the notifications in System Preferences? Michael Frampton: Okay. Devon Howard: System preferences notifications. There they are. Look at that. Michael Frampton: And top top right there's a there's a button. Allow notifications so you can turn that off or on I'd say that's it. Devon Howard: Only five messages? There we go. Okay, I want to turn that off. Okay. Apologies for that. Okay. So, um. All right. Michael Frampton: So where were we? Let me throw out some some adjectives that I wrote down after thinking about style a little bit. Um, efficient. Graceful. Functional. Calm. Focused. Relaxed. Grounded. Present. Fearless. Or maybe, better put, courageous. Is there anything you would add to that or you think shouldn't be there? Devon Howard: Uh, no. I just think it's more about a calm and a gracefulness. It's mostly what it is. And it's just a it's just the form of your personal expression. I think a lot of the style, you'll see style of folks from a distance, and a lot of ways it matches up to their personality. Right? You'll see someone who's quite busy, a lot of a lot of kinetic, sort of frantic, uh, motions and, and not always the case, but sometimes, like, okay, this person's a little overcaffeinated in general, you know, they're really mellow, kind of quiet. People have this very quiet. Always meet a really quiet surfer with their style, and they're really loud and and obnoxious. There's exceptions to the rule, but if you think about it quickly, there's not often the case. And so, um, I think a lot of those adjectives actually work pretty well. Um, I don't what did you say? Courageous. Michael Frampton: Yeah. Devon Howard: I don't really know that that applies to it. Really. I don't think it's really much to do with courage other than. Well, I was. Michael Frampton: Thinking that I was just wondering if that was a better word than fearless. Devon Howard: Mhm. Michael Frampton: Because if you, if you look, if you look scared, that's not very stylish is it. Devon Howard: No, no it's very your tent style. And yeah I've said to people I don't do surf coaching, but if I've ever seen someone in the water and looks like they're struggling, if it's appropriate or sort of convenient, like they're just sort of right there. I'll say, do you do you mind if I offer some advice? It's usually well received. Um, a lot of times I've said, I think you just relax a little bit. Your body's too tense. Looks bad, but it also screws up the your ability to surf because now it's affected the form. Like you're sort of hunched over and bracing for, like, some sort of impact where you need to be more relaxed. The arms need to be relaxed, the shoulders should be relaxed. Surely you should be able to sort of slink back and into your knees and your hips and let those kind of bend and sort of sit into the board nicely. And so I think, um, what I, what I often think about style, there's always like there's two camps as the people that get it and, and style is usually it's like you know it when you see it. I said, how do you know that something's pornographic versus art or beauty? And the a lot of times the answer is, well, you know, when you see it, you know, something is gross or smut as opposed to art. Devon Howard: Like you go into an art gallery and there's naked, you know, images of a naked person. How is that not pornography? And it's like, well, you know, when you see it and it's like, style. You sort of know it when you see it, and then you have, um, the other end of that where people will feel style is just posing and looking cool, like you're putting your hands in the air to, to look like Alex Knost or Mickey Dora or Rob Machado, whoever the insert the surfer, you're trying to mimic their hand placement, and sometimes the hand placement provides no real function or value to the to the ride. Other than it. It might feel good, I guess, but it's not making you surf better. Um, where I like to, I often will. I will argue or believe that yes, there are people that pose and that does exist, I exist, grant you that. But good style also brings about, um, really good form. Or I would look at it a different way. Really good form pulls along the style into it. So if you have good form and whether that's in a barrel or a cutback, if your body is doing sort of the right things to make a beautiful, seamless ride easier. Devon Howard: Um, along with that usually comes a pretty good style if you don't have a good style. A lot of times the form is really working against your surfing. So for example, you got to do a cutback in your arm is up and back, um, front side. And let's say I'm turning this way. Front side cut back. Well, if my back arm is in the air waving behind me, I'm really struggling to get my body around and I'm actually having to work really hard for could potentially even injure yourself. Um, so that really hinders your surfing. But if I brought the arm in and drop it down and then have the arm kind of point toward where I want to go, the rest of my body goes. And it's actually quite easy to do the turn and consequently it looks much better. Doesn't look so awkward. Yeah. And and this could be said of your front arm. I've seen folks do cut backs with. I don't know why this happens, but sometimes their front arm is is sort of flailing and going behind them over here. Or they're extending and reaching too far. Um, so when there's this nice balance of the front and the back hand on the front side, cut back looks cool. Hey, that's great. If someone took a photo. Yeah, you probably put on the wall. Devon Howard: Looks pretty good. Looks like Michael Peterson or somebody or whatever. Joel Parkinson Ethan Ewing would be a really good contemporary example, I guess. And, um, but when it's all sort of like the form is there, it looks good, but now you're surfing better and the turn is faster and more complete. And also when you have nice form, you get the board in trim. What I mean by that is when when the boards in trim, it's sort of if you know anything about sailing, when everything's in alignment with the bow and the sail and the the boat is really hitting its top speed, there's nothing really hindering or dragging or fighting against um, that top trim speed. In surfing, you want to get to the top trim speed, because when you have speed, it's easier to complete maneuvers, it's less work. You go into the maneuvers with speed, you can do a lot better. It's like snowboarding. If anyone snowboarded you know that the first few days you're learning, the instructor will say, you just need to get going faster. You know what? We know that's scary. I don't want to go faster, but. Well, you're going so slow that that's why you're tumbling and you're catching an edge and you're getting stuck on the hill. Go faster. And then you see this light bulb moment with people like, my gosh, well, I should have just been going faster all along. Devon Howard: It's the same with surfing. You'll see people struggling to get trim speed because their form is so terrible. They're not understanding that the board is not even in trend. The board then noses out or they're waving their arms. They're there. They're there shaking their body like this, and they're trying to wiggle and do stuff. And you're watching the board underneath. And the board is just like on a gimbal, just like not getting any trim. It's just stop and go, stop and go. So it's this utter fail where if the person just relaxed a little bit, relax their arms, don't try to flop the body around and just get the idea of even going straight, which is hard to do on a chalkboard. Clearly, if you're a beginner, you probably shouldn't even be on the floor. Um, it's just going to be a struggle. Yet a board that's medium like a mid length or something, or a long board where you can kind of stand there and glide and trim, and then you can kind of get that form where your body is body's relaxed. And um, so a lot of times good style, I believe just comes with the right form, if that makes sense. Michael Frampton: I totally agree. Yeah. And that's what I think. That's what a surf coach, the surf coach's job is. And then it's once, once the person becomes at first the new, the better form will feel strange and maybe even, um, abnormal and uncomfortable. And it's only once that form becomes, uh, ingrained and you become comfortable with it, then it looks stylish. So it's it's maybe it's a precursor to style. Is is good form. Devon Howard: Yeah. Yeah, I think so. Um, another thing that I've thought about a lot in the last several years about style is, um, it, it sort of belies the, the technique or the difficulty of the maneuver. I think if it looks like someone's trying really super hard to do like a, let's say, a crazy air or just like the craziest turn where like, they blow, they like, blow the tail out and spin the board around and like, oh, whoa, that was insane. That was so difficult. But if you see somebody do a top speed cut back and they don't lose or drift the fins and they just go and mock 20 and just bam, come up fluid and seamless. You might say, man, that was really smooth. That was really stylish. But you don't often think that that was also really difficult. It's interesting. And, um, I'm not trying to get people to cheer more for the stylist, I guess, but I think it's worth sort of acknowledging that Mikey February or Torin Martin and some of those things they're doing, um, we're drawn to them because they're beautiful, which is undeniable. Um, but it's also interesting to think that these are the highest level people at the very upper echelon, at the top peak of, uh, you know, ability of sphere fame. And it something to be learned there, like to not just only acknowledge and only see the style which is great. Devon Howard: I love that I'll watch that stuff all day long, but to like hit the rewind button and look at what they're doing and how on rail that board is and how difficult it is to hold the line and not lose it. Because a lot of times, especially in performance, short boarding it, it's incredible what the surfers do. It's like it's a controlled failure of the surfing. So a lot of times when the fins release, it's a and I know this because I put a lot of thought into fins and foils and whatnot. A lot of the best high performance surfing maneuvers are, um, a controlled failure. Mhm. Um, they're pushing the limits of the board, and a lot of times the fins or the equipment can't really handle what these surfers are giving it. It's really interesting. Look at look at someone laying into a turn and their butt is sliding across the wave and the fins and the board and everything's sliding. Um, and then look at, like a mick Fanning or somebody who can hold that or Ethan Ewing and hold it all the way through. That's gnarly. That is just like peak form. But you're like, man, that was so smooth, but you're not ever saying that was so difficult to do. And I don't know what the point is I'm making. Devon Howard: I guess it comes back to, uh, like the kind of surfing I like to do. It's could be easily scoffed at as pretty easy, like, hey, mid-length surfing, you're just going straight. It's not really difficult. Um, but I don't know, man. At the highest levels. Like, I think what Torin Martin does, I think what February does if he's on a mid lake or other, you know, there's other surfers out there doing it and I cut a watch. Wow, look at that. 5/6 of the rail of that board is buried. And that's what I do myself. And that's to me that's the most thrilling thing is to bury that rail. How how far can I push this thing before it fails me? That's just really, really thrilling. You're just on the edge of disaster. You know, when you go on one of those seven foot boards, go to the bottom, slink, you know, and and coil up into the board and push it as hard as you can. Alex Moss does this really good as well. I can go on forever. People do a great job of this and they push all that board through. And then if you don't watch it, you know, if you're not too far forward or too much weight on your front foot, you'll slingshot up the face as this fast, free feeling, like a flying feeling that's highly addictive. Devon Howard: It's something that you just keep my people that are into those types of boards, they just keep chasing it. Um, and then down the line, do the same thing again. Now I'm going to bury a whole lot of rail on the cutback. How hard can I push it? And when I get down to the bottom of the wave, can I just keep going right back to the whitewater? Oh yes, I can. Damn. Just keep going. Sometimes it doesn't work out. Uh, and if you blow that, you're doing the split that's on the board. Now you've got a torn MCL. Um, but you're going full throttle. And that on that type of equipment. Um, the form is important so that you don't botch it because you really could get injured on some of these things. It probably someone who hears has got a laugh and think, this is a joke. Like, you're being really hyperbolic, bro. Come on. It's just a mid length and you're over water. Um, yeah. When you're pushing it really hard, it's it's it's thrilling and it's exciting and it is difficult to do and it's I think it's, um, it's really appealing to a lot of people. Um, and then they, you know, they go and try and do it and say, man, I, I wish I could surf like Rob Machado on this thing. Yeah. Michael Frampton: Well, all the surfers. Devon Howard: Take ten years. Michael Frampton: Yeah, if not longer. I think all the surfers you mention and the way you talk about their surfing is they're. Can they stay connected? You know, that as, as they're going through the, through the turns and in between turns, there's no there's no radical gain or loss of speed. Right. So that where they do the cutback isn't just a change of direction. It's in sync with that part of the wave. So they stay connected to the power source. So there's a certain it's a radical maneuver, but the speed doesn't waver too much, whereas some surfers might jump up to the top and bust the fins, and they might slow right down and then fall back down into the wave and go again. And it looks good in photos and maybe gets judged well in a competition. But it's not necessarily they're not as connected to the wave as other surfers. Devon Howard: Yeah. And again, that's debatable. I'm sure there's other people who will feel opposite of that. And that's great. You know, surfing's subjective. Yeah. And you know, in in just to bring it back a little bit to competition if that's okay. I know lots of people don't care about surf competition, but it is where a lot of the best surfing's happening. It's where the like the high bar is a lot of times um, and in the 60s and 70s style was just sort of, um, it wasn't like there was a style box that was ticked. It was it was sort of like this nice little cozy little wrapping around the surfing that was just a given, you know, so it didn't really need to be discussed. And then in the 80s, when in probably really the late 70s when the twin fin was really coming on with Mr. pushing that and Sean Thompson and other people chasing him. Um, they were packing in as many maneuvers as they possibly could into a ride to take away more points. And and this isn't my own thought or original idea. I've read these things elsewhere, and I agree with his take, which is somewhere along the way. The beauty just sort of eroded because the focus is now like we're getting really fixated on number of maneuvers. And this like real technical aspect of the difficulty of the maneuvers. Devon Howard: And surfing is already highly subjective. And you have this even more subjective thing, style. Um, and some of them may be, correct me if I'm wrong, maybe there was a style element at some point. I'm not aware of it, maybe there was. And um, so anyways, the 80s kind of moves on and there were clearly lots of stylish surfers. I mean, I grew up like many people my age, I'm 50, so I worshiped Tom Curren and I loved Tommy Carroll and a bunch of folks. There was lots of style, but there was also some people with some really hideous style, like Gary Elkerton and David and all these people. Nothing against them, man. Like, I think they're all incredible surfers, but there were some hideous styles and they crushed it in contests because they were just animals, like lacerating, tearing it up. And because the broader culture is being driven by whatever media is being consumed. And the media at the time was really sort of swiveling and craning and watching what's going on in competition, because that's like where the money's being plugged in. So those brands like, hey, we validate this thing we're doing, which is competition surfing. Um, and it just boiled down to what do you got to do to win this thing? And if making it look beautiful was not ever important, why would you spend time doing that? Tom Curran couldn't help himself. Devon Howard: He was stylish no matter what. But, um, lots, lots of other surfers weren't, and they did very well. Um, and so as the decade or two ensues, um, just the sort of broad mainstream viewpoint was, that style just wasn't important. However, the people that were in the sort of the underground, your locals, people that sort of stuck to the fringe and even the in people that short boarded as well, obviously still kind of kept style alive and in it. And the reason style always stayed alive is because the idea that human beings are drawn and attracted to beauty is as old as time, I think. I mean, who knows? When that began, I had a really nice chat with David Scales on, um, Surf Splendor, and we spoke about this there. So if you want to hear more about this, go check that out. I think it was a nice conversation, but I'll sort of reiterate some of the points there was. I read an article by Scott Hewlett in The Surfer's Journal, and he wrote quite a bit about style, and he illustrated a point that I'd never considered. And he sort of talking about this Greek artists. It was like 500 BC. I'm like, where is this thing going? Why are we talking about bronze sculptures? Um, but he made a really brilliant point, which is, okay, why does style matter? Why do we keep talking about it? Um, it's because beauty endures. Devon Howard: It is a common theme in human nature. Now, in recent times, I'd say beauty is being abandoned. If you look at modern architecture and just about any town, everything looks like shit. So I don't know what's going on there. We used to make beautiful buildings and now we're stopping doing it. Um, you we can't control that. But in surfing, we keep getting drawn back to this idea of beauty. Despite all those things that happen that we just talked about in the 80s and 90s competition, surfing and getting derailed. The broad culture still is always known instinctively that this is something that should, um, we should never stop cherishing. We should never stop celebrating. Um, and I think it's backed up by if you go to any Torin Martin video, go down to this thing below the screen that says views. A lot of Torin Martin videos have like a million plus views. Um, go over to Gabrielle Medina or anyone, and I'm not picking on these people. Just pick anybody. I'll bet you right now that Torin is is beating a lot of those surfers, 2 or 3 or 4 to 1 in terms of views. Now, you could argue that, well, there's more a lot more Gabriel Medina type surfers and there's not that many tour Martin's, I'll give you that. Devon Howard: But I, I think it's really because we are drawn to beauty. And so back to that Surfers Journal article, which is he he said, imagine taking those Greek statues and putting a surfboard underneath them. And when I was done reading the article, I went and I googled 500 BC Greek statue and I forget the artist's name, its Greek name, and I was instantly like, huh, look at that. You just put a surfboard under these statues. And some of the form and posture was a little bit silly, but a lot of it was pretty spot on. And then you go right over to Jerry Lopez, or you go to Mikey February or somebody else, and you can see that, um, there's a similarity to this idea of beauty. And then you go take it steps further, take it to, uh, any type of traditional dance. Have you ever seen ugly, poor form at any dance scenario where there's, like, serious people, whether it's ballroom or it's swing or it's foxtrot or it's tango or it's salsa, it's just incredibly beautiful. And it's this expression. The music is coming in. You're viewing and watching and feeling the music. There's that input, and the output is what these people are feeling. And so that our output in surfing is, is that form and that expression. Um, bullfighters. Same thing. Michael Frampton: Mhm. Devon Howard: Now the bullfighters have a little more of a pose at the end, the bulls coming in and the bull goes through the cape and they kind of hold it and they sort of like it's almost like a taunting of the bull. Like you didn't kill me. And look how calm I am right here. And a lot of the surfers in the 50s and 60s, they really admired the bullfighters as a great shot of Joey Cobell in Peru in the 60s. Guys never bullfight, but bull fought before, and he's down there and there's pictures of him in the bull ring with a Hawaiian print shirt on and doing the whole full Ole, you know. And so this idea of style really, um, is always going to matter and always be important to us. Um, so long as we don't ever abandon this, um, attraction of ours to beauty, you know, we're attracted to beautiful people. Clearly, that's a given, right? Um, but we're really drawn to beautiful, um, things art, architecture, wonderful garden, uh, an unmolested landscape. And so it I don't think people really care to give too much thought about style. Devon Howard: I think it's just sort of like I said, you know, when you see it, does it really need to be talked about? But I think in the context of a podcast like yours where people are trying to improve their surfing, um, having a real understanding that this isn't just for show style isn't just to look cool. It's not like putting on a cool outfit to look cool. Um, it's a real purpose driven thing. Certain articles of clothing look great, but they also have a purpose. Maybe it has SPF in it, maybe it's, um, built for a particular, um, activity to make it more comfortable. Um, for us, as I was saying in the very beginning, like the form, um, the style sort of follows the form. And if you, if you really think about your form and you're relaxed and you're sort of paying attention to the things that you talk about on your podcast or where people get their information, There's lots of different YouTube things, obviously. Um, you two could have nice style if you so desire. Michael Frampton: Yeah, I 100% agree. Surfing is first and foremost an art form. Mhm. It's only within competition that it becomes a sport. And then yes, sometimes we don't necessarily we sacrifice a bit of style for progression perhaps as well as what's happening in windsurfing is a sport. I still think the best of the best, the best of the best can buy. Like John John, he's number one at the moment for a reason. Not just because he's progressive, but because he he would do a progressive turn with calm style like no one else. Yeah, yeah. So I still have faith. I think there'll be the odd slip up. You know, Toledo's frantic aerial maneuver that goes higher than everyone else. The judges kind of. They can't not score it, you know. So, you know, there'll be blips in the system, glitches in the matrix, per se, until until the judges, you know, really start to consider style and and make that a point which hopefully, maybe one day they will. I think it would make, uh, I would make surfing more watchable. Devon Howard: Well, they have done so in longboard surfing. Yes. Longboard surfing has a much smaller audience, obviously. Um, but as I believe you and I talked about in the past, I think we did. I was at the WSL for a few years, and I worked on the longboard tour and built into the criteria is the word style also two other words flow and grace. Um, Style. Flow. Grace is in the criteria and it's hard, a little difficult to train the judges on it, you know? Um, it's highly subjective. It's something we could we could sit here for an hour, breaking down style, flow, grace. It will still feel like we barely scratched the surface. Um, because it's it is highly subjective. Just like art is just like music is just like food is just like, what kind of waves I like? Ah, it's just like that. It's just, um, really can be difficult to put your finger on it. But the way we did the training to help, um, these judges, if anyone cares to know this stuff is, um, have them really focus on somebody making something really difficult look easy, but also at the same time, dealt with sight of the positioning of the wave or the difficulty of the maneuver, because to the untrained eye, you could you could see someone doing a nose ride and maybe they're doing something really what you may think is beautiful on the