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Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – September 19 – Notes & Links

September 20, 2023 by Peter Bockenhauer
The Backblaze logo with a pattern of question marks behind it.

Is Backblaze still the best cloud backup?

  • iOS 17 – Apple
  • iPadOS 17 – Apple
  • watchOS 10 – Apple
  • macOS Sonoma – Apple
  • iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus – Apple
  • iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max – Apple
  • Backblaze
  • Backblaze Product and Pricing Updates
  • IDrive Cloud Backup & Storage solutions for home and business
  • Backblaze B2 Pricing
  • Acronis Personal Cloud Backup Software
  • Arq Backup
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft OneDrive
  • Google One
  • Google Workspace Individual
  • Google Workspace Business
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Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – August 15 – Notes & Links

August 16, 2023 by Peter Bockenhauer
Several circles with iOS/macOS icons like Photos, Numbers, Messages, and Calendar. A Memoji of a man and woman.

iCloud Features and Alternatives

  • Apple – Support – System Status
  • Freeform on the App Store
  • Use Custom Email Domain with iCloud Mail – Apple Support
  • Advanced Data Protection for iCloud – Apple Support
  • Manage web access to your iCloud data – Apple Support
  • Manage your photo and video storage – Apple Support
  • Apple Books – Apple
  • EPUB 3.3
  • calibre – E-book management
  • Kindle Paperwhite, Oasis, Scribe & More E Readers | Amazon
  • Send To Kindle Landing Email Page
  • Kindle Store
  • Take Control Books – Expert Advice from Leading Tech Authors
  • Kobo eReaders
  • Libby App: Free ebooks & audiobooks from your library | by OverDrive
  • hoopla | streaming audiobooks, music, video & ebooks
  • Set up iCloud Drive – Apple Support
  • Access and manage your files in iCloud Drive – Apple Support
  • Google Drive – Personal Cloud Storage & File Sharing Platform
  • Microsoft OneDrive – Personal Cloud Storage
  • Dropbox.com
  • Box — Secure Cloud Content Management, Workflow, and Collaboration
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • SmugMug: Protect, Share, Store, and Sell Your Photos
  • Backblaze – The Best Unlimited Online Backup and Cloud Storage Services
  • Use iCloud to share and collaborate on files and folders – Apple Support
  • Use Notes on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch – Apple Support
  • Evernote – Note Taking App
  • Notesnook | Open source & zero knowledge private note taking app
  • Craft – Note Taking App
  • Set up iCloud Keychain – Apple Support
  • 1Password – Password Manager for Families, Businesses, Teams
  • What is Hide My Email? – Apple Support
  • Fastmail Masked Email
  • About iCloud Private Relay – Apple Support
  • AirTag – Apple
  • Chipolo – Find Your Everything
  • Why is my AirTag beeping? What each chime means | Tom’s Guide
  • iCloud+
  • Apple One
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Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – July 18 – Notes & Links

July 19, 2023 by Peter Bockenhauer
The Fediverse logo showing 5 dots colored red, purple, blue, green and yellow forming a pentagon. Each dot is connected to one another via lines that are colored with the mixture of the two dot colors. For example the yellow dot is connected via a green line to the blue dot.

Fediverse: What is it and how can I use it?

  • What is the Fediverse? – Framatube
  • Fediverse – Wikipedia
  • ActivityPub – Wikipedia
  • What is Mastodon? – YouTube
  • Mastodon – Decentralized social media
  • Mastodon Servers (official)
  • Mastodon Servers
  • To the Fediverse!
  • Mastodon apps
  • Ivory for iOS Mastodon app
  • Mona for Mastodon app
  • fediverse.info | The bespoke fediverse guide.
  • Fedi.Directory
  • Pixelfed – Decentralized social media
  • Vernissage for Pixelfed app
  • Lemmy – A link aggregator for the fediverse
  • Lemmy.ml
  • kbin.social
  • Lemmy Explorer
  • Bluesky
  • Threads
  • Micro.blog
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Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – June 20 – Notes & Links

June 20, 2023 by Peter Bockenhauer
An iMac running Windows 11 under Parallels Desktop

Virtualization & Emulation

  • Apple has a Proton-like Game Porting Toolkit for getting Windows games on Mac | Ars Technica
  • WineHQ – Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS
  • CrossOver – Run Microsoft Windows software on Mac, Linux and ChromeOS
  • Andrew Tsai – YouTube
  • Parallels Desktop 18 Virtual Machine for Mac – Run Windows on Mac
  • Add, delete, or erase APFS volumes in Disk Utility on Mac – Apple Support
  • VirtualBuddy – Virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon
  • UTM
  • E-Maculation: All About Macintosh Emulation
  • SheepShaver – An Open Source PowerMac Emulator
  • Basilisk II – An Open Source 68k Macintosh Emulator
  • Mini vMac – early Macintosh emulator
  • Macintosh Repository – Old Mac Software Archive
  • Macintosh Garden – Celebrating Macintosh Abandonware!
  • Mac GUI
  • System 7 Today
  • Disk Jockey
  • PlayOnMac – Run your Windows applications on Mac easily!
  • Boxer – The DOS game emulator that’s fit for your Mac.
  • OpenEmu – Multiple Video Game System
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Mini’app’les Topic Meeting – May 16 – Notes & Links

May 16, 2023 by Peter Bockenhauer
OpenCore Legacy Patcher icon

OpenCore Legacy Patcher

  • OpenCore Install Guide
  • OpenCore Legacy Patcher
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