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Michael E. Cohen has updated Take Control of PDFpen to cover version 13 for Mac and version 6 for iOS and iPadOS. This was a different kind of update; Michael explains why there are few new features but a whole new look to the program, and why that is a good thing. He also helps us understand the inner workings of PDFs (without getting too geeky), and why that understanding is important when manipulating PDFs. Oh, and did we mention that this is a FREE book? Michael provides the details. [embed]http://traffic.libsyn.com/maclevelten/MV21093.mp3[/embed] Today's MacVoices is sponsored by Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans. Go to upstart.com/macvoices and find out how Upstart can lower your monthly payments. Show Notes: Guests: Michael E. Cohen  has worked as a teacher, a programmer, a Web designer, a multimedia producer, and a certified usability analyst. He's the author or co-author of several books, including Take Control of Pages, and Take Control of PDFpen, and can be reached on Twitter as @lymond. Li

Our discussion with Joe Kissell, the author of the fourth edition of Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac, continues with more examples of things that have changed in the world of backups. This time, Joe talks about what you can and can't do with APFS snapshots, how to think about them, anda why they are a huge  benefit to data safety. Joe also touches on booting M1 Macs from external USB-C and Thunderbolt drives, and why they are not created equal. (Part 2) Today's MacVoices is sponsored by Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans. Go to upstart.com/macvoices and find out how Upstart can lower your monthly payments. Show Notes: Guests: Joe Kissell is the publisher of  Take Control ebooks, as well as the author of over 60 books on a wide variety of tech topics. Keep up with him if you can on his personal site, JoeKissell.com, and on Twitter. Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     

Joe Kissell is back with the fourth edition of Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac. A lot has changed in the world of backups, more than you realize. Joe digs deep on the issue of the M1 Macs and bootable backups. Along the way, we touch on SSDs, how to think about partitions in Big Sur, why ransomware works, and how to protect yourself. (Part 1) Today's MacVoices is sponsored by Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans. Go to upstart.com/macvoices and find out how Upstart can lower your monthly payments. Show Notes: Guests: Joe Kissell is the publisher of  Take Control ebooks, as well as the author of over 60 books on a wide variety of tech topics. Keep up with him if you can on his personal site, JoeKissell.com, and on Twitter. Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     http://macvoices.com      Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices

Our in-depth discussion/debate about running Mac apps on the M1 iPad with the panel of Brittany Smith, Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Guy Serle, Jim Rea, Jay Miller, Andrew Orr, Frank Petrie, and Mark Fuccio wraps up with final thoughts, points, and desires. (Part 3)  Today's MacVoices is sponsored by Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans. Go to upstart.com/macvoices and find out how Upstart can lower your monthly payments. Show Notes: Guests: Brittany Smith is a cognitive neuroscientist who provides a variety of consulting services through her business, Devise and Conquer that includes ADD/ADHD coaching, technology coaching, productivity consulting, and more. She is a self-designated "well-rounded geek", and holds a M.S. degree in Cognitive Neuroscience. She can be found on Twitter as @addliberator. Check out her latest project, a YouTube channel of tech tips. Jeff Gamet is the author of Fresh Brewed Tales, a chronicle of Jeff's strange adventures at coffee shops. You can find his regular updates on Twitter.

The second part of our MacVoices Live! discussion about running Mac apps on an iPad with Brittany Smith, Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Guy Serle, Jim Rea, Jay Miller, Andrew Orr, Frank Petrie, and Mark Fuccio continues as the panel talks about the expectations of the new iPad Pro, how Apple is sending mixed signals about where it fits into the product matrix, and why they want what they want. (Part 2) This edition of MacVoices is supported by Headspace. Meditation made simple. Get one month of guided meditation free when you visit Headspace.com/MacVoices. Show Notes: Guests: Brittany Smith is a cognitive neuroscientist who provides a variety of consulting services through her business, Devise and Conquer that includes ADD/ADHD coaching, technology coaching, productivity consulting, and more. She is a self-designated "well-rounded geek", and holds a M.S. degree in Cognitive Neuroscience. She can be found on Twitter as @addliberator. Check out her latest project, a YouTube channel of tech tips. Jeff Gamet is t

