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In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates how to connect to a Windows computer using the Files app on iOS and iPadOS, in order to transfer files over your local network.
To do this, you'll first need to make sure file and printer sharing is enabled on your computer by going to Settings > Network & Internet > Advanced network settings > Advanced sharing settings, and making sure "File and printer sharing" is on for your current connection type, either public or private. To view your computer's internal or "Private" IPV4 address, which you'll need to enter on your iPhone or iPad, either use the ipconfig command line tool as demonstrated in the episode, or locate it via the GUI by going to Settings > Network & Internet > Advanced network settings > Hardware and connection properties.
To connect to the computer from your iPhone or iPad, open the Files app, double-tap the "More" button near the top right of the screen, and choose "Connect to server" from the resulting menu. Enter your computer's IP address in the "Server address" field, and double-tap Connect. You'll then be prompted to authenticate with the username and password you use to log into the computer, after which it should appear in the brows view of the Files app, under the "Shared" heading.
Once connected, you can brows and modify the file and folder structure of the C Drive from the Files app, as well as transfer files from other apps on your device to this location. To disconnect your iPhone or iPad from your computer, focus on it in the brows view of the Files app and choose "eject" from the Actions rotor.
Note: This feature was demonstrated on a computer running Windows 11. While it is available on prior versions of Windows, the process for configuring it may be slightly different.
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Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.
Hello and welcome.
My name is Thomas Domville , also known as AnonyMouse.
Now this podcast is going to be for my advanced users out there.
Now I've been in this position for quite a while and I have been thinking about how could I streamline this process.
So are you one of those people that tend to transfer files a lot back and forth from your iPhone or your iOS device to your computer?
If you are, raise your hand.
This might be something for you to think about.
Yes, you do have the option to kind of transfer from your phone to your computer by using a third party service such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or maybe Microsoft OneDrive.
But the problem with that, it can be slow, right?
Or I just don't want to store it up in those surfaces for whatever reason that is.
In my case, I tend to have some very large files and can take some time, especially if you have a slow internet access.
So in other words, anytime I need to transfer something, so I'm essentially sending it up through the internet, through the cloud, store it up there.
So it takes that time to do it and then go on my phone, go through Microsoft OneDrive and go to the drive and pull it back down.
And it's kind of tedious.
I wish it would be more…

In this episode, MarkSarch provides a comprehensive review, shares his insights, and demonstrates the features of the RAY-BAN META SMART GLASSES. He takes us from the initial unboxing through the exploration of their unique functions, detailing how they’re integrated into the glasses, and concludes with a live demonstration using the smart assistant
To learn more about the RAY-BAN META SMART GLASSEShttps://www.ray-ban.com/usa/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses
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Hello everybody.
My name is Marco and this audio I'm going to do unboxing, hardware description, demo and extra features of RayVan Meta Smart Glasses.
Unboxing.
Well, it looks like a classic recycle package, flat box, and I'm going to give you the package dimensions.
It's about seven inches length, about three and a half inches width, and about two inches height.
Okay.
I don't feel that has any tape on it, so which means so I don't have to cut anything.
So in order to open it and also I feel some something printed on it in highlights is on the top and on the sides, on the length sides and both sides.
Okay.
So I'm going to place the box with the length side closer to me in horizontal way.
It's sitting down on my desk and the way how open the box is from the left and from the right sides, which means the width sides.
So I'm going to start opening from the left side.
Once again, I don't have to cut anything.
Basically the only thing I need is use my fingernail in order to make some pressure.
You know, like pushing out, yeah, pushing down first and then pushing out and I'm going to open.
Here you go.
I did.
I'm going to open also the right side.
Once again, I'm going to use my finger and nail, push down and push out and this one is easier.
Okay.
So what's on it?
Well, the box has like a compartment in one of the sites and which is the, you know, the paper manuals, the user guide and everything in this case is on my right side.
And on the left side is the microfiber cloth and I feel the case on it.
Okay.
So in order to take out the case from the package, that I do is with my right hand, I'm going to feel it and make some, and I'm going to push it so to my left side.
So and with my left hand, I'm going to touch it and locate it and I'm going to twist it a little bit and the way, you know, how get out a little bit and here we go.
I'm going to start pushing once again with my right fingers and here we go.
I have it here.
Well, this is the box and on my hands.
Now I have the, the case and the glasses are inside.
Now I am going to open the case and it has on the front, some kind of magnet, which allows to attach to the case with the lid, that's I can tell and the glasses are inside.
On the middle, there is some plastic tape, which is in order to keep in place the glasses in the case.
So I have to cut it or just, yeah, cut it or push up and down in order to take out the glasses…