nose. Devon Howard: Maybe their arms are held a certain way. It just looks kind of like cool. But if you pay close attention, they're like ten feet in front of the pocket and you're like, that's not that hard to do. Mhm. So the so what helps is in the other part of the criteria is um, the degree of difficulty that is part of it. So you have to, you're looking at the style of flow and grace but you're applying it to are these surfers in the pocket. Is the surfer using their rail or are they lifting the board out of the water? Because to lift the longboard out of the water and turn it as far easier than engaging the rail in the water and pushing it through a turn. That's much more difficult. And so it has been applied in longboard surfing. Let's see if we can. If anyone cares, we could try to do a campaign to get the Shortboard tour to break more. Michael Frampton: I'm with you. I'm with you. Ultimately, I do think it shines through and the cream always rises to the top. But it would be nice if it was literally in the criteria, and it was considered by each surfer to be a worthy consideration. Um, coming back to form, let me I'm going to share my screen with you. Let me. Hopefully this works. Oh, shit. Did that work? Can you see my screen? Devon Howard: I think so. Let me move my notes here a little bit. Oops. Too many things around here. I'm terrible at computer stuff, but second. So where it is now? Okay, I can see it now. Michael Frampton: So there's an example of a, you know, if that was placed on the nose of a longboard, it'd be quite cool. Devon Howard: Yeah, it's pretty close. Michael Frampton: But then also so here's you see on the left there is the way that a baby learns to stand now because the infant is so weak, there's only one way that they can learn to roll over and learn to stand up and hold themselves. Because their muscles are so weak, their bones have to be placed so accurately in order for them to be able to stand and move. And that's how we learn because of our our weakness and our slow progression into strength, we learn the most efficient way possible. Now it's the athletes that maintain that neurological efficiency that end up with the best form naturally, i.e. the way Kelly Slater's standing there in those barrels. Not only is he standing in a very similar way to the infant there, he's also very calm and relaxed in that position. Devon Howard: Yeah, I would definitely not be that calm in that way. Those waves. Michael Frampton: Exactly. So it does come back to to form. And it's also when when an athlete is standing with their joints in DNS, we call it joint centration and that the bones are stacked on top on top of each other in a very efficient way. It just looks right. Not only does it look right the way the forces are spread throughout the body, it doesn't feel hard. Anyone who's ever tried, if anyone, has ever tried to skate a vert ramp, for example, half pipe, it feels like, oh man, my legs aren't strong enough. How do people and then you watch a 12 year old just go up and down. They're not doing it because their legs are stronger than yours. They're not even doing it because they're stronger relative to their body weight. They're doing it because they're stacking themselves. Their bones and their joints are centered properly, and the force is being transferred throughout their entire body through the center of the bone and into the skateboard. Whereas someone who doesn't know what they're doing, they're trying to muscle their way through it. They only does it feel terrible. It looks terrible. Yeah. So I agree with that. Yeah. So it does come back to efficiency. And you said no good style is that you know it when you see it. My question to you is, do you know it when you feel it? Devon Howard: Yes. Um, I believe so. Um, I know, um, I've even had moments where I just didn't feel like I was in the right form. It just didn't the the turn didn't feel good or the particular move movement. Maybe it's a nose ride or something. Didn't feel great. And if you get a chance to be lucky enough to come across a video or a photo of that moment, you're like, mm, yeah, that that is actually backs it up. It looks a bit awkward. It looks a bit off. So and you definitely can feel good style because you like it, like it's all tethered to, to itself. Like it's it feels good. It looks good. Um, and it, it's sort of like carries on the ride. It's it's like when you get off the very beginning of the ride and the first bottom turn is successful and your feet are in the right place. It really sets up the rest of the ride. Um, if you botch that, let's say you screw it up getting to your feet or off the bottom. Then you get you. You screw up the pace of the wave. So, um, yeah, I've had times where my feet were too far forward or back or whatever. Um, or I hit a chop and my arms sort of waved a little bit, and then I got out of that rhythm. Um, and that didn't that definitely didn't feel good. And it certainly didn't, because it looked like I was rolling up the windows as opposed to my arms being sort of down and going the direction that I want to be headed. Devon Howard: A lot of times the front end, the back end oftentimes are going the direction you want to go. I find that to be very helpful, and that feels good to me because I feel really centered. I or you'd say stacked. You know, I never thought of it that way, but, um, so yeah, I would agree. I would say you definitely. You definitely feel it. Um, my own belief is I don't I don't do anything in the style that I feel is what's called contrived, where I'm trying to present before of some kind that it has a certain look. The form I have is, is really based off of function, and that's because I watched the generation two ahead of me at a waves like wind and sea and Cardiff Reef, and I watched the elders and what the I really watched closely what they were doing. How they were sinking down into the board. And I noticed that their hands, their fingers were never apart. Their, um, hand gestures were sort of always in the direction of where their board and body was heading. It was like this stacking or centering. He kind of like hunkered down, but they never looked stiff or scared or afraid of anything or timid. It was very, a very confident, almost like a martial artist, like a kung fu person or something that has confidence in the form of that particular move. Devon Howard: Um, the really good surfers, the real standout surfers. I, I identified that pretty young and I said, I want I need to learn how to do that. Um, so it was never a contrived thing, like, I need to look good and look cool. I just knew that that was good surfing. And as a consequence of learning going through that, it also felt really good. It was like a good golf swing. I don't golf at all, but I have friends who do and I can understand like how much work they put into that golf swing. And when they do that, clearly it looks good from a distance because they hit the ball and it goes right where they want it to go. So that's pretty awesome. But they'll tell you it feels good. It's like uh, or baseball. If you've ever played baseball, you know the feeling of a homerun. There's a sound of the bat and the feel through the bat into your hands, and you feel it. The follow through of the swing. You're like, that ball is out of here. It's pretty cool. Um, Mhm. A reward to not that it's work but there's sort of like this payoff and a reward to the dedication that it took to learn that, that art form. Mhm. Michael Frampton: But it always comes back to the feeling. Yeah. Devon Howard: It really does. Yeah I didn't I haven't put too much thought into the feeling piece of it. But um yeah. You know it's disgusting and really dumb and shallow. But I've, I've had moments where the way where the ride did it feel good, and I didn't even finish the wave. I was so not into the feeling. I just kicked out. I was like, I've botched this thing so bad that someone else just needs to finish it. I'm just. I just kick out and I go back up to the top and kind of regroup and go, what? What just went wrong there? And then, you know, like surfing. Everyone surfs for different reasons too. Like for some people, surfing is a couple times a month. It's an escape for them. They don't care if they surf. Well, that's not what they're there for. Michael Frampton: Like they're probably not listening to this, though. Devon Howard: Probably not. Um, and I like I've had people say, man, you look so serious when you're surfing. I'm like, I'm pretty serious about it. Like it? I'm to me, it's so strange. It's serious fun and and it's as I've gotten older, I haven't lost interest in it. It's like a it's like a hunt to me. It's really weird. No, and I don't I don't know if it's just some human thing of like the game and the chess moves and the everything involved with observing patterns. I've observed patterns for decades, and now I see the patterns, and the benefit for me is I know which wave to pick. I know where to beat. And by knowing that I've set up the ride and therefore I've sort of like predetermined this feeling that I'm after, which is, as I said, it's highly addicting. Surfing like you, you never satiated. Why is that? You always want another one. You always want more. Um. And but all through this process, the hunt, the enjoying, understanding the patterns, the chasing, the moment, the feeling. Um, there's a there's a tremendous sense of there's like a reward when all the elements have come together and you apply everything you've learned. It's a really cool feeling. I think you could say that about a lot of things in life, whatever your or your craft is. Devon Howard: And for me, surfing isn't just like some waste of time thing, like that's part of it. That's a bonus to me. Like, hey, I'm not doing chores or I'm not at work. That's fantastic. I will take that. But it's also like a craft. It's like a, it's a, it's it's a way I express myself. Some people do that through building things out of wood in their garage or a number of other things. Um, so the style piece of it, it's just sort of come along with it. It never was like, I'm going to really think about this super duper hard. Um, and you just, you learn through time that they the style and the and the form, they sort of, like, are tied together, you know, and you kind of look at it this way, and then you go back and look at it the other way, and they really come together nicely. And if you fight them, you're surfing. You're not going to surf as well. If you're not surfing as well, you're not going to feel it as right. You won't feel that thing we just talked about. Um, and then consequently, not that not that that many people care, but you're surfing is going to be kind of ugly. Michael Frampton: Thing is. Michael Frampton: It'll. Michael Frampton: Because when you are, when you're connected and you're efficient, it feels better. Simple as that. It feels better if you if you close your eyes and just imagine, like an image or a video section of someone who epitomizes style, are they? What are they feeling in the moment? Are they worried about what they look like? No, no. Are they are they are they scared? No. Are they putting in a ton of effort? Devon Howard: I would say no. Michael Frampton: It's in the. Devon Howard: Moment. Yeah. There's probably a small number of people who. It's contrived, like you could go to Byron Bay. Sorry. Sorry. Byron Bay. They pick on you right now. You could go to Malibu. Um, pick your spot. Ah, maybe Montego Bay. I don't know, uh, way inside there. There's going to be places where there are folks that, for whatever reason, this. Well, like, who cares? There's no, like, laws or rules. Like, I'm not mad about this. It's just they're just observations. That's it. They're really controlled. It's just so contrived. They're sort of putting the form or I'm sorry, let me back up. They're putting the presentation ahead of the form. You know, they're worried about all the bells and whistles and the dressing, but, like, at the core of all the ingredients going into making this beautiful thing, they've got it all wrong, you know? And so, um, you. Michael Frampton: Can always smell that though, I think. Devon Howard: And it's a missed opportunity for them. Uh, does it change my life or your life or anybody listening? You do. You, man. Like, I'm very libertarian in that way. I don't really care. But, um, we're on a podcast called Surf Mastery, so we're we're we're nerding out. And if you're here to get better, don't get caught up in the presentation. Get caught up in the form. The presentation is going to come along. And yeah, it's just like this beautiful byproduct. You don't have to really. You shouldn't have to try to have good style. You should you should try to be good at surfing. And then once you have that confidence, you know, if you see a photo or catch a surf line, rewind. If you can see that far and you happen to notice that your your hands are bent at the wrist and going in instead of out, or you happen to notice that your fingers are wide apart, you could pull them in and it looks better, but it also centers and stacks you. You start feeling more stacked over your board, and once you start doing that, it starts improving. Your style just starts improving. And, um, it's interesting that tube riding, this is what we talked about with David the other day, I think. Or maybe we didn't, I can't remember, but he someone I was talking to you about. It's interesting that almost all good tube writing has good style. Most of it you You rarely see someone with really hideous style getting as sick barrel. Yeah. Michael Frampton: So yeah, because the, the, the the wave will hit them in the butt with their post dance. They just don't they don't fit in their ugly. Devon Howard: Yeah I think it's true. He's a lesson there that can be applied to other maneuvers like but but it's not always true. That good tube style now equates to this beautiful style of the face. You'll see what doesn't fall apart. Um. Why is that? I don't know exactly. Maybe the. I think one thing that could help with style, um, from a technique standpoint, is, um, don't rush your surfing. I've noticed, like, folks that, remember we were talking earlier about breaking trim, um, and seeing people that are trying to wiggle. They're sort of swaying. A lot of times it's the upper body that's swaying when that's not really helping them in any way. It's not benefiting the the ride. It's causing the board to lift out of the water and side to side motion, typically. And now you're breaking the trip. Now in a short board. A short board needs to be side to side, but it's also got to be pushed so that it's it's building momentum in a forward fashion. The people that are not very good are kind of not going anywhere, because they don't understand that. They're just sort of wiggling their arms and breaking the trim. Devon Howard: Um, and I think if you just. Yeah, just like think about being a little bit more quiet, um, and, and being a little bit more quiet means you're not in a big hurry like you don't if you're not at a level where you need to try to get eight maneuvers in the wave, don't do it. Take take your time and get the two really nice maneuvers and those will feel really good. Be patient off the bottom when you're. Let's start from the beginning. You go and you paddle in. You go to do a bottom turn. Just be there in that moment with that bottom turn. Don't be thinking about the four moves you want to do down the line, because now it becomes this rut here. You're hurrying up the surfing, and now you're kind of like screwing up the pace of the ride. You're screwing up the pace of the wave. And when you do that, now you're out of sync. When you're out of sync, it doesn't feel or look good. So I think the best advice to like, how do I get good stop, start with the foreign and don't rush your surfing. Devon Howard: Don't try to contrive it. Don't try to Like I'm gonna have. Make sure my hands are up here and I'll go like this. And I'm looking backwards and going, okay, that's go. You do you. But you know, that's not helping you surf better. Michael Frampton: Yeah, yeah. You can you can be quick without being rushed. Devon Howard: Exactly. Michael Frampton: Like like a drummer that's drumming at 160 beats per minute. If they're ahead of the beat slightly. It sounds rushed, but if they're on the beat, it's in time. It's rhythm and they're nice and relaxed. They're still fast. They're just not rushed, utterly. And it's interesting you mentioned, like the hands curled and like this. If your hands are curled in like this, you will feel scared. Your physiology affects your emotions. That's a scared posture. That's a protective posture. So if you forcefully open up your hands, like Tony Robbins says, stand up tall and and straight and relaxed, you will feel better. But if you force yourself to smile, you will feel better inside. So I think that, you know, a bit of video analysis and analyzing your own style can actually and changing it can actually make surfing feel better as well. But, um, I love those tips. You just, um, said and it was a good summary and it's a great place to end. Devin, thank you so much. Devon Howard: All right. I hope we, uh, made some sense there. It's fun to talk about it, because I've felt this stuff for a long time, but I don't really ever talk about it. And it's only just in recent times. And, um, I gotta thank Scott Hulett from The Surfer's Journal for getting the gears going in my mind of how to think about this stuff. Um, it's fun to share it, so I hope people get some value out of this conversation. Michael Frampton: Yeah. Oh, definitely. Definitely. I mean, we can if you come up with more thoughts on it, let me know. We get you back on and we'll expand because it's an important topic. Devon Howard: Well, we're, um, we're in the middle of some fin placement on a mid lane, so I got to get back down there. So I also got this, um, dust down here. Michael Frampton: All right. Thanks, Devin. I'll let you write. You get back to it. Devon Howard: All right. Thank you. Michael. See you.Devon Howard On Surf Mastery Podcast Devon Howard On Surf Mastery Podcast
Follow Up Did David get a HomePod 2? System Preferences is Busy Back it up slowly Topics Kuo: Apple to Release Foldable iPad With Carbon Fiber Kickstand in 2024 Rumors: Foldable iPad in 2024 dismissed, Apple developing 21-inch ‘foldable notebook' Apple Talks Up High-End iPhones in Sign Ultra Model May Be Coming Getting John Siracusa's help to geotag photos --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bluebubblepod/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bluebubblepod/support
View in HD at . If you want your Mac's Desktop background wallpaper to automatically change every hour or day, you can do it in System Settings, Wallpaper. However with the new look of System Settings in macOS Ventura, it can be hard to find the controls if you are used to the old System Preferences app.
View in HD at . The ability to schedule power events in System Preferences doesn't exist in macOS Ventura. Instead, if you really need to schedule a repeating shut down, start up, restart or other power event, you can do it using a simple Terminal command.
View in HD at . System Preferences has been replaced with System Settings in macOS Ventura. It looks very different and many settings have been moved and regrouped. Here's an overview of what has changed.
Time for your “Normal” computer news! You know. The mainstream stuff. Microsoft, Apple, Linux, Google. That sort of thing.Dive in below, and feel free to listen to the podcast as you go.Apple releases macOS VenturaThis week Apple released the latest revision of their desktop Operating System: “macOS 13 — Ventura”.Among the new features, Stage Manager (a tool for organizing windows on the desktop) and Freeform (a whiteboard-like software for real-time collaboration) seem to be the most standout.Some of the Lunduke Journal Community members had some initial thoughts:“It feels like a refined experience over Monterey. I really like the Continuity Camera that allows you to use your iPhone camera—that's pretty nice and practical. It also has a brand new settings interface that is closer to the iOS experience. That'll be a big change for people.” - microwerx“Installed fine on 3 macs…Intel and Apple Silicon. Already ran into the “how do I do something I already knew how to do” since the system preferences is completely different. Looking forward to using my iPhone as a webcam. Seems more responsive, but that could be a placebo effect.” - leebaseAnd Dan Scott provided a few thoughts of his own:“Everything is as it was before but it does feel a bit faster and less clunky to me.One minor thing that I like that I doubt anyone will really notice or care about, but in the About This Mac window, they went back to the simplified style that we had in earlier versions up to Mavericks. They changed it to include more info with Yosemite. I personally like this.The feature I was waiting for the most was Stage Manager. It's nice, and I like it, but I wish it would show all of your open windows. Instead, it only shows your 5 most recent windows and hides the rest so command+tabbing is still your best bet for cycling through open windows. Running Stage Manager hides the desktop icons, though this can be changed in the system settings, or just click the desktop. I'm not sure there's a real need for something like this, but it's a cool feature. It definitely works better on my external monitor. It just takes up too much space on the Air's little display.I'm not sure how I feel about the new System Settings layout yet. It's very much like iOS now, but I think I still prefer the more traditional System Preferences layout.”You can read more of Dan's first impressions on his Substack.Canonical releases Ubuntu 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu”The latest “will only be supported for a couple months” version of Ubuntu has been released. With some of the major updates being:* The default audio server is now PipeWire instead of PulseAudio.* Ubuntu 22.10 is shipped with the new 5.19 Linux kernel.* GNOME has been updated to include new features and fixes from the latest GNOME release, GNOME 43.* The new Steam snap available on Ubuntu Software includes the latest Mesa.One fascinating tidbit: Canonical does not once mention “Snap” packaging in their full release notes.Microsoft looking at changing how Linux boots, wants to require TPM 2.0Microsoft engineer, Lennart Poettering, has unveiled his (and, assuredly, Microsoft's) desires to tightly intertwine the Linux boot process with TPM 2.0.The TPM (Trusted Platform Module) of course, being created by Microsoft.While there are interesting — and valid — points made by Poettering (creator of systemd), the idea of making the mere act of “booting Linux” reliant on a locked down Microsoft specification… well… no sir, I don't like it.Linux to drop 486 support?This week, Linus Torvalds stated on the Linux Kernel Mailing list:“We got rid of i386 support back in 2012. Maybe it's time to get rid ofi486 support in 2022?”And then he followed that up by stating:“So I *really* don't think i486 class hardware is relevant any more.Yes, I'm sure it exists (Maciej being an example), but from a kerneldevelopment standpoint I don't think they are really relevant.At some point, people have them as museum pieces. They might as wellrun museum kernels.”Are we about to lose 486 support in Linux? Looks like it. Is that a huge deal? Probably not. But I don't like it.No, sir. I don't like it one bit.Microsoft ships ARM Windows computerWant a $600 Windows computer that 32 GB of RAM, 512 GB NVMe drive, a Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3 CPU, and a thin little form factor?Microsoft will now sell you one.It's intended for developers (it's dubbed the “Windows Dev Kit 2023”), but it still looks rather nice. Even has an ARM native version of Visual Studio and Microsoft 365. And Windows running on this ARM box has WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux)… so you can do all your Linux-y stuff on it.The Lunduke Journal of Technology is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
View in HD at . If you notice that the Menu Bar at the top of your screen is missing, it is probably because you are using an app in Full Screen mode. You can customize how this works in System Preferences. You can also use Mission Control and Spaces to have the Menu Bar present for some apps and not others.
On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric discuss the history of For Mac Eyes Only and Macstock, plus future plans for the show including FMEO Live! They then dive into a few of their favorite macOS tips for the Finder, Spotlight, Shortcuts, Photos, and System Preferences.
View in HD at . System Preferences is now System Settings with categories listed on the left, settings in a list on the right, and new options and arrangements throughout.
