Although I can’t guarantee that this page is entirely comprehensive, I’ve done my best to list everything I’ve published to date, as well as speaking engagements, reviews, interviews, and other publicity in the past several years, especially if it’s available in electronic form. This page is updated regularly.
Speaking Engagements (2012 and Later)
In-person Appearances
- MacTech Conference 2018 (November 7–9, 2018)—Why You, the Tech, Should Think Like a Tech Writer
- MLMUG (Main Line Mac Users Group), West Chester, PA (September 8, 2018, 9:00 a.m.)—Take Control of Your Online Privacy and Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- Under the Computer Hood User Group (UCHUG), San Diego, CA (September 5, 2018, 8:00 p.m.)—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- San Diego Seniors Computer Group, San Diego, CA (June 23, 2018, 9:30 a.m.)—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- MacTech Conference 2017 (November 15–17, 2017)—The iPad for Mac Curmudgeons
- OCDC (Orange County WWDC After-Party), Laguna Hills, CA (June 10, 2017)—Taking Control of Take Control Books
- MacTech Conference 2016 (November 16–18, 2016)—From Multitasking to Unitasking
- SMOG (Southern California Macintosh Owners-Users Group, Costa Mesa, CA; September 10, 2016, 9:00 a.m.)—Keynote for 25th Anniversary Meeting
- ATX (Adobe Technology Exchange, Lakewood, CA; June 18, 2016)—1Password
- MacTech Conference 2015 (November 4–6, 2015)—The Discoverability Paradox; Approaching Technology Like a Two-Year-Old
- SDMUG (San Diego Macintosh User Group, La Jolla, CA; October 7, 2015, 7:00 p.m.)—Getting to Know El Capitan
- SMOG (Southern California Macintosh Owners-Users Group, Costa Mesa, CA; October 10, 2015, 9:00 a.m.)—Getting to Know El Capitan
- FMUG (Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; September 1, 2015, 6:30 p.m.)—Maintaining & Backing Up Your Mac
- ASMC (Apple Specialists Marketing Corporation Spring Conference, San Francisco, CA; May 4–6, 2015)—Topic TBA
- SMMUG (Silicon Mountain Macintosh User Group, Colorado Springs, CO; April 7, 2015)—The Tricorder, the Towel, and the Trolley: An Unconventional Perspective on Technology
- FMUG (Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; November 4, 2014)—What’s New in Yosemite & iOS 8
- SMOG (Southern California Macintosh Owners-Users Group, Costa Mesa, CA; September 13, 2014)—Take Control of Automating Your Mac
- Macworld/iWorld 2014 (San Francisco, CA; March 27–29, 2014): Becoming a Creative Complainer
- Macworld/iWorld 2014 (San Francisco, CA; March 27–29, 2014): Using iCloud Keychain
- Macworld/iWorld 2014 (San Francisco, CA; March 27–29, 2014): Apple Mail for Power Users
- HAAUG (Houston Area Apple User Group, Houston, TX; March 15, 2014)—Take Control of iCloud
- Seattle Study Club Symposium 2014 (Scottsdale, AZ; January 24, 2014)—Take Control of Your Passwords and Take Control of Your Online Privacy
- MacMania 16 (Rhône River from Lyon, France to Arles, France; November 29–December 6, 2013)—The Joy of (Plain) Text, Living on a Desert Island with Only Your iOS Device, Stay Safe Out There, 50 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know Your iOS Device Can Do
- MacinTech Users’ Group (Denver, CO; November 12, 2013)—Take Control of Mavericks
- HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society, Honolulu, HI; October 6, 2013) Mactoberfest—The Discoverability Paradox
- Maui Apple User Society (Kahului, HI; October 2, 2013)—Take Control of Your Passwords & Online Privacy
- Pacific New Media Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Outreach College (Manoa, HI; September 29, 2013)—Workshops on Maximum Mac and iPad Essentials
- FMUG (Fresno Mac & Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; September 3, 2013)—Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Your iOS Devices (but Were Afraid to Ask)
- UCSD Campus LISA (La Jolla, CA; July 10, 2013)—Approaching New Technology Like a Two-Year-Old
- ATX (Adobe Technology Exchange, Lakewood, CA; June 15, 2013)—An iPad Triptych
- Macworld/iWorld 2013 (San Francisco, CA; January 31, 2013)—Getting Cozy with Siri
- MacMania 14 (Rhine River from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Basel, Switzerland; April 12–19, 2012)—Getting to Know Your First iPad, Coloring Outside the Lines with Your iOS Device, iPad Kung Fu for the Extreme Mac Geek, Speeding Up Your Mac
- Macworld | iWorld 2012 (San Francisco, CA; January 28, 2012)—Macworld Live panel discussion “Take Control and E-publishing“ (YouTube video link) with Adam Engst, Tonya Engst, Glenn Fleishman, Jeff Carlson, and Michael Cohen; moderated by Macworld’s Chris Breen
- Macworld | iWorld 2012 (San Francisco, CA; January 26–28, 2012)—Unitasking in the Apple Ecosystem, Getting to Know Siri
Live Video Presentations (see also “Interviews and Podcasts” below)
- Princeton Macintosh User’s Group (PMUG), Princeton, NJ; February 8, 2023, 1:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- Computer Club at Golden Vista Resort, Apache Junction, AZ; March 1, 2023, 9:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; February 25, 2023, 10:00 a.m.—Apple Backups Class
- MLMUG (Main Line Mac Users Group), Philadelphia, PA; June 10, 2023, 10:15 a.m.—Take Control of Automating Your Mac
- NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; January 28, 2023, 10:00 a.m.—iCloud Class
- Cape Cod Daytime Camera Club, Barnstable, MA; February 8, 2023, 1:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- Mac-in-Awe Macintosh Users Group (MIAMUG), Midland, MI; March 11, 2023, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac
- Dolce Vita Tech Ed, Apache Junction, AZ; February 2, 2023, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- Southern New Hampshire Apple User Group, Nashua, NH; November 30, 2022, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- PC-Tech Users Group@CPHL, Clifton Park, NY; August 17, 2022, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- SCAU (Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group), Schaumburg, IL; May 28, 2022, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- SVMUG (Silicon Valley Mac Users Group), Mountain View, CA; May 16, 2022, 7:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
- PCBUG - The Naples Technology User Group, Naples, FL; April 21, 2022, 5:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
- NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; April 20, 2022, 11:30 a.m.—Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac
- CPUser Group, Tarentum, PA; April 19, 2022, 7:15 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society), Honolulu, HI; April 16, 2022, 12:00 p.m.—Take Control of Security and Privacy
- Mesa Regal Technology Users Group, Mesa, AZ; March 9, 2022, 11:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Passwords
- Los Angeles Computer Society, Los Angeles, CA; March 8, 2022, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Passwords
- Rochester Computer Society, Rochester, NY; March 8, 2022, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Passwords
- NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; February 19, 2022, 10:00 a.m.—iCloud Class
- MLMUG (Main Line Mac Users Group), Philadelphia, PA; October 9, 2021, 10:15 a.m.—Take Control of Monterey
- The Villages Apple User Group (The Villages, FL); September 7, 2021, 1:30 p.m.—Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac
- WAUC (Wisconsin All-computer Users Club), Milwaukee, WI; June 3, 2021, 8:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
- Computer Booters, Sun Lakes, AZ; June 2, 2021, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- APCUG (Association of Personal Computer User Groups); May 26, 2021, 9:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
- Seniors Computer Group, San Diego, CA; May 15, 2021, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- APCUG (Association of Personal Computer User Groups) Virtual Technology Conference; May 1, 2021, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
- HAAUG (Houston Area Apple Users Group), Houston, TX; April 17, 2021, 11:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- SenCom (Senior Computer Users Group of Greater Kansas City), Kansas City, KS; April 9, 2021, 1:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Passwords
- NTPCUG (North Texas PC Users Group), Dallas, TX; March 20, 2021, 10:45 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- SVMUG (Silicon Valley Mac Users Group), Mountain View, CA; March 15, 2021, 8:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- Tucson Computer Society, Tucson, AZ; March 15, 2021, 6:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
- NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; March 6, 2021, 10:00 a.m.—iCloud Class
- SMUG (Suffolk Mac User Group), Suffolk, UK; February 24, 2021, 11:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- East-Central Ohio Technology Users Club, Newark, OH; February 21, 2021, 2:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- Columbus Computer Society, Columbus, OH; February 17, 2021, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group), Naples, FL; October 21, 2020, 11:30 a.m.—Take Control of Big Sur
- Washington Apple Pi, Washington, D.C.; September 26, 2020, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of iCloud
- SWACKS (SouthWest Florida Apple Computer Knowledge Society), Fort Myers, FL; September 21, 2020, 2:00 p.m.—Take Control of iCloud
- HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society), Honolulu, HI; July 20, 2020, 10:45 a.m., Take Control of iCloud
- AWUGU (Apple World User Group University); July 15, 2020, 8:00 p.m.—Take Control Presentations
- NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group, Naples, FL); October 14, 2020, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of Big Sur
- Washington Apple Pi, Washington, D.C.; September 26, 2020, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of iCloud
- Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; June 2, 2020, 7:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
- Connecticut Macintosh Connection, Farmington, CT; May 27, 2020, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
- HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society), Honolulu, HI; June 20, 2020, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of iCloud
- Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; June 5, 2020, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
- Connecticut Macintosh Connection, Farmington, CT; May 27, 2020, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Online Privacy
- SVMUG (Silicon Valley Mac Users Group), Mountain View, CA; December 16, 2019, 7:30 p.m.—Take Control of Automating Your Mac
- HMUG (Huntsville Mac Users Group), Huntsville, AL; November 23, 2019, 12:00 p.m.—Take Control of Automating Your Mac
- HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society), Honolulu, HI; May 18, 2019, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy and Your Online Privacy
- Apple Corps of Dallas, Richardson, TX; May 11, 2019, 10:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- SCV Computer Club, Newhall, CA; May 4, 2019, 8:45 a.m.—Are Your Bits Flipped?
