A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 184. This week Marco Arment wrote a post on his blog titled “Apple has lost the functional high ground” expressed a frustration and concern that many of us in the Apple community have expressed. “Is Apple’s quality slipping?”. Later Marco posted a follow up expressing regrets for the post, but I’m not sure he should have. What he had to say was something many of us have been thinking. Putting it out there opens community discourse and in this episode I talk about my reaction and the reactions of other influencers in our community to this post.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 183. A special episode of the Maccast where we catch up with our old friend Victor Cajiao. Victor has been on hiatus, but has re-emerged and I grabbed him to get his opinions on the latest gear from Apple. Victor and I talk about the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, his digital Photography, then 27-inch Retina iMac, and the Apple Watch. Plus, we get the exclusive announcement of his new show with George Starcher called Artechulate.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 182. With OS X Yosemite hitting the streets last month you may or may not have made the leap. If you you’re like me you haven’t yet and might want some advice on when to jump and how to prepare. If you have upgraded you may still be finding your way around and want to learn about the new features along with tips and tricks. In this episode we are going to dive into Yosemite and hopefully cover both these areas.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 181. iOS 8 has been out for a couple weeks now and while on the surface there aren’t a ton of changes, the update has some significant updates worth noting. In this episode I dig into Apple’s latest mobile OS and try and uncover some of the best new features and enhancements you may have missed.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 180. With a bunch of the latest hype on Apple’s iPhone pointing at NFC and payments I’m wondering about a few things. Is Apple going to use NFC for their mobile payments like many think? Why wouldn’t Apple use a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) solution and leverage iBeacons? I think one way to begin to answer that question may be to look at NFC vs. iBeacons in a retail capacity and that’s exactly what we’ll discuss in this episode.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 179. Apple has now released the OS X Yosemite beta to the public and you may either be running it or thinking about running it. In this show I’ll talk about the OS X Yosemite public beta. We’ll discuss options for running it while keeping your older OS install safe and go over some of the new features you may want to check out.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 178. I’ve been thinking a lot about what the rumored iWatch means for the future of Apple. They really are due for the next disruptive product, but is a “smartwatch” really it? If so, why is Apple better poised than any other company to make it work?
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 177. At WWDC this week Apple gave us a glimpse of how they will enable developers of apps and devices for home automation tap into and leverage iOS 8 with HomeKit. In this episode I chat with Ara Derderian of the HDTV Podcast about Apple’s foray into the home automation space.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 176. Disaster in one form or another is inevitable especially when it comes to our computers. Technical and non-technical failures are a reality we eventually might have to face. Theft, natural disaster, damage, hard drive or component failure, no matter what failure will come, but it can be less stressful if you plan ahead. In this episode I discuss the potential for different failures with our Macs and how to prepare, manage, and get through them with less frustration.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 175. Reality distortion, if I were able to have a superpower this might be one I want. Most often we hear it associated with Apple and specifically Steve Jobs, but I believe the world has had many reality distorters. I also think that reality distortion might be the wrong word or at least the word is being applied incorrectly. I explore reality distortion. How does it work, what is it, and why do so few have it?
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