Με ελάχιστη και νεφελώδη φημολογία πριν το φετινό WWDC εκφράζονται ευχές από τον καθένα για χατίρια που απίθανο είναι να κάνει η Apple στα ανανεωμένα της λειτουργικά συστήματα που θα παρουσιαστούν την επόμενη εβδομάδα. Τουλάχιστον εμφανίστηκε ο Yu Suzuki. Το παρόν επεισόδιο φτάνει σε εσάς με την υποστήριξη της: LEAP: Η LEAP είναι creative studio και αναζητεί συνεργάτες. Ακολουθήστε το link προς τη θέση που σας ενδιαφέρει: Junior Web Developer | Front End Developer Επικοινωνία με την εκπομπή: Email | Facebook Group | Twitter Λεωνίδας Μαστέλλος: Facebook | Twitter | Spotify Μάνος Βέζος: The Vez | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Apple Music Apple TV+‘Speed Racer' Live-Action Series in the Works at Apple, J.J. Abrams Executive ProducingApple TV+ orders two new seasons of widely acclaimed spy drama “Slow Horses” starring Academy Award winner Gary OldmanApple ArcadePro Darts 2022+WalletWallet App Now Supports Apple Account Cards on iOS 15.5Digital Car KeysApple Preparing to Add Support for Digital Car Keys on Hyundai and BYD VehiclesΜπούρδες SiliconiPhone 14 Pro and Redesigned MacBook Air Reportedly Stuck Using Technology Behind A15 ChipKuo: TSMC roadmap indicates this year's iPhone ‘A16' chip will stick to 5nm fab, same as A14 and A15Only the Pro Models in iPhone 14 Lineup Will Feature Upgraded A16 Chip, Another Report SaysWWDCGurman: Apple Preparing to Debut Enhanced Lock Screen, Windowing in iPadOS, Redesigned Mac Apps, and More at WWDCSources: Apple plans an always-on lock screen for iPhone 14 Pro, major windowing and multitasking changes for iPadOS, and iOS-like System Preferences for macOSM2 MacBook Air Among Most Likely WWDC Hardware Announcements, AR/VR Headset UnlikelyKuo: Apple Unlikely to Reveal Mixed Reality Headset at WWDC With a 2023 Launch Still Expected
Με ελάχιστη και νεφελώδη φημολογία πριν το φετινό WWDC εκφράζονται ευχές από τον καθένα για χατίρια που απίθανο είναι να κάνει η Apple στα ανανεωμένα της λειτουργικά συστήματα που θα παρουσιαστούν την επόμενη εβδομάδα. Τουλάχιστον εμφανίστηκε ο Yu Suzuki. Το παρόν επεισόδιο φτάνει σε εσάς με την υποστήριξη της: LEAP: Η LEAP είναι creative studio και αναζητεί συνεργάτες. Ακολουθήστε το link προς τη θέση που σας ενδιαφέρει: Junior Web Developer | Front End Developer Επικοινωνία με την εκπομπή: Email | Facebook Group | Twitter Λεωνίδας Μαστέλλος: Facebook | Twitter | Spotify Μάνος Βέζος: The Vez | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Apple Music Apple TV+‘Speed Racer' Live-Action Series in the Works at Apple, J.J. Abrams Executive ProducingApple TV+ orders two new seasons of widely acclaimed spy drama “Slow Horses” starring Academy Award winner Gary OldmanApple ArcadePro Darts 2022+WalletWallet App Now Supports Apple Account Cards on iOS 15.5Digital Car KeysApple Preparing to Add Support for Digital Car Keys on Hyundai and BYD VehiclesΜπούρδες SiliconiPhone 14 Pro and Redesigned MacBook Air Reportedly Stuck Using Technology Behind A15 ChipKuo: TSMC roadmap indicates this year's iPhone ‘A16' chip will stick to 5nm fab, same as A14 and A15Only the Pro Models in iPhone 14 Lineup Will Feature Upgraded A16 Chip, Another Report SaysWWDCGurman: Apple Preparing to Debut Enhanced Lock Screen, Windowing in iPadOS, Redesigned Mac Apps, and More at WWDCSources: Apple plans an always-on lock screen for iPhone 14 Pro, major windowing and multitasking changes for iPadOS, and iOS-like System Preferences for macOSM2 MacBook Air Among Most Likely WWDC Hardware Announcements, AR/VR Headset UnlikelyKuo: Apple Unlikely to Reveal Mixed Reality Headset at WWDC With a 2023 Launch Still Expected
Good news for Chromebook users, Google announced last week that one of the most popular video editing software apps will soon be available on ChromeOS - LumaFusion is a real hit with iPhone and Android users but until now hasn't run on Chromebook which have lacked a real serious video editing system, this would be a great step forward and make Chromebooks more useful for content creation and creative tasks. Google has also announced a new Pixel smartwatch coming later this year. The company owns FitBit and this could be a powerful integration between a quality mobile device, mass appeal apps like Google Mail, search and calendar and one of the best known names in health and fitness. A friend of mine broke his wrist last week and been trying to type with one hand ever since…it's given him a whole new perspective on the accessibility of our technology - something many of us never really think about. If you find yourself in a similar situation, typing WIN-H on any Windows programme opens up the Voice to type feature which means you can dictate whatever you want to say, instead of typing it out. Get the same on a Mac through System Preferences, Keyboard and click ‘dictation'
Presenting a fresh way of learning. Zoe Fiogkos gives her viewers and listeners a chance to explore how she takes in information, and giving her audience the ability to find out if her way of learning is able to help them. Apple computers have made accessibility an integral part of their operating system, so much that Apple Computers were the first to incorporate a functional screen reader that would function right out of the box on most of their models. Zoe's goal is to give brand new users to MAC computers the tools they need to be able to use a MAC right out of the box. Whether you're just running a MAC for the first time, or you're coming to a MAC in the store that you wish to try, you can use these episodes to get started, and as the series progresses, she introduces different strategies and instructions you can use to perform different tasks with a MAC. This episode continues the series on The MAC System Preferences, this time focusing on user specific preferences and user groups. Should you have any questions, concerns or feedback you would like to give on the episodes, you can message her at the following by sending her an e-mail: learningtogetherwithzoe@gmail.com or; zoesblindkitchencorner@gmail.com whoseblindlifeisitanyway@gmail.com Or, send her a message via the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Facebook Page: http://www.Facebook.com/whose.blind.life.is.it.anyway Or, the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/blindwhose and your messages or e-mails may be Read on the show Join Zoe Fiogkos on Learning Together, on Zoe's Blind Kitchen Corner and Whose Blind Life is it Anyway, on Fridays at 8:00 pm (EST), 5:00 (PST), and explore a new way of learning.
Presenting a fresh way of learning. Zoe Fiogkos gives her viewers and listeners a chance to explore how she takes in information, and giving her audience the ability to find out if her way of learning is able to help them. Apple computers have made accessibility an integral part of their operating system, so much that Apple Computers were the first to incorporate a functional screen reader that would function right out of the box on most of their models. Zoe's goal is to give brand new users to MAC computers the tools they need to be able to use a MAC right out of the box. Whether you're just running a MAC for the first time, or you're coming to a MAC in the store that you wish to try, you can use these episodes to get started, and as the series progresses, she introduces different strategies and instructions you can use to perform different tasks with a MAC. This episode continues the series on The MAC System Preferences, this time focusing on Internet Accounts, which one needs to do if they wish to send and receive e-mail on a MAC. Should you have any questions, concerns or feedback you would like to give on the episodes, you can message her at the following by sending her an e-mail: learningtogetherwithzoe@gmail.com or; zoesblindkitchencorner@gmail.com whoseblindlifeisitanyway@gmail.com Or, send her a message via the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Facebook Page: http://www.Facebook.com/whose.blind.life.is.it.anyway Or, the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/blindwhose and your messages or e-mails may be Read on the show Join Zoe Fiogkos on Learning Together, on Zoe's Blind Kitchen Corner and Whose Blind Life is it Anyway, on Fridays at 8:00 pm (EST), 5:00 (PST), and explore a new way of learning.
Presenting a fresh way of learning. Zoe Fiogkos gives her viewers and listeners a chance to explore how she takes in information, and giving her audience the ability to find out if her way of learning is able to help them. Apple computers have made accessibility an integral part of their operating system, so much that Apple Computers were the first to incorporate a functional screen reader that would function right out of the box on most of their models. Zoe's goal is to give brand new users to MAC computers the tools they need to be able to use a MAC right out of the box. Whether you're just running a MAC for the first time, or you're coming to a MAC in the store that you wish to try, you can use these episodes to get started, and as the series progresses, she introduces different strategies and instructions you can use to perform different tasks with a MAC. Contrary to Victor's previous announcement in episode 13, Zoe is far from finished with the MAC System Preferences, and on this episode she presents part 4 of this series focusing on the MAC's System Preferences and how one can configure a MAC computer to a person's liking. Should you have any questions, concerns or feedback you would like to give on the episodes, you can message her at the following by sending her an e-mail: learningtogetherwithzoe@gmail.com or; zoesblindkitchencorner@gmail.com whoseblindlifeisitanyway@gmail.com Or, send her a message via the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Facebook Page: http://www.Facebook.com/whose.blind.life.is.it.anyway Or, the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/blindwhose and your messages or e-mails may be Read on the show Join Zoe Fiogkos on Learning Together, on Zoe's Blind Kitchen Corner and Whose Blind Life is it Anyway, on Fridays at 8:00 pm (EST), 5:00 (PST), and explore a new way of learning.
View in HD at . Besides file searches, you can use Spotlight to search for word definitions, sports scores, weather, stock prices, System Preferences, perform complex math calculations, unit conversions and much more.
View in HD at . The Accent and Highlight colors used in almost every app on your Mac. Each app has its own default colors. But you can override them in System Preferences to force each app to use the same colors.
Watch the video!https://youtu.be/-2PZau4BAlUIn the News blog post for March 18, 2022:https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2022/03/in-the-news619.htmlPSA: Don't Click the Mobile Link!Don't Call It a Comeback … Call it a .4 UpgradeThe Smell of New iPads in the AirWhat Do You See in the iPhone SE?Buy with your Watch, Watch on your TVApple TV on a Shelf (on your TV)Brett's 15.4 iTip: Add Glasses to your Face IDJeff's 15.4 iTip: Universal Control is Universally Fantastic!Sharon Nelson: Phishing Attacks on Smartphones Escalate SharplyDanny Palmer: Phishing attempts against smartphones are on the rise. And those small screens aren't helpingJohn Gruber: The 2022 iPad AirDan Moren: iPad Air vs. iPad Pro: My buying decisionFederico Viticci: iPad Air 2022 Review: Refined BalanceJohn Gruber: The 2022 iPhone SEMatthew Panzarino: The iPhone SE is the platonic ideal of a smartphoneMichael Potuck: Apple TV now lets you easily authorize purchases with Apple Watch, here's howJulie Strietelmeir: Mount your Apple TV or Roku on your TVBrett's 15.4 iTip: Even if you previously set up Face ID, you'll have to do this again so that the iPhone can “recognize the unique features around the eye area to authenticate.” You must have an iPhone 12 or higher for this to work! (NOT available on iPads yet!) You can add multiple pairs of glasses, similar to the way we could add multiple fingerprints for TouchID. I found this worked superbly during my recent trip this past week, although I'm still a little concerned about my trade-off in security. Jeff's 15.4 iTip: If you have both a Mac and an iPad signed in to your iCloud account, you can now use a single keyboard and cursor to control both devices. To turn this on, after you update your Mac to macOS12.3, go to System Preferences -> Displays, and then click the Universal Control button. Then turn on each of the features. (You will see several warnings that this is still just a beta feature.) I used this feature for a short period of time last night, and Universal Control worked incredibly well. It is immediately apparent to me that this is a feature that I will find very useful.Brett Burney from http://www.appsinlaw.comJeff Richardson from http://www.iphonejd.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/?via=bburney)
Presenting a fresh way of learning. Zoe Fiogkos gives her viewers and listeners a chance to explore how she takes in information, and giving her audience the ability to find out if her way of learning is able to help them. Apple computers have made accessibility an integral part of their operating system, so much that Apple Computers were the first to incorporate a functional screen reader that would function right out of the box on most of their models. Zoe's goal is to give brand new users to MAC computers the tools they need to be able to use a MAC right out of the box. Whether you're just running a MAC for the first time, or you're coming to a MAC in the store that you wish to try, you can use these episodes to get started, and as the series progresses, she introduces different strategies and instructions you can use to perform different tasks with a MAC. Zoe continues her explanation of the MAC system Preferences, the utility available on all MACS that allows the user to configure the MAC computer to their liking. Here, she presents part 3 of the Learning Together series on the MAC System Preferences. Should you have any questions, concerns or feedback you would like to give on the episodes, you can message her at the following by sending her an e-mail: learningtogetherwithzoe@gmail.com or; zoesblindkitchencorner@gmail.com whoseblindlifeisitanyway@gmail.com Or, send her a message via the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Facebook Page: http://www.Facebook.com/whose.blind.life.is.it.anyway Or, the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/blindwhose and your messages or e-mails may be Read on the show Join Zoe Fiogkos on Learning Together, on Zoe's Blind Kitchen Corner and Whose Blind Life is it Anyway, on Fridays at 8:00 pm (EST), 5:00 (PST), and explore a new way of learning.
Presenting a fresh way of learning. Zoe Fiogkos gives her viewers and listeners a chance to explore how she takes in information, and giving her audience the ability to find out if her way of learning is able to help them. Apple computers have made accessibility an integral part of their operating system, so much that Apple Computers were the first to incorporate a functional screen reader that would function right out of the box on most of their models. Zoe's goal is to give brand new users to MAC computers the tools they need to be able to use a MAC right out of the box. Whether you're just running a MAC for the first time, or you're coming to a MAC in the store that you wish to try, you can use these episodes to get started, and as the series progresses, she introduces different strategies and instructions you can use to perform different tasks with a MAC. Zoe continues her explanation of the MAC system Preferences, the utility available on all MACS that allows the user to configure the MAC computer to their liking. Here, she presents part 2 of the Learning Together series on the MAC's System Preferences. Should you have any questions, concerns or feedback you would like to give on the episodes, you can message her at the following by sending her an e-mail: learningtogetherwithzoe@gmail.com or; zoesblindkitchencorner@gmail.com whoseblindlifeisitanyway@gmail.com Or, send her a message via the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Facebook Page: http://www.Facebook.com/whose.blind.life.is.it.anyway Or, the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/blindwhose and your messages or e-mails may be Read on the show Join Zoe Fiogkos on Learning Together, on Zoe's Blind Kitchen Corner and Whose Blind Life is it Anyway, on Fridays at 8:00 pm (EST), 5:00 (PST), and explore a new way of learning.
Presenting a fresh way of learning. Zoe Fiogkos gives her viewers and listeners a chance to explore how she takes in information, and giving her audience the ability to find out if her way of learning is able to help them. Apple computers have made accessibility an integral part of their operating system, so much that Apple Computers were the first to incorporate a functional screen reader that would function right out of the box on most of their models. Zoe's goal is to give brand new users to MAC computers the tools they need to be able to use a MAC right out of the box. Whether you're just running a MAC for the first time, or you're coming to a MAC in the store that you wish to try, you can use these episodes to get started, and as the series progresses, she introduces different strategies and instructions you can use to perform different tasks with a MAC. On this first episode of a second season of Learning Together, Zoe brings her audience into the MAC system Preferences, the utility available on all MACS that allows the user to configure the MAC computer to their liking. Here, she presents part 1 of the Learning Together series on the MAC's System Preferences. Should you have any questions, concerns or feedback you would like to give on the episodes, you can message her at the following by sending her an e-mail: learningtogetherwithzoe@gmail.com or; zoesblindkitchencorner@gmail.com whoseblindlifeisitanyway@gmail.com Or, send her a message via the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Facebook Page: http://www.Facebook.com/whose.blind.life.is.it.anyway Or, the Whose Blind Life is it Anyway Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/blindwhose and your messages or e-mails may be Read on the show Join Zoe Fiogkos on Learning Together, on Zoe's Blind Kitchen Corner and Whose Blind Life is it Anyway, on Fridays at 8:00 pm (EST), 5:00 (PST), and explore a new way of learning.
View in HD at . Lots of Mac tips for using macOS Monterey. Tips on using the Finder, Menu Bar, Dock, System Preferences, Safari, Mail and much more including keyboard shortcuts and gestures. Something for everyone.
View in HD at . Beyond the menu bar keyboard shortcuts and the ones you can add in System Preferences, there are a set of keyboard shortcuts called KeyBindings that you can use when writing. These customizable keyboard commands can be used to move around in text, manipuate selections and even insert frequently-used words and phrases.
View in HD at . Learn about a variety of Mac tips from usifn the Finder, System Preferences, Safari, working with text and much more.
View in HD at . Here are some System Preference settings you may not know about or be using. Learn how to change the menu bar clock, customize your language by app, show a message on the lock screen, access hidden screen resolutions and more.
View in HD at . The Dock is one of the most basic tools you'll need to learn to use a Mac. You can use it to launch apps and you can customize it to contain the apps you need. You can also put files and folders in the Dock and change how it works in System Preferences.