- MacinTech Users’ Group, Denver, Colorado; June 12, 2018, 8:00 p.m.—Behind the Scenes at Take Control Books
- PATACS (Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society, Inc.), Fairfax, VA; April 21, 2018, 2:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- Suburban Chicago Apple User Group, Schaumburg, IL; December 9, 2017, 9:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- CAUG (Chicago Apple User Group), Chicago, IL; October 5, 2017, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users Society, Honolulu, HI; October 14, 2017, 9:30 a.m.)—Topic TBA
- Alaskan Apple Users Group, Anchorage, AK; September 13, 2017, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- MacGroup-Detroit, Detroit, MI; August 21, 2017, 3:00 p.m.—31st Anniversary Celebration
- Washington Apple Pi, Washington, D.C.; June 24, 2017, 10:30 a.m.—Take Control of iCloud
- MacinTech Users’ Group, Denver, CO; June 13, 2017, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- MacGroup-Detroit, Detroit, MI; June 11, 2017, 3:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- Connecticut Macintosh Connection, Farmington, CT; May 31, 2017, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of iCloud
- Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, Fresno, CA; May 2, 2017, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- TMUG (Tucson Macintosh Users Group), Tucson, AZ; April 20, 2017, 7:00 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- PCBUG of Naples, Naples, FL; March 16, 2017, 5:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- Naples MacFriends User Group, Naples, FL; March 15, 2017, 11:30 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- Alaskan Apple Users Group, Anchorage, AK; March 8, 2017, 7:00 p.m.—Mac Fitness
- Connecticut Macintosh Connection, Farmington, CT; February 22, 2017, 6:30 p.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- NEOAC (North East Ohio Apple Corps), Strongsville, OH; February 18, 2017, 11:00 a.m.—Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
- AAUG (Alaskan Apple Users Group, Anchorage, AK; On October 12, 2016 8:15 p.m.)—The Future of Macs in the Post-PC World
- CAUG (Chicago Apple User Group), Chicago, IL; July 6, 2016—Dropbox
- SVMUG (Silicon Valley Macintosh User Group, Mountain View, CA; June 20, 2016)—WWDC Update & New Books
- CAUG (Chicago Apple User Group, Chicago, IL; May 4, 2016)—Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your Mac
- MacinTech Users’ Group, Denver, CO; January 12, 2016, 7:00 p.m.—Maintaining Your Mac
- HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users Society, Honolulu, HI; November 21, 2015)—Troubleshooting Your Mac
- CAUG (Chicago Apple User Group, Chicago, IL; June 3, 2015)—The Joe of Tech & Backing Up Your Mac
- MacinTech Users’ Group (Denver, CO; April 14, 2015)—The Tricorder, the Towel, and the Trolley: An Unconventional Perspective on Technology
- WoodwardMUG (Woodward Macintosh Users Group, Quincy, MA)—Take Control of Security for Mac Users (March 12, 2015)
- HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users Society, Honolulu, HI; November 29, 2014)—Cool Tips for Yosemite & iOS 8
- The Villages Apple User Group (The Villages, FL); October 22, 2014—What’s New in Yosemite & iOS 8
- Charlotte Apple Computer Club (Charlotte, NC; October 14, 2014)—Take Control of Your Passwords
- SVMUG (Silicon Valley Macintosh User Group, Mountain View, CA; September 15, 2014)—Take Control of Your Security & Privacy
- CAUG (Chicago Apple User Group, Chicago, IL; September 3, 2014)—What’s New in Yosemite
- SVMUG (Silicon Valley Mac Users Group, Mountain View, CA)—Take Control of Mavericks (December 16, 2013)
- Webinar hosted by CrashPlan—Backup Myths and Misconceptions (June 28, 2013)
- Connecticut Macintosh Connection, Farmington, CT—Take Control of Your Passwords (June 26, 2013)
- HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society, Honolulu, HI) Springfest—Take Control of The Cloud (May 11, 2013)
- HMUG (Huntsville Macintosh Users Group, Huntsville, AL)—Take Control of Your Passwords (April 27, 2013)
- WoodwardMUG (Woodward Macintosh Users Group, Quincy, MA)—Take Control of Your Passwords (March 20, 2013)
- NMUG (Naples MacFriends User Group, Naples, FL)—Take Control of Your Passwords (March 13, 2013)
- MacBreak Weekly video podcast—passwords, the Evernote security breach, and more with Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie (March 5, 2013).
- NEOAC (North East Ohio Apple Corps, Strongsville, OH)—iCloud Revisited (February 23, 2013)
- Take Control Live: Working with Your iPad (on sale November 29, 2012 • presentations on December 6, 2012; January 12, 2013; February 6, 2013; and March 2, 2013)
- TidBITS Presents: Protecting Your Digital Life (August 22, 2012)
- TidBITS Presents: Upgrading to and Using Mountain Lion (August 1, 2012)
- TidBITS Presents: Adieu MobileMe (June 16, 2012)
- Charlotte Apple Computer Club (Charlotte, NC; June 12, 2012)—Life After MobileMe
- SVMUG (Silicon Valley Macintosh User Group, Mountain View, CA; June 18, 2012)—Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mountain Lion (but Were Afraid to Ask)
- Triangle Macintosh Users Group (Northeastern Piedmont, NC; May 14, 2012)—Life After MobileMe
- HMAUS (Honolulu, Hawaii; May 5, 2012)—Using Your iPad for Work
- The Villages MUG (The Villages, FL; April 29, 2012)—Take Control of iCloud
- Apple iClub (a SIG of the Villages MUG) (The Villages, FL; March 12, 2012)—Virtual live video panel discussion about the iPad with Adam and Tonya Engst and Chuck Joiner
- O’Reilly Media—webcast about iCloud (February 3, 2012)
- Macworld | iWorld 2012 (San Francisco, CA; January 28, 2012)—Macworld Live panel discussion “Take Control and E-publishing“ (YouTube video link) with Adam Engst, Tonya Engst, Glenn Fleishman, Jeff Carlson, and Michael Cohen; moderated by Macworld’s Chris Breen
- WoodwardMUG (Quincy, MA; January 12, 2012)—Take Control of iCloud
- AshMUG (Ashland, OR; January 10, 2012)—Take Control of iCloud
Mac-Related Writing
Take Control Ebooks
- Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac (Version: 4.4, March 2, 2023; originally published September 27, 2011; replaces Backing Up Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide, Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, and Take Control of Easy Mac Backups)
- Take Control of iCloud (Version: 9.0, February 14, 2023; originally published October 20, 2011)
- Take Control of Apple Mail (Version: 6.0.1, January 21, 2023; originally published February 26, 2014; replaces Take Control of Apple Mail in Mountain Lion and Take Control of Mail on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch)
- Take Control of 1Password (Version: 6.0, January 10, 2023; originally published October 3, 2013)
- Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal (Version: 3.2.1, December 23, 2022; originally published March 25, 2009)
- Take Control of DEVONthink 3 (Version: 1.11, December 22, 2022; originally published October 9, 2019)
- Take Control of Ventura (Version: 1.1, October 24, 2022; originally published August 29, 2022)
- Take Control of Automating Your Mac (Version: 4.0.1, July 26, 2022; originally published June 25, 2014)
- Take Control of Monterey (Version: 1.2, June 29, 2022; originally published August 25, 2021)
- Take Control of Your Passwords (Version: 3.2, July 28, 2021; originally published February 26, 2013)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Catalina (Version: 1.1, October 7, 2019; originally published August 26, 2019)
- Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac (Version: 3.1, January 23, 2019; originally published March 9, 2006; replaces Maintaining Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide)
- Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac (Version: 3.1, January 23, 2019; originally published June 7, 2007; replaces Troubleshooting Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide)
- Take Control of Speeding Up Your Mac (Version: 2.1, January 23, 2019; originally published May 26, 2011; replaces Speeding Up Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Mojave (Version: 1.0, August 30, 2018)
- Take Control of Upgrading to High Sierra (Version: 1.1.2, October 1, 2017; originally published August 27, 2017)
- Take Control of the Cloud (Version: 2.1, July 15, 2017; originally released April 22, 2014)
- Take Control of Your Online Privacy (Version: 3.0, April 20, 2017; originally published August 27, 2013)
- Take Control of Your Paperless Office (Version: 3.0, March 22, 2017; originally released November 16, 2010)
- Take Control of Your Digital Legacy (Version: 1.0, January 4, 2017)
- Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink 2 (Version: 3.0, November 2, 2016; originally published March 24, 2010)
- Take Control of Parallels Desktop 12 (Version: 1.1, October 7, 2016; originally published August 18, 2016)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Sierra (Version: 1.0, September 13, 2016)
- Are Your Bits Flipped? (Version: 1.0, April 28, 2016)
- Take Control of Dropbox (Version: 2.0, February 28, 2016; originally published April 25, 2013)
- Take Control of Upgrading to El Capitan (Version: 1.0, September 3, 2015)
- Take Control of Keynote (Version: 1.0, July 23, 2015)
- Take Control of Security for Mac Users (Version: 1.0, May 14, 2015)
- Take Control of FileVault (Version: 1.1, January 13, 2015; originally published July 30, 2014)
- Digital Sharing for Apple Users: A Take Control Crash Course (Version: 1.2, October 26, 2014; pre-order version published September 4, 2014)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Yosemite (Version: 1.2, October 26, 2014; originally published September 5, 2014)
- Take Control of Beta Testing Yosemite (Version: 1.0, July 24, 2014)
- Take Control of CrashPlan Backups (Version: 1.1, January 14, 2014; originally published March 28, 2012)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Mavericks (Version: 1.2, October 27, 2013; originally published October 8, 2013)
- Take Control of Calendar Syncing and Sharing with BusyCal (Version: 1.1, August 16, 2013; originally published October 10, 2012)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Mountain Lion (Version: 1.2.1, April 4, 2013; originally published July 5, 2012)
- Take Control of Mail on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (Version: 4.0, November 9, 2012; originally published May 8, 2010; updates and replaces Take Control of Mail on the iPhone and iPod touch)
- Take Control of Apple Mail in Mountain Lion (Version: 1.1, August 24, 2012; originally published July 25, 2012)
- Take Control of Apple Mail in Lion (Version: 1.0, June 6, 2012)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Lion (Version: 1.1, July 20, 2011; originally published June 30, 2011)
- Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac (Version: 5.0, March 4, 2011; originally published May 26, 2006; Pre-Order version released on May 8, 2006)
- Take Control of Easy Mac Backups (Version: 1.1, February 25, 2011; originally published January 7, 2010; replaces Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard)
- Take Control of Working with Your iPad (Version: 2.0, February 11, 2011; originally published June 2, 2010)
- Take Control of Mac OS X Backups (Version: 5.0, January 11, 2011; originally published December 2, 2004; French translation available as of June 21, 2011)
- Take Control of MobileMe (Version: 2.0, October 27, 2010; originally published October 23, 2008; also available as an iPhone app)
- Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X (Version: 2.1, October 21, 2010; originally published October 30, 2006)
- Take Control of Mail on the iPhone and iPod touch, iOS 4 Edition (Version: 1.0, September 30, 2010; essentially an interim edition of Take Control of Mail on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch until iOS 4.2 was released)
- Take Control of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard (Version: 1.0, May 6, 2010)
- Take Control of VMware Fusion 3 (Version: 1.0, October 27, 2009)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard (Version: 1.1, September 4, 2009; originally published August 27, 2009)
- Take Control of VMware Fusion 2 (Version: 1.0, November 13, 2008)
- Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard (Version: 1.1.1, June 27, 2008; version 1.0 published December 14, 2007; Preview Edition originally released on November 30, 2007)
- Take Control of .Mac (Version: 2.0, May 29, 2008; originally published December 15, 2005)
- Take Control of Apple Mail in Leopard (Version: 1.0, May 14, 2008)
- Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail (Version: 1.4, May 14, 2008; originally published May 18, 2004)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard (Version: 1.0, October 26, 2007; Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard: Early-Bird Edition was published on October 16, 2007)
- Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner ebook (Version: 1.1, September 27, 2007; originally published September 22, 2006)
- Take Control of Apple Mail in Tiger (Version: 1.1, September 21, 2007; originally published November 29, 2005); also translated into Dutch
- Take Control of Now Up-to-Date & Contact (Version: 1.0, August 8, 2005)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Tiger (Version: 1.0.1, May 11, 2005; originally published April 29, 2005)
- Take Control of Email with Apple Mail (Version: 1.1.1, February 10, 2005; originally published July 29, 2004)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Panther (Version: 1.2.1, March 29, 2004; originally published October 24, 2003)—also translated into Japanese, German, and Dutch
Joe On Tech Guides
- Speeding Up Your Mac (Version: 1.1, September 20, 2016; originally published June 21, 2016; discontinued on December 19, 2017 and replaced with Take Control of Speeding Up Your Mac, Second Edition)
- Troubleshooting Your Mac (Version: 1.1, September 20, 2016; originally published October 29, 2015; discontinued on December 19, 2017 and replaced with Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac, Third Edition)
- Maintaining Your Mac (Version: 1.2, September 20, 2016; originally published August 4, 2015; discontinued on December 19, 2017 and replaced with Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac, Third Edition)
- Backing Up Your Mac (Version: 2.1, September 20, 2016; originally published June 2, 2015; discontinued on December 19, 2017 and replaced with Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac, Third Edition)
Printed Books
- Mac Security Bible (Wiley, January 2010—but shipping a couple of weeks earlier)
- Real World Mac Maintenance and Backups (Peachpit, October 2006)
- Take Control of Tiger (Peachpit, June 2005), a compilation of the first four Take Control ebooks on Tiger, including my Take Control of Upgrading to Tiger
- Take Control of Apple Mail (Peachpit, October 2004), consisting of my first two Apple Mail ebooks (the Panther versions) in a single printed volume
- Take Control of Panther: Volume 1 (Peachpit, September 2004), a compilation of the first four Take Control ebooks, including my Take Control of Upgrading to Panther
- 50 Fast Mac OS X Techniques (Wiley, 2003)
- Cyberdog: Live Objects on the Internet (with David McKee; MIS:Press, 1997) was the best and shortest-lived book on OpenDoc ever written!
