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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 286. Maccast turns 5. Thanks for a great Movember. Podcast Award voting ended. Apple Black Friday Cyber Monday numbers. Apple opens up iTunes LP spec. Mac Pro revamp in early 2010? Rumor of new iPhone in the wild. Apple accused of ordering too much NAND. Reports of some 27″ iMac issues. Pystar settles with Apple, a little. iPod Payment System might pay out. MacTablet name and rumors. Ellipses shortcut. Upgrading cable modems. Flash draining batteries. Review: TVClean. Running an iTunes DJ kiosk. One size fits all Itunes video encoding.

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New music, Walk A Thousand Miles by Matthew Ebel (Buy on iTunes)

EOL: OS Xbox Pro (via Cult of Mac)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 285. New Core i7 iMac posts good numbers. Apple working on “Concierge” app. Frustrated Devs flee App Store. Is Apple getting more serious about gaming?. Updates, fixes, and hacks. Oh my! Macs rank 4th in build quality. Don’t let you Mac inhale. Free OS X virtualization. Free Office alternative from Lotus Hardware change bypasses firmware password? Piracy can also give your Mac scurvy. The ins and outs of Mini Display Port. Adding keyboard shortcuts to everything. Maccast One Minute Tip: iPhoto Places. iTunes random is random. Securing your PDFs.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 284. Lots of interesting Apple numbers. Apple can’t get any respect. iTunes getting more polish. Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update. iPhone attacks target Jailbreakers. Mini Display Port made VESA Standard. Apple works to make Holiday shopping easier. Safari 4.0.4 Update. Apple rolls out iTunes Preview. Apple retail keeps growing up. Apple TV Issues after 3.0.1 update. More Magic Mouse feedback. Questions about a stolen Mac. New vs. unplayed in iTunes. Windows virtualization vs. Bootcamp. Thoughts on being a pirate. Maccast Nominated for a Podcast Award. Vote now!.

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New music, Chelsea by The Summer Set (iTunes)

EOL: OS X Calculator for realsies? Link (via Cult of Mac)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. A special episode of the Maccast with Ara Derderian from the HDTV Podcast. Normally Ara and I discuss his Mac centric home theater projects, but this time around he let’s us in on his latest passion. Mac home automation. We sit down and talk all about how to use your Mac to switch on, control, watch, script, and automate your physical world.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 283. 27″ iMac issues being reported. Snow Leopard 10.6.2 with developers, hints at new Macbook Pros. Apple ‘Slate’ rumor stirred up by NYT. ZFS may never make it to OS X. Apple TV 3.0 released. Apple dumping retail Windows Mobile checkout. TimeCapsule may be covered by Applecare. Magic Mouse Feedback. Using the term ‘Directory’ vs ‘Folder’. The Macintosh TV has already been done. Keeping the Macbook batteries fresh. Review: iFrogz Earpollution Plugz. Dealing with pesky routers.

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EOL: Working iPhone Costumes (via TUAW)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 282. Apple updates everything consumer. New iMacs. New Unibody Macbook. New Mac Minis. New Magic Mouse. New Airport Extreme and Time Capsule. New Apple Remote. Other new stuff. Levinson leaves Google board, sticks with Apple. Apple acknowledges a potential Snow Leopard data loss bug. Apple software updates. Apple edges toward 10% US market share. Apple has another record quarter. Free apps can now go paid. Apple’s live product R ‘n D. Recording Internet radio (Radioshift). Add a Trash Folder to the Desktop. Add sorting data to iTunes tracks. Get free iTunes LPs outside of iTunes. Remove “name” when copying Mail email addresses

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New music, Fall for You by Secondhand Serenade

EOL: iPhone Controlled Vehicle

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 281. Predictions for Apple 4Q call. New mouse to go with new Macs. Rumors on Mac Tablet shift to media device. Snow Leopard adoption going strong. More iPhone carrier choice in the Great White North. AT&T will allow Skype and Google Voice VoIP on 3G. AT&T CEO De la Vega says iPhone owners may need to be “managed”. iPhone OS 3.1.2 released. Additional ways for viewing dock icon minimized windows. Possible reason for slow iPhone software/hardware integration. Flash sneaks on to the iPhone, but do we want it? Parental controls broken in Snow Leopard. Maccast One Minute Tip #166 – The Dirty Button. Duplicate contacts on your iPhone or iPod Touch

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 280. Mac fans ready to buy rumors. iTunes 9.0.1. Apple got their accounting rule changes. Rumors of iMac redesign. Apple comes clean on green. Is Apple collaborating with Intel on Lightpeak? Apple sends out unwanted Windows update. App store hits 2 billion downloads. How was your MMS experience? Former Newton developer back at Apple. Apple adds 2nd “O” carrier in the UK. Recent software updates. More option tricks in Snow Leopard. De-icing Snow Leopard. Dealing with the loss of creator codes in Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard’s 32-bit spawn. The unrepairable permissions. Where are our iPhone hardware devices? Review: EyeFi Geo. Minimize to Dock cool, but how would you know? Ignore Trackpad when mouse is present, not present? Visit me at the Mac Computer Expo

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New music, Her Thoughts to Me by Weather Pending

“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backward.” — Lewis Carroll (1832 – 1898)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 279. Snow Leopard update, smooth for most. Jobs on nanos, cameras, and touches. MMS Rolling out early for some Apple TV. More bang, less buck. Tablet Rumors Back, did you miss ’em? Music publishers want more from Apple. Google claims rejection, Apple still says no. Extra options on Snow Leopard menu items. View hidden files in Snow Leopard Open/Save dialogs. 64-bit for the layperson. Multilingual spell check in Snow Leopard. How I record Skype. iPhone 3GS glass repair. Quicklook needs to be “everywhere”.

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New music, Ice Cream Day by Sputnik (Buy on iTunes)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 278. It’s little more than iPods, but i like it. Apple’s “It’s only Rock and Roll” event coverage. Create free iPhone ringtones in Garageband ’09. Podcast playlists not syncing after iTunes 9 upgrade? Finding some “missing” iTunes 9 features.

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