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Joe Kissell talks about why you should and shouldn’t buy his latest book, Take Control of Upgrading to High Sierra. The process should be easy, but as with all OS upgrades, there are a few pitfalls that could bite if you’re not careful. Joe discusses a few of those pitfalls that include a lack of backups, and the new APFS file system. Whether you should upgrade in place or “nuke and pave”, what features Joe is looking forward to, and a book bundle to make sure you are ready for all of the major OS updates are all included. 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.

The web has been buzzing about the news that CrashPlan is bowing out of the consumer market with their online backup service, opting to focus on the enterprise market. Should online backup services still be part of our backup strategies? Should there be different considerations for backups vs. archives? Can we get our trust level back? The panel of Joe Kissell, Mark Fuccio, Frederick Van Johnson, and host Chuck Joiner examine why there has been such an outcry over the decision, what CrashPlan did wrong and right with both the announcement and the transition, and offer their thoughts on replacement services. 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. 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. Frederick Van Johnson is the host of This Week in Photo. You can follow him on Twitter. Links: Backblaze

Jeff Butts of The Mac Observer is back to share the details of building a Hackintosh, something many of us think about but never do. He discusses his practical motivation for taking on the project, why he names his computers, and how and why he picks his hardware options. We find out this isn’t a project for beginners, and that there is significant time and cost involved, but none of that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it. Jeff discusses the capabilities of his finished product, and shares some resources for doing it yourself. 

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Jeff Butts was a nerd long before they got their revenge. He’s been voiding warranties since the early 1980s, when he took apart his uncle’s 286 to try coaxing a bit more power out of the Hercules graphics controller. Either by luck or skill (or both), nobody ever knows he’s voided their warranty because Jeff knows and lives by the most important rule: don’t get caught. These days, when Jeff’s not voiding warranties, he’s writing about voiding warranties. Follow him on Twitter or Facebook.

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Insanely Mac 

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Reddit - Hackintosh forum

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