Joe Kissell’s latest effort is an important one. Take Control of Your Digital Legacy, Second Edition outlines the importance of preserving digital assets and navigating account access policies after your death. Joe emphasized the need for up-to-date information on managing digital legacies and highlighted challenges with companies like Google and Apple. He recommends strategies for protecting personal information and preserving content, such as using the Internet Archive and having a digital executor. (Part 1) [embed]http://traffic.libsyn.com/maclevelten/MV23194.mp3[/embed] This edition of MacVoices is supported by The MacVoices Slack. Available all Patrons of MacVoices. Sign up at Patreon.com/macvoices. Show Notes: Chapters:0:00:00 Introduction to the Importance of Digital Legacy0:01:19 Making A Difficult Topic Approachable and Manageable0:02:45 Making the End-of-life Process Enjoyable and Pain-free0:04:15 Challenges of Preserving Digital Assets in the Cloud0:05:55 Ensuring Access to Important Data for Loved Ones0:06:24 Policies and Updates for Accounts After Death0:08:16 Managing Apple, Google, and Microsoft Accounts After Death0:11:50 Legacy contacts and access to purchased media after death0:14:35 The potential risks of large language models and incorrect information0:23:07 The Importance of Archived Content0:24:42 Preserving Files with the Internet Archive0:26:17 Challenges of Keeping Blogs and Websites Alive Indefinitely0:29:22 Downloading Websites: Tools and Techniques0:30:53 Using a Web Crawler to Download Linked Pages0:31:18 Importance of Securing Your Digital Legacy Links: DevonThink Pro Guests: Joe Kissell is the publisher of  Take Control ebooks, as well as the author of over 60 books on a wide variety of tech topics. Keep up with him if you can on his personal site, JoeKissell.com, and on Twitter. Support:     Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices     Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:     Web:     http://macvoices.com     Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices     Mastodon:     https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner     Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner     MacVoices Page on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/     MacVoices Group on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice     LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/     Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:     Audio in iTunes     Video in iTunes     Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:     Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss     Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss