Listen to today’s show here!
MC20050726.mp3 [17.3mb 37:44 64kbps]

A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 77. New Mac Mini and iBook part numbers show up in Apple’s database, photos of widescreen iBooks on Apple’s web site? I think not. iPods at RadioShack in time for the Holidays, Delicious Library Co-Creator goes to work for Apple, latest Safari updates seeded to developers and Apple campus does not appear on new Microsoft mapping software. MacCast One Minute Tip #4 – Photos and DVD. Stuffit Expander no longer included with OS X, Widows Media Player crashes under 10.4.2, a great alternative to Windows Media Player, Video Lan Client, turn your external USB hard drive into network storage, what to do if you get a “-36 error” when syncing iPod in iTunes, different Mac boot-up options and a recent switcher shares a story of “The Apple Store experience”. Special offer from Showmacster. Don’t forget to vote for MacCast in Podcast Awards Way to support the show: PayPal donations on MacCast.com, shop at store.maccast.com and get great MacCast logo items at Podthreads.com. MacCast under attack by hackers, again. Please keep your emails and audio comments coming. New music, Polyvinyl by Aratone.

Those guys think they’re revolutionaries. They’re not revolutionaries, we are.

Shownotes: HTML or OPML
Subscribe to the Podcast Feed or Get the MP3

UPDATE: Well of course the new Mac Minis and iBooks are out today, but as I mentioned the widescreen images were a hoax. Guess this is what happens when you record at 12:00 AM and then post in the morning. ;)

A Brief and Warped History of the Mac, part 5 (in which the Mac is reborn)

Welcome back to my column – by now I’m sure only the dedicated Mac Geek will be with me so I can probably say whatever I like. Knickers.

Last time, we left the Mac in 1997 preparing a comeback, having bought NeXT, and in so doing regained Steve Jobs. The new PowerMac G3 had been launched and the PowerBook G3 was on its way.

But, what people were waiting for – well, what I was waiting for anyway – was a consumer Mac based on the G3 processor to replace the Performa range of computers. The machine we got was not what had been expected.

A few years before this, Apple had recruited a young British designer, Jonathon Ive to their design department to work on projects like the eMate (a laptop computer for schools based on the Newton) and Twentieth Anniversary Mac. Jobs approached Ive with plans for a machine that would return to the Mac’s roots and revolutionise the computer industry yet again. He wanted Ive to design the future – and it was going to be Bondi Blue.

Continue Reading »

TechPodCasts.com, the top technical audio podcast resource worldwide, announced today a first of its kind sponsorship deal with GotoMeeting.com, a Citrix Online product

Spokesperson Todd Cochrane says, what is significant is that this is the very first multi-podcast sponsorship deal. This agreement is a large win for our members and the techpodcasts.com network. A significant amount of work lead to getting to this day, with the network barely being 6 months old it is evident that when like minded podcasters come together and build a branded network, along with developing a legal marketable framework, with the necessary statistics reporting, then by presenting a well laid out marketing plan, we were able to sign this sponsorship deal. This solidifies our ideals that “podcasters do the work, and indeed podcasters get paid”.
Continue Reading »

Listen to today’s show here!
MC20050721.mp3 [11.3mb 24:38 64kbps]

A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 76. More video iPod speculation, Motorola media event may finally unveil iTunes phone, Apple planning clearance of old inventory via Overstock.com, Apple offers storage upgrade for .Mac and limits bandwidth and new Windows worm masquerades as iTunes download. Stuffit Expander no longer included with OS X, what are OS X “Proof of Purchase” coupons for? Setting up birthday reminders on your Mac and Airport Express Airport Extreme questions. Vote for MacCast at PodcastAwards.com. New music, Oh I See by Tyler Dodds.

These humans are dangerous, don’t you understand that? They think that they’re as good as we are!

Shownotes: HTML or OPML
Subscribe to the Podcast Feed or Get the MP3

This is pretty cool and was sent in from listener Jeff.

1) Open iTunes 4.9 and open the Preferences
2) You will see the Podcasting tab with the “i” Podcast icon.
3) Now change your display to only show 256 colors and watch the icon change to a “phone” icon.

cool.

