A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 167. Today we’ll talk about three things: Has Apple killed the digital magazine with Newsstand in iOS? Is it time for Apple to merge their notebook lineups? A new iOS app I discovered that let’s you create cell animation on your iPad.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 469. iOS 7.1 Beta with developers. OS X 10.9.1 beta also out. iBeacons making an appearance. Ready for bigger iPads? Bigger iPhones too? Apple TV adds new ‘channels’. Apple Glass Factory in Arizona. iMovie and iWork, get minor updates. Apple will get $290M from Samsung. Your Mac Pro will be cheap. Apple confirmed PrimeSense buy. Apple’s makes Siri an iBooks shill. Broken Twitter Share Autocomplete. Developers and your privacy. Change OS X full screen background. Mavericks window loss. Why the 64GB iPhone is not 64GB.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 166. – When Apple released the first major update to their iWork suite in over four year I like many of you applauded. During the announcement and demo at Apple’s iPad event the emphasis seems to be on brining feature parity between the Mac, iOS, and iCloud versions of the apps. We now know this was achieved in a big way by reducing the features that many relied on in the current versions of the apps. Because community reaction to the changes has been so strong I thought we should talk about the changes and reactions starting with Pages.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 468. The Retina mini rolled out quietly. Developers get OS X Mavericks update. Apple issues iOS 7.0.4 update. Apple might be acquiring PrimeSense. Help with Shuffle by Genre. Fixing some annoying OS X Mavericks bugs. Apple can’t find your Tweet Peeps. Email with MacSparky (David Sparks).

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 467. Apple hard at work fixing app bugs. Apple doing more iPhone repair on-site. More iPhones more frequently. iPad Air display confirmed IGZO. Easy way to make a bootable OS X Mavericks drive. Western Digital data loss in OS X Mavericks. iPad Air experiences. Beware the lemmings. Shuffling in iOS Music App by Genre. Jump to player App from Control Center. BBC iPlayer Review. Why MOVs won’t preview in OS X Mavericks.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 466. Apple released it’s iPad Air today and I figured I would be doing my usual episode how the release went and talking with new iPad Air owners about how they’re liking the new device. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Apple Store. First Apple changed up how they handled this launch, at least in the US, from an online ordering perspective. So, we’ll talk about that. Second, the radical redesign in the iPad Airs form fact seems to be raising more questions for a lot of you on if you should upgrade and if so which is the right model for you. So we’ll talk to a few folks about how they are dealing with the “What iPad should I buy” question.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 165. – Apple’s latest operating system, OS X Mavericks, is out and available for free. Many of us have now updated and I thought it would be helpful to go over some of the latest tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your Macs new OS.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 466. Apple’s October ‘We still have a lot to cover’ Event. Yup. They had a ton to cover and we’ve got comments and all the details. OS X Mavericks. New Retina Macbook Pros. The new Mac Pro. iLife and iWork for iOS and Mac updated. The iPad Air and Retina iPad mini. Smart Covers and Smart Cases. What was not announced? iOS 7.0.3 update. Warning about catching Mavericks fever Make a bootable OS X Mavericks USB drive. Tips for the new iLife & iWork apps. A concerning trends for iOS apps. Safari won’t generate iCloud Keychain password. Get the Library back in OS X Mavericks.

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Apple’s event is over. If you’d like to view the full keynote Apple’s made the video of the event available on their site.

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 164. – Apple is set to have it’s next big event and along with updated iPads and the new Mac Pro it’s believed we will finally get a release date for Mac OS X Mavericks. With that in mind I thought now would be a perfect time to go over some of my advice, tips, and tricks for getting your Mac ready for the upgrade.

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