- You can find the entire text of my first book, The Nisus Way (MIS:Press, 1996), online in convenient HTML format.
TidBITS Articles
- Nisus Writer Pro 3.0 Hits New Levels of Word-Processing Power (October 29, 2018)
- Inside iOS 12: Use Third-Party Password Managers to Simplify Logins (October 24, 2018)
- Panorama X Brings the Legendary Mac Database Back to the Future (November 4, 2017)
- CrashPlan Discontinues Consumer Backups (August 22, 2017)
- How to Migrate to a New Mac (September 14, 2016)
- Why Your Bits Might Be Flipped (and What to Do about It) (May 1, 2016)
- FlippedBITS: 1Password Versus iCloud Keychain (March 22, 2016)
- Catch Up with the Latest Dropbox Features (March 3, 2016)
- Do Cool Things on the Command Line with Five Quick Recipes (February 1, 2016)
- 1Password 6 for Mac Adds Teams, Expands Sync Options (January 18, 2016)
- Save Space and Uninstall Apps with CleanMyMac 3 (August 29, 2015)
- Eleven Stupid Backup Strategies (June 22, 2015)
- Joe Kissell’s Reflections on His First 50 Take Control Books (May 15, 2015)
- iCloud Photo Library: The Missing FAQ (April 15, 2015)
- Apple Mail: The Yosemite Progress Report (December 19, 2014)
- FlippedBITS: Do Privacy Policies Mean Anything? (March 27, 2014)
- FlippedBITS: Misconceptions about Changing Email Addresses (March 4, 2014)
- Bonus Tips for Apple Mail (February 25, 2014)
- Mail Improvements in OS X 10.9.2 (February 25, 2014)
- Mail in Mavericks: Is It Safe Yet? (November 11, 2013)
- Mail in Mavericks Changes the Gmail Equation (October 22, 2013)
- Bypassing the Cloud with Transporter (August 27, 2013)
- FlippedBITS: Java, JavaScript, and You (May 2, 2013)
- FlippedBITS: IMAP Misconceptions (April 14, 2013)
- FlippedBITS: Four Password Myths (March 21, 2013)
- FlippedBITS: Booting Your Mac from a Duplicate (March 13, 2013)
- Introducing Our New FlippedBITS Column (March 13, 2013)
- The iOS App Alphabet (March 7, 2013)
- It’s Not Email That’s Broken, It’s You (February 23, 2013)
- Do Bulletproof Backups Require a Disaster-proof Drive? (January 30, 2013)
- Mountain Lion Mail Perturbs Sending Behavior (7 August 2012)
- Keeping Your MobileMe Email Address without iCloud (14 May 2012)
- An Alarming Abundance of Alerts (14 May 2012)
- CrashPlan Mobile Lets You Take Your Backups with You (26 September 2011)
- Mac Virtualization Update: VMware, Parallels, and VirtualBox (19 September 2011)
- Nisus Writer Pro 2.0: The Review (2011-06-08)
- The Ebook Shredder: A Recap (2011-04-22)
- Joe Kissell Shreds an Ebook into Twitter (2011-03-21)
- MozyHome Increases Pricing, Drops Unlimited Storage (2011-02-01)
- CrashPlan+ 3.0 Adds Features, Changes Pricing (2010-12-07)
- TidBITS Gift Guide 2010 (2010-12-06, contributor)
- Taking DEVONthink To Go for a Spin (2010-11-23)
- Find My iPhone Now Free for Owners of Newest iOS Devices (with Glenn Fleishman; 2010-11-22)
- Data Robotics Ships Drobo S with USB 3.0 (2010-11-16)
- Two Portable Document Scanners (2010-07-24)
- PGP Whole Disk Encryption and PGP Desktop 10.0 (2010-05-14)
- TidBITS Staffers Recall How They Got Their Starts (2010-04-19, contributor)
- An Introduction to File Encryption in Mac OS X (2010-04-11)
- Apple Updates Boot Camp for Windows 7 (2010-01-25)
- Solving the Photoshop Elements Color Shift Problem (2009-12-19)
- Clicking the Right Button (2009-12-18)
- Apple Opens First Retail Store in France (2009-11-07)
- Parallels Desktop 5 (2009-11-04)
- Backblaze for Business Offers Flat-Rate Online Backups (2009-11-04)
- Examining Snow Leopard Installer Changes (2009-08-27)
- Apple Releases MobileMe iDisk app for iPhone and iPod touch (2009-07-30)
- Achieving Email Bliss with IMAP, Gmail, and Apple Mail (2009-05-02)
- Backblaze Publicly Launches Online Backup Service for Macs (2009-04-19)
- AirPort Utility 5.4.1 Update May Be Problematic (2009-03-05)
- Apple Adds iDisk Sharing Feature to MobileMe (2009-02-13)
- Log In to Me (2009-01-14)
- Backblaze Launches Mac Beta of Online Backup Service (2008-12-09)
- CrashPlan and Mozy Modify Pro Options (2008-12-09)
- Parallels Releases Parallels Desktop 4.0 (2008-11-11)
- Securing Your Disks with PGP Whole Disk Encryption (2008-10-31)
- Mail Act-On 2 Supercharges Mail Rules (2008-10-19)
- EMC Releases MozyPro Backup for Business (2008-10-08)
- The iPhone Game Review Conundrum (2008-09-30)
- Confessions of an iPhone Convert (2008-09-17)
- VMware Fusion 2.0 Released (2008-09-16)
- Monster List of Backup Software Updated (2008-09-14)
- Searching for the iPhone 3G Case of My Dreams (2008-08-30)
- SugarSync Sweetens Online Syncing (2008-08-30)
- Totally an iPhone 3G Owner (2008-07-17)
- Very Nearly an iPhone 3G Owner (2008-07-17)
- The Hole in My Backup Plan (2008-06-30)
- Discovering Sparse Bundle Disk Images (2008-06-27)
- MobileMe Oh My (or, Apple Breaks Record in Making My Book Obsolete) (2008-06-09)
- The Evolving World of Mac Backup Software (2008-05-31)
- Updated .Mac Book About to Require Major Find-and-Replace? (2008-05-30)
- The Broadband Service of My Dreams (2008-05-29)
- How to Pronounce Myanmar (2008-05-07)
- First Look: The Linux-Based Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X Lite (2008-05-01)
- MozyHome for Mac Online Backup Service Reaches Version 1.0 (2008-05-01)
- Getting to Know the Nabaztag Internet Rabbit (2008-04-27)
- Solve More Word 2008 Problems with AppleScript (links to Macworld articles; 2008-04-22)
- A Trio of Articles about iCal Collaboration (links to Macworld articles; 2008-04-10)
- Instant Messaging for Introverts (2008-04-04)
- Time Machine Support Added to iPhone and iPod Touch (2008-04-01—April Fool’s Day)
- Web Browser Reviews at Macworld (links to Macworld articles; 2008-03-31)
- SmartSleep Solves Safe Sleep Situation (2008-03-15)
- Updated Paste Plain Text AppleScript for Word 2008 (2008-03-15)
- CheckUp 1.0: A Beautiful but Unripe Maintenance Utility (2008-02-29)
- SuperDuper 2.5 Released with Leopard Compatibility (2008-02-21)
- A Pair of Time Machine Articles (links to Macworld articles; 2008-02-21)
- Using iChat Theater for Remote Presentations (2008-02-20)
- Looking Video Chat Problems in the Eye (2008-01-31)
- Microsoft Relaxes Licensing for Virtualized Vista (2008-01-28)
- Word 2008 and the Paste Plain Text Dance (2008-01-19)
- MacBook Air Introduced as World’s Thinnest Notebook (contributor; 2008-01-15)
- Parallels Server Brings Virtualization to Leopard Server (2008-01-10)
- Scanning My Way to a Paperless Office (link to Macworld article; 2008-01-03)
- More Ways to Pep Up a Slow Mac (link to Macworld article; 2008-01-03)
- Boot Camp and Tiger: One Last Warning (2007-12-09)
- NTFS Options for Mac Expand (2007-12-09)
- VMware Releases Fusion 1.1 Update, VMware Importer (2007-11-11)
- Time Machine: The Good, the Bad, and the Missing Features (2007-10-28)
- Evaluating the Leopard Installation Process (2007-10-28)
- Apple Goes with Orange (2007-10-17)
- It’s Official: Leopard Ships on October 26th, 2007 (2007-10-16)
- Parallels and VMware Continue Rivalry; World Peace Remains Elusive (2007-10-07)
- Apple Expo Paris 2007 Impressions (2007-10-01)
- Take Control Updates A-Plenty (2007-09-21)
- New iPods: The Worst Ever! (2007-09-06)
- NBC Universal, the iTunes Store, and Poor Me (2007-09-06)
- Safe Sleep Revisited (2007-08-20)
- VMware Announces Fusion 1.0 Release (2007-08-06)
- Stewing Over Safe Sleep (2007-07-30)
- Choosing Mac-Compatible Skype Hardware (2007-07-23)
- FileMaker Pro 9.0 Released (2007-07-23)
- VMware Posts Fusion Release Candidate, Announces Final Pricing (2007-07-09)
- Nisus Writer Pro Restores Classic Features (2007-07-09)
- 1Passwd Eases Password Pain (2007-06-18)
- VM2Go Manages Parallels Virtual Machines (2007-06-18)
- Apple Announces iPhone Changes (2007-06-18)
- A Trio of Windows-on-Mac Announcements (2007-06-08)
- Virtualization Options Expand (2007-04-30)
- Two Online Backup Services Announce Public Betas (2007-04-30)
- Coda Plays Web Developers a New Tune (2007-04-30)
- Online Backup Options Expand (2007-04-09)
- Google Desktop Comes to the Mac (2007-04-09)
- VMware Fusion Beta 3 Draws New Parallels (2007-04-09)
- Apple Sends Vista to Boot Camp (2007-04-02)
- Parallels Desktop 2.0 Ships (2007-03-02)
- CrashPlan: Backups Revisited (2007-02-26)
- Microsoft Releases Office 2004 11.3.4 Update (2007-02-19)
- VMware Releases Fusion Beta (2007-01-08)
- Parallels Desktop Ups the Ante (2006-12-04)
- 1Passwd Updated to Version 2.0 (2006-11-13)
- Understanding Mac OS X’s Login Passwords (2006-10-30)
- .Mac Webmail Gets a Makeover (2006-10-30)
- Parallels Ships Desktop Update (2006-10-23)
- Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Previewed at WWDC 2006 (contributor; 2006-08-07)
- StickyBrain Replaced with SOHO Notes (2006-07-10)
- Microsoft Releases Office 2004 Update (2006-06-19)
- FileMaker Mobile 8 and the Future of PDAs (2006-06-05)
- Appeals Court Sides with Mac News Sites over Apple (2006-05-29)
- Four iLife Apps Receive Updates (2006-05-15)
- Comparing Business Card Design Software (2006-04-03)
- Take Control of Your Daily Life (an April Fool’s spoof; 2006-04-01)
- Microsoft Entourage Gets Spotlight and Sync (with Matt Neuburg; 2006-03-20)
- Apple Releases Intel-Based Mac Mini (2006-03-06)
- Apple Introduces iPod Hi-Fi (2006-03-06)
- Evaluating the Tiger Installation Process (2005-05-02)
- The Evolution of Scrolling: Reinventing the Wheel (2004-12-13)
- Choosing Backup Software (2004-12-06)
- Working with Outgoing Attachments in Apple Mail (2004-08-02)
- Getting to Know Apple Mail’s Spam Filter (2004-05-24)
- Revisiting Panther’s FireWire Data Loss Problem (2004-03-15)
- Salling Clicker in Action (2003-08-25)
Magazine Articles
Macworld Articles
- Backups for the Creative Pro (September 17, 2015)
- Why I prefer CrashPlan for online backups (April 28, 2015)
- Choosing the Right Keyboard-Based Launcher Utility (March 26, 2015)
- How to Create a Personal Cloud with BitTorrent Sync 2.0 (March 3, 2015)
- BitTorrent Sync 2.0 Adds Pro Features (March 3, 2015)
- Copy, Paste, Repeat: Finding the Best Clipboard Manager for Mac (February 24, 2015)
- How to Reset Your Mac’s NVRAM, PRAM, and SMC (February 6, 2015)
- Four Text Skills Every Mac User Should Have in 2015 (January 6, 2015)
- How to Use Benchmarks to Cut through Marketing Hype (December 22, 2014)
- How to Choose the Best Video Calling Method (December 11, 2014)
- How to Create a Personal Cloud with BitTorrent Sync (November 24, 2014)
- How to Simplify Overlapping Cloud Storage Services (November 10, 2014)
- What to Do When You’re About to Run Out of Broadband Data (October 28, 2014)
- Drive-Cloning Utilities: The Best Mac Apps for Making a Bootable Backup (August 6, 2014)
- Improve Your Presentation Skills: The Emergency Road-Show Toolkit (August 6, 2014)
- Improve Your Presentation Skills: How to Make Smoother Slide Transitions in Keynote (August 4, 2014)
- The Secret to Great Presentations: It’s Not about the Software (July 30, 2014)
- How to Prepare for a Mac Disaster (July 28, 2014)
- How We Surf (contributor—August 2014 issue, p. 59)
- Five Sites for Work-at-Homers (August 2014 issue, p. 57)
- How to Make Two-Factor Authentication Less of a Pain (July 1, 2014; October 2014 issue, p. 82)
- How to Get the Biggest Bang for Your Broadband Bucks (June 24, 2014; October 2014 issue, pp. 80–81, as “Choose the Right Broadband Option”)
- Running Windows on a Mac: Why I Prefer VMware Fusion (June 18, 2014)
- Four Reasons to Get a Remote Control for Your iPhone (June 2, 2014; September 2014 issue, pp. 80–81)
- How to Work with Kids at Home (May 27, 2014; September 2014 issue, pp. 78–79)
- Tools of the Trade: Why I Prefer Nisus Writer (May 21, 2014)
- The Easy, DIY System for Group-editing Big Documents (May 2, 2014; August 2014 issue, p. 76 as “DIY Version Control”)
- Replacing Messages Theater: more screen-sharing alternatives (April 17, 2014)
- How to Search Smarter in Mail (excerpt from Take Control of Apple Mail, April 14, 2014)
- How to Print Office for iPad Documents (April 10, 2014)
- My Nine Must-have Plug-ins for Apple Mail (April 9, 2014)
- I contributed to Lex Friedman’s article How Mac Experts Manage Their Calendars (May 2014 issue, p. 71)
- “The Secret of Simplicity” (May 2014 issue, pp. 38–50) incorporates (heavily edited versions of) Simplify Your Files, Simplify Your App Selection, Simplify Your Email, Simplify Your Social Media Life, and Simplify Your Home Office.
- How to Simplify Your Home Office (February 12, 2014)
- How to Simplify Your Social-media Life (February 6, 2014)
- How to Simplify Your Files (February 3, 2014)
- Simplify Your App Selection (January 31, 2014)
- Simplify Your Email (January 30, 2014)
- Seven New Year’s resolutions for the Mac home office (January 1, 2014)
- Why (and how) I’m saying goodbye to Gmail (October 31, 2013)
- How to Use iCloud Keychain (October 28, 2013)
- First look: Keynote for Mac, iOS, and iCloud (October 25, 2013)
- Six Quick Spotlight Tips (October 14, 2013)
- Take Control of Startup and Login Items (September 2, 2013)
- My office is not a starship, or why speech recognition is not for me (August 26, 2013)
- The Mac Office: Picturing a Better Way to Communicate (July 24, 2013)
- Secrets of the Paperless Office: Optimizing OCR (July 10, 2013)
- The Mac Office: Embracing the Nearly Paperless Future (July 8, 2013)
- The iPad Presenter’s Toolkit (August 2013 issue, pages 46–48)
- Funny File Formats (August 2013 issue, pages 42–43)
- The Mac office: When QuickBooks for Mac Is the Wrong Choice (June 3, 2013; September 2013 issue, p. 64)
- Switch to Mac: Transfer your files from a PC to a Mac (April 29, 2013)
- Editing PowerPoint Documents on an iPad (April 3, 2013)
- Do You Need a Third-Party Disk Utility? (March 12, 2013)
- How to Think Like a Mac Geek (March 11, 2013)
- Mac Troubleshooting: What to Do When You Can’t Connect to the Internet (February 25, 2013; also appears as “Troubleshooting: Can’t Get Online” in the May 2013 issue, pp. 48–50)
- Mac Troubleshooting: What to Do When Your Computer Won’t Turn On (February 18, 2013; also appears as “Troubleshooting: Mac Won’t Turn On” in the May 2013 issue, p. 46)
- Mac Troubleshooting: How to Handle Freezes and Crashes (February 13, 2013; also appears as “Troubleshooting: Crashing Apps” in the May 2013 issue, pp. 38–39)
- How to Troubleshoot a Kernel Panic (February 6, 2013; also appears as “Troubleshooting: Kernel Panics” in the May 2013 issue, pp. 44–45)
- Mac Troubleshooting: What to Do When the Trash Won’t Empty (January 22, 2013; also appears as “Troubleshooting: Trash Won’t Empty” in the May 2013 issue, p. 52)
- What the End of Google Sync Means to You (December 21, 2012)
- When Password Security Questions Aren’t Secure (November 29, 2012)
- How to Remember Passwords (and Which Ones You Should) (November 28, 2012)
- What You Don’t Know about Passwords Might Hurt You (November 27, 2012)
- How to Restore Your Data from the Cloud (November 14, 2012)
- Bulletproof Backups (November 7, 2012)
- Backup Basics (November 6, 2012)
- Editing Excel Files on an iPad (September 5, 2012)
- Editing Word Documents on an iPad (August 19, 2012)
- Presenting with the iPad (June 18, 2012)
- Office on the iPad (July 2012 issue, pp. 36–38)
- Switch Your iWeb Site to a Mac-Friendly Web Host (May 2, 2012; in the July 2012 issue as “How to Choose a New Webhost when MobileMe Expires,” pp. 54–56)
- When and Why to Use Group Email Services (April 4, 2012)
- “Sync Your Data” (part of “12 Things Every iPhone & iPad User Should Know”), April 2012 issue, pp. 38–39
- Macworld Buying Guide: Document Scanners (December 13, 2011)
- Solve Mail Search Problems (October 26, 2011)
- How to Find Mail Messages in Lion (October 24, 2011; March 2012 issue, pp. 62–63)
- Tame Lion’s Mail (August 9, 2011)
- How to Print from an iPad (July 14, 2011)
- How to Back Up Your Gmail (July 7, 2011; appears in October 2011 issue on pp. 58–59 as “Back Up Your Gmail”)
- How to Edit Spreadsheets on an iPad (May 24, 2011)
- Presenting with the iPad (May 10, 2011)
- The Paperless (Post) Office (April 7, 2011)
- How to Make Your Office Paperless (April 5, 2011; appeared in the August 2011 issue, pp. 52–53, as “Say Farewell to Paper”)
- A dozen or so tips in 100 Things Every Mac User Should Know (April 2011 issue, pp. 33–100)
- Getting Things Done: The best ways to edit Office documents and PDFs on the iPad (March 2011 issue, pp. 34–42)
- Office apps showdown: Presentations (December 20, 2010)
- Why Time Machine isn’t enough for backup (November 4, 2010)
- Make a smooth switch to Outlook 2011—plus an Outlook 2011 keyboard shortcut cheat sheet (November 1, 2010; in March 2011 issue on pp. 58–59 as “Outlook 2011: How to Make the Switch”)
- Stay in Sync: Other sync options (October 18, 2010; in March 2011 issue in very abbreviated form as a sidebar on p. 49)
- Stay in Sync: Sync data using MobileMe or Google (October 18, 2010; in March 2011 issue on pp. 46–56 as “The Syncing System”)
- Stay in Sync: Choosing between MobileMe and Google (October 18, 2010; in March 2011 issue as sidebar on p. 54)
- Office 2011: Who needs a suite? (October 13, 2010)
- Essential Mail Shortcuts (August 4, 2010)
- Five Things to Do Before Leaving for Vacation (June 24, 2010)
- Mac Utilities: Do Uninstallers Work? (May 25, 2010; abbreviated version in July 2010 issue, p. 35)
- Editing Word Documents on an iPad (May 24, 2010)
- Presenting with the iPad (May 20, 2010)
- Sync Data with Macs, iPhones Using Google (March 3, 2010; May 2010 issue, pp. 44–46, as “Calendars and Contacts in the Cloud”)
- Protect Data with Encrypted Hard Drives (February 19, 2010)
- Unclutter Your Hard Drive (February 10, 2010)
- Migrate a Time Machine Backup (February 5, 2010; in June 2010 issue as “When You Outgrow Your Backup Disk,” pp. 52–53)
- Treat a Misbehaving Time Capsule (January 13, 2010)
- Working with Multiple Browsers (December 31, 2009)
- Five Jobs Other Browsers Do Better (December 30, 2009)
- Eight Reasons to Choose Safari or Firefox (December 29, 2009)
- Five Reasons to Partition a Disk (November 25, 2009; appears in March 2010 issue, p. 57, as “When to Partition a Disk”)
- When to Use Twitter Instead of E-mail (October 21, 2009)
- Four Reasons to Switch to IMAP (October 12, 2009; appears in February 2010 issue as “Reduce E-mail Aggravation with IMAP,” pp. 64–65)
- Find and Merge Address Book Duplicates (October 7, 2009)
- Prune Your Contacts (October 5, 2009; an abbreviated version appears in the February 2010 issue, p. 63)
- Three Ways to Improve Gmail (September 23, 2009; one of these appears in the January 2010 issue, p. 57)
- The Seven Most Underused Mail Features (September 21, 2009; January 2010 issue, pp. 56–57)
- Web Workflows: Don’t Waste Time (September 9, 2009)
- Six Reasons Desktop E-mail Still Rules (September 2, 2009; December 2009 issue, pp. 74–75)
- Five Favorite Entourage Tips (August 19, 2009; two of these appear in the December 2009 issue, p. 75)
- A three-part series on passwords: Intro at Top Password Tips; part 1: Create Stronger Passwords (July 6, 2009); part 2: Manage Your Passwords (July 7, 2009); and part 3: Remember Your Passwords (July 8, 2009).
- Two tips in Launching Apps: Beyond the Dock (June 5, 2009)
- One tip in Your Mac, Your Way: The Workspace (June 3, 2009)
- Keep Working When You’re Not Online (March 9, 2009; May 2009 issue, pp. 74–76)
- Streamline E-mail with Gmail (March 5, 2009)
- Categorize E-mail for Better Searching (March 2, 2009)
- Find E-mail Easily with Flags (February 25, 2009)
- Search the Web without a Browser (February 18, 2009; May 2009 issue, pp. 65–66)
- Go Beyond Google Searches (February 16, 2009; May 2009 issue, pp. 65–66)
- Improve Your Google Searches (February 12, 2009; May 2009 issue, pp. 64–65)
- Alternatives to MobileMe (January 29, 2009; March 2009 issue, pp. 78–80)
- Working with MobileMe and iLife, an excerpt from Take Control of MobileMe (December 18, 2008)
- Keep on Track with Digital Reminders (December 10, 2008)
- Update: The Paperless Office (November 28, 2008)
- Mac Security: Privacy (October 8, 2008)
- Five Tips for Better Browsing (July 28, 2008)
- Sync Your iTunes Libraries (July 3, 2008)
- Sync Your E-mail Messages (July 2, 2008)
- Sync Your Personal Data (July 2, 2008)
- Set Up File Sharing (July 1, 2008)
- Solve .Mac Problems (June 30, 2008)
- Sync Your Files (June 30, 2008)
- Read RSS Feeds in Leopard Mail, an excerpt from Take Control of Apple Mail in Leopard (June 27, 2008)
- Clean Out Old E-mail Messages—Empty Your Inbox: Day 3 (June 25, 2008)
- Master Mail’s Reminders (June 24, 2008)
- Speed Up E-mail Replies (June 24, 2008)
- The Fast Way to File Your E-mail—Empty Your Inbox: Day 2 (June 24, 2008)
- Turn Down the Volume on Your E-mail—Empty Your Inbox: Day 1 (June 23, 2008)
- Empty Your Inbox (June 23, 2008)
- Automating Word 2008 - Additional AppleScripts (April 22, 2008)
- Automating Word with AppleScript (April 22, 2008)
- Corral Group Calendars (April 10, 2008)
- Set Up Your OS X Calendar Server (April 4, 2008)
- Set Up a Free CalDAV Server (April 1, 2008—online only)
- The Browser Bunch, a round-up of 10 Web browsers (March 31, 2008)
- I contributed several tips to the Spaces, Exposé, Dashboard portion of the Leopard Survival Guide (March 12, 2008).
- Time Machine Tips and Troubleshooting (February 18, 2008)
- Is Time Machine All You Need? (February 15, 2008)
- Fitting Your Files on a MacBook Air (February 1, 2008)
- Fix Mac Slowdowns (December 31, 2007; February 2008 issue, pp. 100–104)
- Easy Online Backups (November 6, 2007; December 2007 issue)
- First Look: Google Presentations (November 2, 2007)
- Lock It Up!, which includes I will be smarter about how I handle e-mail, I will behave cautiously online, I will be careful when using a wireless network, I will use good passwords, and I will keep my Mac safe from other users (October 12, 2007; November 2007 issue, pp. 50–61)
- The Real Paperless Office (October 9, 2007; November 2007 issue, pp. 86–87)
- A few items in Software Treats (July 27, 2007; August 2007 issue)
- The Google Office (July 10, 2007; August 2007 issue, pp. 60–69); includes Anywhere Wordsmith, Number Cruncher, and Mighty Messenger
- Fix Password Glitches (July 10, 2007; August 2007 issue)
- Stop Today’s Spam (March 12, 2007; April 2007 issue, pp. 72–74)
- “Clear Away the Clutter,” including Finesse Your Files, Wrangle your snippets, and Stem e-mail overload (February 20, 2007; March 2007 issue, pp. 62–70)
- Reclaim Hard-Drive Space (February 6, 2007; March 2007 issue, pp. 80–81)
- Easy Mac Backups (January 3, 2007; February 2007 issue, pp. 80–81)
- Your Apps in Your Pocket (October 4, 2006; November 2006 issue, pp. 84–85)
- Get More from Mail (October 3, 2006; November 2006 issue, pp. 72–73)
- A bunch of tips in “Your Mac’s Secrets Revealed!“ (October 2006 issue, pp. 64–73)—#14 (p. 67); #16–23, 25, 27, and 28 (pp. 68–69); and #43 (p. 71)
- Firefox Extensions for Geeks (September 1, 2006; October 2006 issue, pp. 86–87)
- Mobile Backup Tips (July 10, 2006; August 2006 issue, pp. 70–71)
- Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac, an excerpt from the ebook of the same name (June 16, 2006)
- The IMAP Advantage (June 7, 2006; July 2006 issue, pp. 75–77)
- Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac, an excerpt from the ebook of the same name (May 10, 2006)
- Keeping your Macs in Sync (April 10, 2006; May 2006 issue, pp. 80–81)
- 34 Software Speedups, part of “The Ultimate Mac Tune-Up” feature (February 21, 2006; March 2006 issue, pp. 52–56)
- Big File, Slow Connection (February 13, 2006; March 2006 issue, pp. 78–79)
- Launch Your Mac, an introduction to using launchd in Tiger (January 9, 2006; February 2006 issue, pp. 100–101)
- Cut Though the Clutter, an article about using the Finder’s Smart Folders (January 9, 2006; February 2006 issue, pp. 82–85)
- The Power User’s Guide to Firefox, part of the “Spinning a Better Web” feature (October 14, 2005; November 2005 issue, pp. 58–60)
- Use Mail’s Smarts (September 12, 2005; October 2005 issue, pp. 76–79)
- Turn Your Old Mac into a Backup Server (August 11, 2005; September 2005 issue, pp. 62–65)
- Make Your Photos Last (July 7, 2005; August 2005 issue, pp. 67–70)
- An excerpt from Take Control of Upgrading to Tiger (April 29, 2005)
- Several tips in Hit the Road, Mac (April 4, 2005; May 2005 issue, pp. 54–61)
- A two-part excerpt from Take Control of Mac OS X Backups (Part 1, Part 2; February 10, 2005)
- Win the Spam War (October 13, 2004; October 2004 issue, pp. 72–75)
Macworld Reviews
- PowerPoint 2016 for Mac Review (July 27, 2015)
- Microsoft PowerPoint for iOS Review: Presenter View Feature Makes the Subscription Version Worth It (December 8, 2014)
- PowerPoint for iPad (April 3, 2014; July 2014 issue, pp. 68–69, but with incorrect byline)
- Keynote 2.0 for iOS Review (November 5, 2013)
- Review: Keynote 2.0 for iOS (November 5, 2013)
- Review: Keynote 6.0 for OS X (November 4, 2013)
- Keynote 6.0 for OS X Review (November 3, 2013)
- DevonAgent Pro 3.5 (May 16, 2013; August 2013 issue, p. 68)
- ChronoSync 4.3.5 (October 9, 2012)
- Token 1.3.1 (July 11, 2012)
- Clusters 1.5.6 (June 28, 2012)
- Apple MobileMe (2010) (December 3, 2010)
- BusyMac BusyCal 1.0 (October 26, 2009)
- Spanning Sync 1.2.1 (September 8, 2008)
- BusySync 2.1.6 (September 5, 2008)
- IPNetSentryX 1.6.5 (July 22, 2008)
- Internet Cleanup 5.0 (July 21, 2008)
- ChronoSync 3.6 (June 10, 2008)
- Folders Synchronizer X 3.6 (June 10, 2008)
- Safari 3.1 (March 26, 2008)
- Opera 9.25 (March 13, 2008)
- iCab 4.0.1 (March 6, 2008)
- OmniWeb 5.6 (February 27, 2008)
- DEVONagent 2.3 (February 26, 2008)
- ScanSnap S510M document scanner (December 28, 2007)
- LifeAgent 2.1 (December 24, 2007; February 2008 issue, p. 56)
- “Backing It Up,” a round-up of reviews covering the following backup applications: Backup 3.1 (Apple); Data Backup 2.1 (Prosoft); Personal Backup X4 10.4 (Intego); Retrospect Desktop 6.1 (EMC Insignia); and Tri-Backup 4.0 (Tri-Edre) (December 22–29, 2006; February 2007 issue, pp. 38–46). Also reviewed, but appearing only on the Web due to space constraints: BounceBack Pro 7.1 (CMS) (December 13, 2006). I summarized the best options in Backing it up (January 4, 2007).
- VisiStat 4 (September 27, 2006)
- SnapMail 5.0 (September 19, 2006)
- Advanced Web Ranking Professional (February 3, 2006; April 2006 issue)
- Braxton’s Link Tester (BLT) (January 6, 2006; March 2006 issue)
- Three FTP Clients (July 8, 2005; September, 2005 issue)
- MailSteward 2.2 (November 14, 2004; December 2004 issue, p. 34)
MacTech Articles
- “Creating a Backup Policy” (August 2008, pp. 44–54)
Datamation Articles
- Review: iPhone 3G (July 24, 2008)
- Mac Security Software Roundup (May 27, 2008)
- 15 Reasons to Use Virtualization Software on a Mac (January 21, 2008)
- The 20 Best New Leopard Features (November 5, 2007)
- My Top 50 Mac Applications (August 13, 2007)
- Top 10 Mac Productivity Enhancements (April 13, 2007)
- Spam Filters for your Mac: Six Choices (April 3, 2007)
Posts on Other Blogs
- The Best Password Managers at The Wirecutter (December 7, 2016)
- The Best Online Backup Service at The Wirecutter (August 24, 2015)
- Introduction to Mail Act-On for the Indev blog
- Introduction to MailTags for the Indev blog
- The Task-Based Approach to Tech Purchase Decisions (The Daily Mac View, February 22, 2015)
- I did a series of guest posts for the CrashPlan blog, including Procrastination—The Biggest Danger to Your Data (July 18, 2013) and The Need for (Backup) Speed (July 25, 2013)
- I wrote a four-part story on the CrashPlan blog about a user whose data survived Hurricane Sandy thanks to CrashPlan online backups: Against All Elements—part 1 (March 8, 2013), part 2 (March 15, 2013), part 3 (March 22, 2013), and part 4 (March 29, 2013)
- I wrote a four-part case study for Code 42 Software’s blog called “Against All Elements.” It chronicled mastering engineer Drew Lavyne’s data loss and recovery as a result of Hurricane Sandy. (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4; March 8–29, 2013)
Reviews
Reviews of My Books
- Beatrix Willius of Moth Software reviewed Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac, and she mostly liked it.
- Elisa Pacelli from MyMac.com reviewed Take Control of Your Digital Legacy, giving it a rating of 9/10.
- Gary Miller reviewed Take Control of 1Password and Take Control of Dropbox for the Alaskan Apple Users Group Blog (May 30, 2016)
- Barry Pless reviewed Take Control of iCloud for the BMJ Injury Prevention blog (April 25, 2016)
- Elisa Pacelli from MyMac.com reviewed Maintaining Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide, giving it a rating of 8/10 for novice Mac users, and a 7/10 for experienced Mac users.
- Phil Davis from OMUG reviewed Maintaining Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide.
- Phil Davis from OMUG reviewed Backing Up Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide, calling it “Highly Recommended.”
- Elisa Pacelli of MyMac.com reviewed Take Control of iCloud, with a 9 out of 10 score! (March 2, 2015)
- Elisa Pacelli of MyMac.com reviewed Take Control of 1Password, with a 10 out of 10 score! (January 27, 2014)
- Mark Sealey of MyMac.com reviewed Take Control of Upgrading to Mavericks, with a 10 out of 10 score! (December 16, 2013)
- Marte Brengle reviewed Take Control of Your Online Privacy at 7Tutorials (October 16, 2013), with a “Buy for everyone” verdict!
- Miraz Jordan wrote a nice review of Take Control of Your Online Privacy at KnowIT (September 3, 2013).
- David Acklam of MyMac.com reviewed Take Control of Your Passwords, with a 10 out of 10 score! (May 8, 2013)
- Victoria L. Herring posted a lengthy and enthusiastic review of Take Control of Your Passwords on her HerringLaw blog: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (also appeared on the Des Moines Mac User Group site)
- Hartley Jim Jackson of the Northern Vermont Macintosh Users Group reviewed Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac (April 3, 2012)
- Ray Bowler of MyMac.com reviewed Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac, with a 10 out of 10 score! (December 13, 2011)
- Victoria L. Herring of Des Moines Mac User Group reviewed Take Control of Upgrading to Lion. (September 2011)
- Ray Bowler of Des Moines Mac User Group reviewed Take Control of Mac OS X Backups. (September 2011)
- Ray Bowler of Des Moines Mac User Group reviewed Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac. (September 2011)
- Thomas Briant of the MacValley blog reviewed Take Control of Your Paperless Office (August 14, 2011)
- Elisa Pacelli of MyMac.com reviewed Take Control of Upgrading to Lion, with a 9 out of 10 rating! (July 25, 2011)
- Miraz Jordan of MacTips reviewed Take Control of Upgrading to Lion along with Matt Neuburg’s Take Control of Using Lion (July 24, 2011)
- Miraz Jordan reviewed Take Control of Speeding Up Your Mac for MacTips. (12 June 2011)
- Hartley Jim Jackson of the Northern Vermont Macintosh Users Group (NVMUG) reviewed Take Control of Your Paperless Office and Take Control of Working with Your iPad (May 11, 2011)
- Not quite a review, but a few complimentary mentions and quotes from Take Control of Your Paperless Office in “A paperless life relieves a leafy burden” by Allan Hoffman in the New Jersey Star-Ledger (January 7, 2011)
- Scott Willsey reviewed Take Control of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard for MyMac.com, with a 9 out of 10 rating! (August 30, 2010)
- Kathy Matsumoto reviewed Take Control of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard for the Alaskan Apple Users Group Blog, with a 5/5 rating! (August 29, 2010)
- Steve Welsh of the Oregon MacPioneers User Group (OMUG) reviewed Mac Security Bible, with a 4.5-out-of-5 salmon rating! (August 14, 2010)
- Review of Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch by Elisa Pacelli at MyMac.com, with a 10 out of 10 rating!
- Review of Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink 2 by Michael Baranowski of the Alaskan Apple Users Group, with a 5 out of 5 rating!
- A nice mention (“read and prosper”): Revised book has Mac backup strategy by Mark Kellner in The Washington Times (January 8, 2010)
- Review of Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, 4th Edition by Rich Lefko of MyMac, with a 10 out of 10 rating! (December 2, 2009)
- Review of Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard (PDF, p. 29) by Marcel Dufresne in MaUsE DoubleClick (November, 2009)
- Review of Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard by Ilene Hoffman at MacNN with a 5-star rating (November 10, 2009)
- Review of Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard by Steve Aufrecht of AAUG with a rather left-handed 4 out of 5 rating (October 11, 2009)
- Review of Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X, 2nd Edition by Lewis Butler (July 31, 2009)
- Review of Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac, 3rd Edition by Richard Orlin at Electric Pi (July 8, 2009)
- Review of Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac and Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac by Mark Webster at Mac.nz, with a 4.5 out of 5 rating (June 29, 2009)
- Review of Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal by John Martellaro at the Mac Observer, with an “Outstanding” rating (March 27, 2009)
- Review of Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac by Mike Burns at AAUG, with a 4 out of 5 rating (March 2, 2009)
- Review of Take Control of Mac OS X Backups and Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard by Edward Marczak in the August 2008 issue of MacTech
- Review of Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard by David Weeks at MyMac.com, with a 5 out of 5 rating (March 11, 2008)
- Review of Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard by Russ Walkowich at MyMac.com, with a 4.5 out of 5 rating (February 13, 2008)
- Review of Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard by Alan Wheatley at Bonzer! Book Reviews, with a five-star rating (December 3, 2007)
- Review of Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard: Early-Bird Edition by Russ Walkowich at MyMac.com, with a 5 out of 5 rating (October 31, 2007)
- Review of Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac by Mark Webster at Mac.NZ, with a 5-star rating (September 11, 2007)
- Review of the second edition of Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac by David Cohen at MyMac.com, with a 4.5 out of 5 rating (March 13, 2007)
- Review of Take Control of Apple Mail in Tiger by Jack A. Fiske on the Alaskan Apple Users Group Web site (December 6, 2006)
- Review of Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X by David Teare (co-author of 1Passwd) on his Switcher’s Blog (November 2, 2006)
- Review of Take Control of .Mac by audio(f)ile titled Take Control of .Mac fills in the gaps in The Cherry Creek News (February 20, 2006)
- Review of Take Control of Upgrading to Tiger by Tony Brown of the Mac Guild, with a grade of B+ (September 27, 2005)
- Review of Take Control of Tiger (the printed version from Peachpit) at OSXGuide.com (September 5, 2005)
- Mark Kellner mentioned me and the Take Control series in his article “Books come to rescue of Macs” in The Washington Times on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 (also syndicated in about 100 other newspapers).
- Review of Take Control of Panther, Volume 1 (PDF; page 61) by Harry Babad in the January, 2005 edition of macCompanion
- Review of Take Control of Panther, Volume 1 by David Weeks at MyMac.com, with a 5 out of 5 rating (December 2, 2004)
- Review of Take Control of Email with Apple Mail by Brian Schilling on the Alaskan Apple Users Group Web site, with a 4 out of 5 moose rating (October 2004)
- Review of Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail by Brian Schilling on the Alaskan Apple Users Group Web site, with a 4 out of 5 moose rating (October 2004)
- Review of Take Control of Email with Apple Mail by Earl J. Kletsky in the The AppleTree, the Monthly Journal of the Syracuse Macintosh Users Group (September 2004; article no longer available online)
- Review of Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail by Ralph Vahue in the The AppleTree, the Monthly Journal of the Syracuse Macintosh Users Group (August 2004; article no longer available online)
- Review of Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail by Dale Mead of the Mac Guild, with a grade of A (July 16, 2004)
- Review of Take Control of Upgrading to Panther by Bob Thomas on the Alaskan Apple Users Group Web site, with a 4 out of 5 moose rating (March 2004)
- Review of Take Control of Mac OS X Backups by Tony Brown of the Mac Guild, with a grade of A (February 15, 2004)
- Review of Take Control of Upgrading to Panther by Elsa Travisano in the Newsbreak newsletter of MUG ONE, the Macintosh User Group of Oneonta, New York (November 2003)
Interviews and Podcasts
MacJury
- I joined Mark Fuccio, Frederick Van Johnson, and host Chuck Joiner to discuss CrashPlan’s Change in Service (August 28, 2017)
- I joined Chuck LaTournous, David Ginsburg, and host Chuck Joiner for round #7 of the 2016 MacJury Gift Guide (December 14, 2016)
- I joined Peter Cohen, David Ginsburg, and host Chuck Joiner for round #1 of the 2015 MacJury Gift Guide (November 24, 2015)
- I joined Melissa Holt, Steve Sande, and host Chuck Joiner for round #2 of the 2014 MacJury Gift Guide (November 26, 2014)
- I joined Chuck La Tournous, Ted Landau, and host Chuck Joiner to discuss the iPhone 6, Apple Pay, and Apple Watch (September 10, 2014).
- A TidBITS MacJury Discusses The iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s with Adam Engst, Tonya Engst, Michael Cohen, Josh Centers, and host Chuck Joiner (September 11, 2013)
- I joined Adam Engst, Tonya Engst, Matt Neuburg, Michael Cohen, and host Chuck Joiner for a discussion of Apple’s new iPad and Apple TV (March 7, 2012).
- Deliberations on the iPad 2 Announcement with Tonya Engst, Jeff Gamet, Don McAllister, Omaha Sternberg, and host Chuck Joiner (March 2, 2011)
- MacJury #1025: Holiday Gift Guide Part 1 with John F. Braun, Pat Fauquet, Nancy Gravley, Omaha Sternberg, and host Chuck Joiner (November 1, 2010)
- The TidBITS Braintrust Discusses The Many Aspects of The iPad (April 12, 2010)
- Judging the iPad with Peter Cohen, Jeff Gamet, Don McAllister, Jeanne MacDonald, and host Chuck Joiner (January 27, 2010)
- Ebooks and Ebook Readers with Michael Cohen, Glenn Fleishman, Kirk McElhearn, Matt Neuburg, and host Chuck Joiner (November 19, 2009)
- Holiday Gift Ideas with Jeff Gamet, Nancy Gravley, Jean MacDonald, and host Chuck Joiner (November 19, 2009)
- What’s new in Snow Leopard with Peter Cohen, Nancy Gravley, Matt Neuburg, Ian Schray, and host Chuck Joiner (September 1, 2009)
- Google’s no-longer-in-beta services, the future of Web apps, and other recent tech developments with Jeff Gamet, Dori Smith, and host Chuck Joiner (July 20, 2009)
- Holiday gift ideas with Jeff Gamet, Jean MacDonald, Fraser Speirs, and host Chuck Joiner (November 26, 2008)
- Technology and politics with Tom Negrino, Dori Smith, and host Chuck Joiner (September 15, 2008)
- .Mac and the Psystar Mac clones with Maria Langer, Nancy Gravley, Don McAllister, and host Chuck Joiner (April 18, 2008)
MacVoices
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of iCloud, Ninth Edition: Part 1 • Part 2 (March 1–2, 2023)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of 1Password, Sixth Edition: Part 1 • Part 2 (February 13–14, 2023)
- I joined Brittany Smith, Mike Schmitz, and host Chuck Joiner for the 2022 Holiday Gift Guide (part 1 • part 2; audio and video)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Ventura: Part 1 • Part 2 (September 13–14, 2022)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss the eighth edition of Take Control of iCloud: Part 1 • Part 2 (February 14–15, 2022)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Monterey: Part 1 • Part 2 (September 1–2, 2021)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss the latest updates to Take Control of Your Passwords and Take Control of 1Password: Part 1 • Part 2 (August 2–3, 2021)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss the fourth edition of Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac: Part 1 • Part 2 (May 11–12, 2021)
- I joined Wally Cherwinski, Mark Fuccio, and host Chuck Joiner for the 2020 Holiday Gift Guide (part 1 • part 2; audio and video)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Big Sur: Part 1 • Part 2 (September 10–11, 2020)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss the fifth edition of Take Control of Apple Mail: Part 1 • Part 2 (June 2, 2020)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss the third edition of Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal. (February 28, 2020)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss the third edition of Take Control of Automating Your Mac. (November 22, 2019)
- I appeared on the MacVoices Gift Guide #2 for 2019 (video and audio) with Jeff Gamet, Jean MacDonald, and host Chuck Joiner. (November 18, 2019)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of DEVONthink 3. (October 11, 2019)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Upgrading to Catalina. (August 29, 2019)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss the new Take Control website. (July 24, 2019)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss updates to Take Control of Your Online Privacy and Take Control of Your Passwords. (April 12, 2019)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss six (count ’em!) updated Take Control books. (February 4, 2019)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Glenn Fleishman’s book Take Control of Your Apple ID. (November 20, 2018)
- I joined Wally Cherwinski, Brett Terpstra, and host Chuck Joiner for round #2 of The MacVoices 2018 Holiday Gift Guide (November 16, 2018)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of 1Password, Fourth Edition. (November 5, 2018)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Upgrading to Mojave. (September 10, 2018)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss the new edition of Take Control of Apple Mail. (May 14, 2018)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss the new editions of Take Control of Your Passwords and Take Control of 1Password. (January 31, 2018)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss the new editions of Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac, Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac, Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac, and Take Control of Speeding Up Your Mac. (December 22, 2017)
- I joined Bart Busschots, Brett Terpstra, and host Chuck Joiner for round #2 of The MacVoices 2017 Holiday Gift Guide (November 17, 2017)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of iCloud, Sixth Edition. (October 11, 2017)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Upgrading to High Sierra. (August 30, 2017)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) along with Adam Engst as part of MacGroup-Detroit’s 31st Anniversary celebration. (August 21, 2017)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Automating Your Mac, Second Edition. (July 27, 2017)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of the Cloud, Second Edition. (June 23, 2017)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) with Adam and Tonya Engst to discuss taking control of Take Control Books. (May 1, 2017)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Your Online Privacy, Third Edition. (April 21, 2017)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Your Paperless Office, Third Edition. (March 27, 2017)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Your Digital Legacy. (January 30, 2017)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) with Jeff Carlson to discuss the latest update to Apple Watch: A Take Control Crash Course. (December 20, 2016)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink 2. (November 4, 2016)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Sierra updates to the four current Joe On Tech guides. (September 26, 2016)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Upgrading to Sierra. (September 15, 2016)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Parallels Desktop 12. (August 19, 2016)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Speeding Up Your Mac and updates to the three other Joe On Tech titles. (June 30, 2016)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Your Passwords, Second Edition. (March 29, 2016)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Dropbox, Second Edition. (March 7, 2016)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of 1Password, Second Edition. (January 19, 2016)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Troubleshooting Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide. (November 10, 2015)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Upgrading to El Capitan. (September 24, 2015)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Maintaining Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide. (August 5, 2015)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Keynote. (July 29, 2015)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Backing Up Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide. (June 2, 2015)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Joe On Tech. (May 22, 2015)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Security for Mac Users, Take Control of Your Online Privacy, Second Edition, and Take Control of Your Passwords version 1.3. (May 18, 2015)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal, Second Edition. (May 13, 2015)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Automating Your Mac version 1.1. (March 30, 2015)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Security for Mac Users and a couple of other updates. (February 13, 2015)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Apple Mail, Second Edition. (December 19, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of iCloud, Third Edition. (November 21, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Digital Sharing for Apple Users: A Take Control Crash Course. (October 21, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss the updated version 1.1 of Take Control of Upgrading to Yosemite. (October 17, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Upgrading to Yosemite. (September 8, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of FileVault. (August 1, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control Beta Testing Yosemite. (July 24, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss updates to Take Control Automating Your Mac. (June 26, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss updates to Take Control of iCloud, Take Control of 1Password, Take Control of Dropbox, and Take Control of Your Paperless Office. (May 29, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of the Cloud. (May 2, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss my upcoming appearances at Macworld/iWorld. (March 10, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Apple Mail. (February 27, 2014)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of iCloud, Second Edition. (December 20, 2013)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Upgrading to Mavericks (part 2—version 1.1). (October 22, 2013)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Upgrading to Mavericks (part 1—version 1.0). (October 3, 2013)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of 1Password. (October 3, 2013)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Your Online Privacy. (August 30, 2013)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Your Paperless office. (July 25, 2013)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac. (June 14, 2013)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Dropbox. (April 29, 2013)
- I appeared on MacVoices (video and audio) to discuss Take Control of Your Passwords. (March 28, 2013)
- I appeared on MacVoicesTV (video; audio version also available) to discuss Take Control Live: Working with Your iPad. (November 30, 2012)
- I appeared on MacVoicesTV (video; audio version also available) to discuss Take Control of Calendar Syncing and Sharing with BusyCal. (October 29, 2012)
- I appeared on MacVoicesTV (video; audio version also available) to discuss Take Control of Upgrading to Mountain Lion. (July 5, 2012)
- I appeared on MacVoicesTV (video; audio version also available) to discuss Take Control of Apple Mail in Lion (and Beyond). (June 7, 2012)
- I appeared on MacVoicesTV (video; audio version also available) to discuss Take Control of CrashPlan Backups. (April 9, 2012)
- Adam Engst and I joined Chuck Joiner for a live (yet virtual) video panel discussion on the iPad for The Villages MUG. (March 12, 2012)
- I appeared on MacVoicesTV (video; audio version also available) as part of the Road to Macworld | iWorld 2012 series to discuss my two upcoming presentations—one on Siri, and one on Unitasking. (January 19, 2012)
- I appeared on MacVoicesTV (video) to discuss Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, Third Edition; also available as an audio podcast. (December 6, 2011)
- I appeared on MacVoicesTV (video) to discuss Take Control of iCloud; also available as an audio podcast. (October 21, 2011)
- I made yet another appearance on MacVoicesTV (video) to discuss Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac; also available as an audio podcast. (October 3, 2011)
- I appeared on MacVoicesTV (video) once again, this time talking about Take Control of Upgrading to Lion; also available as an audio podcast. (July 20, 2011)
