There may come a time when you're unable to use your voice to communicate with those around you. Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac have an accessibility feature called Personal Voice that lets you synthesize a voice that sounds similar to you, giving you the ability to communicate with others. Mikah Sargent walks you through the process of setting up a Personal Voice and using Live Speech to access it. You can use your Personal Voice for FaceTime calls, phone calls, in specific apps, and more!

Create a Personal Voice on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/en-us/104993

Use Live Speech on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/en-us/105018

Host: Mikah Sargent

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After receiving a number of emails about scheduling Time Machine backups, Mikah Sargent has created an episode of Hands on Mac about TimeMachineEditor. TimeMachineEditor is an app whose sole purpose is to serve as a Time Machine backup scheduler. Mikah walks you through the process of setting up and scheduling Time Machine backups using the app.

TimeMachineEditor - https://tclementdev.com/timemachineeditor/

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Apple's latest Apple Pencil, the Apple Pencil Pro, includes several new features:

• Barrel roll: Rotating the barrel of the Appe Pencil changes the orientation of art tools.
• Squeeze: A gesture that opens a tool palette in Apple's built-in apps.
• Haptic feedback: Tiny taps and buzzes provide feedback when you squeeze and tap the Appe Pencil Pro.
• Find My: You can use the Find My app to find your missing Apple Pencil Pro. Mikah Sargent walks you through the new features of the Apple Pencil Pro as well as the settings for Apple Pencil on iPadOS.

Apple Pencil - https://www.apple.com/apple-pencil/

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Time Machine is a built-in back up tool for macOS that keeps multiple, browsable versions of your Mac as you make changes over time. Mikah Sargent walks you through the process of setting up, managing, and accessing your macOS Time Machine backups.

Back up your Mac with Time Machine - https://support.apple.com/en-us/104984

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Focus Modes give you the ability to silence notifications, filter apps, mute certain contacts, and more. Mikah Sargent walks you through the process of setting up a Focus and learning how to adjust Focus Modes.

Set up a Focus on Mac - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-up-a-focus-to-stay-on-task-mchl613dc43f/14.0/mac/14.0

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Your Mac is capable of more than just screen sharing. Mikah Sargent walks you through the various network sharing options you have available to you in macOS Sonoma, including file, media, and Bluetooth sharing settings.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Today's episode looks at a built-in app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It's Apple's Voice Memos! Mikah Sargent demonstrates how to get started with new vocal recordings on an iPhone, as well as relevant editing tools, sharing options, and important choices to make in Settings.

Make a recording in Voice Memos on iPhone - https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/make-a-recording-iph4d2a39a3b/ios

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Safari, like any modern web browser, offers support for third-party extensions. In this episode of Hands on Mac, Mikah Sargent walks you through the process of discovering, managing, installing, and using extensions in the Safari browser on macOS Sonoma.

Use Safari extensions on your Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-us/102343

Host: Mikah Sargent

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