Comments on: MacCast 09.16.2005

By: Aeryn

Aeryn — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 16:01:43 +0000

Adam, you mentioned a program (soundsoak II??) that you used to reduce noise in the recording you get. I can’t for the life of me find anything on this program, only soundsoak wall panels. Do you have any info about it?

Also previous poster Casey, at least in my Safari, I have to use the shift key with those combos to get them to work.

thanks and keep up the good work

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:55:48 +0000

hi adam,

you mentioned that you’re looking for a way to tab between the different tabs in safari. here’s a screen capture of the key combo to press.

in case the image doesn’t show up:
next tab is “cmd+}”
prev tab is “cmd+{”

love the show. keep it real!
casey

By: Christofer

Christofer — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:37:26 +0000

An addition to the screenshot tips, you can also combine them with the ctrl key, to make the screenshot go to the clipboard instead of a file.

This was the first MacCast podcast I’ve listened to, and it was very nice. Keep up the good work!

By: Gabe

Gabe — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:55:38 +0000

Re: Maccast vs other podcasts.

I’ve been listening to the Maccast for a few months now and it’s the only Mac podcast I still listen to! Not really out of loyalty (:-)) or even apathy, but simply, as far as I”m concerned, because it can pretty well always be relied upon to tell me something new and useful.

The radio style high-energy banter of many other tech podcasts is OK for a while but just tends to grate after a bit (maybe I’m just getting old :-)). Anyway, I like Adam’s friendly and informative tone, I like the music tracks, and there’s a limit to how many podcasts I can realistically subscribe to.

From software mentioned on his show, I’ve started using TextWrangler (brilliant), CarbonCopyCloner and RapidWeaver which have really transformed my first steps in website building. A typical tip: Space bar Apple shift 4 is something I’d forgotten, but am sure to be using as I take screenshots all the time.

So thanks Adam, keep up the good work and don’t worry too much about the competition!

By: Tim in DC

Tim in DC — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:49:26 +0000

I suspect it would also be at the CD importing level, but I doubt it would be as obvious. Whe I encoded a podcast, it was generally at 64 kbps at 22.050 kHz sample rate. With iTunes 4.9 it sounded great. With iTunes 5.0 it sounded garbled and tinny. I think when you are encoding music at a higher bit rate (presumably 128 kbps or higher for mp3′s)it might not be as obvious. The problem from a podcaster’s POV is that we want to make the file sound as good as we can, but keep it as small as possible for bandwidth reasons.

In any event, it’s a shame Apple has been behind podcasting, but has now inadvertantly made it a little harder to make them. There are tools out there to make it happen, but I preferred using the very fast and very easy to use iTunes instead. Hopefully a fix is forthcoming!

By: Justin Winokur

Justin Winokur — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:47:46 +0000

Is the encoding a problem with importing CDs too or just converting?

By: Andres in FL

Andres in FL — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:03:20 +0000

On iPod nano I want to share that I received a 4gb white version together with an grey Armband and I found something that I think is useful. When you have the iPod nano in your arm inserted in the Armband and even under your t-shirt when excercising, you can still control the volume with your finger using the clickwheel. This is possible even with the layer of clothing and the armband between you and the iPod nano.

By: Tim in DC

Tim in DC — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 03:42:18 +0000

I think the iTunes 5.0 encoding problem is showing its ugly head again. On the last show Adam suggested Audion, which is effective but sllllllllow. I hope Apple makes some changes to the encoding… it’s a real drag.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 02:44:55 +0000

At the time of writing your Podcast feed hasn’t update yet Adam. It shows the 9/13 episode as the latest. No wonder iTunes isn’t picking it up.

By: jon from vancouver

jon from vancouver — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:44:16 +0000

The articles written on numbers for the iPod Nano are getting ridiculous. I hear the black model is selling better and that the white models are not as popular. So the story can go both ways. Locally, I know the mac resellers can’t keep any on the shelf. They are gone by filling the pre-orders on them.

By: DMBfan

DMBfan — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:04:15 +0000

The sound on this podcast sounded somewhat staticy (is that a word?!) – is it just me or are you still having problems with your audio conversion?