Recommendations are given by Sanford School's technology team for creating a safe and reliable virtual learning environment for your child. See the full transcript below: Sanford School | Creating A Safe & Reliable Virtual Learning Environment For Your Child Audio [MUSIC PLAYING] Welcome to Sanford Speaks, the podcast that provides valuable insights and information to help parents and students navigate the world of education. Today's host is Sanford communications director and IT director, Cheryl Fleming. We hope you enjoy this episode. Welcome to Sanford Speaks. Our topic today is creating a safe and reliable virtual learning environment for your child. This is another in our podcast series about living, learning, and teaching through the pandemic. Our guests today members of Sanford's technology team. We're fortunate to have them, because they're very busy. But they bring a ton of expertise to this topic. And so we're going to begin by asking each one of them to introduce themselves. Dave, why don't you get us started. Thanks Cheryl for having me. I am David May, network administrator. I've been the network administrator here for 15 years. I'm Kevin McDermott. I'm a technology associate. This is my, I think, fifth year here at Sanford. I kind of do a pretty broad breadth of things here. Anything from assisting Dave with some of the networking stuff we have around campus, and then also just helping teachers out with their day to day tech needs. And I'm Jen Nightingale. I am the middle school technology instructor, but I've been at Sanford since 1995 and joined the IT team in 2000. Sandy? I'm Sandy Sutty, I'm the technology integration coordinator. That just means I just help students, teachers, parents, administrators, really the whole Sanford community, to make sure they're up and running with all the technology needs. And I'm Patrick Martin, lower school technology instructor, and I've been here for 18 years now. Well, thank you again to everyone for being here. Today, we were talking about being online. Keeping it safe, keeping it reliable. I think one of the best places to start is looking at younger students. Almost everybody is online today. A lot of people are Zooming. Patrick, with respect to the young kids, what are some of the safety things that parents and teachers need to be looking out for with young kids? Well, I think one of the main things right now, most of the games that the kids are playing these days Minecraft, Roblox, things like that, they're able to communicate with kids anywhere in the world really. So making sure that they don't share any personal information is a big thing. Any time they have a question always check with their parents first. That's the big-- I always tell them, talk to your parents, ask your parents first if you can join this, do this, make sure they know what they're doing, what games you're on. I think that's one of the big things going on right now. Just making sure that you're not giving out any personal information over the internet, because you never know who's on the other end. I always try and encourage that with them. And Jen, I'm guessing in middle school you have other issues that you're dealing with all the time, with respect to passwords, and sharing passwords, and people wanting to socialize online. Can you give parents some guidance about what they should be concerned about with respect to, say, fifth through eighth grade students? Sure. I think it's such an interesting time, because the kids are just sort of feeling their oats, and really wanting to join those social arenas. Because that's appropriately developmental for this age. Just trying to make connections. And it's scary. My best advice for parents is to really do their research. And if a child gets an app on their phone, or their computer, just to really ask questions. What is this? What is it? How are you connecting with others? And what are you using this for? It's about communication, open lines of communication through and through. And actually-- Jen, do you recommend-- I'm sorry, I was just going to say, do recommend parents to have access to the kids' phones, to make sure they can see what's going on? That's a sticky wicket. I don't know. Because I-- that's a tough one. I believe in privacy, but at the same time, you're paying the bills, and you want to keep your children safe. So yeah, it's up to the parent obviously. However, yes, they can definitely check in. I do recommend that, unless that bothers you. Sandy, you can speak a little bit from a parent perspective, as well as being an educator. What are your thoughts about that? As a parent, I do have two teenage boys. And they know that I have access to their devices. I have their passwords, and periodically you just need to check in. Just to make sure that they're not spending time, or doing things that they shouldn't. As when you go into their room. You don't let them shut their rooms, because you never know how messy it will be. So, I think it's just part of being a parent. Making sure that you do sometimes cross the boundaries, but you also need to teach them, so that they know what's right from wrong, and to correct them if they make mistakes. Because they will make them. And Kevin, I think you were about to jump in and say something a couple minutes ago? Yes, I was just going to piggy actually on what Jen said, and now also what Sandy said. One thing, kind of piggy backing on Sandy, with the whole monitoring what your child is doing at home, I know a lot of retail wireless routers have either a web portal, or sometimes a companion app, to go along with them. And those usually are pretty feature rich. So I'd explore kind of what your router manufacturer has to offer. Because I know you can look at on like a by device basis, as what kind of traffic's going on. You can even limit access during certain windows. So, you could say, during these hours, there's no internet for this specific device. So, you don't have to shut yourself down if you're just trying to control what your child is doing at night. And then I was just going to follow up with what Jen was talking about, as far as being engaged with what your child is doing online. I was just going to say that's great advice for what Pat was talking about as well. Just with games, like knowing what this game is, and how they communicate with other people. Is it an online game? Is it a single person game? Just that whole engagement, I think, and having that open dialogue with your child can be really useful. And just having some expectations and rules in a house. I have the kids charge their phones downstairs, so that it's away from them in the bedroom. So, just those little tips and tricks you can use, and you don't necessarily have to have the software, which is very helpful. I don't, I just have them bring it downstairs. For overnight you mean? Charge overnight downstairs? Yeah. Yeah. I think another-- Because I've-- yeah, go ahead Dave. Oh no. I was going to say, I think another good program I actually use at home-- my nephew lives with me-- is open DNS. It's a great program to use. It'll allow you to pick categories to block. Gambling, pornography, things like that. You can just have that running so that anyone on your network at home is affected by that when they're surfing the internet. So, you don't maybe have to look at everyone's-- at your kid's devices so much if you use that. It does a pretty good job of blocking things. Dave is that something that runs on the kid's computer, or is that on the router? What is open DNS? Open DNS is a program. And basically what you do is, you set up your Verizon, Comcast, whatever you're using. You set up your IP address in the portal that you-- you sign up for a free account. Just put your IP address for your Verizon, or Comcast, or whoever your provider is in there and it filters your traffic from that address. So that, when you try to go to some of these sites that might be blocked, it will get blocked. It just gives you an open DNS return, instead of the website that you're trying to get to. So, let's talk a little bit about passwords. I know some people, friends of mine, who talk about passwords use the same password all the time for everything. Are there some passwords safety tips you could share with our viewers and listeners? I know, I forget who told me, I think it was somebody on this call. But I know, ideally you to be using a different password for every single thing that you're using. But I know feasibly it's not always possible for a lot of people, myself included. So, I've really taken to, I have a kind of a root that I use, and then that root will change depending on what account I'm using. And that change will be specific to the account. So if it's my bank account, it will be my root, and then something that I know identifies my bank account. And it's something that I could kind of easily remember. That way you don't have to worry about remembering this huge 12-character thing. You can just always have your root. Hopefully it checks all the boxes that most sites need. Sometimes some will throw you for a loop. But I've always found that really helpful. Kevin, you taught me that. I remember, like a year ago, and that has been my saving grace. It makes things easier. Root plus is a way to go. I love it. There are also programs and such for that. I was talking about open DNS. I've used a number of these over the years. Right now, I'm using something called Everykey. So, when I do put my passwords in, it remembers them. And it's a little device. So, if I walk away from my computer, it automatically logs my computer-- or locks it. And if I go to a website, it will offer to enter the information for me. So, I can use a bunch of really weird passwords, suggest caps, lowercase, characters, numbers. And I an pick the weirdest, strangest passwords, and whenever I go to those sites the Everykey will log it in for me. There's also 1Password, Dashlane, a lot of things you can use both on your phone and your computers that you're using, to help you with your passwords, so you don't have them stuck all over your monitor, or under your keyboard, or things like that. I know a lot of the sites I go to these days offer two-step authentication. Can somebody talk about that, and what some of the advantages of using 2-step authentication are, for folks out there? I can chime in. And so, yo yes, two-step or two-factor authentication is actually a really, really useful thing. In addition to having a secure password, it's just an extra step of verification that the site that you're using uses. So, in addition to your password, they're going to text you a code, give you a phone call, send you an email kind of thing. And it's just that one extra layer that, so even if somebody were to be able to get your password, or guess your password, they would also then need to access this second device, or the second tool essentially, to sign in as you. Add on top of that it actually kind of doubles as an alert system. If you get an unsolicited verification code from one of these sites, you might want to then go in and preemptively change your password, just because somebody might have been trying to log into your account without you knowing. I know a lot of people kind of balk at the idea of having to get this code every single time that you sign in. But with a lot of sites, if you're using the same computer over and over, you can actually have it remember that one computer. But it will still send you that code if somebody else outside of your personal device would be trying to get in. So, it's not as bad as it sounds. Well, I know everybody here is online-- everybody here today is online a lot. But I think there are some people out there, parents included, who might not be online a lot. And Patrick was talking about not sharing personal email, and personal information rather, not email. What kind of tips can you offer so that people know when they're engaging with a secure site? I think on most browsers, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, a couple of other ones, whenever you go to a website, if you look at the address bar on the top where the URL is, there's usually a padlock of some type so that you know you're in a secure place. You'll see it when you do banking, taxes, things like that. If you're entering passwords or any kind of personal information, always look for that little padlock so that you're on a secure area putting information in. OK. Anybody have any last safety tips they'd like to recommend for students, preschool through 12th, before we move on to reliability? At Sanford, we do have a digital citizenship program, where we teach kids about how to learn how to check reliable resources, and making sure that they know that there are strangers out there. Just having a conversation with them, and alerting to them that whatever you're saying is never private. That it's always public. And to make sure that they have a way that they're using it professionally and personally. But also making sure they keep themselves safe. And be careful when you're on any internet site, or social media, when you're posting stuff. Because that stuff is forever. You think it's not. You think you're just sharing with your friends. But you're sharing with your friends' friends, and their friends' friends. So, just always be careful when you're posting anything, doing anything online. Especially social media. Well, since last March, I think everybody has been involved in some kind of online activity. And I think Zoom has become a household word. So, we have more and more people online. Sometimes multiple people in a household. What are your thoughts about making sure that students, and students whose parents might be at home working, are able to be on the internet and do all the things that they need to do. With the video files, and downloads, and all of those kinds of things, what should parents be looking for in terms of reliability? I think there's a few things that you can look into. First and foremost, it's just knowing what your internet package is supposed to be providing you. And then also knowing what the demands are for the programs you're going to be using. So, I know Zoom is one that you were mentioning. They have a minimum specs kind of thing, and most programs and websites have that. If you're going to be using an app, or a game, or a device, they usually have a minimum spec requirement. So, just keeping that in mind and then multiplying that by the number of people in your household using that item, and then comparing that to what you have through your package. So, either Comcast or Verizon or any of those, they'll tell you in megabits or megabytes per second kind of thing, so you can compare that to the devices that you're using. And the more people you have in your house, the more taxing it's going to be obviously. So, just making sure you have the package you need. And then, two, actually check to see if you have what you're supposed to be having. You can use sites like, I know SpeedTest.net is one that will test your actual internet speed. Sometimes your service provider will have it as well. Just make sure everything's up to snuff. And if you're using that you're not quite getting those speeds that you're paying for, making sure you're close to your-- close in physical proximity to your wireless router, being plugged in with an ethernet cable if possible is always going to be a benefit as far as internet speeds. Just that kind of stuff. Kevin, I know a lot of people are getting smart light bulbs and smart this. Do though slow your internet down as well? So, if you've got a bunch of bulbs going, or does that-- I mean it's another device on your network, so it is going to have some kind of network traffic. I think, though, it's pretty small amounts of traffic we're talking about. But every little bit, if you're already kind of eeking by with what you got, every little bit is going to pull you down a little bit. So, you can view it as just one big pie that you're taking little slices out of every time you hook up a device too. OK. Well, this probably isn't the best question, because everybody's situation is so different. But I know we have lots of students now who are doing virtual meetings. In terms of audio quality, and video quality, and those kind of things. Are there some best practices you can recommend for families? I know some schools give the kids devices, some schools don't. And families have to go out and make purchases perhaps. But if there were a top five, or a top 10 list of things that parents should be considering when setting up a virtual environment for their kids, what would those things be? If you had your druthers and could do the best setup possible, I'd always say that getting a USB microphone and camera would be beneficial than almost any device's built in camera and microphone. For the longest time, especially pre-COVID, most laptop manufacturers kind of thought of a webcam just like an afterthought. So, they'd use the same kind of old webcam in every single device that came out. Because that wasn't the big flagship thing that people cared about. They always wanted the latest processor, or the most RAM, that kind of thing. Nobody was really-- before now-- pining after the best webcam. So, usually, generally speaking, the USB plug-in webcams are a bit better quality. Same with the microphones. I think also, especially if you're in a room with more than one person, headphones or earbuds are a huge thing. A lot of them have microphones in them, but that's a big thing to have. Just to cancel noise from outside and help you while you're trying to hear or learn something. And because the microphone might be closer to you. The teachers are able to hear you better, and your classmates are able to hear you better. Also to go back to what Kevin was talking about, getting close to your router. We have-- Hang on, hang on. Yeah, sure. Before you go any further, for those people out there who don't know, will you talk a little bit about what a router is? Yeah sure. There's switches and routers. So, a router most everybody has a router from their ISP, Comcast, Verizon, that carries your traffic from your house out to the internet. It does all your address translations through DNS and all that. So, all your traffic goes through that router. It assigns internal IP addresses for all your machines, your phones, and everything, that are private so you can't get to them from outside. But it does do all the routing for you to the internet. So, not to be too overly nerdy about it. But if you are-- when you do have a lot of people on the internet at once, and it does take up some of your bandwidth-- and we did it just the other day here for one of our employees who was having some troubles. She asked Kevin, and Kevin's recommendation and mine, for a way to help. She was doing stuff at home, her husband's doing stuff at home. And if you have a bigger house, or even if your router might be down in the basement, and you're upstairs on the first floor, the signal's not always great the further you get away from it. So there are options. Verizon has them, Comcast has them. We recommended Google Wi-Fi to her, and she did get that three Wi-Fi package, and she's raving about it. She said it was great. Their signal in their house is great everywhere now. So, that's always an option if you're frustrated by the speed, or you're having issues, latency issues, with things kind of locking up and stopping and starting, you might need to get some kind of extender to make your signal better throughout the house. Let's talk a little bit about software updates. I know from time to time your machine will give you a little message saying, time for an update. Update required. Can you speak to why it's important for students and parents to keep tabs on updates, and why it's often important for them to make the-- kind of things can go wrong if you don't update? Yes, for example, Zoom, if you don't update, it doesn't work. Or you have issues with it. Also security, when you're doing updates it adds the most current security. So, making sure that you update is super important, and not just waiting, I'll do it at the end of the day, or I'll do it at the end of the week. So, it is important that you do that. I think also the updates also add new items to a program. Since everybody's been doing Google Meet, or Zoom, or whatever it might be, they've had a chance to see what people have said to them that they would like to have in the program. And they might add that in an update. So, if all of us, or the teachers at school, are conducting a class on Zoom, and they have the newest version, and one of the students doesn't, because they didn't do an update, they might not have the ability to do some of the stuff the teacher might be asking them to do. So, it's always good to try to do your updates. Especially security updates that kind of plug holes in software for vulnerabilities. So, to update, you just reboot your computer? Or is there a special way to go and do that? All updates are a little bit different. Some of them will just pop up on my Mac. Today, in fact, it popped up and said, I have an update to do. And it gives you the option of doing it later, doing it now. A lot of updates will download automatically, and then they'll prompt you to install them. So, you will install them, then the machine usually reboots, or the program will reboot. I know Kevin's got some other updates that he's worked with too. But most of the time they'll auto download. A lot of times it will say, hey, there's an update. You need to download it, then install it. So, most of the time it doesn't just download and install without you kind of intervening in one way or the other. Yeah. I know for with Windows, in the start menu in settings, that's where you'd go to check for updates there. And for Mac, it's in the System Preferences for the actual system updates. App updates would be from the App Store usually. But usually if you having trouble finding where to update, one place that I always try to look first is in the About section of a lot of programs. Some programs will say, about, and then if you click on that, you can usually find updates. That's where Chrome's updates live and things like that. Well, I'm excited that we're presenting all this information. But I'm guessing, especially since we have some digital citizenship courses and things like that, that you mentioned, what kind of resources are out there for parents who say, I'd really like to learn more. In terms of safety, reliability, or other tech related issues. What resources could you recommend? Common Sense Media is an outstanding website that really puts it into parent understanding and doesn't get geeky on you. But it tells you the information and then throw away. So that's a go-to one. That's one I always recommend. It'll review games, apps, movies, everything, for parents. Or it'll do a- - like there was a story on TikTok. Is TikTok safe? Is it not? And it did a whole review of TikTok. So, yeah, I agree Sandy. That's my go-to . There is a parent section, and then there's also an educator section. And I do a lot of my social digital citizenship from there as well. Well, I know-- oh, go ahead, Jen. --just about safety-- sorry. No go ahead. So, I will get some middle schoolers in, and they will have-- no joke-- 10 to 40 tabs across the top of their computer screen. And we have this thing instituted, although we haven't done it this year as much. I think it's, No Tab Tuesday, or No Tab Thursday, something with alliteration. And the kids-- there's two reasons we talk about the tabs. They don't care. But one is the resources of the computer. You've got all these tabs open. And so that's a huge thing when you're at home. If you peek over your child's shoulder, look to see how many tabs. Are there a lot of tabs, hey, can we close some of those? There's a way to group them as well, which is a different lesson, but you can group them all into one set. Which is a very good skill set. But also for those kids who can't focus, and even though I'm this age, I'm that kid who can't focus. If I see a tab up, I'll be clicking it, just because. And so that's another thing. If parents are at home working with their kids, I think it's-- just talk about those tabs. Because they can mess you up in a couple of different ways. And I know they're important, but if you learn how to group them, ask us how to do that, then that's one less thing that you're going to worry about. I think too, when you have a lot of tabs open, and all of you have probably-- this has happened to all of you-- because we do work during the day, all of us have 50 tabs open doing multitasking on different things. But have you ever had that, where you have all these tabs open, you're like, what is that sound? What am I hearing? You have headphones on, you're trying to do something, and you realize that there's three things open-- you have tabs open that are playing things in the background. And there's a little microphone on there, or a speaker icon on there, so you know that there's actually audio playing on those tabs. And on most browsers now, you can click the speaker icon to mute them. But I just was thinking about that, because it happened to me today. I had so many tabs open. I'm like, what is that sound? And I had something was playing in the background. It was an ad. But it was playing in the background, and it was driving me crazy. So, having fewer tabs open is easier to handle. Let's talk about when stuff just goes wrong. All of you work in tech every day. You help people who are having problems. You have your own problems. But I'm sitting there thinking about the fourth grade student, or the eighth grade student, who's trying to Zoom, and is maybe in a Zoom breakout room. What advice do you have for kids when it's not all coming together? I guess kids and parents. I think relax, and realize that it's okay. I think we talked about this earlier. Most kids are a little bit more laid back. It's us parents and teachers that are like, oh my goodness. You want everything on time, you want the lesson to be engaging, and as long as the length of the class. So, sometimes just take a deep breath and realize it's okay to start over. And try your best as you can to get it right. Or have backup plans. I think that's what we've learned throughout COVID, that not everything will work perfectly, and that you can do multiple things in multiple ways. And always have that backup plan ready. That's great advice. I think too, yeah, depending on the app you're using, you can always try to close the app and open it again if you're having a problem. And then, the word in IT, reboot. Usually rebooting fixes most of the problems you're having. Not all of the time. But we recommend that to most people. When they call us here, you'll try to troubleshoot it. And if it's still having a problem, rebooting. Usually they'll call back and say, yes, that fixed it. So, don't be afraid to reboot. You can always reconnect to the Zoom, or whatever it is that you're in. And start with the app first. If you're having a problem with Zoom, maybe disconnect from it and reconnect. Or any other app you're in. If your browser is locked up, just try to close your browser and open it again. But in the end, rebooting the machine and overall might fix whatever the problem is. We've covered a lot of ground here. So, as we wrap up, I'd like each one of you to give your favorite piece of advice, or one tip, that you'd like our viewers and listeners to remember. And it can be about safety. It can be about reliability. It can be about anything you want. So, why don't we start with Patrick, who is used to providing tips for lots of younger people. I think it kind of goes to, I think Sandy said it, is don't worry about it. Relax. Everything's going to be fine. And when technology messes up, I think that's my what I tell the kids. And they usually handle it pretty well. So like I think she said, the kids are handling it well, it's us adults that have a hard time with it. But they do pretty well. Jen? Absolutely. And I've said this before. I really believe this has made me a better teacher, more flexible. And that by the kids seeing us adults maybe struggle a little bit here and there, but then come back and get the content to them, it's all a learning curve. And it's really important that they see that we understand. We get it. We're not blaming them. I also don't like technology to be the reason you give up. If something doesn't work, that you stop. It's easy to say, OK, it's not working, so I'm just going to-- this lesson gone. No. Like Sandy said, you have a quick backup plan, and it's probably going to be better than ever. I always believe in, second chance is always better, for some reason. It is for me anyway. I don't know. Kevin? One thing I would say is to not be afraid to share any kind of cool tips or tricks that you end up coming up with. Because a lot of times, even though something might be recommended to you from an IT person, they aren't necessarily living with it every single day. I know throughout this year and in the end of last year, we'd come up with all these strategies, and then implement them, and put it in the teachers' hands. And then they'd come up with all these cool ways to use it in ways that we never even thought of. And a lot of times we wouldn't hear about that, until you kind of hear it through the grape vine. Oh, so-and-so found a really neat way to use x, y, z. So I'd say, just because, if something's working out really well for you, share it with people around you. Just because it's-- you figured it out, doesn't mean everyone else has. So, just letting everybody else know cool little hints, tips, tricks, all that kind of stuff. Dave? Just a couple of things. Everybody's had great stuff here. I think just relax. It seems like it's the end of the world when something's happening, tech wise, when you're in the middle of something. But you can get it back, so just relax with that. Even though we're all in the IT field, and we've been in the IT field for a number of years, things that are happening to you also happen to us. It's frustrating, and we get frustrated by it, and usually we do what we ask you to do to fix the problem. So, it happens to everyone. And there are-- I think, whenever I've talked to people before, or you go visit someone to help them with something-- there are no bad questions in technology. Don't feel like you can't ask something, because you don't want people to think that, oh, I don't want people to think I'm dumb, or anything like, that because you're not. So, there are no bad questions, and that's how you learn. I learn from my co-workers every day. Hopefully they learn from me. So, those are the things I think are the biggest. And Sandy, you started us off with a piece of advice. Any final thought you'd like to share? Be patient, and work together as a team, and everything will work out. And that's how we get through, not just life, but in general. And just keeping that in mind, even when you're using technology. Well, to all of you, 1,000 thank you's for all the great advice you shared about safety and reliability. Particularly for kids, because this is an issue that's important to everyone. You have certainly contributed to our living, teaching, and learning during the pandemic series. I hope you'll come back and be on our podcast again. Thank you. All right. Thanks. Thank you. OK. Bye. [MUSIC PLAYING]
View in HD at . System Preferences is where you go to change settings on your Mac. Settings are arranged by category in panes, but you can search for settings too. On the Mac, you access app preferences in the individual app.