Listen to today’s show here!
MC20050719.mp3 [18.2mb 39:45 64kbps]

A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 75. Apple reports record earnings for 3rd quarter, 500 Millionth song sold on iTunes, Apple update round-up, upcoming Apple Retail Store openings, Apple extending store hours, Japanese iTunes Music Store coming in August, early reports indicate Mac OS X Intel boxes are fast and possible new iBooks announcement today. If you have Tiger, don’t use TechTool from your AppleCare CD, Apple refunding money and working on iTunes Music Store iPod Shuffle issue. Should Apple get into video sales? SuperDrive not burning all disks at promised speeds, Carbon Copy Cloner may be working under OS 10.4.2 Tiger and a 3-Button mouse follow-up. Vote for the MacCast at PodcastAwards.com. New music, No. 5 with a Bullet by Inverse.

I want an Oompa Loompa now!

Shownotes: HTML or OPML
Subscribe to the Podcast Feed or Get the MP3

Listen to today’s show here!
MC20050713.mp3 [15.0mb 32:34 64kbps]

A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 74. Apple finally releases 10.4.2 update, ArsTechnica claims to know real reason for Apple’s Intel switch, reports of iPod Shuffle not playing some iTMS tracks and Apple quietly steers Cocoa developers away from JAVA. John Chambers and the MacCast One Minute Tip #3: Mac Mail. A warning about changing your home folder name in OS X, what to do if your iBook Battery will no longer holding a charge, a tip to quickly discover which groups a contact is in in the Address Book, a listener looking for a true 3-button mouse for OS X, tip on viewing iTunes .pcast RSS files, a great RSS tutorial on the MacCast forum and CocoaRadio, a Podcast for OS X Developers and power users. New music, The Blame Game by Rory Breaker.

That’ll do, Donkey. That’ll do.

Shownotes: HTML or OPML
Subscribe to the Podcast Feed or Get the MP3

Woo hoo! Sorry I just need to be a little ego-centric today. I just made it into the featured technology section on the main iTunes podcasting page. I want to thank all of you, because without all the support from the greatest listeners in Podcasting I would not have been able to get here. Thank you.

A Brief and Warped History of the Mac, part 4 (in which the Mac readies a come-back)

Welcome back to my column – and if you’ve followed the story this far then you are truly a Mac Geek. Last week, under the control of Michael Spindler, Apple had not managed to do anything to improve it’s aging operating system and were bleeding money.

With the arrival of Gil Amelio, Apple entered its make or break era. In his short reign Amelio presided over some of the things that have made Apple what it is today. But this part of the story starts not with Amelio, but with catching up with Apple founder Steve Jobs.

I know you were all waiting for his comeback, so I’ll get on with it. After being ousted from Apple, Jobs had been busy. In 1986, he bought the computer division of George Lucas’s Lucas Film. This company cost $10 million and became Pixar. Pixar are still the leading company in computer rendering graphics and technology as well as producing 5 blockbuster movies with Disney.

Jobs also set up another computer company. His new vision was to create a computer that was elegent inside and out in every way. Everything from the motherboard design to the interface was created to make designers cry with joy. The company was called NeXT.
Continue Reading »

Listen to today’s show here!
MC20050709.mp3 [15.4mb 33:33 64kbps]

A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 73. Steve Jobs personally calls stabbing victims family, IBM’s new PowerPC chips, Forbes speculates on Apple becoming a wireless provider, July 7th Apple event did happen in France, Apple lowers iPod replacement battery cost and Apple releases DVD Playback Update 4.6.1. Followup on Mac audio journal software, tips on using Mics with your Mac, getting caught up in the next great thing, listener unable to create user account after Tiger upgrade, slow motion Aqua tricks, automating folders with AppleScript, tips for creating compatible DVDs for different players and creating a Podcast RSS feed. New music, You Do It All the Time by Wagstaffe

Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?

Shownotes: HTML or OPML
Subscribe to the Podcast Feed or Get the MP3