MacVoices #14230: Jeff Carlson and Dan Moren Discuss The Connected Apple Family


Jeff Carlson and Dan Moren  have co-authored The Connected Apple Family, the perfect book to help you understand and take advantage of “the rich ecosystem of the Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.” Whether you’re new to Apple devices, are adding to your collection, or already have them all, you can get more out of them with a little guidance from these two experienced Apple authors. Jeff and Dan cover classic topics like backups, but also about the latest features provided by Apple, like family sharing of movies, music and apps, password management among the family and much more. The pair discuss their approach to all of this, relate some interesting events during their research, and talk about why this is the right time for this book. Get it now in  Kindle  format, or in for 35% off with the code APPLEFAMILY (if you buy from Peachpit).

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MacVoices #14229: Michael E. Cohen Takes Full Control of Pages

 Michael E. Cohen  is back to talk about the 1.0 release version of Take Control of Pages. Originally available as a Take Control pre-book, the update is now a fully formed book that will help you get things done with both the Mac and iOS versions of Apple’s productivity program. Is it a word processor? Page layout program? Michael talks about both of these capabilities, what it excels at, and why you should use it on all platforms (Mac, iOS and web) to get the most out of it. Michael is your guide if you need to find out where everything is in Pages, what you can accomplish, and how you go about it.

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MacVoices #14228: The MacJury’s Holiday Gift Guide #4


The MacJury’s fourth holiday gift guide has a bit of a twist: the panel (except for the host, of course) are from Europe. Does that affect their picks, or are geeks the same the world over? Find out holiday gifts to give or get, from camera gear to batteries, earphones to books and more are suggested by Bart Busschots, GazMaz, Don McAllister  and host Chuck Joiner.

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MacVoices #14227: The MacJury’s Holiday Gift Guide #3


A whole new MacJury convened for our third Holiday Gift Guide show to deliver even more unusual, off-beat and wonderful gifts that you might want to give or get. Batteries, iOS accessories, training, and perhaps the strangest gift ever suggested are among the recommendations made by the panel of John F. Braun, Michael E. Cohen,  Mark Fuccio and host Chuck Joiner.

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MacVoices #14226: Philip Goward of Smile Introduces PDFpen 2 for iPhone and iPad


Philip Goward  of Smile explains the new features of PDFpen 2, the newest update to their PDF editing software for iPhone and iPad. With a new iOS 8-enabled user interface, iCloud Drive support for syncing cloud-based documents, this is the best PDFpen yet. Philip reviews these features, as well as the new palm/wrist protection for writing and highlighting, new encryption capabilities, automatic page numbering and even more. Philip also explains how Smile is using the new bundle option in iTunes to effectively offer an upgrade option for existing PDFpen users, and why your price may vary, depending on how and when you purchased your original version of PDFpen.

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