Marco Arment

Yeah, the pro move there is, oh, I left it in the car or I forgot it at home, which is a little bit of a white lie.

Yeah, the pro move there is, oh, I left it in the car or I forgot it at home, which is a little bit of a white lie.

Oh, fair enough.

Oh, fair enough.

All right. Caleb asks, my parents are both in their late 60s and occasionally have issues with password management and getting devices set up. I've considered proposing pulling them into my Apple family plan and setting up legacy contacts. Do you have any advice or suggestions or do you manage any account or technology for your parents? This has been a little bit of an issue for me.

All right. Caleb asks, my parents are both in their late 60s and occasionally have issues with password management and getting devices set up. I've considered proposing pulling them into my Apple family plan and setting up legacy contacts. Do you have any advice or suggestions or do you manage any account or technology for your parents? This has been a little bit of an issue for me.

I don't have any good answers, but my parents are getting older and I think that I am starting to approach the time where I really need to get this stuff squared away before one or both of them loses their, you know, their... I can't think of the word I'm looking for. Maybe I'm losing it. But anyways, the point is, is that I need to have this conversation with them and I haven't yet.

I don't have any good answers, but my parents are getting older and I think that I am starting to approach the time where I really need to get this stuff squared away before one or both of them loses their, you know, their... I can't think of the word I'm looking for. Maybe I'm losing it. But anyways, the point is, is that I need to have this conversation with them and I haven't yet.

And, and I, I know that this is coming. Marco, I know you had grandparents that passed a couple of years back. I don't know if you have any thoughts about this for your parents. And then John, your parents are still kicking. Let's end with John, please. So Marco, let's start with you.

And, and I, I know that this is coming. Marco, I know you had grandparents that passed a couple of years back. I don't know if you have any thoughts about this for your parents. And then John, your parents are still kicking. Let's end with John, please. So Marco, let's start with you.

Randall Miller writes, I shut down my new MacBook Pro occasionally, but it restarts when I touch any key on the keyboard. Why on earth would Apple do this and leave no way to turn this quote unquote feature off? I mostly agree with this. I find it frustrating as well.

Randall Miller writes, I shut down my new MacBook Pro occasionally, but it restarts when I touch any key on the keyboard. Why on earth would Apple do this and leave no way to turn this quote unquote feature off? I mostly agree with this. I find it frustrating as well.

I particularly find this frustrating when I go to clean my keyboard, which usually involves mashing down on the buttons from time to time. And I find that very frustrating. Now, there is a tool, which one of you, I presume John has put in the show notes, called Keyboard Clean Tool that fixes the keyboard cleaning problem.

I particularly find this frustrating when I go to clean my keyboard, which usually involves mashing down on the buttons from time to time. And I find that very frustrating. Now, there is a tool, which one of you, I presume John has put in the show notes, called Keyboard Clean Tool that fixes the keyboard cleaning problem.

But I don't have any solutions for the touch anything to turn the computer on problem.

But I don't have any solutions for the touch anything to turn the computer on problem.

For the record, nobody asked, but I have been using Alfred forever. I've tried most of the other ones and aesthetically, I don't have any problem with them off the top of my head. But they think differently than I do. And so because of that, it's just a non-starter for me. What's the one that everyone is obsessed with lately? Raycast or something like that?

For the record, nobody asked, but I have been using Alfred forever. I've tried most of the other ones and aesthetically, I don't have any problem with them off the top of my head. But they think differently than I do. And so because of that, it's just a non-starter for me. What's the one that everyone is obsessed with lately? Raycast or something like that?

Yeah, I mean, I tried it briefly. Again, it just does not think the way I think it doesn't mean it's bad. I'm not saying it's bad at all. I'm not saying that launch bar is bad or Quicksilver is bad. It's just that none of these things click with the way I like to get things done. And so because of that, I've been on Alfred forever. I've had the power packs, you know, all the time.

Yeah, I mean, I tried it briefly. Again, it just does not think the way I think it doesn't mean it's bad. I'm not saying it's bad at all. I'm not saying that launch bar is bad or Quicksilver is bad. It's just that none of these things click with the way I like to get things done. And so because of that, I've been on Alfred forever. I've had the power packs, you know, all the time.