Author Biography
Joe Kissell joined the TidBITS staff in 2006 as Senior Editor and currently lives in Paris. He has written more than a dozen Take Control ebooks, including the best- selling Take Control of Mac OS X Backups. He's also the author of numerous print books about Mac OS X and a frequent contributor to Macworld magazine. Joe runs a business called alt concepts, which publishes such Web sites as Interesting Thing of the Day and Truffles for Breakfast. (September 2007)
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Log In to Me
During a bout of insomnia, Joe Kissell cleverly slid his MobileMe email address into a song recorded ten years ago.Read more...
Monster List of Mac Backup Software Updated
New and updated backup programs have been coming out of the woodwork, and Joe Kissell recently updated his online list to reflect the latest truth.Read more...
Searching for the iPhone 3G Case of My Dreams
As a newly assimilated iPhone owner, Joe Kissell quickly got sucked into a quest for the perfect case. He's gradually zeroing in on what he really wants.Read more...
Totally an iPhone 3G Owner
After some misadventures early in the day, I finally managed to take a shiny new iPhone 3G home with me. I might soon become the most productive person - or the least productive person - ever.Read more...
Very nearly an iPhone 3G owner
I sort of own a new iPhone, in that I paid for it and signed a contract, but due to an activation goof it didn't actually leave the store with me. I should be able to bring it home this afternoon.Read more...
The Hole in My Backup Plan
Joe Kissell has good backups of his data, but his backup plan had one crucial missing element: an adequately powerful second Mac to use when his main computer is on the fritz.Read more...
Discovering Sparse Bundle Disk Images
A new disk image format introduced in Leopard is backup-friendly, because it doesn't require huge files to be backed up when only a small change has occurred. Now we just need more developers to catch on.Read more...
MobileMe Oh My (or, Apple Breaks Record in Making My Book Obsolete)
Shades of Cyberdog! A mere two weeks after the release of "Take Control of .Mac," Apple has renamed .Mac to MobileMe, rendering another of Joe's books less than up to date.Read more...
Updated .Mac Book to Require Major Find-and-Replace?
Rumor has it that Apple may be planning to rename the .Mac service in the near future. Great, just what we wanted to hear the day after releasing the second edition of "Take Control of .Mac"!Read more...
The Broadband Service of My Dreams
Yesterday when I checked my mail, I found my box full of flyers advertising all sorts of things I don't need. I was planning to toss it all, but one flyer caught my eye...Read more...
How to Pronounce Myanmar
Recently I've heard the name Myanmar pronounced several different ways on news broadcasts, and I was curious to know what the officially correct pronunciation was...Read more...
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First Look: The Linux-Based Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X Lite
A new Mac data recovery utility is actually not Mac software at all, but a bootable Linux CD. That's an odd concept for most Mac users, but even excusing the unfamiliar exterior, is this software a useful problem-solving tool?Read more...
Solve More Word 2008 Problems with AppleScript
A pair of articles I wrote for Macworld provide several AppleScripts that address common complaints in Word 2008.Read more...
A Trio of Articles about iCal Collaboration
If you want more than one person to be able to access and edit iCal calendars, a collection of articles I wrote for Macworld may give you the guidance you need.Read more...
Instant Messaging for Introverts
Can your personality type affect your willingness to use certain modes of communication? In particular, do introverts have a harder time with technologies like instant messaging and Twitter than extroverts?Read more...
Web Browser Reviews at Macworld
An article I wrote for Macworld provides an overview of the ten leading Web browsers for Mac OS X.Read more...
Updated Paste Plain Text AppleScript for Word 2008
A new and improved version of Joe's Paste Plain Text AppleScript is shorter, more elegant, and less likely to result in the wrong font being used.Read more...
SmartSleep Solves Safe Sleep Situation
If you're unhappy with the way your Mac laptop handles sleep mode, you no longer need a command-line script to change it. This new preference pane makes it easy to tailor sleep settings to your liking.Read more...
CheckUp 1.0: A Beautiful but Unripe Maintenance Utility
A new maintenance utility looks fantastic and does a few things well, but has some serious bugs, missing features, and other problems.Read more...
A Pair of Time Machine Articles
I have a couple of new articles posted at Macworld.com about Time Machine. Both have been generating lots of comments. If you're using Time Machine, or thinking about it, check these out. Is Time Machine all you need? looks at cases in which Time Machine might be adequate as a sole backup mechanism and cases where you'll want to supplement it with something else - or even skip it altogether...Read more...
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