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Senior Marketing and Community Manager Yev Pusin of Backblaze takes some time out from a very busy day to give us a rundown on the extensive feature set that his company brings to the online backup market. Yev talks about the response they are seeing to a competitors’ exit from the market, how Backblaze has continued to refine their service and software, and some of the factors that you need to be aware of when making a purchasing decision. Those factors include how quickly you can get your system backed up, the options to restore in the event of disaster, versioning, and many more. Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Yev Pusin is Senior Marketing and Community Manager at Backblaze, the world’s simplest unlimited online backup provider. In addition to helping craft marketing and branding campaigns, Yev is responsible for all outbound content and online advertising and acts as the voice behind a world leader in the backup industry. When not spending his days thinking of how to make backup sexy, Yev enjoys helping other entrepreneurs brainstorm and bring their ideas to life. Before moving to Silicon Valley and joining the Backblaze team Yev worked for Wells Fargo Financial, where he attempted to remain awake and alert throughout the day. He loves the internet, and his alma mater, The University of Iowa. You can follow Yev on Twitter.

Apple User Group MacGroup-Detroit just celebrated their 31st anniversary, and invited Adam Engst, Joe Kissell, and Chuck Joiner to celebrate with them. The panel takes questions from the audience and covers topics from Apple's TV initiatives, iOS 11, macOS High Sierra, and the future of consumer electronics. Today’s edition is brought to you by Jamf and their Jamf Now software that helps you manage your Apple devices from anywhere. Set up your first three devices free at Jamf.com/MacVoices. Jamf Software Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss 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. Adam C. Engst is the publisher of TidBITS.He has written numerous books, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series, and many magazine articles - thanks to Contributing Editor positions at MacUser, MacWEEK, and now Macworld. His innovations include the creation of the first advertising program to support an Internet publication in 1992, the first flat-rate accounts for graphical Internet access in 1993, and the Take Control electronic book series. His awards include the MDJ Power 25 ranking as the most influential person in the Macintosh industry outside of Apple every year since 2000, inclusion on the MacTech 25 list of influential people in the Macintosh technical community, and being named one of MacDirectory's top ten visionaries. And yes, he has been turned into an action figure. Want more? Follow Adam on Twitter for 140-character musings on a variety of topics.

Jake Schumacher is the Director of App: The Human Story, “a film exploring what it means to be human in a world of technology”. Jake talks about the origins of the project, why he became interested in the story of app development, and how he and his team were able to get so many developers, both high profile and otherwise, involved. There were surprises, lessons, and changes in direction along the way, and Jake shares some of those, and more. Today’s edition is brought to you by Jamf and their Jamf Now software that helps you manage your Apple devices from anywhere. Set up your first three devices free at Jamf.com/MacVoices. http://jamf.com/macvoices Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Jake Schumacher cut his teeth making skate videos and short films in the rural Pacific Northwest before moving to LA to direct for esteemed companies like Sandwich Video. While in LA he discovered his desire to create feature documentaries. He lives in Long Beach with his wife and two daughters. You can find his app, Quantify, on the iOS App Store, and you can follow him on Twitter.

Peter Cohen answers questions about his choices for productivity and organization, media and entertainment services services, iPhone apps, and his preferred writing tools. Along the way we get his thoughts on subscription software, and determine his surprising guilty pleasure. Today’s edition is brought to you by Jamf and their Jamf Now software that helps you manage your Apple devices from anywhere. Set up your first three devices free at Jamf.com/MacVoices. Jamf Software Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Peter Cohen is a freelance tech journalist who has written for Macworld, iMore, Tom’s Guide and many other sites. You can find him on Twitter at @flargh and read more of his ruminations on tech and other stuff at his personal web site, peter-cohen.com. Links: Ulysses BBEdit by Bare Bones Software Grammarly Tweetdeck by Twitter crunchyroll DI.FM Hay Day by Supercell Waze iStat Menus by Bjango Backblaze Bartender NetNewsWire by Black Pixel MarsEdit by Red Sweater Software

ZoomIt is a simple but extremely useful utility for magnifying parts of your Mac’s screen. Unlike options built in to macOS, ZoomIt is selective in its magnification. Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Links: ZoomIt by Appatit ZoomIt On The Mac App Store

