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Maccast 2008.05.11

Mon, 05/12/2008 - 1:59am

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 226. 3G iPhone coming soon? iPhone plans for total global domination. NBC back on iTunes, sorta? Applecare now available for Apple TV. Informal Maccast iPhone data usage survey results. Using an old Mac as a mail server. Exchange to iCal/iPhone syncing. Troubleshooting drives behaving badly. Review: iFrogz Nano Audiowrapz Treadz. Cloned vs. TimeMachine backups. Getting files into "special" iTunes libraries.

New music, The Ballad of Indiana by High Adventure.

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Mommy's very angry. -- Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997)

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Maccast 2008.05.02

Sat, 05/03/2008 - 1:30pm

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 225. iPhone coming to Canada this year. Strings point to iPhone as an iTunes remote. New iPod+iTunes TV Ad. iMacs revved to 3.06GHz. Apple Store help like a rainbow. BBC comes to iTunes US, iTunes rentals same day as DVD. 3G iPhones cheaper from AT&T. Apple brings Java SE 6 to Leopard. Maccast One Minute Tip is Back!! Make sure you Mac can breathe. Safari has a local SQL database. Confusion when troubleshooting with clones. Human-powered transcription app. Mail eating memory and crashing. Where do Recovered Files come from? When is a backup, not a backup?

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New music, All That I Know by Collective Soul

He slimed me. -- Ghostbusters (1984)

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Maccast 2008.04.26

Sun, 04/27/2008 - 1:49pm

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 224. Euro iPhone news abounds. Apple has best 2nd quarter ever. Apple acquires chip designing prowess. Changes made to Apple Software update for Windows. iPhone SDK Beta 4 released. Bootcamp update adds SP3 support. AT&T wi-fi making it's Starbuck appearance. My thoughts on OS X Security. What's the deal with "Open with...". Roll your own Intel Mac Mini upgrades. Speech to text from audio file. Exploring the mysteries of MAMP. Mac fans blazing with high CPU? Blame Windows. Get rid of nagging system updates.

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New music, Weapon of Choice by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

I'll never look like Barbie. Barbie doesn't have bruises. -- Sid and Nancy (1986)

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Maccast 2008.04.17

Fri, 04/18/2008 - 1:59am

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 223. iPhone 2.0 analysis triggers speculation. iPhone 3G Chipset revealed? Apple releases Pro applications update. Apple beefs up new legal team. Company offers OS X compatible clones. Apple confirms graphics glitches in notebooks. US Apple shipment rise, while PCs fall. Removing Files from Old TimeMachine Backups. Review: Audioengine W1. Some other ways to use Windows browsers on a Mac. Use your Mac as a WiFi hotspot. Too many Airports can be confusing. My thoughts on FileVault. Enable menu bar item to screenlock your Mac. How can I use Apple TV with Standard def TV?

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New music, Rockin' Our Sales by Bruce ServicePack and the Vista [video]

Get your patchouli stink outta my store. -- High Fidelity (2000)

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Maccast 2008.04.08

Wed, 04/09/2008 - 1:59am

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 222. TV hits iTunes in Germany. New TV Ads for iPhone and Macs. Apple Updates iTunes 7.6.2, QuickTime 7.4.5 and Front Row 2.1.3. Apple gets #1 music retailer spot in the US. Uncle Walt says 3G iPhone in 60 Days. Redesigns for future Mac notebooks? AirPort Disk Time Machine support off again? FinalCut Server now shipping. iPhone Developers hit with Pink Screen O' Death (PSOD). EFI firmware updates. Follow-up on CD read errors and labels. Accessing non-Mac supported sites. Making System fonts bigger. Automatically disconnecting from servers. Remotely access a PC from your Mac. Moving Outlook to Mac. Using user accounts and sudo. Hate cable clutter? So does Jack.

New music, Wakeup by Once Just

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I never did one thing right in my life, you know that? Not one. That takes skill. -- The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

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Maccast 2008.03.31

Tue, 04/01/2008 - 1:59am

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 221. Case of the missing iPhones. Apple sales up in down market. Safari 3.1 and Webkit rocked the ACID test. Macbook Air hacked. Apple releases v2 of iPhone SDK. Apple TV Update 2.0.1. Some follow-up on music sharing. Google map hack for older iPods. CDs with labels are unreliable. Automator and iCal, the perfect auto scheduling pair. Mac log file maintenance. My experience hacking the AppleTV. My thoughts on Apple refurbished products

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New music, Routine and Dollar Signs by Goodnight Sunrise

These humans are dangerous, don't you understand that? They think that they're as good as we are! -- Planet of the Apes (1974)

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Maccast 2008.03.23

Mon, 03/24/2008 - 8:58am

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 220. Adobe position on Flash for iPhone clarifies. Airport updates. Safari 3.1 released. Other Apple updates. Rumors of a pending iTunes subscription model. Mac Mini ready for rebirth? One more step for admin to user account conversion. Apologies to Growl. Wi-fi issues? Check your channels. More info on iPhone audio interference. Apple missed some things with the iPhone user experience. New photo enhancing app for keyboard jockeys, Iguania Review of Newsfire. iCopy, the solution for iPhone copy/paste? Mac maintenance, what should you do?

New music, "Sparkle Nice Too" by MayBTed.

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I got an idea for a movie. - Get Shorty (1995)

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