Joe Kissel’s latest effort is an important one. Take Control of Your Digital Legacy, Second Edition outlines the importance of preserving digital assets and navigating account access policies after your death. Joe emphasized the need for up-to-date information on managing digital legacies and highlighted challenges with companies like Google and Apple. He recommends strategies for protecting personal information and preserving content, such as using the Internet Archive and having a digital executor. (Part 1)

This edition of MacVoices is supported by The MacVoices Slack. Available all Patrons of MacVoices. Sign up at Patreon.com/macvoices.

Chapters:

0:00:00 Introduction to the Importance of Digital Legacy
0:01:19 Making A Difficult Topic Approachable and Manageable
0:02:45 Making the End-of-life Process Enjoyable and Pain-free
0:04:15 Challenges of Preserving Digital Assets in the Cloud
0:05:55 Ensuring Access to Important Data for Loved Ones
0:06:24 Policies and Updates for Accounts After Death
0:08:16 Managing Apple, Google, and Microsoft Accounts After Death
0:11:50 Legacy contacts and access to purchased media after death
0:14:35 The potential risks of large language models and incorrect information
0:23:07 The Importance of Archived Content
0:24:42 Preserving Files with the Internet Archive
0:26:17 Challenges of Keeping Blogs and Websites Alive Indefinitely
0:29:22 Downloading Websites: Tools and Techniques
0:30:53 Using a Web Crawler to Download Linked Pages
0:31:18 Importance of Securing Your Digital Legacy

Links:

DevonThink Pro

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

     Mastodon:
     https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner

     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 iTunes or any podcatcher:

     Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss
     Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss