On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Darren are joined by special guest Brian Flanigan-Arthurs to discuss solutions for providing remote support. Whether it’s family, friends, clients, or students, we all need to provide support from a distance from time to time. Mike, Darren, and Brian explore tools they’ve used in IT, education, as well as in the home including Darren’s favorite new cross-platform solution, while Brian discus

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Season 19, Episode 12 (#452) On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Eric, Darren, and Dave and lead off the episode with a brief tribute to Macintosh pioneer Bill Atkinson who passed on June 5th, then dive in to the Keynote to provide their first-hand reactions* to Apple’s WWDC 2025 Keynote Presentation where Apple announced macOS Tahoe, version 26 of iOS, watc…

#Event #IOSDevices #iPadOS #Keynote #macOS #Macs #Tahoe #WWDC
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On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Darren are joined by special guest Marty Jencius of Vision ProFiles podcast to discuss Apple Intelligence. What is it, who needs it, and what features can we expect on our devices if we enable it? Marty and Darren share their favorite cool uses of Apple Intelligence. And Marty helps close the show with his pick for Essential App: TextExpander! …

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2025/05/27/for-mac-eyes-only-451-apples-ai-loving-it-or-missed-it-by-that-much/

Hey all, due to a last-minute scheduling conflict, today's FMEO live stream has been cancelled. But we'll be back live on May 24th with episode 451. Have a fantastic spring weekend and we'll see you then! 💻

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Darren discuss the end of the Whisky project. Who needs something like Whisky? What does this mean for its users and what alternatives are out there for playing Windows games or other apps on the Mac? We share some listener feedback from Brian on Shortcuts. And Darren picks this episode’s Essential App: TinkerTool! …

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2025/04/30/for-mac-eyes-only-450-a-toast-to-whisky/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Darren dig into Shortcuts, Automator, and even a touch of AI as they seek to help a listener format images and text for different outlets on the internet including social media, websites, and email newsletters. Darren closes the episode with this week’s Essential App pick: MakeMKV! …

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2025/04/15/for-mac-eyes-only-449-a-shortcut-to-efficiency/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Darren offer listeners advice on moving from one cloud service to another using only the Mac’s built in apps to easily transfer Contacts, Calendars, Notes, and Email — and even a few tips on how to fix a misbehaving cloud service! Mike closes the episode with this week’s Essential App pick: Rapidmg! …

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2025/03/31/for-mac-eyes-only-448-hopping-from-cloud-to-cloud/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike, Eric, and Darren share some of their favorite ways of getting the most from your Mac with tips on Finder navigation, Reminders, better Mail organization, working with multiple displays, PDFs in Notes, file templates in the Finder, plus little bonus tips sprinkled throughout! Darren closes the episode with this week’s Essential App pick: Pearcleaner! …

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2025/03/18/for-mac-eyes-only-447-tipping-the-mac-fantastic/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Darren discuss the revelations of a recent switcher and examine what stops people from moving to a Mac including fear of the unknown, software requirements, discoverability, perceived cost, and general misconceptions of what a Mac is and what it can do. Mike closes the episode with this week’s Essential App pick: Loop! …

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2025/03/04/for-mac-eyes-only-446-what-i-like-about-mac/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Darren some of their top reasons to switch to a mail client like Apple Mail including Mail specific features such as Focus-based email, sending large attachments with Mail Drop, Rules, and even some unique mail sending features not found in the typical webmail service! Mike and Darren answer listener questions from Andy and Alex on Finder’s Rece…

#AppleMail #Email #Features #Switching #Webmail
https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2025/02/19/for-mac-eyes-only-445-youve-got-apple-mail/

I had a great time on The VHS Club Video Podcast last night discussing Groundhog Day the movie. You may already know the movie was filmed in FMEO's back yard, Woodstock IL! I took them on a walking tour of film locations & a few clips made the eps.

Love totally awesome movies from the 80s & 90s? Check out The VHS Club: https://www.thevhsclubpod.com/

Watch Groundhog Day episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaPHSwsG72g

PLUS a bonus "special report" from GHD morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDgQ-wdCLFM

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Darren dig into the Mac’s Applications folder and discuss some of the more overlooked and misunderstood apps that ship with every new Mac including some you may know about…and some you may not! Mike shares listener feedback and questions from Lisa, Scott, and Cindy. Then Mike closes the episode with this week’s Essential App pick: Biscuit! …

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2025/01/29/for-mac-eyes-only-444-looking-for-apps-in-all-the-wrong-places/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: What tweaks do you make when setting up a new Mac? Mike and Darren kick off the New Year by sharing some of the tweaks they make to the Finder, Settings, the Dock, and even the apps they install…whenever they set up a new Mac. And Mike closes the episode with his Essential App pick: LinearMouse! …

#Apps #Dock #Finder #macOS #Settings
https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2025/01/14/for-mac-eyes-only-443-fantastic-mactastic-tweaks/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike, Eric and Darren kick off the holiday season by digging into their treasure trove of holiday gift ideas to share some favorite last minute gift picks for the Apple user in your life. …

#AirPodsPro #GiftGuide #Gifts #Hardware #Holiday #iPad #Macs #Software
https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2024/12/17/for-mac-eyes-only-442-oh-little-mac-of-cupertino/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric provide their Retro Reactions to Apple’s debut of three new M4-based Macs including an updated iMac, two new MacBook Pros, plus the newly redesigned Mac mini. Mike asks if Apple buying Pixelmator could be the beginnings of a new pro photo management app from Apple. Final Cut Pro 11 debuts with its amazing new Magnetic Mask feature. Mike and Eric cover a Mac migration question from Liste…

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2024/11/25/for-mac-eyes-only-441-retro-reaction-time/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric share more on Sequoia’s Screen Recording Permission issue and how to work around it using the Terminal or with an awesome new app, Amnesia! Tackling Mac migration questions from Listener Lisa, Mike and Eric cover how long you can safely keep using that old Mac, Photo library management including migration, moving, and merging your libraries, as well as keeping large libraries on externa…

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2024/10/15/for-mac-eyes-only-440-mac-migrate-a-palooza/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric dig into macOS Sequoia and discover a few surprises including the usefulness of iPhone mirroring, some Passwords app confusion, Window Tiling vs Exposé, a fantastic new Extensions Management tool, Messages newfound parity with the iPhone, and a new Dynamic Wallpaper celebrating the Mac’s history. We wrap the episode with Mike’s Essential App pick: FuzzyTime! …

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2024/10/02/for-mac-eyes-only-439-sequoia-surprises/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Darren, Dave, and Chuck to provide their first-hand reactions* to Apple’s It’s Glowtime event where Apple announced the Apple Watch 10, the updated AirPods 4, the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Pro and a software update for the AirPods Pro 2 that enables a new Hearing Aid feature! …

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2024/09/09/for-mac-eyes-only-438-reaction-time-apples-its-glowtime-event/

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric are joined by special guest, Darren Davies to share their Top 5 new features coming to macOS Sequoia including seamless drag & drop, new summarization and transcription features, Safari’s new reader mode, iPhone mirroring, plus a few extras including improvements coming to Messages and the new Passwords app. Mike dusts off his soapbox for a good old fashioned rant that leads to a discus…

https://www.formaceyesonly.com/2024/08/27/for-mac-eyes-only-437-that-poor-frog/

What a great episode of @formaceyesonly I had such a blast! I give my top 5 iOS 18 features so far and some @macstockexpo memories. https://pca.st/episode/c42a24dc-86b1-4aa3-8392-b3fd6379705f