View in HD at . Keyboard shortcuts are one of the primary productivity tools on your Mac. You can discover shortcuts by looking in the Menu Bar and in System Preferences. You can also create your own.
COMPTIA A+ Terminology made easy for you !
Host Jeremy Cherny interviews Max Palzewicz, Director of Operations at Rocketman Tech “I started out my career in public accounting, primarily working and advising small business owners. I got my CPA and I was able to join my dad and uncle's business coaching firm, Action Coach of Southeastern Wisconsin, where I worked for a few years. I carved out a niche for myself focusing on the financials for business owners, teaching business owners, how to be financially literate, how to read and analyze their financial statements, also how to process good numbers so they could make sound decisions with them. After that chapter, I realized I wanted to actually do it myself and I wanted to go out and prove that I could build a business on my own. A friend tossed out the idea to me in late 2018, that I should learn how to implement a software called Jamf Pro. What they do is they have a mobile device management software that specializes in Apple devices, so Mac OS, and iOS. So that's what we started doing and I got certified to implement the software. But something happened in early 2019, where Jamf Pro stopped requiring the onboarding engagement for clients to use the software. So our whole business model of doing these one-off software implementations had been turned on its head. What we did instead was we turned his Rolodex of 200 or so companies and we turned it into a CRM, and we started email marketing. From that, I realized that not only was his skill set highly sought after, but these system administrators that are Mac OS specific also make upwards of six figures or more in a lot of businesses that they work in. So it's a sought after skill and position, but it's also highly transferable where people are frequently job-hopping in this space and they tend to leave in that wake of procedures that were poorly documented because it was in their job security, it was in their best interest to do everything themselves in the Mac OS management space and not really document well. We realized there was a great need for a service IT company to specialize in this. A lot of IT companies try to be all things to all people so they'll do an entire vertical of services for their clients. We decided to just focus on this one thing, and that was managing Apple devices for enterprise companies.” I don't know if all our listeners know exactly what mobile device management is nor where it fits in with security. Can you say a bit more about that? MDM (Mobile Device Management) is kind of one of those pillars that you look for when you do a SOC to a compliance test or any of those security benchmarks or standards, whether you're getting a SOC to audit, or an ISO 27001 audit, or if you're just trying to follow the CIS benchmarks. Generally, you need mobile device management software to meet that compliance framework. So where MDM comes in, and Jamf Pro specifically is it's a software that's designed to interact with the management framework on iOS and Mac OS devices. So it allows IT to remotely interact and provision these devices so you can push down things like configuration profiles, where you might interact with System Preferences. You can also push out policies where you're deploying software or deploying different objects to the computers. But the whole idea is to allow IT to remotely interact at scale, with hundreds of thousands of devices so they don't have to do the old sneakernet of going around and troubleshooting each device individually. What about mobile device management has improved security for people? Security is always evolving, how does Rockinman Tech stay on top of those security threats? What we've noticed is the modern standard for enterprise, especially in this remote work environment, is to move towards something called zero-touch deployment with a cloud identity provider through your MDM. So what most of these enterprise companies are doing and I mean, the market share tends to lean heavily towards Microsoft Azure AD for Cloud Identity. There are probably five or six other major players in there, Google has one, Ping has one, OKTA is a great one for startups and smaller companies. But Azure AD seems to be the gold standard for the fortune 500. Conversely, for Apple device management, Jamf Pro seems to be the best in class for managing Mac OS. So all these companies are striving towards this goal that's just barely out of reach, called zero-touch deployment. The reason it's out of reach is that they have security teams that were initially developed to manage a primarily Windows environment. But what we've seen over the last couple of decades, with executives, marketing teams, design teams, and then different developers, you start to have an influx of Mac OS, computers in the enterprise space, and you still need to have those computers be in compliance and be secure when they're connecting to the local area network or VPN, or just using sensitive information. But what we've seen is as we onboard those first few hundred computers that are Macs and not Windows PCs, it creates kind of a wild west environment. So the security team that was used to managing the Windows environment is trying to extrapolate or apply those windows requirements for the Apple devices or Mac OS computers. We find that in some cases that isn't quite appropriate, and it can cause some snags and that goal of getting to zero-touch. What's an example of something that gets in the way of that, which would be a Windows thing that doesn't apply to the world of Mac? I think that's a good segue into what are the differences between Mac OS and Windows when you talk about security because a lot of antivirus and malware and firewall stuff has been created for the Windows environment. Whereas Mac OS has a number of built-in security features that are unique to them which are built-in, meaning they don't need third party software to operate effectively. So for firewalls, Windows will use McAfee, you'll use the web proxy and the agent. But Mac OS has a built-in network firewall. On the windows side, you might use something called a Kaspersky to scan applications you download from the internet. Mac OS has something called gatekeeper that checks for a developer certificate and then checks now for a notarisation from Apple too. You might have malware removal and protection. So something like Symantec for Windows, Apple has X Protect that's already built into the framework and that will detect and download files and scan for malware as it comes in. Bitdefender is a market leader on the Windows side too for interacting with the management framework of Windows. Apple has system integrity protection so that third-party software can't really modify or overwrite any system files. That's where we saw kernel extensions with High Sierra 10.13 and system extensions now with Catalina. What are you seeing as the future of information security? That's a great question that can go in a number of directions. At least for the Apple side, I see that Apple devices will continue to gain market share, and prevalence in enterprise environments because generally, our workforce is growing for the millennial cohort and that cohort tends to lean more heavily to wanting to use a Mac versus a PC. That's basically what we've done for a lot of these enterprise companies is we've created that proof of concept for the first 50 to 200, or 300 Macs to say, "Hey, these can work in your environment, and they can work securely, and they're going to improve productivity in the long run, because you're going to have fewer helpdesk tickets, and your users are going to be more satisfied." So number one, I see that trend is going to Apple is going to continue to gain market share in the enterprise space, because they've probably tapped out the consumer in terms of what they can sell to them. I'm sure they've got a few more tricks up their sleeve, but I think this is really the next frontier for them. That's also what we see in the MDM landscape because Jamf Pro seized that monopolistic market share at first. But now we see these other companies like Addigy and Kandji, starting to get funding and create MDMs that are similar, if not better than Jamf Pro and start to chip away at that market share. So those are a couple of trends I see continuing, more globally. This might be a hot take, based on what we've seen with the congressional hearings and big tech, but I can see Azure, potentially being split off from Amazon and Microsoft respectively, being separate companies. The same Telecom and Internet. Those companies have been trying to merge for years because they want to gain those efficiencies. I think it's very possible that Telecom, Internet, 5g and cloud hosting all that storage becomes more closely resembled a public utility. Because it might just be in the public's best interest to allow those to operate as monopolies. But they would have to more closely resemble public utility then. Do you have any other side projects or fun activities besides Rocketman Tech you would like to share? I've always been kind of enamored with creating something that can work without you. For the most part, I've done that with my role at Rockman by handing over the business development and sales to someone else, recruiting and onboarding another engineer to help with the project management, and the execution of projects. So for about the last 10 months, I've been kind of acting as a scrum master on a startup that has been making a mobile app for the music industry. It's an app that functions similar to Google Calendar, but it allows users to be on the same calendar domain so different users can see each other's availability, and then create events and schedule with each other. I'm a musician on the side too, I play saxophone and keys. So I wanted to create something that would make our lives a lot easier for networking. So I've been acting as a scrum master, where I kind of lead the designer and developer and product owner to get the app, stable, free of bugs, develop new features, consider the user design, and the feedback there. Now we're looking at releasing it on the App Store and Google Play probably in quarter 2 of 2021 right around when the weather starts turning again, and we see music happening outside again in the Midwest.
Mac mini Initial Review Notes My First Experiences with Setting Up an M1 Mac (the Mac mini) From the outside, feels like a normal Mac mini, including the physical size of the case. M1 chip inside of course with 8 cores, 8 GPU Cores, and 16 neural engine core. I deliberately purchased the standard version: 8GB RAM and 256GB hard drive. Ports: Ethernet, 2 USBC/Thunder bolt, HDMI, 2 USBA, and 3.5MM ear phone jack. Under the ports, is a wide vent for the internal fan air flow. Being a desktop, the Mac mini has to be plugged in to power, no brick as in the very old days. Tips for setting up the M1 Mac mini though: for the initial setup you will need a monitor or at least an HDMI cable that will fool the M1 Mac mini in to thinking it has a monitor plugged in: otherwise you won’t go anywhere. I also plugged in my Magic Keyboard 2 as a USB keyboard, this made things easier. However, during the setup, the I kept having to dismiss the dialog that wanted me to connect a Mouse or Trackpad. Once I discovered the monitor issue smile, setup was slightly different to what I was used to in setting up a Mac. Now with Big Sur you have onboarding for accessibility, which whilst I found fantastic, just put in more options to concentrate on in the whole setup process. By the time I got to choose using two Apple IDS, and not using Fire Vault, my concentration was getting a bit warn, and I ended up getting my I Ds back to front, and chose Fire Vault. Once setup was complete, my Mac some how decided that I had put in the wrong password to login to the Mac. After several attempts, I just chose a simple password, which then worked. So usually setting up a new Mac which usually takes me less than 30 minutes, this with all the issues, took me 2 hours. It is great to see the start up chime back, which if you don’t like it, you can turn off in System Preferences, Sound. Once all setup and logged in, the M1 Mac mini has been a dream to use with Big Sur. Because I am using Fire Vault, VoiceOver speech that comes up before the login prompt is using good old Fred, then after logged in, it is back to my usual Karen speech synthesiser. I now don’t need my monitor plugged in, which was my 24 inch TV on my desk for the Apple TV, so now it is plugged back in to the Apple TV box. The first time I ran a non Apple silicon app, I was prompted to install Rosetta, after which all of my usual 3rd party apps were fine: eg Amadeus Pro, Dropbox, Just Press Record, Twitterific, Zoom etc. Now of course, you can run iOS apps on the M1 Macs. Searching for iOS apps on the Mac App Store is sort of relatively easy. I tend to search for an item first, then go in to the Toolbar and choose iPhone/iPad apps over the default Mac apps, then usually above my name, is the start of the hit list which I then interact with via VoiceOver. However, when there is editorial stuff happening or other unknown things, the Mac App Store gets down wright hard to navigate with VoiceOver, I found myself searching on the web for the Mac app link which most of the time brought it up in the Mac App Store. So far I have used (all which have worked) Frotz, Nature Space, Overcast, Sensibo, TravelEar, Voice Timer, Weather Gods, and White Noise. When using iOS apps on the Mac, VoiceOver treats them as “normal” Mac apps. In Big Sur, VoiceOver gives you a keyboard shortcut to get to Notifications Centre VO+O, and the new Control Centre VO+Shift+O. The only thing I could not find in doing all my usual changes to the OS, was Announce Time, it is now under Doc and Menu with in System Preferences. The new VO+Command+Space Actions menu comes in very very handy, and you can also access the context menu from this Actions menu. The only slightly annoying thing I have so far noticed with Big Sur, in the Extras menu for WiFi Connectivity, you don’t get told the name of the network you are connected to. I only got one time the dreaded “busy busy” from VoiceOver during setup. The only time since I have gotten this is using Twitterific, but no where as bad as it used to be on my other Mac: may be once in the last 48 hours. The VoiceOver speech rotor VO+Command+Arrow keys, which used to take a second to switch to the next or previous parameter, is still slightly paused on the M1 Mac mini, but certainly usable. The current time accessed with VoiceOver via Right Option+T, is again, a lot more responsive than on my other Macs: a significant delay on older machines. As I type this, I have 18 apps open, am streaming music, and am copying files to an external hard drive. The combination of Voiceover Keyboard commander to allow me to launch apps from the Right Shift key, and all of my favourite apps on the Dock, there is no waiting around on this M1 Mac mini: its actually VoiceOver still speaking whilst the app is sitting there ready to go. As I said, an absolute pleasure to use. Of Course, Big Sur is Now Available New Control Centre, pin Conversations in Messages, and new VoiceOver VO+O command to take user to the Notifications Centre and VO+Shift+O to the Control Centre. https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/12/macos-11-big-sur-now-available/ Victor Reader Trek 2.1 avialble Main feature is virtual maps like Sound Scape. Chat to Humanware about the new feature or update it from within the unit. AssistiveWare and Acapela Announce discontinuation for the Infovox iVox voices Here is some of the text sent to all Acapela voice users: Dear Infovox iVox User, (Vous trouverez ci-dessous une traduction au français du message) Saying goodbye is never easy, but we are thankful to have you as a friend on this journey. After a long talk and much thought, AssistiveWare and Acapela Group have decided to discontinue development of Infovox iVox due to a shrinking user base and increasing development and support costs. This was not an easy decision, but with the current pandemic economic crisis, the fact that macOS allows you to download free multilingual voices, and AssistiveWare’s shifted focus toward AAC, we were compelled to bring up the topic we could no longer ignore. The Easy Chirp app is no longer Being Maintained This for a long time was the easy way to access Twitter via the web.
More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice
We discuss non-3D Touch errors. Are web sites downloading to your mac? Transition to Apple One with your choice of Apple ID. Apple Privacy questions coming soon. Roku rolling out Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit. Swift.org - Introducing Swift on Windows. iPhone 11 Pro max next to iPhone 12 pro max screen size difference. Apple Launches 'iPhone 12 Studio' for Mixing and Matching MagSafe Cases and Wallets. 5G, which kind? Identify your iPhone model. The Apple Event for Apple Silicon Macs. Apple’s M1 chip fastest laptop CPU in the world, says independent analysis. Apple Silicon M1 Chip in MacBook Air Outperforms High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro. macOS Big Sur RC. Picks: The untold history of macOS System Preferences. Complete 66 Mac vs PC ads. CS193p Developing Apps for iOS. Gosh Darn SwiftUI. How to undo (almost) anything with Git.
Work in multiple spaces on Mac If the desktop on your Mac gets cluttered with open app windows, you can use Mission Control to create additional desktops, called spaces, to organize the windows. When you work in a space, you see only the windows that are in that space. If your Mac has a Touch Bar, you can set an option in Keyboard preferences to show spaces in the Touch Bar. Then just tap a space to open it. If you assign an app (or System Preferences) to a specific space, the app will always open in that space. Use apps in Split View on Mac Many apps on your Mac support Split View mode, where you can work in two apps side by side at the same time. To use apps in Split View on other displays, make sure the "Displays have separate Spaces" tick box is selected in Mission Control preferences. Third-Party Solutions Magnet https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12 Moom https://apps.apple.com/us/app/moom/id419330170?mt=12 Tiles https://freemacsoft.net/tiles/ Leo Laporte gives you helpful tips to get the most from your Mac every week on Hands-On Mac! Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-mac Discuss episodes in the TWiT Community. Sponsor: LastPass.com/twit
Work in multiple spaces on Mac If the desktop on your Mac gets cluttered with open app windows, you can use Mission Control to create additional desktops, called spaces, to organize the windows. When you work in a space, you see only the windows that are in that space. If your Mac has a Touch Bar, you can set an option in Keyboard preferences to show spaces in the Touch Bar. Then just tap a space to open it. If you assign an app (or System Preferences) to a specific space, the app will always open in that space. Use apps in Split View on Mac Many apps on your Mac support Split View mode, where you can work in two apps side by side at the same time. To use apps in Split View on other displays, make sure the "Displays have separate Spaces" tick box is selected in Mission Control preferences. Third-Party Solutions Magnet https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12 Moom https://apps.apple.com/us/app/moom/id419330170?mt=12 Tiles https://freemacsoft.net/tiles/ Leo Laporte gives you helpful tips to get the most from your Mac every week on Hands-On Mac! Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-mac Discuss episodes in the TWiT Community. Sponsor: LastPass.com/twit
Not Tech Related, But What I Got for Fathers Day Ok this is going to sound odd, but I got a fairy village to hide in my garden made out of little concrete figures: 6 little cottages, a fairy on a leaf, 3 fairy doors to put besides the trunk of a tree, and a gargoyle to guard the village. I’ve been gradually getting these types of items from my garden over the last year or so from an artist who lives on the Central Coast here in NSW, and thought I’d would share my recent purchases. I love these cottages as each one is slightly different with the way the roof is done, placement of chimneys, doors, and windows. There is a link to Cherry’s website below, unfortunately it is mainly jpg files but her contact details are at the bottom of the page. PS so far I have a Chinese Dragon who is in one of the garden beds, a few fish around my water fountain, a few other figurines hiding in the hedge, and now this fairy village, just like having tactile things in my garden. http://www.cherryart.com.au/ I Now Have My Orbit Writer (portable and light Braille input keyboard) Oddly, my Orbit Writer turned up just after I finished the show last week. Having a week or so to play with it, here is my first demo podcast of the Orbit Writer for you to to have a listen. I really think this is a fantastic product, and hoping over the next month or so it should be being sold via Vision Store. https://s177.podbean.com/pb/570704b5cd04061c53a37ef0b799aa63/5f56be9c/data2/fs54/339150/uploads/Orbit_writer_initial_demo92776.mp3?pbss=e7b4a5a6-cd6d-501f-a8b8-f58b14232213 My Thoughts About the iPad Pro and Smart Keyboard with Trackpad For low vision folks, the trackpad is excellent. For folks who are blind, you get a really solid keyboard to type on, you can angle the iPad perfectly for video meetings, very light, and my big thing about using the iPad, you can Command+Tab between apps like you can do on a Mac or Windows PC. And here is my podcast about the iPad Pro. https://s147.podbean.com/pb/a19a815faa7a6080646d23672e85e9e9/5f56c6a7/data3/fs54/339150/uploads/iPad_Pro_11_with_VoiceOver_17u2mk.mp3?pbss=31ade534-0105-51a7-946d-e26176404a12 How Easy it is to Transfer Music from Your iOS device to the HomePod Simply hold your iOS device next to your HomePod, and the music you are listening to is transferred. https://support.apple.com/guide/homepod/play-audio-using-your-ios-or-ipados-device-apdfb81a72e4/ios?cid=tw_sc_handoff_080520 How to Adjust the Haptic Time Speed on Your Apple Watch - This can be done either In Accessibility settings on the watch itself or via the Apple Watch app. You can adjust the speed between 0 very very slow or 100 percent which is quite fast. Here is my podcast. https://s122.podbean.com/pb/d1eaef2fc37978dac65bd0f09ab86d7f/5f56cbc2/data2/fs54/339150/uploads/adjusting_time_taptic_feedback_mp3_on_the_Apple_Watcha8bei.mp3?pbss=2a643383-fc3e-5ada-a02b-c09114aad9e3 Another USE for My Apple Watch - Unlocking My Mac Not sure if folks remember, but you can unlock your Mac with the Apple Watch when you are waring it and it is unlocked. Have a look in System Preferences, Security and Privacy. Still a Good Reminder - How to Get the Best Sound and Mic experience with Using Zoom Some handy tips in this article about using Zoom audio features. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-improve-your-audio-in-a-zoom-meeting/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&taid=5f45fb9a6a7c4e00013cb39a&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Twitter+Card&utm_medium=trueAnthemCard&utm_source=twitterCard
View in HD at . There is a complete new set of alert sounds to choose from in System Preferences once you update to macOS Big Sur. These new sounds were created using the old ones. Also, learn how to save the old sounds now, so you can use them again in Big Sur.