The MacVoices Live! panel of Brittany Smith, Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Guy Serle, Jim Rea, Jay Miller, Andrew Orr, Frank Petrie, and Mark Fuccio looks at the question of whether you could, can, or should be able to run Mac apps on an iPad. The question is more complex than you think. The panel digs in to why they might to, what platform they prefer and why, and start on a multi-level discussion that includes developer and consumer views. (Part 1) This edition of MacVoices is supported by Headspace. Meditation made simple. Get one month of guided meditation free when you visit Headspace.com/MacVoices. Show Notes: Guests: Brittany Smith is a cognitive neuroscientist who provides a variety of consulting services through her business, Devise and Conquer that includes ADD/ADHD coaching, technology coaching, productivity consulting, and more. She is a self-designated "well-rounded geek", and holds a M.S. degree in Cognitive Neuroscience. She can be found on Twitter as @addliberator. Check out her latest projec

Our conversation with Terri Morgan and Chris Demiris of LumaTouch concludes as we answer some of the questions surrounding running LumaFusion on M1 iPads, moving projects between LumaFusion and Final Cut Pro, and whether LumaFusion can be run under Big Sur on a Mac. They also cover their new training initiative that features some heavy hitters in the video production community and include courses on Mobile Journalism, Mobile Filmmaking, and Content Creation, all using LumaFusion. (Part 2)  This edition of MacVoices is supported by CLEAR. Get to the front of the line Faster. Safer. Touchless. For 2 months of CLEAR free, visit CLEARme.com/macvoices and use the code "MACVOICES" This edition of MacVoices is supported by Headspace. Meditation made simple. Get one month of guided meditation free when you visit Headspace.com/MacVoices. Show Notes: Guests: Terri Morgan is Co-Founder and Principle Designer at LumaTouch. She brings over 30 years of experience from the video industry to her passion for user experien

Fresh off their appearance as part of Apple's Spring Loaded event, Terri Morgan and Chris Demiris of LumaTouch give us a look at some of the new features coming to LumaFusion. In the first part of our conversation, they talk about the integration of CoreMelt's stabilization show off the new multicam editing that can handle up to 12 different video tracks, and the new audio capabilities. (Part 1)  This edition of MacVoices is supported by CLEAR. Get to the front of the line Faster. Safer. Touchless. For 2 months of CLEAR free, visit CLEARme.com/macvoices and use the code "MACVOICES" Show Notes: Guests: Terri Morgan is Co-Founder and Principle Designer at LumaTouch. She brings over 30 years of experience from the video industry to her passion for user experience and design. In 1988 Terri helped usher in the era of non-linear editing as a video editor at Alpha Cine Labs in Seattle. In 1995 she joined Lightworks in London, and became a Product Specialist, creating a powerful, multi-track editing system. In 2000

What if your iPhone or iPad could be a a 3D tracking, previz, and virtual production tool? It can! Joshua Davies, the founder and CEO of FXhome, introduces us to CamTrackAR, their iOS/iPadOS app that does just that. You may have already had a taste if you watched Apple's Spring Loaded event; CamTrackAR was one of the apps featured. Josh talks about why their appearance meant so much to him before digging in to that CamTrackAR can do for video creators who want to incorporate virtual backgrounds and 3D objects into their projects, and how it allows you to take your production workflow into the field. And it is free to get started!  This edition of MacVoices is supported by CLEAR. Get to the front of the line Faster. Safer. Touchless. For 2 months of CLEAR free, visit CLEARme.com/macvoices and use the code "MACVOICES" Show Notes: Guests: Joshua Davies is the Founder and CEO of FXhome. Follow him on Twitter. Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this ep

The April Update covers the MacVoices Dispatch re-design, a change to MacVoices Live!, a new RSS feed for MacVoices Magazine, and a discussion of the support options and opportunities that the new Apple and Spotify subscription programs might present. Show Notes: MacVoices Dispatch MacVoices Magazine MacVoices After Dark Links: Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     http://macvoices.com      Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes     Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via

The April MacVoices Update covers the MacVoices Dispatch re-design, a change to MacVoices Live!, a new RSS feed for MacVoices Magazine, and a discussion of the support options and opportunities that the new Apple and Spotify subscription programs might present.

