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Maccast 2011.04.30

Written by: Adam Christianson

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 347. Apple finally responds to Locationgate. Apple spends 11B to shore up supply chain. Mac OS X v10.6.7 Snow Leopard Font Update. iPhone ’11 updated. iMac Hard Drive Firmware Update 1.0. New iMacs on May 3rd. Apple developing iCloud. Apple more profitable than Microsoft. White iPhone arrives, really. OS X Lion preparing to pounce. Host iWeb on Dropbox. Saving iOS files to Flash Drive. CalDigit USB 3.0 AVDrive review. Error -1407 in Finder. Measuring Apple’s success. Airplay to Mac with BananaTunes.

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EOL: From the Finder with Love (via TUAW)

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Maccast Members 079 – When HDs Go Bad

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 079. It’s a computing truth. Your hard drive will fail. They all do. But what should you do if you’re faced with a dead or dying drive on your Mac? George Starcher joins me for in episode on what to do if you are faced with a hard drive gone bad.

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My Hard Drive Died
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Typical Mac User
Drive Genius
Tech Tool Pro
Disk Warrior
Data Rescue
File Salvage

Maccast 2011.04.24

Written by: Adam Christianson

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 346. Apple’s Q2 results not hindered by iPad 2 supply. Redesigned iPhone 5. White iPhone seen in the wild. Possible iMac refresh soon. OMGZ! Your iPhone is tracking you. iTunes Cloud deals getting done. My paperless workflow. iWeb for business. Spotlight re-indexes after target disk mode. Review of the MagicWand from Twelevesouth. Add pathbar to Finder windows. Weather widget Easter Egg.

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New music, Syth Dreams by Tim Crouch

EOL: DIY iPad Booksafe Case

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Maccast Members 078 – Intro to Automator

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 078. Automator is a very powerful tool built in to OS X for performing all kinds of repetitive tasks on your Mac. Apple has done their best to make it easy to get started with Automator, but most of us still see it as a tool for more advanced users. I’ll show how you can get started with Automator and how easy it is to build workflows for common tasks that any user might want to automate on their Mac.

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Maccast 2011.04.17

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 345. Rumor of Apple taking on Netflix. AirPlay key reverse engineered. iPhone 5 in Fall, iPad 3 next year. Apple announces Final Cut Pro X. Apple getting serious about carbon fiber? Security Update 2011-002 Mythical 4th iOS device? Apple gearing up for another good quarter. Securing your stuff. Converting to new Mobile Me calendars. Review of iMainGoX portable speakers. Review of the Skinomi TechSkin iPad skin. Power of the two-click purchase.

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New music, Standing Still by John Briggs (iTunes)

EOL: iTr3vor Dance Video (via YouTube)

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Maccast Members 077 – Mobile Me Tricks

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 077. With rumors swirling that Apple may make a free version of Mobile Me, I thought it would be worth exploring some of the more obscure, but really cool features of this service. Find out how to share large files, host your own (not iWeb) sites, set up email aliases, share photos, and more.

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Maccast 2011.04.07 – RetroMacCast

Written by: Adam Christianson

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 344. With a lot of the news turning to rumors or focusing on the iPad 2 and iOS stuff this week I was starting to feel like I really needed to get my Mac geek on. I decided to invite the guys from RetroMaccast over to have a talk about some of the great old Mac systems and technology and about how we might bring those back into our lives. It was a fun and informative trip back to the Mac.

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RetroMacCast
Mactracker
Other World Computing
Low End Mac
68K Mac Liberation Army
XLR8 Your Mac
Macintosh Garden
Macintosh Folklore Radio

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Maccast Members 076 – Apple, Winning It

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 076. Apple seems to be the company to beat in the “Post PC” era, but why? Why does the competition all suddenly seem to be after Apple? In this episode, I make the argument that it’s been an Apple plan, 35-years in the making. Listen in and find out why.

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