A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 339. New Macbook Pros. Thunderbolt, high speed I/O connector. Face Time for Mac. OS X Lion Developer Preview. Apple iPad 2 event. New datacenter online this Spring. Private ‘glimpse’ of new FinalCut. Does Apple have responsibility in China. Do we need higher bit rate music? DIY docks and stands. The power of Meetspace. Hooking up an Airport Express.
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You know I get great questions from you everyday via email. Some of these I respond to on the show, but others I just answer via email. That’s great for the person asking the question, but what about the rest of us?
Welcome to the inaugural post of the “Maccast Question of the Day”. Today I respond to a question about the iPad and why it never quite seems to know exactly what time it is.
Roger asks:
I have noticed recently that the time settings on my iPad do not match with the time settings on my MacBook even though I have syncronized the two reqularly. Over a week or so the iPad can be off more than 20 minutes. I know the MacBook will adjust the system time with input from the Internet. Does the iPad have a similar capability? If so, where is the setting?
Funny you should mention this. It depends. Do you have a Wi-fi or 3G model? If you have the 3G model, just turn on the cellular data from Settings–>Cellular Data for a minute or so and it will update the time from the cellular network (this works even if you don’t have an active service contract). On the Wi-fi model, you have to adjust it manually. Apple needs to fix this, but until then we’re apparently SOL. The Mac Observer posted an excellent article about the issue and they recommend an App called Emerald Time (iTunes link) that can get an accurate time from an Internet time server. Unfortunately, while the App can give you an accurate time and tell you how far off the iPads internal clock is, it can’t fix the iPad’s clock (due to API restrictions). You’ll still need to make the adjust manually in the iPad’s Date & Time settings. Why the heck Apple can’t just have the iPad connect to the same Apple network time server it uses for the Mac is beyond me. Even if they didn’t do that couldn’t they at least adjust the clock when you sync it to iTunes? Seems like an area of iOS where Apple definitely needs to devote a little more time, eh?
A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 070. I have a secret weapon in backing up and archiving my email that I don’t often (or forget) to talk about. Mail Steward allows you to permanently archive mail from OS X Mail into a searchable MySQL Lite database archive.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 338. Apple opens up subscriptions. iWeb 3.0.3 and Aperture 3.1.1 updates. New Macbook Pro rumors. iPhone 5 speculation, smaller iPhone. Disappointing ViPhone sales. Apple’s 2011 Suppler Responsibility report (PDF). The iPads Mac dependency. Converting iTunes track from Chinese. Quick tip: Spotlight math. iPhone Password hacking explained.
A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 069. A cool little app and a couple of other tricks for listening to Pandora stations in the background on the Mac without using Safari.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. It’s hard to believe that there are Apple fans who are just getting their first taste of the iPhone, but with it’s arrival on Verizon that is exactly what happened this week. One new owner is fellow Mac geek and friend of the show Steve Stanger from the Mac Attack podcast. I grabbed Steve and asked him how he’s enjoying the new device.
A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 068. I discovered a really affordable solution for getting 3G wireless hotspot access for your Macs and iOS devices by using an Android phone solution. I share that tip along with some of my thoughts on how Android holds up against my iPhone and the iOS.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 067. Continuing our “What’s in your Dock?” series, I invite Victor Cajiao from Typical Mac User to come by and share what applications he finds to be most useful and why.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 337. In part two of our Macworld Expo 2011 coverage, we catch up with Cali Lewis (Geekbeat TV) who was at the show participating on a featured panel for Tech Girlz. Then we hit the show floor to talk with more great vendors and hear about some more awesome new products.
A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 336. The first part of my coverage from Macworld Expo 2011 which took place in San Francisco at Moscone Center west.
