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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 256. Apple gearing up for VOD service? Sacconaghi chatting up Apple’s bright future. New iPhone going matte. Apple may be taking the App Store offline. A bunch of iPhone stories and stats. Security and Java Updates from Apple. Mobile Me adds easy iDisk File Sharing. A couple more Snow Leopard features leaked. Apple wants to keep option to jail Jailbreakers. 17″ Unibody Macbook Pro dissected. Quicklook in the Finder. iPhone calendar colors now syncing? Resize Faces add new face box the normal way. Macworld 2009: Intuit Quickbooks. Understudy adds Hulu and Netflix to FrontRow. Apple TV syncing and storage. Protecting yourself from Trojans

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New music, Buy You a Life by Young Dubliners (iTunes)

EOL: Apple Disk ][ Mini (Link)

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 255. New Intel Pro Processors soon. Will Macs follow? New iMacs may be twins and quadruplets. Mac gain almost 10 percent web market share. Apple may have a bumpy road ahead. iPhone 2.2.1 update causes crashes for some. Has Apple pushed notification for background? Gargeband updated to fix lessons. iPhone Carrier Update. Snow leopard details and speculation. Apple briefly posts an Apple TV survey. Many shortcuts to Network Preferences. iMovie HD 6.0.3 download still available. Macworld 2009: Kensington. DVD burning woes and possible solutions. Defining printing presets. Finder quitting after Quicktime 7.6 update

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New music, It’s On Me by Show Me The Skyline (iTunes)

EOL: Your 9-year uses an iPhone? This kid programmed one.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro — Hunter S. Thompson (1939 – 2005)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. A special episode of the Maccast from Macworld 2009. We take a look at the new Pulse Smartpen from Livescribe. Basically a computer in the form of a pen, the Pulse captures your writing along with recorded audio and lets you play it back on the pen or at your Mac after syncing using the Livescribe desktop software. The pen has other applications included and an API is available for developers so soon you will have a plethora of pen based apps to choose from. The Pulse Smartpen has been around for a while on Windows, but Macworld marked their launch on the Mac and it definately made it’s mark.

Pulse Smartpen from Livescribe

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 254. Apple awarded iPhone Multitouch patent. iPhone 2.2.1 update. iPhone sales impact AT&T’s Q4 results. Apple mysteriously pulls NVIDIA update. Papermaster starts at Apple in the Spring. Flash on iPhone. Adobe’s got the ball. Rumors of new iMacs. Apple promises to give your money back. First impressions of iLife ’09. No iDVD update in iLife ’09. Add multitouch zoom in Places. Greening of Apple isn’t in shipping. Slow down Core Animation effects. System Preferences shortcuts. Mixed up album art on iPod or iPhone. Is your backup portfolio diversified?

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New music, No Truth Anymore by Justin Winokur

EOL: Macintosh Software Dating Game

I’m kind of jealous of the life I’m supposedly leading — Zach Braff

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. A special episode of the Maccast, we interview Clayton Morris a self-described casual geek and anchor from Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel. Clayton is a switcher to the Mac and we talk over his reasons for switching, how he uses his Macs and iPhone as tools at Fox, how technology and podcasting is changing the face of media and more.

Links:
Fox and Friends
claytonmorris.com (removed, old link)
twitter.com/claytonmorris
Grizzly Bear Egg Cafe

Clayton’s picks:
Canon HV10
Twhirl
Evernote
Shazam
Pandora
Instapaper
Yelp
Easy Wi-Fi

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 253. Apple Q1 results call. Updates for Macbook White and Quicktime. Intel Quad price cuts spawn iMac rumors. New trojans and exploits target Mac. iLife ’09 shipping Tuesday. NVIDIA Graphics Update 2009. Mac turns 25. Listeners like ‘Things’ too. An Apple without Jobs. $200 Unibody Macbook Pro matte screen replacement Macworld 2009: Griffin Technology. Bulk Address Book changes. Formatting on Mac drives. Force iWeb to convert text to graphic. Backing up your iTunes library to DVD.

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New music, Foul Mouth Blues by Syrym

EOL: The Apple Cloud

I am never afraid of what I know. — Anna Sewell (1820 – 1878)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. A special episode of the Maccast from Macworld 2009. Talking with Michael Simmons from Cultured Code about their new task management application for the Mac, iPhone, and iPod Touch, called Things.

Links:
Things from Cultured Code

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Show 251. Jobs, his health, and Apple. 2010 CES to have Apple-centric area. Is an iPhone Nano still next? Mac Mini’s and Apple TVs get new rumors. Apple’s Q1 financial earnings call set for Wednesday. Apple details 17″ Macbook Pro battery replacements. Discount upgrades to iLife ’09 for recent mac buyers. Will Snow Leopard ditch water for stone? App store downloads reach half a billion. Right time to buy an Apple TV? Reassigning keys to make switching easier. Cleaning up iTunes metadata. Keeping Mail in sync. New year, new mac? Reuse the old one. iPhoto reports duplicate names when copying

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New music, The Sun Again Will Shine by Slackstring

EOL: Macbook Wheel

Do or do not. There is no try. — Yoda, ‘The Empire Strikes Back’

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. A special episode of the Maccast from Macworld 2009. We run down the current and upcoming lineup of ScanSnap consumer document scanners from Fujitsu. We discuss how these devices along with some great Mac software can help you better organize, backup, and green your home and office.

ScanSnap Document Scanners from Fujitsu

Macroundtable
Evernote
Receipt Wallet
YEP
Yojimbo
Together
Neat Works

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. A special episode of the Maccast from Macworld 2009. I sat down to talk to the folks from Quickoffice about the new Pro version of their MobileFiles iPhone app that is bringing full native Microsoft Excel editing to the iPhone.

MobileFiles and MobileFiles Pro from Quickoffice

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