Ken Ray has been doing a daily Apple news podcast since 2005, and along the way has been a part of a number of shows, both his own and others. That makes him the perfect person to discuss Apple's new podcast subscription service and what it means for the industry. Ken and Chuck dig deep into the topics of sponsorship, audience interaction and ownership, subscription services, and how it will or won't affect their shows. MacVoices Magazine, our free magazine on Flipboard, helps you do more with your Apple tech. Show Notes: Guests:Since May of 2005, Ken Ray has eaten, slept, and breathed Apple news and news related to Apple news in order to produce a daily Apple news show. and he does just that with Mac OS Ken, with content that  includes most stories directly related to Apple, many stories indirectly related to Apple that stand a chance of affecting Apple's business or its users, and tangentially related stories that are funny. A slightly skewed, sometimes cynical, obsessive look at Apple news, five-days-a-w

Our "Dear Apple…I Think You Should" discussion concludes as the last members of our panel provide their thoughts on Apple's next moves. David Ginsburg, Kelly Guimont, Ken Ray, Frank Petrie, Warren Sklar, Jim Rea, Guy Serle, Jay Miller, and Brittany Smith cover more on personal projects, HomeKit, software quality, better podcasting tools, and more. (Part 3) This edition of MacVoices is supported by MacVoices After Dark, our newest benefit for all Patreon supporters. Uncensored, off-topic, and always off the wall. Show Notes: Guests: David Ginsburg is the President of the Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group, and is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Find and follow him on Twitter as @daveg65. You can also hear him share his knowledge on his podcast, In Touch With iOS. Kelly Guimont is a longtime Apple geek, sitting down (on a telephone book) in front of an Apple IIe in 1983. She can still hear the ticking of the ImageWriter. Thanks to the miracle of the adjustable leg desk, she no longer

Our discussion of what the MacVoices Live! panel would like to see Apple focus on that they aren't already focusing on continues. David Ginsburg, Kelly Guimont, Ken Ray, Brittany Smith, Frank Petrie, Jay Miller, Warren Sklar, Jim Rea, and Guy Serle offer thoughts on what new audio products might bring, more interface consistency across platforms, less Apple control over outside employee activities, and more. (Part 2)  MacVoices Magazine, our free magazine on Flipboard, helps you do more with your Apple tech. Show Notes: Guests: David Ginsburg is the President of the Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group, and is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Find and follow him on Twitter as @daveg65. You can also hear him share his knowledge on his podcast, In Touch With iOS. Kelly Guimont is a longtime Apple geek, sitting down (on a telephone book) in front of an Apple IIe in 1983. She can still hear the ticking of the ImageWriter. Thanks to the miracle of the adjustable leg desk, she no longer nee

Everyone wants to tell Apple what to do next, right? We gave our panel the opportunity to do just that: write a letter to Tim Cook and tell him what they want to see from Apple in the future. The panel of Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Kelly Guimont, Ken Ray, Brittany Smith, Frank Petrie, Jay Miller, Warren Sklar, Jim Rea, and Guy Serle offer ideas that range from the very broad to the very specific. (Part 1) This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by the MacVoices Dispatch, our weekly newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on any and all MacVoices-related information. Subscribe today and don't miss a thing. Show Notes: Guests: Jeff Gamet is the author of Fresh Brewed Tales, a chronicle of Jeff's strange adventures at coffee shops. You can find his regular updates on Twitter. David Ginsburg is the President of the Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group, and is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Find and follow him on Twitter as @daveg65. You can also hear him share his knowledge on his pod