Points from the WWDC 2020 Keynote today June 23 2020 I guess most exciting announcements for me in a nutshell: - New touch accommodations allow a double tap or triple tap on the back of the iPhone to enable over 23 actions including Accessibility features or enabling Shortcuts - New FaceTime feature will recognise people using Sign Language and make their screen bigger in chats - New AirPods feature to enhance verbal sounds around you - Microsoft’s Adaptive Controller will work with Apple TV - VoiceOver Recognition: On-device intelligence recognises key elements displayed on your screen to add VoiceOver support for app and web experiences that don’t have accessibility support built in. But there is so much more I am going to unpack in the area of Cognitive over the coming time period as well. Links below - love your thoughts. No doubt more to share soon! Kind regards, Jessica ---------- iOS 14:https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/06/apple-reimagines-the-iphone-experience-with-ios-14/https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-14-preview/https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-14-preview/features/Accessibility: Accessibility features include Headphone Accommodations, which amplifies soft sounds and tunes audio to help music, movies, phone calls, and podcasts sound crisper and clearer, and sign language detection in Group FaceTime, which makes the person signing more prominent in a video call. VoiceOver, the industry’s leading screen reader for the blind community, now automatically recognizes what is displayed visually onscreen so more apps and web experiences are accessible to more people.FaceTime: Sign Language Prominence: FaceTime can now detect when a participant is using sign language and make the person prominent in a Group FaceTime call. Picture-in-Picture: With Picture in Picture for FaceTime, you can continue viewing your call while multitasking.AirPods: Headphone Accommodations: This new accessibility feature is designed to amplify soft sounds and adjust certain frequencies for an individual’s hearing, to help music, movies, phone calls, and podcasts sound more crisp and clear.10 Headphone Accommodations also supports Transparency mode on AirPods Pro, making quiet voices more audible and tuning the sounds of your environment to your hearing needs. Audio sharing for Apple TV: Connect two sets of AirPods to your Apple TV 4K so you can enjoy movies and shows with someone else without disturbing others. Automatic Switching: Seamlessly move between devices without manually switching your AirPods.11 If you finish a phone call on your iPhone and pick up your iPad to watch a movie, AirPods automatically switch over. (Also works w/macOS Big Sur).iOS 14 Accessibility: VoiceOver Recognition: On-device intelligence recognizes key elements displayed on your screen to add VoiceOver support for app and web experiences that don’t have accessibility support built in. • Image Descriptions: VoiceOver Recognition: Image Descriptions: VoiceOver reads complete-sentence descriptions of images and photos within apps and on the web. • Text Recognition: VoiceOver speaks the text it identifies within images and photos. • Screen recognition: VoiceOver automatically detects interface controls to aid in navigating your apps, making them more accessible. - New accessibility feature in iOS 14 that can perform quick actions through taps on the back of an iPhone. The Back Tap feature, which can be found in accessibility settings, be used to instantly pull up Control Center, summon Siri, or even run Shortcuts. There are currently 23 actions in total (aside from any user created Shortcuts), and users can assign two separate tap actions to invoke the run the assigned action. Both double and triple taps are available, and can be used at any time, although it is currently limited to when the device is unlocked. The Home app makes smart home control even easier with new automation suggestions and expanded controls in Control Center for quicker access to accessories and scenes. Adaptive Lighting for compatible HomeKit-enabled lights automatically adjusts the color temperature throughout the day, and with on-device Face Recognition, compatible video doorbells and cameras can identify friends and family. The Home app and HomeKit are built to be private and secure, so all information about a user’s home accessories is end-to-end encrypted. Adaptive Lighting: Supported lighting accessories can now automatically adjust color temperature throughout the day to maximize comfort and productivity.4Ease into the morning with warmer tones and remove blue light in the evening as you wind down for the night. Face Recognition and Activity Zones are part of HomeKit Secure Video, the feature that brings video from your camera accessories right to your Home app. It’s secure and private, with all video analysis done on the Apple devices in your home — not in the cloud.Cycling Directions: Maps takes elevation into account to let you know if you’re in for an uphill workout or a leisurely, flat ride. You’ll be alerted if there are steep passages along the route or if you’ll need to carry your bike up stairs. You can also choose a route that avoids stairs or busier roads altogether.Translate Automatic language detection transcribes the original and translated text on the appropriate sides of the screen, followed by translated audio. Translate uses advanced on-device machine learning and the powerful Apple Neural Engine to enable natural-sounding conversations.Attention mode: Enlarge translated text in landscape view, making it easier to read and more effective at getting someone’s attention.watchOS 7:https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/06/watchos-7-adds-significant-personalization-health-and-fitness-features-to-apple-watch/https://www.apple.com/watchos/watchos-preview/ • Customers can now use Siri to translate many languages conveniently from the wrist, dictation is handled on device with the power of the Apple Neural Engine for faster and more reliable processing when dictating messages and more, and Apple Watch now supports Announce Messages with Siri. • The Shortcuts app is also now available on Apple Watch and can be accessed as a complication. • The bold X-Large face now has an option to add a rich complication.Hearing: Following the introduction of the Noise app in watchOS 6 that measures ambient sound levels and duration of exposure, watchOS 7 adds further support for hearing health with headphone audio notifications. Customers can now understand how loudly they are listening to media through their headphones using their iPhone, iPod touch, or Apple Watch, and when these levels may impact hearing over time. When total listening with headphones has reached 100 percent of the safe weekly listening amount, Apple Watch provides a notification to the wearer. This amount is based on World Health Organization recommendations that, for instance, a person can be exposed to 80 decibels for about 40 hours per week without an impact to hearing abilities.Customers can also see how long they have been exposed to high decibel levels each week in the Health app on iPhone and can control the maximum level for headphone volume. No audio from the headphone audio notification feature is recorded or saved by the Health app or Apple Watch. (See image at bottom)iPadOS 14:https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/06/ipados-14-introduces-new-features-designed-specifically-for-ipad/https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-preview/https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-preview/features/Scribble: With Scribble, you don’t have to put Apple Pencil away to do other things. Now you can write by hand in any text field across iPadOS, and your words automatically convert to text. Use Apple Pencil to write a quick message or search for something in Safari. Your handwriting will automatically transform to typed text, so you can get back to what you were doing without interrupting your flow.Notes: Powered by advanced machine learning that distinguishes writing from drawing, Smart Selection lets you select handwritten text using the same gestures you’ve always used for typed text. Paste handwriting as text: Simply select your handwritten notes and copy them as text. When you paste them into another app, like Pages, they’ll be converted to typed text.macOS Big Sur:https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/06/apple-introduces-macos-big-sur-with-a-beautiful-new-design/https://www.apple.com/macos/big-sur-preview/https://www.apple.com/macos/big-sur-preview/features/Control Center for Mac: Designed just for Mac, the new Control Center consolidates your favorite menu bar items into a single place to give you instant access to the controls you use most. Just click the Control Center icon in the menu bar and adjust Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AirDrop, and other settings — without opening System Preferences. Add controls for the apps and features you use most, like Accessibility or Battery.Apple TV Adaptive Xbox Controller support with Apple TV https://www.windowscentral.com/apple-tv-getting-xbox-elite-controller-series-2-adaptive-controller-support Shortcuts Shortcuts got some very cool updates in iOS/iPadOS 14: - Folders - Disable confirmation for automations - New compact UI for lists, input dialogs, running shortcuts in share sheet - Automatic categories for share sheet/Watch - Copy & paste actions (!) - New automation triggers On Apple Watch WWDC Accessibility Developer Sessionshttps://developer.apple.com/news/?id=xpew8919Make your App Visually Accessible When you design with accessibility in mind, you empower everyone to use your app. Discover how to create an adaptive interface for your app that takes a thoughtful approach to color, provides readable text, and accommodates other visual settings to maintain a great experience throughout. We've designed this session like our user interfaces — to be accessible to all. If you'd like to learn even more about accessibility and design, you may also enjoy “Visual Design and Accessibility,” “Accessibility Inspector,” “Building Apps with Dynamic Type,” and “Introducing SF Symbols.”https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10020/Create a seamless speech experience in your apps Augment your app's accessibility experience with speech synthesis: Discover the best times and places to add speech APIs so that everyone who uses your app can benefit. Learn how to use AVSpeechSynthesizer to complement assistive technologies like VoiceOver, and when to implement alternative APIs. And we'll show you how to route audio to the appropriate source and create apps that integrate speech seamlessly for all who need or want it. To get the most out of this session, you should be familiar with AVFoundation and the basics of speech synthesis. For an overview, watch “AVSpeechSynthesizer: Making iOS Talk.”https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10022/Accessibility design for Mac Catalyst Make your Mac Catalyst app accessible to all — and bring those improvements back to your iPad app. Discover how a great accessible iPad app automatically becomes a great accessible Mac app when adding support for Mac Catalyst. Learn how to further augment your experience with support for mouse and keyboard actions and accessibility element grouping and navigation. And explore how to use new Accessibility Inspector features to test your app and iterate to create a truly great experience for everyone. To get the most out of this session, you should be familiar with Mac Catalyst, UIKit, and basic accessibility APIs for iOS. To get started, check out “Introducing iPad apps for Mac” and "Auditing your apps for accessibility.“https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10117/VoiceOver efficiency with custom rotors Discover how you can integrate custom rotors and help people who use VoiceOver navigate complex situations within your app. Learn how custom rotors can help people explore even the most intricate interfaces, explore how to implement a custom rotor, and find out how rotors can improve navigation for someone who relies on VoiceOver. To get the most out of this session, you should be familiar with general accessibility principles and VoiceOver accessibility APIs on iOS and iPadOS. For an overview, watch “Making Apps More Accessible with Custom Actions.”https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10116/App accessibility for Switch Control Switch Control is a powerful accessibility technology for anyone with very limited mobility. The feature is available natively on iOS, and you can create an even better Switch Control experience in your app with tips, tricks, and a few APIs. We'll walk you through how people use Switch Control, as well as provide best practices for supporting it in your app effectively. To get the most out of this session, you should be familiar with general accessibility principles and VoiceOver accessibility APIs. Check out "Making Apps More Accessible With Custom Actions," "Writing Great Accessibility Labels, and "VoiceOver: App Testing Beyond The Visuals" for more information.https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10019/ Meg Frost using a Whillhttps://twitter.com/WHILL_US/status/1275132806671273984https://whill.us
View in HD at . The new macOS 10.15.5 features a battery health management switch in System Preferences. With it on, your battery will charge to a point that is best for longevity. With it off, it charges for maximum capacity.
We look at some practical tips for getting more out of your Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch. We take a close look at System Preferences, discuss using the iPad as a second screen for your Mac; and a handful of tips for making the Apple Watch more efficient. Also, Josh and Kirk disagree about Microsoft's choice to flag two spaces after a period in Word as an error. Show Notes: Microsoft Word now flags double spaces as errors, ending the great space debate History of sentence spacing Techniques for data hiding (1996) Microsoft now blocks reply-all email storms to end our inbox nightmares Get to Know Your Mac's System Preferences Use Your iPad as Your Mac’s Second Screen with Sidecar Apple Watch Tips: 8 Things You Didn’t Know It Could Do Get 40% off Mac Premium Bundle X9, fully compatible with macOS Mojave, with the code PODCAST20. Download Intego Mac Premium Bundle X9 now at intego.com.
Dave’s back from Mexico where the power is definitely the same. Yep, certianly. Or is it? He and John talk that through. Mostly, though, the show focuses on you: your questions, your tips, your thoughts, and your answers! Learn how to “right-size” Finder columns, use the keyboard to navigate System Preferences, re-enable your Mac’s startup chime, manage Photos backups, boot a new Mac from an old one, and more! Press play to learn at least five new things!
Sometimes things just get out of hand with your devices and need to be wrangled back into line. Today’s targets: System Preferences, the Podcasts app, IMAP email, and much more. Plus, some early replies on our search for the best way to tame our episode watch lists are already in, too! Listen as John and Dave talk through all of this, add some Cool Stuff Found, and more.
Why Some CarPlay Isn't Wireless – by Brad from LA Maybe if I Had a Keyboard for My iPad mini I'd Use it More How to Fix a Slow Mac mini in an Unusual Way by Troy Shimkus Tiny Tip – Organize System Preferences for Findability – by Sandy Foster Security Bits – 27 August 2019 allison@podfeet.com podfeet.com/patreon podfeet.com/slack podfeet.com/facebook podfeet.com/amazon
در این برنامه ردیف دوم تنظیمات سیستم به پایان رسید. راجع به موس، ترک پد، پرینتر، صدا و دیسک شروع برنامه صحبت کردم
در این برنامه درباره ردیف دوم تنظیمات مکینتاش صحبت کردم. صفحه نمایش، حالتهای ذخیره انرژی و کیبورد
در این برنامه درباره اولین ردیف تنظیمات مکینتاش صحبت کردم و ادامه این بخش در قسمت پنج خواهد بود
What does a designer do on April Fools Day? This week's release happens to fall on April Fools Day. The one day of the year where tomfoolery, shenanigans and levity abound. A day when you put all seriousness aside and let out your inner practical joker. I thought of trying to pull one over you by starting off saying something like “I’ve decided to end the podcast, and this will be my last episode” But then I thought, what if someone is reading this or listening to the podcast for the very first time. That person might not realise it’s an April Fools joke and leave. Or what if a regular listener took me seriously and unsubscribed from the podcast? Not to mention, since my episodes are mostly evergreen, someone may be listening to this episode later in the month, the year or perhaps even years from now. Instead, I decided to use this episode to share some of the “design” related practical jokes I’ve been part of over the years. I put "design" in quotation marks because I'm not talking about creating fake designs as a joke (although some of that does come into play) I'm mostly talking about pulling pranks on unsuspecting coworkers. If you’re here for advice on your design business, I’m sorry, but you probably won't get much out of this episode. However, if you're looking for something to liven up your day, then keep on. I’m a big proponent of working from home. I can’t imagine going back to office life working for someone else. But with all the perks of being self-employed, one of the drawbacks is not having coworkers to have conversations with, share ideas OR pull practical jokes on. That’s one of the things I miss since leaving the print shop. Pulling practical jokes on my wife or kids is fun. But it’s not the same as pulling a good one past an unsuspecting coworker in the middle of a busy business day. In honour of April Fools Day, I thought I would share some of the things I’ve pulled on my unsuspecting peers in years past. I describe all of these in detail on the podcast episode, so if you are here reading this, I suggest you press play and have a listen instead. They get better as you read. Unscrew the top of the salt shaker or switch the salt and sugar Saran wrap on the toilet seat (funny, so long as you don't have to clean up the mess afterwards.) Turn the lights off in the bathroom via the circuit breaker leaving the victim to finish their "business" in complete darkness. Turn Brightness off on monitors to make people believe their screen is turned off. Remove balls from mice (was fun before optical mice became the norm) Swap left and right mouse buttons, or change the tracking and scrolling speeds via System Preferences. Reroute computer wires, so keyboards and mice control the wrong computers (pre-wireless devices). Rearrange keys on a keyboard. Especially fun when used on people that need to look at their keyboard while typing. Put all phone lines on hold and tell someone there’s a call for them. Let them worry about picking up the wrong line. Up until now, I've shared some of the typical harmless pranks I've done. Now it gets more fun. Upsidedown screen: Find someone's desktop/wallpaper image and rotate it 180 degrees in Photoshop. Watch their confusion when they turn on their monitor and see the image upside down. Screenshot of a messy desktop. For someone who keeps a messy computer desktop, Take a screenshot of their desktop. Put all the files and folders from their desktop into one folder. Change that one folder's icon to a 1px by 1px dot and rename the folder to a single character. Place the folder at the bottom of the screen so that the name is off the screen. This leaves only the 1-pixel square "visible". Replace the background/wallpaper of the now clean desktop with the screenshot of the messy desktop. Watch and laugh as the person tries clicking on files and folders not knowing they are part of their background image. Scary warning message This was probably the best prank I pulled on my coworkers. Take a screenshot of a coworker's desktop. Take a screenshot of any warning or confirmation box that your computer displays. In Photoshop, crop the warning or confirmation box and alter the message to read something like "Warning: Proceeding with this option will result in the deletion of the hard drive.” Create two realistic looking systems buttons. One that says "Cancel" and one that says "Continue" but make the "Cancel" button greyed out. Place your new "Warning" message over the screenshot of your coworker's desktop. Replace your coworker's desktop image with your new creation. Sit back and enjoy. Watch as your coworker panics at the message on their screen. They will try to press the Cancel button, but of course, it won't work. Plus you made it greyed out to look like its not clickable. They'll be afraid to do anything else in case they inadvertently delete their hard drive. Let them worry for a while before letting them in on the secret. Then watch your back, because they will want to retaliate after this one. What’s the best design related practical joke you’ve ever pulled off or been the recipient of? Let me know by leaving a comment for this episode. Listen to the podcast on the go. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Android Listen on Stitcher Listen on iHeartRadio Contact me I would love to hear from you. You can send me questions and feedback using my feedback form. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram I want to help you. Running a graphic design or web design business all by yourself isn't easy. If there are any struggles you face running your design business, please reach out to me. I'll do my best to help you by addressing your issues in a future blog post or podcast episode here at Resourceful Designer. You can reach me at feedback@resourcefuldesigner.com
In this Long time no see episode of The Outrighteous Podcast our host D.E.V catches up with long time friend and future media mogul Alyx Jones. D.E.V and Alyx cover their perspectives on the Meek Mill twitter outrage, dating preferences, and whats worse getting hat fished or caught with lace fraud. Intro Produced by @tevtig_onthetrack Instagrams and websites to follow/visit from this episode: @alyxxdebraee @provokclothing provokclothing.com
In this episode we look at some of the basic system preferences on macOS High Sierra. We set up the Dock, Keyboard shortcuts, and show how to customize key repeat timing outside of the preferences window.
