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This issue includes: “Using Smart Speakers While Temporarily Blind” The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). May 2023 Newsletter

This issue includes: “Apple’s File Provider Forces Mac Cloud Storage Changes” The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). April 23 Newsletter

This issue includes: “Notifications Unexpectedly Silenced? Blame Focus” The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). March 2023 Newsletter

This issue includes: “An Annotated Field Guide to Identifying Phish” The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). February 2023 Newsletter

This issue includes: “Beware When Pasting Phone Numbers Copied from Contact” The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). January 2023 Newsletter

This issue includes: “Visiting an Apple Store: The Value of In-Person Impressions” The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). December 2022 Newsletter

This issue includes: “Regain Control of Your Inbox with SaneBox” The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). November 2022 Newsletter

This issue includes: “USB Simplifies Branding but Reintroduces Active Cables” The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). October 2022 Newsletter

This issue includes: “How to Securely Erase a Mac’s SSD or Hard Drive” The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). September 2022

This issue includes: “Photos Bug Could Share Albums with the Wrong People” The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). August Newsletter

This issue includes: “Helping Senior Citizens Reveals Past Apple Lapses and Recent Improvements” Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) July Newsletter

This issue includes: “How to Help a Friend Whose Email Has Been Hacked to Send Scams” The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). June Newsletter    

This issue includes: “Understand Cryptocurrency, but Don’t Invest in It” Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) May Newsletter

This issue includes: “Never Change Your Password” From MacMost: “5G Home Internet Is a Good Alternative To Wired Broadband” Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). April Newsletter

This issue includes: “Never Change Your Password” From MacMost: “Comparing the 4 Ways To Type On Your iPhone” & “The Useful Mac Spoken Content Accessibility Features” Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). March Newsletter

This issue includes: “Apple’s New Focus Feature May Be Overkill” Reviews “Rebelle 5” Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). February Newsletter

This issue includes: “Reduce Distractions with Notification Summaries” Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) January Newsletter

This issue includes: “USBefuddled: Untangling the Rat’s Nest of USB-C Standards and Cables” Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download).</p> December Newsletter

This issue includes: “Ten Years Without Steve Jobs” Reviews: AliveColors 4 Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). November Newsletter

This issue includes: “How You Can Lose a File Despite Three Layers of Backup (and How To Avoid It)” Reviews: Exposure X7 Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). October Newsletter

This issue includes: “Several Bricks Removed from Apple’s Garden Wall” Reviews: Toast 19 Pro Boris Continuum FCP Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). September Newsletter

This issue includes: “Brave Search Public Beta Offers Alternative to Google” Reviews: GRFX Studio Pro AI Inspirit Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). August Newsletter

This issue includes: “Apple Justifies iOS App Store’s Tight Control in White Paper” Reviews: AliveColors 3 Amberlight 2 Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). July Newsletter

This issue includes: “How to Keep Facebook from Snooping on Your Photos’ Locations” Rebelle 4 review Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). June Newsletter

This issue includes: “Emulation, Virtualization, and Rosetta 2: A Blend of Old, New, and Yet To Come” Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) May Newsletter

This issue includes: “Mac OS X at 20: The OS That Changed Everything” Flame Painter 4 review Kinemac 2 review Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) April Newsletter

This issue includes: “The Role of Bootable Duplicates in a Modern Backup Strategy” Comic Life 3 Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) March Newsletter

This issue includes: “Turn Your iPhone into a Powerful Webcam with Camo” Reviews: Audio Hijack Chaotica Studio 2 SpriteIlluminator Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) February Newsletter

This issue includes: “The iPhone Gets 5G, but What’s It Like in Real-World Use?” Reviews: PaintX Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download January Newsletter

This issue includes: “Big Sur Is Here, but We Suggest You Say “No Sir” for Now” Home Inventory 3 Lifespan Smart Photo Editor Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download December Newsletter

This issue includes: “I Bought an Apple Watch as a Gift. It Turned into a Tech-Support Setup Nightmare” Reviews: TechTool Pro 13 AliveColors 2 Swift Publisher Exposure X6 Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) November Newsletter

This issue includes: “CNN Investigation Finds AmazonBasics Products Dangerous” PortraitPro Body Studio 3 Blow Up 3 Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) October Newsletter

This issue includes: “The Case of the Top Secret iPod” Live Interior 3D Pro 3.8 Akvis Chameleon 10.3 Neat Image 2 Color Finale 2 Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) September Newsletter

This issue includes: “What the HEIC? Apple’s Highly Compressed Image Format Still Confuses” Nisus Writer Pro 3 Review Snap Art 4 Review Cinema Grade Review Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) August Newsletter

This issue includes: “Beware! iCloud Backups Deleted after 180 Days” Affinity Publisher Review Art Text 4 Review Neat Video Review The Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) July Newsletter

This issue includes: “Why You Shouldn’t Make a Habit of Force-Quitting iOS Apps or Restarting iOS Devices” LandscapePro Studio Max LaunchBar Akvis Explosion Amadine GetSTOMP Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) June Newsletter

This issue includes: “With the Trackpad-Equipped Magic Keyboard, You Can Use an iPad Pro Like a Laptop” Exposure X5 Review Get Backup Pro 3 Review Prizmo Pro GetBullets Review Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) May Newsletter

This issue includes: “Videoconferencing Options in the Age of Pandemic” Also included are: PortraitPro Studio Max19 Review Morph Age 5 Review GetWall Opener Review Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) April Newsletter

This issue includes: “Three Reasons You Might Want a Home Security Camera” Also included are: Scrivener 3 Review PDFpenPro 11 Review Little Snitch 4 Review Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) March Newsletter

This issue includes: “Alternative Ways to Protect Yourself from Being Spearfished” Also included are: Acorn 6.5.3 Review PopChar X 8.8 Review Sound Studio 4.9.4 Review Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) February Newsletter