In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville and Mike Malarsie discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include:
Wider Tech Discussions: AppleVis Forums Expand Beyond AppleWWDC 2024 will show off Apple's AI efforts on June 10Apple Developing New Accessibility Features for iOS 18 and macOS 15Apple reportedly considering using Google’s Gemini Ai engine into iPhones with iOS 18Apple Watch Series 10 could finally offer blood pressure monitoringMass production of two new AirPods models to start in May, targeting fall releaseUS DOJ takes on Apple in massive antitrust suit, after years of investigationsApple could be in trouble over DMA security warnings, as well as Core Technology FeeBe My Eyes Expands with Service DirectoryLinks:
Wider Tech Discussions: AppleVis Forums Expand Beyond AppleWWDC 2024 will show off Apple's AI efforts on June 10Apple Developing New Accessibility Features for iOS 18 and macOS 15Apple reportedly considering using Google’s Gemini Ai engine into iPhones with iOS 18Sources: iOS 18 Lets Users Customize Layout of Home Screen App IconsApple Watch Series 10 could finally offer blood pressure monitoringMass production of two new AirPods models to start in May, targeting fall releaseiOS 18 rumored to bring hearing aid mode to AirPods ProUS DOJ takes on Apple in massive antitrust suit, after years of investigationsApple will crush the DoJ in court if Garland sticks with outdated argumentsThe lock-in problem at the heart of the DOJ’s case against AppleEU rejects Apple’s European App Store changes: Company could be fined 10% of global turnoverApple could be in trouble over DMA security warnings, as well as Core Technology FeeApple Fined $2 Billion by E.U. for Using App Store to Thwart Competition…

In this episode, Tyler demonstrates how to disable predictive text suggestions on macOS.
As you type on your Mac, macOS by default attempts to finish words and phrases it thinks you're trying to type. If you find that hearing these suggestions spoken by VoiceOver is more distracting than helpful, you can turn them off by going to System Settings > Keyboard, clicking the Edit button under the "Text input" heading, and toggling the "show inline predictive text" switch off.
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Hey, Apple vissers, Tyler here, with a quick tip for how to disable predictive text suggestions on macOS.
By default, as you type on your Mac, macOS attempts to finish words and phrases that it thinks you're trying to type.
While this may increase the speed of text entry for some, if you're a voiceover user, you may find that hearing these suggestions spoken while you're trying to type is more distracting than helpful, in which case you can turn them off.
To do that, go into system settings, keyboard, hit the edit button under the text input heading, and turn the show inline predictive text switch off.
And I'm going to demonstrate that now, I'm going to system settings on my Mac, k for keyboard, vio command h to get to the text input heading, vio right, edit, and at the leftmost of this dialog, k, that's what we want, vio right, scroll area, interact with vio shift down arrow, and vio right until I find the setting I want, show inline predictive text, if I vio right once more, show inline predictive text off switch, it's off for me because I turned it off.
If it's on for you and you want to turn it off, just press vio space, then stop interacting with the scroll area, with vio shift up arrow, and vio right to done, hit it, and here we are back in keyboard settings.
So now as you type, you will not hear text suggestions predicted by macOS, which could almost ironically increase your speed of text entry because this feature is off and is no longer giving you distracting or potentially distracting feedback.
So that's a tip for how to disable predictive text suggestions on macOS, I hope you found it helpful.
Peace.
Thank you.

In this episode, Ida Grace introduces eSpeak-NG, a compact open-source software text-to-speech synthesizer available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Developed by Yury Popov, eSpeak-NG supports over 100 languages and accents. It is built upon the original eSpeak engine created by Jonathan Duddington. The app acts as a compatibility layer between the eSpeak NG library and Apple VoiceOver, enhancing accessibility for users with visual impairments.
eSpeak-NG on the App Storehttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/espeak-ng/id6444089174
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Disclaimer: This transcript is generated by AIKO, an automated transcription service. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content.
Hello AppleVis.
This is Ida again and I'm back with another demonstration.
This one is somewhat by request, so thank you for the person who requested this podcast.
They said that they really wanted a demonstration of this app, so I hope that this is satisfactory.
I am doing a demonstration today of the eSpeak NG app.
This app will add the eSpeak synthesizer to VoiceOver for anybody who wants it.
There are settings that you have to change within the app, or that you can change within the app if you want to, and then you can go into the actual VoiceOver settings to start using eSpeak.
Right now I'm using Daniel, which is not an eSpeak voice, but I will select an eSpeak voice throughout this demonstration.
So I am in the app right now, and the first thing you get...
It says eSpeak NG.
It's eSpeak NG, Daniel.
Learn how to pronounce words, please.
Anyway, so this is the name of the app.
So the first button you come to, if I swipe to the right here, that button allows you to set up what languages you want VoiceOver to have available to you in the eSpeak app.
So if I go in here...
First thing you see is back, of course.
You can search in that field for a specific voice and language.
Okay, I deselected that one because that is not my user-preferred language.
As you can tell by Daniel, he is English UK, not English US, so I deselected that.
But in order to do that, I had to keep going to the right.
Let me show you.
So under user-preferred, the only thing that seems to be there is English United States.
Whether it's selected or not, you can double-tap to select and deselect it.
Under this system heading, it gives you all the languages.
And the only one in here for English right now is English UK because I deselected the English United States.
So that means that when we go into the VoiceOver settings, the eSpeak United States English voices will not be available because I deselected that one.
Because I personally think that United States English eSpeak sounds very bad, which I will demonstrate in a moment.
But you have all of these languages that you can, of course, choose what language is your preferred language in this languages listed below may be poorly supported by VoiceOver and might be broken at all.
They are available in spoken content.
Okay, so that's a little disclaimer about the eSpeak app and the VoiceOver languages that it supports.
Okay, so then it's just going…

In this episode, Thomas Domville demonstrates the new Stolen Device Protection feature introduced in iOS 17.3. This feature is designed to protect against the rare instance when someone has stolen your iPhone and knows your passcode.
Thomas begins by explaining the purpose of the Stolen Device Protection feature. It prevents unauthorized individuals from performing critical device and Apple ID account operations, like changing your device passcode or Apple ID password. This is achieved by requiring biometric authentication with Face ID or Touch ID, with no passcode fallback.
He then moves on to the step-by-step guide on how to enable the Stolen Device Protection feature:
Go to Settings.
Depending on your iPhone model, do one of the following:
On an iPhone with Face ID: double Tap Face ID & Passcode, then enter your passcode.
On an iPhone with a Home button: double Tap Touch ID & Passcode, then enter your passcode.
Scroll down to the Stolen Device Protection section, then double tap Turn On Protection.
Note: If you don't see the Stolen Device Protection section, you may need to set up Face ID or Touch ID first.
The episode also covers the Security Delay feature, which requires a successful Face ID or Touch ID authentication, an hour wait, then an additional successful biometric authentication. This feature helps prevent someone from making changes to settings that can lock you out of your iPhone or Apple ID account.
For further details about the Stolen Device Protection feature, you can refer to the following resource:
Use Stolen Device Protection on iPhonehttps://support.apple.com/is-is/guide/iphone/iph17105538b/ios
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Hello and welcome.
My name is Thomas Donville, also known as AnonyMouse.
I'm going to talk to you today about a feature called Stolen Device Protection.
Now this will be ultimately up to you if you want to turn this feature on.
This is a feature that will just kind of enhance your security protection for your iPhone and other settings.
I'll explain a little more here.
When this item is set to on, this will give you an additional protection when it comes to anytime that your phone is stolen or gets lost.
In theory, the feature came about, unfortunately, because there have been some incidents where people will be watching other people gain access to their iPhone, whether that's using the passcode or using their biometric authentication to get into the phone and thus forth then gets stolen from that person.
Or maybe perhaps you lost your phone and somebody somehow, someway gets onto your phone one form or another.
Well this protection will defeat from that person being able to make changes to some critical areas on your device.
So the first layer of protection when this is turned on, this will protect you from them being able to access to certain settings that will now require a biometric authentication.
So it kind of bypass if there weren't any passcode to that area before, you will now have to be able to use authentication by a biometric…