The movie studios let you add digital movies to your library for two dollars, and Apple’s reality distortion field is still strong – and perhaps self-inflicted – and that’s what Kelly Guimont and John Martellaro discuss with guest-host Dave Hamilton on today’s TDO. Press play… and enjoy!
Convincing Apple Pay to Use a Different Card
He knew it had to be possible, but it took Jeff Butts a bit of tinkering to figure out how to make it happen.
Flexibits Intros Cardhop Interactive Contacts Manager for the Mac
Flexibits is hoping to do for contacts what it did for calendars on the Mac with its new Cardhop app.
Adobe Brings AI to Creative Cloud Apps with Sensei
Adobe unveiled the latest updates to its Creative Cloud suite of creativity and design apps at Adobe MAX on Wednesday.
Sonos One: Alexa-Controlled Wireless Home Speaker
Wireless speaker company Sonos recently debuted voice support in two forms: pairing their speakers with an Amazon Alexa-enabled device like an Echo or Dot, and with Sonos’s first voice-enabled speaker, the Sonos One. We put the new speaker through its paces.
5 Great iPhone Task Management Apps
Jeff Butts walks you through these awesome alternatives, helping you to figure out which one is right for you.
You Should Know: An Apple ID Phishing Scam is Going Around
Apple IDs don’t expire. Even if you forgot your username and password, your Apple ID is still floating around in the ether. Apple doesn’t shut down IDs after a certain period of inactivity.
Benchmarking High Sierra on Older Macs, Who's to Blame for iPhone Addiction - TMO Daily Observations 2017-10-17
John Martellaro and Jeff Butts join guest-host Bryan Chaffin to examine benchmarks showing that High Sierra is faster on older Macs than Sierra. They also talk about the issue of smartphone addiction, who’s to blame, and whether or not it’s a problem for Apple.
Kaspersky Lab Finds Adobe Flash Bug in the Wild from BlackOasis Group
As of yesterday, Adobe has already identified the bug (CVE-2017-11292) and released a security patch for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS.
Yes, High Sierra on Older Macs Really Does Boost Performance
While Jeff Butts doesn’t use his mid-2010 Mac Mini as often as his other Mac, it’s definitely worth noting that the elderly computer performs so well with the newer version of the operating system.