We discuss Apple's recent software bugs and botched updates. Again.LINKStvOS 11.2 Introduces HDR and Frame Rate Options to Apple TV 4K and Sports FeaturemacOS High Sierra 'root' security bug (which turned off file sharing)iPhone Dec. 2 bug...so they pushed out iOS 11.2 earlyMonth 13 is out of boundsThe Calculator bug is not fixed.PICKS OF THE WEEKRob: Energizer Lithium batteriesKirk: A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes [So you're related to Charlemagne? You and every other living European…]Ian: Instaread
Stephanie was a senior Bank Examiner for the Federal Reserve and has promoted security awareness for CERT and others. Today she sits down to talk about what we can and cannot do to protect ourselves and keep our personal information safe. We also geek out about AI for a moment! ***Check out the MindPod event in LA on March 18th!*** Stephanie's Art ///Here are Stephanie's tips for your security "1.) To make sure your computer's firewall is on: On a Mac, open System Preferences, open the Security & Privacy preferences, and click the Firewall tab. Bonus: Click on Firewall Options and check Enable Stealth Mode to make your Mac less discoverable. (It will stop responding to some common network reconnaissance techniques.) On a Windows PC, open Control Panel and then Windows Firewall to see the firewall status. If you want to get fancy and try some alternative firewalls for Windows, there are many options, such as ZoneAlarm Free Firewall or Comodo Firewall. You only really need one firewall, so choose the one you prefer. 2.) Use a VPN on public Wi-Fi networks, whether or not they require a password for access. A VPN encrypts the traffic you are sending over the network, so anyone snooping on traffic won’t be able to decipher yours. I use Witopia, which has good support and is fairly easy to set up, but there are many options. How to use a VPN: Log on to a public Wi-Fi network. Once you are connected, BEFORE doing anything else or visiting any other sites, log in to your VPN service. Then launch your web browser and you can surf more securely. 3.) Consider a password manager. You can use one that stores passwords on your computer, for example Keychain Access or KeePass, or one that stores passwords online like LastPass. It’s a personal choice. Pluses: You don’t need to type your passwords each time you want to use them. Copying-and-pasting passwords protects you from key loggers (malicious software programs that capture your keystrokes in an attempt to capture your passwords). Caveats: Use a strong master password, and don’t forget it or you could lose access to your passwords permanently (especially with some password managers that store passwords on your computer). Also, be aware that online password managers can be and have been compromised, so be prepared to change your master password promptly if you receive notification of a compromise. 4.) You can reduce the amount of data stored about your web searches by logging out of your Google account before searching, as well as frequently clearing your browser cookies/history/cache or using Private Browsing or Incognito Mode. If you want to search the web with no trace, consider using DuckDuckGo, which does not track or store search queries at all. For example, to clear your browser data in Chrome: From the Chrome menu, choose Clear Browsing Data and check off as many boxes as you like. Be aware that this will leave you logged out of websites such as Facebook, and you’ll have to log back in later. 5.) Don’t plug untrusted USB drives (flash drives) or other untrusted devices into your computer. They can introduce malicious software directly to your system. (We didn't discuss this, but I think it's important to mention here.) 6.) Consider hard drive encryption if losing your laptop would be catastrophic from a data-leak perspective. Caveat: If you forget the password to decrypt your hard drive, you will lose access to your data. Some programs allow you to create sub-drives on your hard drive and then encrypt just those sub-drives. Caveat: Same as for whole-drive encryption: Don’t forget the decryption password or you could permanently lose access to your data! 7.) If you’re taking your smartphone into a high-risk situation (as defined by you), you can remove as many email accounts and apps as you want from your phone. It’s easy to reinstall them later. 8.) Think of email as a postcard that you send to someone. Other people along the sending path may be able to read it. One possible solution for privacy is Canada-based Hushmail, which allows end-to-end encryption of email messages. Caveat: Both sender and recipient need to have Hushmail accounts with strong passwords and check the “encrypted” box before sending messages with the service. Be aware that Hushmail can decrypt emails on their end and will do so if they get a request that’s enforceable under local laws, so use it for privacy, not illegal activity. 9.) Rather than sending plain-text texts, you can use end-to-end encryption for messaging. Two possible solutions are the Signal app and Off-the-Record Messaging. Remember to periodically delete local messages from your phone/device; otherwise, losing your device could expose all of your messages. 10.) If you’re on Windows, an antivirus program may be useful, but you certainly don’t need to have 20 antivirus programs running at once. Some options include Windows Defender, AVG and Avast, but there are many others. Further Reading: There are lots of guides online to securing your computer. One interesting guide is at https://spideroak.com/infosec and gives you some different perspectives on ways to secure your online accounts."
This episode is brought to you by Personalized Procedures. Today, I’m talking about how knowing yourself first is the key to successful systems. Topics:(0:30) Intro(1:15) Get More Done Giveaway(2:48) Your systems vs. someone else’s(5:27) Five preferences for YOUR systems(5:40) Schedule Preferences(8:20) System Preferences(9:44) Social Preferences(11:44) Timing Preferences(14:27) Offline and Online PreferencesQuote of the Week: “[My systems are] taking myself into consideration and setting myself up for success.” - Jordan Resources: www.priorityva.com www.getmoredonegiveaway.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Pete Lane expands his AP Demo Series with Volumes covering several basic features and tools, beginning with this introduction to setting up Input and Output devices and the menu system for the Amadeus Pro recording and editing program for the Mac. Pete will soon offer three more of The Basics, and will collaborate with Jeff Thompson and Garth Humphries to present some more advanced principles and specialized features in Amadeus Pro. Be sure to stay tuned as the AP Demo Series expands for both beginners and advanced users. #BlindAbilities #AmadeusProDemoSeries #Lane7625
Audio Pizza | More Than Just a Sound Bite. Reviews, Tutorials and Commentary by and for the Blind
Although Kayaker's cove could be described as a quaint, warm inlet with calm lapping waves, the ocean can be a dark, violent place with giant rogue waves and swashbucklers and pirates just over the horizon. As is the sea, so goes technology. Every week there are new stories of data breaches and new security exploits putting your data at risk. You will never be safe. But don't go off the grid yet or pull that boat into dry dock. There are easy things you can do to help reduce your exposure on the high-tech seas, so let's get started! Here's my top ten security tips and best practices list for you. Don't Run as Admin They still call it a personal computer, and many of us still think of it that way. It's my computer, so why would I have more than one account set up on it? Well, that's probably your biggest security risk, and it started from the moment you booted your Mac for the very first time and it asked you to create a username and password. That initial account has what is called admin level privileges and has the potential to tweak just about every file on your computer. Any application you run will have admin privileges, and thus any application you run can change about anything on your system. A malicious piece of software would love to have that chance. I always recommend two accounts on your Mac, one that is your admin account that you set up when you first set up a new Mac, and then a standard account, which is your main account you use every day. I use the user MacAdmin as my admin account, and kayaker as my main account. You would set this up by going to System Preferences, Users and Groups. From there, you should see the Users table and ideally you want to see that you have an account with admin privileges and another with standard privileges. The way you can tell which is which is in the user account info section, where you should find a checkbox that says something like Allow this user to administer this computer. There has to be at least one account that has this ability. If you only have an account with admin privileges, you need to correct the situation. To do this, create a new account called MacAdmin and give it the ability to administer the computer. Then, go to your personal account name and remove your main account's ability to administer the computer by unchecking the checkbox. So what does this mean for your day-to-day life? Not much. If you ever are prompted with a dialog to enter admin credentials, instead of just typing your password, you instead need to enter the MacAdmin username and the MacAdmin password. That's about it. This simple step has now prevented what we call an escalation of privileges attack, one of the most common attack vectors for malware. Time to Give Up Your 1234 Password used everywhere If you keep the key to your treasure chest on top of the chest, well, I'm certain Captain Jack will thank you. You are only as safe as your passwords. This is the weakest link in any security system. So you need to make it strong. In fact, you can google “most common passwords” and get a list. Your password better not be on it. So, how do you make a password strong? I suggest that whatever you use, it not be in a dictionary, or in the script of any Star Trek or Star Wars movie. Mixing numbers and symbols in is always a good thing. I also suggest you make it at least 12 characters long. Now that you have a strong password, make sure you use it for one purpose. If you have another account, use a different strong password. Hope you just didn't make your admin password the same as your main user password just now. A sad but true fact is that Web developers are lazy. Anyone who stores your password should be saving not the password, but a hash of your password. And I won't go geeky technical here, but in general, a hash cannot be used to figure out your actual password. It is just like what Apple does with your touch ID info: they hash your fingerprint and save the hash, not the fingerprint. Unfortunately, you have no insight as to how any site you visit saves your credentials. So, if bad guys steal data from your favourite gossip site, and that site saved your password as text, and that's the password you use all over the Web, well, there goes your bank account balance. I know, I know, you have passwords for every site out there. How on earth can you keep track? There are some great applications out there to help you manage all your credentials. I personally use 1Password by Agile Bits. It's cross platform and secure. Despite the recent news of data being potentially compromised from LastPass, that's another good option. LastPass keeps your data very secure and even if bad guys had their entire database, it's so heavily encrypted that it would be impossible to crack it in your lifetime and that of your great-great-great-grandkids' lifetime as well. I m the Key Master, are you using the Gatekeeper? It doesn't take a ghost to haunt your computer with malware. You can accidentally run an app that installs a demon of a daemon onto your Mac. Fortunately, MacOS has a security feature called Gatekeeper that will warn you if it thinks you might be running an app that you shouldn't. You can find Gatekeeper in the General tab of the Security and Privacy System Preference pane. There, you will find a radio button to complete the sentence: Allow only downloaded apps from, and suggest you use the second radio button, from the app store and identified developers. This is the default setting. But even if you want to run an app that Gatekeeper doesn't know about, fear not. You can easily override the warning by right clicking on the app and choosing open, and then confirming you want to open it on the next dialog box. News Flash: Don't Use Flash This is an easy one. Never never never install Flash on your Mac or PC. That's it. Flash is probably the single largest attack vector of virus and malware out there today. And you can get infected by just visiting any site that uses an ad service that has an infected ad. Bang. Your computer is now compromised. Did I mention to never never never use Flash? But if there is a site that needs Flash that your life depends on, use the Chrome browser and make certain you've done everything else on this list to help mitigate potential damage. Did I mention to never never never use Flash? Disable Opening of Safe Files Safari tries to be helpful and will automatically open safe files. Sorry, there is simply no such thing. A clever JPEG file can infect your computer; a clever PDF file can infect your computer. There is no such thing as a safe file. So go to your Safari preferences and uncheck "Open safe files after downloading." This will mean you will have to go to your downloads folder to open files you have downloaded, but it also means you won't accidentally download and run a maliciously crafted "safe" file from a bad guy. Disable Auto Login You don't sail off the coast of Somalia with a sign that says we will pay ransoms; nor should you make it easy for someone to steal your data. If you turn on your Mac and are brought right to your desktop without having to enter your username and password, you're giving anyone easy physical access to your computer. It's just like leaving your house keys hanging in the lock of your front door. It's easy to fix this in System Preferences, Security and Privacy, General tab. Make certain that your settings are not set to auto login. In earlier versions of MacOS X, this option was found in the Users and Groups or Accounts System Preference pane in the login options section. Don't Click That Link! This is analogous to don't call me, I'll call you. The majority of malware infections are done by phishing attempts. These are e-mails or pop-ups asking you to click on something or install something that will take you to a fraudulent website where bad things will happen. Never click on a link in an e‑mail or click on a pop-up from a browser that asks you to update something. The simple rule is that if you did not initiate the contact, then don't click on any link, even from your mother. But if you signed up for something like a new account from a particular site, and they send you a confirmation e‑mail in the time frame of your interaction with that site maybe asking you to verify your e‑mail by clicking on a link, then that's probably OK since you initiated the contact. If you are uncertain about the validity of an e‑mail, then go to the website not by clicking on the link in the e‑mail, but by typing the address in your browser directly. And don't forget to look for that https protocol, not just http. That S is for ‘securer.’ Certificates and the Price of Free WIFI Public WIFI access points are just that: public. Be very careful about sending or doing anything critical over them. This goes for hotels and coffee shops. The risk here is about man in the middle attacks. If you can join a WIFI network, then a bad guy can join a WIFI network. If a bad guy can join, then a bad guy can see all traffic, and if he can see all traffic, he can spoof an extenuation of the network and force you to connect to his computer as your access point. He can then see any nonsecure traffic leaving your machine, and could possibly trick you into letting him see encrypted traffic as well, by issuing you a non-validated certificate. I could do a whole podcast on certificates, but for now, think of certificates as ways to encrypt your data and verify the identity of the website you are connecting to. If you ever see a dialog saying your browser cannot verify the identity or validity of a certificate, do not click Continue or OK if you are using a public access point or are connecting to an important website. The exception to this rule is if you are connecting to a small or personal website. These certificates are often just used for encryption and are what we call self-signed certificates. I have a self-signed certificate for my domain because certificates cost a lot of money to get, and I'm only interested in using it for encryption. Just be very, very mindful of any certificate warning you receive from your browser. Those Three Security Questions Aren't The advent of security questions was to solve one problem only: too many support calls about a forgotten password. It's not about security. Besides, your Facebook page and Google could probably give a bad guy all the answers he needs to take over your account, so don't let it happen. Those answers may be required to set up an account, but you need not be truthful. Make your answers as random as your passwords. Use your password manager to store your answers. Don't make it easy for social engineering to steal your identity. Stay Up-to-Date This may be obvious, but make sure the software you run is up-to-date. That goes for your Mac OS version as well as your apps. If exploits are discovered and then fixed, you need to update to get that fix. But if you are not using the built-in software update mechanism or the app store, just be careful about how you get your updates by making sure you are going to the developer's site directly.
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.protokollcast.de/28-into-the-groove d052e020be7d1d4016251ad005342bb7 Apple Music, iOS 9 und URLs prüfen, Tip für Systemeinstellungen Apple Music, iTunes Match, iCloud Music Library, Music.app und iTunes.app. Wer blickt denn da noch durch? Dazu kommt in dieser Folge noch etwas zu Apples iOS 9 und wie URLs von Apps geprüft werden können. Zum Abschluß gibt es noch einen kleinen Hinweis für die Trickkiste. Die Links für diese Folge: Apple Music is a nightmare and I’m done with it I got my music back. At least most of it Michael Tsai - Blog - iOS 9 to Block Abuses of -canOpenURL: Tip:Hide preference panes from System Preferences https://images.podigee.com/0x,sxzdQLBLzsHLGpEWVZPoNiAflxBAlY7B3gH4M_Ra20bo=/https://cdn.podigee.com/uploads/u301/14382479013dd5.jpg Into The Groove https://www.protokollcast.de/28-into-the-groove 28 full Apple Music, iOS 9 und URLs prüfen, Tip für Systemeinstellungen no Marc Kalmes
Ever wonder if there's actions you can perform in the Spotlight window? There are! Browser ever slow? Ever wondered how to decipher OS X crash reports? Ever have trouble opening up System Preferences? All of these things and more are discussed in today's Mac Geek Gab. Don't miss it! Sponsor: […]
In this episode Garth demonstrates the installation and setup of the applications Karabiner and Seil to allow the remapping of your CapsLock key for use as the VoiceOver modifier key. He also shows you how to set up another keyboard shortcut to enable and disable capsLock. Go into System Preferences, Keyboard. In the keyboard tab of the dialog, activate the Modifier Keys button. In the table, find the CapsLock key option and assign “No Action”. From pqrs.org, download and install the applications Karabiner and Seil. Open Seil, and in the Settings tab, find the first table. In the table expand the row which relates to the CapsLock key. Activate this option by checking the checkbox. Move VO focus over to the Key Code field and VO+Spacebar on it. Now, overtype it from 51 to 110. . Open Karabiner. You’ll receive a system notification the first time you run the utility. You’ll be prompted to allow Karabiner to control the computer using Accessibility Features. Follow the prompt and you should be taken to the Security and Privacy pain of System Preferences where you can grant access to Karabiner. Back in the “Change Key” tab of Karabiner, use the search field to find the appropriate configuration in the table. You can search for blind and the list will be narrowed to the appropriate entry, Use CapsLock as VoiceOver key. Check this checkbox and you’re ready to use your CapsLock key as the VoiceOver modifier. To setup a CapsLock key replacement, go to the “Change Key” tab of Karabiner. In the Remapping Table, find the entry, Shift+Escape to CapsLock and check it. Now you’re able to use these keys to toggle CapsLock on and off.
In this episode Garth demonstrates the installation and setup of the applications Karabiner and Seil to allow the remapping of your CapsLock key for use as the VoiceOver modifier key. He also shows you how to set up another keyboard shortcut to enable and disable capsLock. Go into System Preferences, Keyboard. In the keyboard tab of the dialog, activate the Modifier Keys button. In the table, find the CapsLock key option and assign “No Action”. From pqrs.org, download and install the applications Karabiner and Seil. Open Seil, and in the Settings tab, find the first table. In the table expand the row which relates to the CapsLock key. Activate this option by checking the checkbox. Move VO focus over to the Key Code field and VO+Spacebar on it. Now, overtype it from 51 to 110. . Open Karabiner. You’ll receive a system notification the first time you run the utility. You’ll be prompted to allow Karabiner to control the computer using Accessibility Features. Follow the prompt and you should be taken to the Security and Privacy pain of System Preferences where you can grant access to Karabiner. Back in the “Change Key” tab of Karabiner, use the search field to find the appropriate configuration in the table. You can search for blind and the list will be narrowed to the appropriate entry, Use CapsLock as VoiceOver key. Check this checkbox and you’re ready to use your CapsLock key as the VoiceOver modifier. To setup a CapsLock key replacement, go to the “Change Key” tab of Karabiner. In the Remapping Table, find the entry, Shift+Escape to CapsLock and check it. Now you’re able to use these keys to toggle CapsLock on and off.
Today we continue with our Intro to Mac OS X. Expoloring System Prefences.
I've just solved a pesky problem with our Motorola cable modem (Surfboard SBG6580). For a month now, my Macbook Air's internet connection was giving me grief. The main symptom was the very slow loading of pages like Google. The browser kept telling me that it was still "Resolving hostname," which was puzzling because our internet provider actually uses Google DNS.The problem is an incompatibility between the firewall of the Motorola cable modem (DOCSIS 3.0 specifications) and the Macbook Air's built-in firewall. To solve it, you just turn off either firewall (that is, either turn off your Macbook's firewall or your cable modem's firewall).Caution though. Turning off the firewall on your cable modem may result to attacks from the internet. So you have to understand what's happening. Simply put, a firewall is a "shield" that makes it hard for external computers (ie., hackers) from getting inside your home network. You have two main options:Option A. Turn off your Macbook Air's firewall. Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > click the lock icon (lower left corner) > enter your password > click Turn Off Firewall. (Read Caveat, below.)Option B. Turn off your Motorola cable modem's firewall. Login to your cable modem's admin page. You typically do this by opening your browser and typing the IP address of your cable modem (usually 192.168.0.1) at the URL box. Then type your admin username and password. Click Firewall on top of the page and choose "Off" in the dropdown labeled IPv4 Firewall Protection. Some also recommend unchecking IP Flood Detection, but it's up to you to do some tests whether this helps or not (I'm still testing mine as of this writing. So far my tests indicate that leaving it checked does not slow down my connection). Check the Motorola SB6580 User Guide here for more details. (Read Caveat, below.)Option A. Turn off your Macbook Air's firewall.Option B. Turn off your cable modem's firewall.CAVEATCaveat for Option A. Turning off your Macbook's firewall makes your files and system vulnerable when you connect to another network (eg, in an internet cafe).Caveat for Option B. Turning off the firewall on your cable modem will make all computers and devices vulnerable to external attackers.Until Motorola or the DOCSIS specifications solve the conflict, this solution will have to do for me. Hope this solved your problem, too.* * *Behind the scenes. I nearly gave up on solving this problem since the real solution (that obscure Apple forum entry) didn't turn up in the usual searches. The initial keywords I used ("problems with Motorola 6580) led me to the wrong track that led me to the wild goose chase of checking signal strength and fixing cable connections.What finally gave me a breakthrough was the realization that the other network users (mostly Macbooks and a Windows machine) weren't experiencing the slowdown. This led me to a new track and restarted by searching for "Problems with Macbook Air and Motorola 6580" that finally led me to the solution from an obscure entry in the Apple community forums.This just goes to show that I need to constantly reexamine my assumptions. And that perseverance pays off, eventually. After surfing the internet and reading bulletin boards, I thought the problem was a weak signal coming from the cable provider OR a problem with the cabling. A long process of elimination with some experimenting eventually led me to a solution hidden inThe MacSwitched Blog - Online Journal of a Mac Switcher http://macswitched.blogspot.com. Tips, tricks and other discoveries about Macs and iPods.