Our MacVoices Live! review of Apple's Spring Loaded event wraps up as the panel of Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Frank Petrie, Kelly Guimont, Brittany Smith, and Mark Fuccio react to the new Apple Card, Apple TV and Siri Remote, and ask questions about the new subscription podcast service. (Part 3)  This edition of MacVoices is supported by MacVoices After Dark, our newest benefit for all Patreon supporters. Uncensored, off-topic, and always off the wall. Show Notes: Guests: Jeff Gamet is the author of Fresh Brewed Tales, a chronicle of Jeff's strange adventures at coffee shops. You can find his regular updates on Twitter. David Ginsburg is the President of the Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group, and is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Find and follow him on Twitter as @daveg65. You can also hear him share his knowledge on his podcast, In Touch With iOS. Jim Rea is the brains behind ProVue, the developers of the Panorama X database. Follow him on Twitter as @provuejim. Frank

The MacVoices Live! panel of Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Frank Petrie, Kelly Guimont, Brittany Smith, and new addition Mark Fuccio wrap up the examination of the new iPad Pro, then turn their attention to the new M1 iMac, with a stop along the way to comment on the new purple iPhone options. (Part 2) This edition of MacVoices is supported by our Patreon campaign members and our PayPal Donation members. If you find value in MacVoices, please consider helping sponsor the show, and our ongoing efforts to bring you quality information.   Show Notes: Guests: Jeff Gamet is the author of Fresh Brewed Tales, a chronicle of Jeff's strange adventures at coffee shops. You can find his regular updates on Twitter. David Ginsburg is the President of the Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group, and is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Find and follow him on Twitter as @daveg65. You can also hear him share his knowledge on his podcast, In Touch With iOS. Jim Rea is the brains behind ProVue, the

MacVoices Live! went online just hours after Apple wrapped up their intense Spring Loaded event where a host of new products were announced. In the first part of our analysis, the panel of Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Frank Petrie, Kelly Guimont, Brittany Smith and Kelly Guimont go deep on the AirTags since they are the first new product that can be purchased, talking about what they liked and what they didn't. Then, the new iPad Pro takes center stage as the panel who it is and isn't for. (Part 1) Today's MacVoices is sponsored by Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans. Go to upstart.com/macvoices and find out how Upstart can lower your monthly payments. Show Notes: Guests: Jeff Gamet is the author of Fresh Brewed Tales, a chronicle of Jeff's strange adventures at coffee shops. You can find his regular updates on Twitter. David Ginsburg is the President of the Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group, and is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Find and follow him on Twitter as @daveg

Our conversation with Glenn Fleishman wraps up with some comments by Glenn about two of his other recently updated books. Take Control of Your Apple ID is important for anyone who has an Apple account and wants to make the most of it. Take Control of Home Security Cameras has been updated with new information. Glenn shares some tidbits from each, and also talks about some of his other, non-writing projects. (Part 3) Today's MacVoices is sponsored by Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans. Go to upstart.com/macvoices and find out how Upstart can lower your monthly payments. Show Notes: Guests: Glenn Fleishman is a Seattle-based technology journalist and two-time winner on Jeopardy. He writes largely about where technology crosses with people's lives, as well as exhaustive technology explanations. At Macworld, he authors the Mac 911 user-help column. He has contributed to the Economist since 2005, including nearly 400 online blog posts and articles, as well as Fast Company, MIT Technology Review, Boing Boing,

The second part of our conversation with Glenn Fleishman wraps up our discussion of the M1 Macs, his new Take Control of Your M-Series Mac and what makes them different. Backups, especially online and Time Machine backups are more important than others. New startup and security options abound. Then, Glenn talks security for all Macs in his new Take Control of Securing Your Mac. Things are getting more dangerous out there, even for Mac users. Glenn helps you protect yourself. (Part 2) Today's MacVoices is sponsored by Upstart. Fair and fast personal loans. Go to upstart.com/macvoices and find out how Upstart can lower your monthly payments. Show Notes: Guests: Glenn Fleishman is a Seattle-based technology journalist and two-time winner on Jeopardy. He writes largely about where technology crosses with people's lives, as well as exhaustive technology explanations. At Macworld, he authors the Mac 911 user-help column. He has contributed to the Economist since 2005, including nearly 400 online blog posts and ar