Automation guru Sal Soghoian gives us some background about how he developed such a passion for automation and where it originated before turning his attention to the CMD-D Conference, coming to Santa Clara later this month. Sal tells us what to expect, how he and his panel of experts will be approaching the subject of automation, and who the conference is for. MacVoices Magazine, our free magazine on Flipboard that helps you do more with your Apple tech. http://MacVoices.com/Magazine Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: For two decades plus, Sal Soghoian has championed user automation from both inside and outside of Apple. He's also written many articles and authored books, such as AppleScript 1-2-3. In his spare time, Sal is an avid jazz guitarist, with a jazz standards album, To Be With You, and one with hiband, Blue Indigo, both available on iTunes. Links: CMD-D Conference Omni-Automation.com MacOSXAutomation.com SalSoghoian.com

Drobo CEO Mihir Shah joins us to discuss their two latest models, the Drobo 5D3 (recently reviewed on MacVoices) and the Drobo 5N2, the next step in their network-attached storage solutions. He talks about Drobo’s penetration in Asia and their surprise connection with Bollywood. Drobo’s mission is to make storage simple, but keeping it simple can be difficult. Mihir shares some of the challenges with continuing to advance and expand the platform while balancing that against legacy software and hardware issues, and offers some tips on how to keep your Drobo as stable and reliable as the day you bought it. He also provides a coupon code for you to save $50 on the Drobo 5D3! MacVoices Magazine, our free magazine on Flipboard that helps you do more with your Apple tech. http://MacVoices.com/Magazine Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Links: MacVoices #17162: Briefing – The Thunderbolt 3-Equipped Drobo 5D3 Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore Hard Drive Stats for Q1 2017 - Backbblaze Blog For a limited time, Coupon Code “voices5d3” gets you $50 off a Drobo 5D3 when you order at DroboStore.com

Mark Fuccio has been watching the Qualcomm v. Apple patent infringement suit with great interest. If you think this is just another Apple suit, think again. Mark feels this is worthy of a video series, and he makes a good case as he reviews what has transpired along the way. From the start of the controversy in Asia to the hefty penalties levied against Qualcomm for their lack of responsiveness, there is more here than you think. Mark helps us understand the story so far, and speculates on where it might go. Today’s MacVoices is sponsored by eero, the wireless mesh network that you need. Find out how simple and powerful wireless can be. To get yours, with free shipping, use the coupon code “macvoices” at checkout. http://eero.com and by Smile, the makers of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, PDFpen Scan+, as well as TextExpander for Mac and TextExpander for iPhone and iPad, as well as the new TextExpander for Windows. Great software to help you get more done. http://SmileSoftware.com Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Mark Fuccio is actively involved in high tech startup companies, both as a principle at piqsure.com, or as an marketing advisor through his consulting practice Tactics Sells High Tech, Inc. Mark was a proud investor in Microsoft from the mid-1990's selling in mid 2000, and hopes one day that MSFT will be again an attractive investment. You can contact Mark through his web site or through Twitter. Links: Ars Technica

Joe Kissell is back with a second edition of one of his favorite books, Take Control of Automating Your Mac. Joe explains why this book is expanded in coverage, how reader feedback influenced some of that expansion, and his inclusion of two of his favorite utilities. Not sure what to automate? Joe provides some advice on how to find out, details various types of automation and their tools, and admits to wanting to spread his automation addiction. Today’s MacVoices is sponsored by eero, the wireless mesh network that you need. Find out how simple and powerful wireless can be. To get yours, with free shipping, use the coupon code “macvoices” at checkout. Eero logo gray and by Smile, the makers of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, PDFpen Scan+, as well as TextExpander for Mac and TextExpander for iPhone and iPad, as well as the new TextExpander for Windows. Great software to help you get more done. http://SmileSoftware.com Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss 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. Links: CMD-Conference Keyboard Maestro Take Control of The Mac Command Line with Terminal

At Macstock 2017, Elle Newman gives us a first-time attendee look at the conference. Elle talks about why she same, her impressions of the topics, the speakers, and the people, and some of information she is taking back to her personal activities and projects. Today’s MacVoices is sponsored by eero, the wireless mesh network that you need. Find out how simple and powerful wireless can be. To get yours, with free shipping, use the coupon code “macvoices” at checkout. Show Notes:

Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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