Twitter: Photo Booth kann das Twitter Profilbild hochladen Facebook kommt im Herbst Messages: iChat ist jetzt Messages Notification Center (Benachrichrigungszentrale): Für 24 Stunden deaktivieren: ⌥-click Tweet aus dem Notification Center verschicken wenn “Sharing” in den Notification Center Einstellungen in den Systemeinstellungen an ist. Notification Center stört nicht bei Präsentationen Growl Hiss Mountain Growl Growl 2 in Beta NCbackgrounder Sharing: Shortcut zum senden jeweils: ⇧⌘D Mail Neue Optionen wenn per Mail geshared wird: Seite, Link oder PDF Twittern vom Notification Center aus AirDrop: AirDrop für ältere MacBooks Mail: VIPs iCloud: iCloud ist überall TextEdit: “Pinch to zoom” Documents in the cloud Preview: Documents in the cloud Sharing Calendar (Kalender): Vorher iCal Die Kalenderliste ist zurück Alle “Todos” sind in Reminders gewandert Reminders (Erinnerungen): Kann “Location” Erinnerungen erstellen Swipe between lists View multiple lists at once with ⌘-click Notes (Notizen): Die Standardschrift kann umgestellt werden Notizen als eigene Fenster darstellen Safari: Do Not Track Suchfeld und Adresszeile sind jetzt eins Offline Reading List Artikel werden zum lesen offline gespeichert Mehrseitige Artikel werden unterstützt Synced mit iOS 6 Tab View Pinch mit zwei Fingern ⇧⌘ iCloud Tabs synced Tabs mit iOS 6 Geräten Finder: Fortschrittsanzeige direkt im Finder Leichteres verschlüsseln von Laufwerken QuickLook mit Drei-Finger Tap-Geste Game Center: Schach hat Game Center Unterstützung Mac App Store: OS X Updates direkt im Mac App Store Apps werden auf anderen Mac automatisch heruntergeladen Erinnerungen für Updates Gatekeeper: Verspricht bei Schadsoftware zu helfen. (hoffentlich) Time Machine: Backup auf mehrere Ziele Backups können verschlüsselt werden Launchpad: Suche Spotlight und Launchpad suchen nach Initialien. zum Beispiel. “ft” findet “FaceTime”. Dock: Neuer Look Icons unabsichtlich herausziehen ist jetzt schwieriger. Icons müssen jetzt eine Weile gehalten werden, eh das “Poof Icon” angezeigt wird. Dictation: Shortcut: fn-fn Dictation Switcher Auto Save: Document Management direkt in der Menüzeile Bewegen…: Bewegt nicht in den Papierkorb Umbenennen… Speicher als…: ist zurück, heisst aber “Duplizieren” Revert to… Accessibility: Accessibility panel per globalem Shortcut: ⌥⌘F5 Weitere: Full Screen Apps auf jedem Display App auf Display ziehen um es dort Full Screen zu machen Leider nicht mit zwei Apps gleichzeitig… Bildschirmschoner Photo Stream Bildschirmschoner Neue Slideshows für Bildschirmschoner X11 und Java sind optionale Installationen Exklusiv für neuere Modelle AirPlay Mirroring benötigt ein MacBook “neueren Modells” Neuer H.264 Video Chip ist dafür verantwortlich, welcher bisher nicht verbaut wurde. Der Chip ist auch im iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and 3 dafür da um das Mirroring Signal zu codieren. Power Nap Nur verfügbar für Laptops mit “SSD”. Also auch nur neuere MacBook Modelle. Installiert Updates und macht Backups während der Mac schläft. QuickTime X High Performance H.264 Encoding Nur neuere Modelle. (Benötigt Chip) Wer noch genauer einsteigen möchte: John Siracusa’s OS X Mountain Lion Review at Ars Technica [ad#Tradedoubler 1 picture] Twitter: Photo Booth can set profile picture Facebook will come later Messages: iChat is now Messages Notification Center: Disable temporarily with ⌥-click Tweet from NC when Twitter account is configured in Sys Prefs NC will be disabled when presenting. Configure in System Preferences Growl Hiss Mountain Growl Growl 2 in beta NCbackgrounder Sharing: Shortcut to send: ⇧⌘D Set custom shortcuts per Keyboard Shortcuts Mail New options in Mail to send page, link, or PDF. Twitter from Notification Center AirDrop: AirDrop for older MacBooks Mail: VIPs iCloud: iCloud is everywhere TextEdit: Pinch to zoom Documents in the cloud Preview: Documents in the cloud Sharing Calendar: Previously named iCal The calendar list is back All “todos” have moved to Reminders Reminders: Is able to create location aware reminders Swipe between lists View multiple lists at once with ⌘-click Notes: Change default font Pin notes Safari: Do Not Track Smart search field combines search and address bar Offline reading list Saves articles for reading. Downloads articles over multiple pages. Syncs with iOS 6 Tab view Pinch with two finger ⇧⌘ iCloud tabs syncs tabs with iOS 6 devices Finder: Inline progress for downloads and file copies Easy encryption of devices QuickLook with three-finger tap-gesture Game Center: Chess has Game Center integration Mac App Store: OS X updates integrated Apps push to other computer Notifications for updates Gatekeeper: Saves users from malware (hopefully) Time Machine: Backup to multiple locations Encrypted bakups Launchpad: Search is automatically highlighted Spotlight and Launchpad search for initial characters in apps, e.g. “ft” to find “FaceTime” Dock: New look Dragging icons inadvertently out of the Dock is now harder. Drag icon and hold it for a while until the “poof” appears Dictation: Shortcut: fn-fn Dictation Switcher Auto Save: Document management directly from the menubar Move To…: doesn’t move to trash Rename… Save To…: is back, but is called “Duplicate” Revert to… Accessibility: Summon Accessibility pane with global shortcut: ⌥⌘F5 Other: Full screen on any display Drag app to display and press fullscreen Doesn’t work with two apps… Drag and drop files in screen sharing Screen saver Photo Stream screen saver New screen saver slideshows Photo picker allows to choose Faces X11 and Java install on demand Exclusive for newer models AirPlay Mirroring requires “newer model” MacBook New H.264 video chip that is not built into earlier laptops is required. The chip is also found in the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and 3. They are responsible for encoding the mirroring signal there. Power Nap Only available for customers of “SSD” laptops. Also only for newer models. Installs updates and runs backups while Mac is sleeping QuickTime X High performance H.264 encoding Also only for newer models This is not everything John Siracusa’s OS X Mountain Lion Review at Ars Technica
Twitter: Photo Booth can set profile picture Facebook will come later Messages: iChat is now Messages Notification Center: Disable temporarily with ⌥-click Tweet from NC when Twitter account is configured in Sys Prefs NC will be disabled when presenting. Configure in System Preferences Growl Hiss Mountain Growl Growl 2 in beta NCbackgrounder Sharing: Shortcut to send: ⇧⌘D Set custom shortcuts per Keyboard Shortcuts Mail New options in Mail to send page, link, or PDF. Twitter from Notification Center AirDrop: AirDrop for older MacBooks Mail: VIPs iCloud: iCloud is everywhere TextEdit: Pinch to zoom Documents in the cloud Preview: Documents in the cloud Sharing Calendar: Previously named iCal The calendar list is back All “todos” have moved to Reminders Reminders: Is able to create location aware reminders Swipe between lists View multiple lists at once with ⌘-click Notes: Change default font Pin notes Safari: Do Not Track Smart search field combines search and address bar Offline reading list Saves articles for reading. Downloads articles over multiple pages. Syncs with iOS 6 Tab view Pinch with two finger ⇧⌘ iCloud tabs syncs tabs with iOS 6 devices Finder: Inline progress for downloads and file copies Easy encryption of devices QuickLook with three-finger tap-gesture Game Center: Chess has Game Center integration Mac App Store: OS X updates integrated Apps push to other computer Notifications for updates Gatekeeper: Saves users from malware (hopefully) Time Machine: Backup to multiple locations Encrypted bakups Launchpad: Search is automatically highlighted Spotlight and Launchpad search for initial characters in apps, e.g. “ft” to find “FaceTime” Dock: New look Dragging icons inadvertently out of the Dock is now harder. Drag icon and hold it for a while until the “poof” appears Dictation: Shortcut: fn-fn Dictation Switcher Auto Save: Document management directly from the menubar Move To…: doesn’t move to trash Rename… Save To…: is back, but is called “Duplicate” Revert to… Accessibility: Summon Accessibility pane with global shortcut: ⌥⌘F5 Other: Full screen on any display Drag app to display and press fullscreen Doesn’t work with two apps… Drag and drop files in screen sharing Screen saver Photo Stream screen saver New screen saver slideshows Photo picker allows to choose Faces X11 and Java install on demand Exclusive for newer models AirPlay Mirroring requires “newer model” MacBook New H.264 video chip that is not built into earlier laptops is required. The chip is also found in the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and 3. They are responsible for encoding the mirroring signal there. Power Nap Only available for customers of “SSD” laptops. Also only for newer models. Installs updates and runs backups while Mac is sleeping QuickTime X High performance H.264 encoding Also only for newer models This is not everything John Siracusa’s OS X Mountain Lion Review at Ars Technica
We continue our iCloud series. This time, we talk about the transfer of MobileMe to iCloud. Current MobileMe customers wonder, what’s going to happen after June, 30th 2012 - that’s the day MobileMe will be “turned off” and with it most of the services it provided. What are alternatives to MobileMe? Raffle Raffle on Free Mac Software Links iCloud Transition Dropbox Blogging WordPress Tumblr Posterous Photo sharing Picasa Flickr iDisk DropDAV Box.net Cyberduck Unrecommended sync of System Preferences and Widgets Dropbox 1 Dropbox 2
Wir fahren mit der iCloud Reihe weiter fort. Diesmal sehen wir uns im speziellen den MobileMe Transfer zu iCloud genauer an. Denn aktuelle Kunden von MobileMe fragen sich, was nach dem 30. Juni passiert. An diesem Tag wird MobileMe ab geschalten und damit auch die darin enthalten Dienste, welche nicht in iCloud existieren. Was sind also Alternativen zu MobileMe? Gewinnspiel Gewinnspiel auf Free Mac Software Links iCloud Transition Dropbox Blogging WordPress Tumblr Posterous Photo sharing Picasa Flickr iDisk DropDAV Box.net Cyberduck (Nicht empfohlener) Sync der System Preferences und Widgets Dropbox 1 Dropbox 2
Watch VideoGNU General Public License. You can download MAMP from Living-e AG. The download page can be found HERE.Current MAMP versions require Mac OS X 10.4.x. If you're running Mac OS X 10.3.x you can download an earlier version of MAMP 1.4.1 (universal binary), for Intel and PowerPC.Previously this site covered installing Joomla! 1.0x in the MAMP environment on your computer. Now that Joomla! 1.5 is available as a stable release you may want to install version 1.5 site on your Macintosh computer using MAMP. The two versions of Joomla! install methods are very similar but there are changes to Joomla! 1.5 that you can get familiar with here.As of this writing MAMP is a Universal Binary version 1.7.1. The download is a 127 MB disk image. There is also a MAMP Pro version that you can read about HERE. This article will deal with the regular and free version of MAMP.MAMP is installed on your computer in your 'Applications' Folder. In order to work properly the MAMP folder must be located in the Applications folder. You should also have at least 250 MB of free space on your hard drive.Once MAMP is installed on your Mac you are now ready to install Joomla! 1.5. Get the latest full install of Joomla! from joomla.org. On the home page of joomla.org There is usually a banner with a button to download Joomla! When you click that download button you may be taken to a page which offers a couple of compressed install package options. The install packages come compressed as a .zip, .tar.gz, and .tar.bz2 compression. Your Macintosh OSX computer can deal with any of these compressions. Pick the one of your choosing and download that to your computer.Let's say that you chose the .tar.gz package. Your download will likely be called 'Joomla_1.5.8-Stable-Full_Package.tar.gz'. Note that '1.5.8' will change as newer releases of Joomla! are made available. Uncompress this package on your hard drive by double clicking it. Your Mac OS X computer will expand the package into a folder with all the folders and files inside that you require for your install.You can change that expanded folder name into something simpler like Joomla153 for instance. That's what we'll use for this article. Move this entire Joomla153 folder and its contents to the MAMP application and put it inside the folder called 'htdocs'. The path to the 'htdocs' folder will be /Applications/MAMP/htdocs.Now you are ready to install Joomla! 1.5. You can start MAMP, the application is inside the MAMP folder. It's simply called 'MAMP'. When MAMP starts up it should launch your web browser, if it isn't already running, and take you to a start up page with a URL of http://localhost:8888/MAMP/?language=English.Before you navigate to the Joomla! web installation page you are going to need an MySQL database for Joomla!. This can be created using phpMyAdmin which is included with your MAMP install. You can get to phpMyAdmin from the startup page in MAMP. Get to the startup page either by clicking the button 'Open start page' on the MAMP startup interface screen or open by typing the following URL in your web browser:http://localhost:8888/MAMP The page that appears has a navigation toolbar near the top of the page. You will find a button for phpMyAdmin on it. When the page refreshes you will be on the phpMyAdmin screen. About half way down the page on you will see in bold text 'Create new database' and a field for you to type in the name you want to use for your database. For this article we are going to call the database 'joomla153' (without the quotes). The default settings of this page should be fine to use. Once you type in the name of your database click the 'Create' button. When the screen refreshes you will see the results 'Database joomla153 has been created.' There will be no tables for this database and you do not need to create any because your Joomla! install will create the necessary tablesYou still need to create a username and a password for the database.So lets make a username and password for our joomla153 database. Click the home icon button in the left column of the phpMyAdmin screen. When the screen refreshes you should see your database name 'joomla153' with (0) beside it. Turn your attention to the middle of the page near the bottom and look for 'Privileges'. Click the Privileges link.Next screen, about the middle of the page, is a link to 'Add a new user' - click this linkHere is the screen where you will fill in the Username, Host, and Password for your database. You could use 'root' for the username and password but I don't do this. By making a specific username and password for the database you establish good security habits.• In the User name field type a username for your database• In the 'Host' field type in 'localhost' (without the quotes).• In the 'Password' field type a password for your database• In the 'Re-type' field verify your password by typing it again exactly as the field above.A little further down the page is 'Global privileges' You can click the link 'Check All' and checkmarks will appear in the Data, Structure, and Administration boxes.Once you have done this go to the bottom right corner of the screen and click the 'Go' button. After the screen refreshes you should see 'You have added a new user.' results.Now you are ready to complete your Joomla! 1.5 installation. To get to your Joomla! web installation in MAMP use the following URL:http://localhost:8888/Joomla153Note: if you changed the name of your Joomla! folder to something else, put it in the place of 'Joomla153' in the above URL. This URL will take you to Step 1 of the web installation page for Joomla! 1.5. The first page is the language selector. Pick the language of your choice from the list on the right side of this page then click the 'Next' button on the top right of this page. Next screen is Step 2: Pre-installation Check. You'll see a list on the right side of the page with information about the installation environment. You want to be seeing green and not red results to the right of the directives. If there are items marked with a red 'No' would need to correct them. Since this is a MAMP install there shouldn't be anything marked with a red 'No' so you are good to go. Click the 'Next' button on the top right of this screen.Next page is Step 3: License. This is the Joomla! GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. You should become familiar with the license. When you are done here click the 'Next' button on the top right of this page. Next screen is Step 4: Database. The right side of the screen is where you need to fill in information about the database.• By default the Database Type is mysql. We will leave it set to this.• Host Name - In this field type in 'localhost' (without the quotes)• Username - Here you will type in the username that you created for the database earlier. I used 'joomla153user' (without the quotes)• Password - this is a password for the database username. Type in the password you used when creating the username and password in phpMyAdmin earlier.• Database Name - This is the name of your database. I used 'joomla153' (without the quotes) when creating the database earlier in phpMyAdmin.Below the Basic Settings are Advanced Settings. In the Advanced Settings you can choose to Drop Existing Tables of an already set up MySQL database you might be using with a Joomla! install. You can also choose the option to Backup Old Tables. Since this is a new Joomla! install with a new database being created we there is no need to make any changes here. When you are done here click the 'Next' button on the top right of this page.So if you have all the information filled in the fields you can click the 'next' button on the top right of this screen to take you to step 5.If the information was filled out correctly on the previous screen you will be presented with Step 5: FTP Configuration. If instead you get a screen telling you there was an error, go back and complete the previous steps correctly.The FTP basic Settings are set by default to 'No'. You can click the radio button and set it to 'Yes' if you like to Enable the FTP file system Layer. I use this in my MAMP environment to enable the use of an ftp program to update the Joomla! install when there is a new version of Joomla! released.Since you set the Enable FTP file system Layer you will need to fill in the FTP User, FTP Password, and FTP Root Path fields.• FTP User - The FTP User for your local computer should be the short name of your computer login name, or the name that appears beside the 'Home' icon in your finder window. If the name of your User account on your Mac is 'Joe Joomla' then your username will likely be 'joejoomla' (without the quotes). This is the name you will put in the FTP User field.• FTP Password - In this field you would put your user login name for your computer. This is the name you type in the login screen when you have logged out of your computer.• FTP Root Path - The root path to your Joomla! install inside MAMP will be:/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/joomla153If you used a different named for your Joomla! install folder then use it instead of joomla153.You should click the 'Verify FTP Settings' button to ensure that the information you filled in is correct. You will get a confirmation message telling you the settings are valid if the information is right.Under the Basic Settings is 'Advanced Settings'. In the fields you will see FTP Host with 127.0.0.1 filled in. You should change this to the IP address of your computer. You can find the IP address of your computer in the Network preferences pane of your System Preferences. The IP address of your computer may change depending on how your computer is set up. If you use DHCP to get an IP address when connecting to the Internet, then you will need to keep an eye on this and change it in the Joomla! admin Global Settings screen when necessary or you can simply leave the Basic Settings for FTP Configuration set to 'No' on this screen. You won't be able to use FTP layer if you do this but you can always enable it later, if needed, in the Joomla! Global Settings.When you are done these steps click the 'Next' button on the top right corner of this screen. If all the information was filled correctly you will go to the next screen: Step 6: Configuration - On the right side of the screen are fields to fill in.• Site Name - Put whatever name you would like to use for your site in here• Your E-mail - Put in your valid email address. Joomla! can send notification emails to you.• Admin Password - Put a password in here. This will be the password that you will need to login to the backend administration screens for Joomla!• Confirm Admin Password - It must be typed in exactly as the Admin Password field above.Below these fields is a radio button to Install Default Sample Data with a 'Install Sample Data' button. It is a really good idea to let Joomla! to install sample content for your new install. It helps you to see how things work in Joomla!. You can unpublish or even delete this content later as you add your own content to your site.We will leave the migration script area alone for this article since this is a new Joomla! install. When you are done on this screen click the 'Next' button on the top right side of the screen to get to: Step 7: Finish - Congratulations! Joomla! is Installed. Before you can click either the 'Site' or 'Admin' buttons on the right top corner of this screen you will need to visit the htdoc folder where your Joomla! folder is and go inside that folder and delete the following from the Joomla! folder:• Folder - installation folder - delete the entire folder from the directory• File - INSTALL.php - delete the file from the directoryOnce those two items are removed from the Joomla! installation folder you can then visit your front page or your Joomla! admin area.
John and Dave answer your questions about network backups, drive utilities, crashing preferences, and more. Additionally, they have lots of follow-ups and tips to share on previous topics including shutdown delays and wiring issues. Subscribe for free today! Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the […]
This chapter introduces you to the basic features of Mac OS X, information that will help you use VoiceOver more effectively. It also includes a description of the screen layout, windows, the Finder, and System Preferences.
Learn about the basic features of Mac OS X so you can use VoiceOver effectively. This chapter includes a description of the screen layout, windows, the Finder, and System Preferences.
Macians, és Marci a műsorvezető. Jelenlévők FeAt, Gilmo. Témák: iPodok kronológia és iTunessal való szinkronizációja, iPod userek Mac-re váltanak, Cherry OS, Mac Expo 2004 bemutató, fejlesztői környezet, iChat bemutató, Mac Os X felületének bemutatása, Safari bemutatása, Address Book bemutatása, iPhoto bemutatása, iCal bemutatása, System Preferences bemutatása.
© 2020-2025 Ivy Podcast Discovery LLC