- Once again I appeared on MacVoicesTV (video), this time talking about Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac, Second Edition; also available as an audio podcast. (June 6, 2011)
- I appeared on MacVoicesTV (video) to discuss Take Control of Speeding Up Your Mac; also available as an audio podcast. (May 31, 2011)
- I made my first video appearance on MacVoicesTV to discuss the latest editions of my two Backups books; also available as an audio podcast. (March 15, 2011)
- Take Control of Your Paperless Office (November 28, 2010)
- Take Control of MobileMe, Second Edition (October 29, 2010)
- Take Control of Mail on the iPhone and iPod touch, iOS 4 Edition (October 4, 2010)
- Take Control of Working with Your iPad (June 7, 2010)
- Take Control of Spam, Apple Mail in Snow Leopard, and Mail on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch (May 11, 2010)
- Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink 2 (March 26, 2010)
- The benefits of IMAP, and switching from POP (March 17, 2010)
- Video! Impressions of a Day at Macworld Expo on MacVoicesTV with Adam and Tonya Engst and host Chuck Joiner (February 22, 2010)
- Eating It Up in San Francisco (February 4, 2010)
- The Road to Macworld 2010 (February 1, 2010)
- Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac, Fourth Edition (January 19, 2010)
- Take Control of Easy Mac Backups (January 11, 2010)
- Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner (November 21, 2009)
- Take Control of VMware Fusion 3 (November 4, 2009)
- The first 1,000 issues of TidBITS, with fellow staffers Mark Anbinder, Jeff Carlson, Geoff Duncan, Glenn Fleishman, Rich Mogull, and Matt Neuburg (October 27, 2009)
- Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, 4th Edition (September 22, 2009)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard (August 27, 2009)
- Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X (August 11, 2009)
- Take Control of The Mac Command Line with Terminal (March 26, 2009)
- Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac, Third Edition (February 20, 2009)
- Take Control of VMware Fusion 2 (November 17, 2008)
- Take Control of MobileMe (October 24, 2008)
- Updated versions of Take Control of Mac OS X Backups and Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard (July 8, 2008)
- Updated version of Take Control of .Mac (May 30, 2008)
- Take Control of Apple Mail in Leopard and updated version of Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail (May 14, 2008)
- Backups with Time Capsule and the AirPort Extreme Base Station (with Glenn Fleishman), Part 2 (April 2, 2008)
- Backups with Time Capsule and the AirPort Extreme Base Station (with Glenn Fleishman), Part 1 (March 31, 2008)
- Maintaining your Mac under Leopard (February 7, 2008)
- Updated version of Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac (December 14, 2007)
- Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard (December 6, 2007)
- Full version of Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard (October 29, 2007)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard: Early-Bird Edition (October 22, 2007)
- Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac (July 11, 2007)
- Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac (June 8, 2007)
- Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X (December 20, 2006)
- Updated version of Take Control of Running Windows on Your Mac (December 11, 2006)
- Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac (June 8, 2006)
- Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac (March 10, 2006)
- Take Control of .Mac (February 9, 2006)
Your Mac Life
- “34 Software Speedups” (February 22, 2006)
- Take Control of Apple Mail in Tiger and Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail (November 30, 2005)
- February 23, 2005
Tech Night Owl Live
- Apple software quality and other topics (February 3, 2018)
- High Sierra and iOS 11 (September 9, 2017)
- Your Online Privacy (and Are Your Bits Flipped) (April 22, 2017)
- Your Digital Legacy (March 18, 2017)
- Upgrading to Sierra and updated Joe On Tech books] (October 1, 2016)
- 11 stupid backup strategies, plus Backing Up Your Mac and more (June 27, 2015)
- Choosing a broadband provider, plus Take Control of Automating Your Mac (June 28, 2014)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Mavericks (October 19, 2013)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Mountain Lion (July 14, 2012)
- Take Control of iCloud (October 22, 2011)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Lion (July 16, 2011)
- Tweeting an Ebook, Maintaining, and More (April 9, 2011)
- Take Control of Your Paperless Office (January 8, 2011)
- Working with your iPad (August 14, 2010)
- Various email topics (May 13, 2010)
- Mac Security Bible (February 11, 2010)
- Right-Clicking (and other topics) (January 7, 2010)
- Upgrading to Snow Leopard (September 3, 2009)
- IMAP, Gmail, and Mail(June 25, 2009)
- Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal (March 26, 2009)
- MobileMe (November 6, 2008)
- Backups and more (April 17, 2008)
- A variety of topics including upgrading to Leopard and backing up your Mac using Time Machine (January 10, 2008)
- The Ultimate Leopard Roundtable with Rob Griffiths, Kirk McElhearn, David Biedny, and Gene Steinberg (November 1, 2007)
- Mac troubleshooting (June 28, 2007)
- A variety of topics including the evolving options for running Windows on a Mac and new backup software (March 1, 2007)
- Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X (and a bit about Thanksgiving dinner)—recording no longer available (November 2, 2006)
- Leopard’s upcoming Time Machine feature and Take Control of Mac OS X Backups (August 24, 2006)
- Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac (July 6, 2006)
- Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac (March 16, 2006)
- Live panel discussion at Macworld Expo—recording no longer available (January 12, 2006)
- Take Control of Apple Mail in Tiger (and a few other interesting topics)—recording no longer available (December 8, 2005)
- Take Control of Upgrading to Tiger—recording no longer available (May 12, 2005)
- Take Control of Mac OS X Backups–recording no longer available (December 17, 2004)
- Take Control of Email with Apple Mail—recording no longer available (August 6, 2004)
- Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail—recording no longer available (May 28, 2004)
Other Publicity
- I joined host David Ginsberg on the In Touch with iOS podcast on July 3, 2020: Episode 105, The iPad Debate: Can It Be Your Full-Time Device Yet?
- I joined David Ginsburg on the In Touch with iOS podcast (audio) to discuss the challenges of using an iPad as a full-time computing device. (July 2, 2020)
- I appeared on Chuck Joiner’s Trek Favorites (video and audio) to discuss the Star Trek:TNG episode “Darmok” (August 7, 2019)
- I joined Simon Parnell and Nick Riley on the essentialApple Podcast on September 2, 2018 to discuss Take Control Books.
- John Martellaro interviewed me on The Mac Observer’s Background Mode Podcast (March 5, 2018).
- While on a trip to Fresno to speak to the Fresno Mac-Apple Users Group, I stopped by KAIL-TV for an interview on the Central Valley Buzz show. Regular host Chuck Leonard was out for the day; Mike Briggs filled in for him. Hey, my first time on live TV! It was fun.
- I was a guest on Macworld Podcast 452 with Glenn Fleishman, Susie Ochs, and Jeff Carlson to discuss Photos for OS X and iCloud Photo Library (April 22, 2015)
- I appeared on The Dr. Katherine Albrecht Show (syndicated radio) to discuss online privacy (January 12, 2015)
- I was a guest on Jesse’s Secret Stash, a radio show on San Diego’s ESPN 1700 AM, for a discussion about online privacy (recorded live on December 23, 2014 and posted on December 25, 2014; here’s the direct YouTube link)
- I talked with Don Schaffner, Ben Chapman, and host Benjamin Alexander about Thanksgiving dinner on Fiat Lux’s The Panel podcast (November 21, 2013).
- I talked with Benjamin Alexander about Mavericks, Nisus Writer, Thanksgiving dinner, and a variety of other topics on his Pulling the String podcast (October 29, 2013).
- David Chartier interviewed me about 1Password (and my book on it) on the AgileBits Blog (October 25, 2013).
- I was on Bytemarks Cafe, a radio show on KIPO (Hawaii Public Radio), with Ross Rasmussen and host Burt Lum to talk about my workshops at Pacific New Media (September 25, 2013).
- I appeared on the Macworld Podcast (April 10, 2013) with Chris Breen, Serenity Caldwell, Scholle McFarland, and Dan Moren to discuss The iPad Office, a new ebook to which I was a contributor.
- Lon Keller interviewed me about Take Control of Your Passwords on Sundog: The Podcast 051 - Securing Your Digital Life (March 27, 2013)
- I joined Mark Greentree on Not Another Mac Podcast to discuss Unitasking in the Apple Ecosystem (March 3, 2012)
- Mac McCarthy posted an article titled “MacWorld 2012: Top Tips and Tricks for Apple’s Siri“ about my Macworld | iWorld 2012 talk about/with Siri. (January 31, 2012)
- I did a live video presentation on MobileMe for NEOAC, the Northeast Ohio Apple Corps Macintosh User Group, on January 22, 2011. You can view a recording of the entire presentation online.
- John Finnan and Tim Chaten interviewed me on the iPad Possibilities Podcast about working with your iPad (August 12, 2010).
- Eolake Stobblehouse interviewed me about Take Control of Working with Your iPad on his blog on June 4, 2010.
- I was interviewed for an article by David Sanderson in the Winnipeg Free Press titled “Stiz on Warriages” (February 24, 2007). The article was about portmanteau, which I discussed on Interesting Thing of the Day; the title is derived from “Read our ST-ory, then take our qu-IZ on unlikely W-ord m-ARRIAGES.”
- John Nemerovski interviewed me about Real World Mac Maintenance and Backups for a MyMac.com podcast on December 1, 2006. My segment runs from 37:27–46:10, near the end.
- The article “Apple’s Appeal” by Nathan Halverson in The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) on Monday, October 2, 2006 (pages D1 and D8), included a few quotes from me about running Windows on a Mac.
- Adam Engst wrote Joe Kissell Leaving TidBITS (an April Fool’s spoof; 2006-04-01).
- Adam Engst announced my new job at TidBITS in Joe Kissell Joins TidBITS as Senior Editor (2006-03-20).
- Talking Mail.app: Joe Kissell—interview (by email) with Tim Gadenabout Apple Mail on his Hawk Wings blog (February 9, 2006)
- Net Publishing Made Profitable in Wired News—interview in article by Leander Kahney (August 13, 2004).
Food-Related Writing
Apart from my long-neglected blog about food and technology, The Geeky Gourmet, I’ve written a few things about Thanksgiving dinner…
Thanksgiving Dinner
- Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner ebook (Version: 1.1, September 27, 2007; originally published September 22, 2006)
- An excerpt from Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner appeared on Wired News: Deal With Turkey Day Disasters (November 20, 2006).
- I contributed Thanksgiving Cooking Gadgets to the Wired Gear Factor blog on Sunday, November 19, 2006.
- I appeared (briefly!) on a live broadcast of CBS-5’s “Eye on the Bay” TV show on November 14, 2006. Go to this URL. You have to watch the commercial, and then wait for the whole thing to buffer, and then move the slider ahead about 4/5 of the way through the show to see my unexciting little segment.
- An article in the Tompkins Weekly, a paper from Ithaca, New York, discussed Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner and featured a photo of Adam and Tonya Engst. The article “Techies Talk Turkey in Latest E-Book” by Danielle Klock was in the November 13, 2006 issue (PDF, page 5).
Derelict Sites
I previously worked on several other Web sites, which still exist although they haven’t been updated in years and likely never will be:
- Interesting Thing of the Day, a virtual museum of interesting things
- SenseList, a blog of lists that Morgen and I wrote together
- Truffles for Breakfast, in which Morgen and I detailed our adventure of moving to France (where we lived for 5 years)