If you’d like to hang out and chat with other members of the Maccast community during today’s live streaming of Apple’s 10.16.2014 ‘It’s been way too long’ live event, we’ve set up a live chat here.

The official stream starts October 16th at 10 a.m. PDT, but we’ll be hanging out before hand (and likely after), so feel free to come join us.

The system is an IRC based chat and uses a Flash based embedded client (which may take some time to load), so it requires Flash to be installed. If you prefer, you can also connect using an IRC client of your choice to irc.geekshed.net port 6667. I use Colloquy on my Mac and they have an iOS version available. The channel(room) to use is #maccast.

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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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Join us for a live Maccast Skype chat starting at around 9:30 AM PDT. We’ll have the conversation going until the end of Apple’s live “It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll” event which starts today (09/09) at 10:00 AM PDT. We are using Skype this time because iChat rooms have a 35 person limit. If you have Skype already installed, use the link below to join If you don’t have Skype you can download it and use it for free at Skype.com. The Skype room limit is 150, so it will still be first come first served. See you there.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 260. iPhone 3.0 announcement. What’s missing from iPhone 3.0? What about new iPhone hardware? Apple discontinues BT headset. AT&T to offer contract-less iPhones. OS X Security Expert says Mac is easy pick’ins. Mac sales slowed in February. HD Movies find their way to iTunes. Some final Apple updates.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 241. Strong Mac market share. An Ive for design. $999 White Macbook. The new 13″ Macbook. The new 15″ Macbook Pros. The 17″ Macbook Pro refresh. Macbook Air updates. New 24″ LCD Cinema Display. What did I like? What did I dislike? NVIDIA GeForce graphics details. Mini DisplayPort details. Other details not mentioned. Macbook and Macbook Pro software update 1.2. Apple offers fixes for NVIDIA flaws in older Macbooks. New Snow Leopard features detailed. USB Webcam follow-up. Don’t discount Emoji. Time Machine resets on restore to new Mac

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EOL: Lego Apple Store

There is no spoon. — The Matrix (1999)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 237. Wrap-up of Apple’s “Ready to Rock” event. New iPod Classic. New iPod Nanos. New earbuds. New iPod Touch. New iPod Shuffle colors. iTunes 8. iPhone/iPod Touch 2.1 software update. iPhone Security Flaw Confirmed. Fix coming. First Vista Seinfeld ad airs. Apple finally acknowledges father of the media player. Can Pystar win against Apple? Non-apple iPhone apps don’t launch, what’s up? The 9:41 vs. 9:42 iPhone discrepancy. Use Mail “Stationary” to spruce up emails. Reset iPod warnings Review: Koi Pond for iPhone/iPod Touch. Mac making unusual chimes at start up. Speeds on the Macs USB buses. External drives, bus powered or not?

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There’s always work at the post office. — Hollywood Shuffle (1987)

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Update Apparently iChat/AIM has an incredibly low 35 person room limit. I had no idea. So we have set up an IRC Chat room for those who can’t join the iChat. Here are the details:

server: irc.efnet.net
room: #maccast

Join us for Live Maccast chat open right now and going through the end of Apple’s live “Let’s Rock” event today (9/9). The Apple event begins at 10:00 AM PST.

Join us on iChat/AIM in the room: maccast.

To access it using iChat:
1) Launch iChat
2) Go to: File–>Go to Chat… and enter “maccast” as the chat name.

or Click this link to join now (AOL Instant Messenger or iChat account required)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. iPhone SDK Special Even. Macbook Air supplies low. GarageBand 4.1.2 update. Aperture 2.0.1 update. Apple falls short of 1,000 rental goal. Nike+ iPod expanding to the Gym. BBC make iPlayer Beta available for iPhone. Using Automator to automount volumes. Review of the Logitech MX Revolution Mouse. Backing up your Mail. CopyCat X Review. Errors with unzipping archives in OS X. The AirDisk, Time Capsule, TimeMachine debate

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Mr. Watson, come here, I want you! — Alexander Graham Bell

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