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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. A special end of the year Maccast with guest J.C. Hutchins. J.C. normally would be telling sci-fi tales, but this time he delivers us a bit of non-fiction. His Macbook recently suffered a catastrophic hard drive failure and he was willing to come on the show and share what it was like to go through the experience without backup. There’s ups and down, twists and turns, but luckily a somewhat happy ending.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 061. One of the greatest things about the Maccast is the give and take that happens in the community. Today I learned about DHCP reservations, so I thought I would pass it along.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 331. iAd Producer released for developers. Apple’s iTunes share rises. Apple looking for iOS mapping talent. Sharp also investing in new LCD facility. iPhoto 9.1.1 update. iPad a doppleganger for some. The million AppleTV march, ah December. Remote App 2.1 update. Free developer iBooks from Apple. iWork ’11 on January 6th. Other Apple updates. Some listener 1Password tips. AirFlick hack for AppleTV 2. Save money on Mobile Me. Checking up on backups. Value of a productivity upgrade. Fixing up network streaming. Static IP addresses on internal network. Keeping Apps in sync

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EOL: One big A– iPadhone (via Cult of Mac)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 060. This time of year especially many of us want and need to print address labels. In this episode I discuss some of the tools, methods, and tips for doing just that.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 330. Macbooks to move off Nvidia? Apple TV 2 update. Holidays could be nice to Apple. AirPlay to Mac may be possible. Canadian Books coming to iBookstore. iPad iAd makes it’s debut. Apple may put your Home in the Cloud. Rumored Apple/Toshiba LCD plant. iTunes 90 second song previews. iTunes 10.1.1 update. Why I am a 1Password user. Automate iTunes star ratings. Avoid unwanted in-app purchases. Get 30 sec rewind on iPod music tracks. iTunes, growing libraries, and external storage.

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

EOL: Beer ‘n iPods (via TUAW)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 059. Apple this week made some updates to it’s iTunes based social network service Ping. Around the same time I was preparing to give a talk on iTunes 10 and it’s new features. With the digital music stars aligning I figured it would be a good time to revisit my relationship with the service. In this episode I share what Apple’s changed and whether or not it’s made an impact on the utility of the service.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 329. Verizon iPhone. No, they mean it this time. iOS web share grows 200% in November. Mac App Store soon? Apple discontinues compact wired keyboard. New iPads in April? iOS 4.2.1 reduces Camera Connection Kit power? “Apple City” in development. Changes to some Apple accessories. Combining PDFs in Snow Leopard. Physical offsite backup strategy. Sharing photos via email. Accessing iTunes on shared Mac. Mac uninstallers

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EOL: Rare Transparent SE

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 058. The Dock is something that is “just there” in Mac OS X and a such it’s something that is easily overlooked. In this episode I run down what is in my Dock and why.

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MarsEdit
Reeder for Mac
NetNewsWire
Notebook
OmniOutliner
Feeder
Textmate
CSSEdit
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