A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 114. When Apple announced the pre-release of OS X Mountain Lion this week they highlighted several new features, most of them focused on bringing Apple’s iOS and OS X built-in apps and features in sync with each other. But one of the features that is just under the surface is related to security and has been dubbed Gatekeeper. So what is Gatekeeper, why do we need it, and how will it effect how you use the Mac?
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 113. A plethora of tips and tricks for using the Safari browser in Mac OS X and iOS. Enjoy.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 112. Victor Cajiao (Typical Mac User) joins me for a little bonus coverage of the 2012 Macworld|iWorld event. We discuss our thoughts on this years show and Victor shares with us a few of the interesting products he discovered at Macworld.
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Stuff mentioned:
Typical Mac User
iKeyboard
iPro Lens System (Schneider Optics)
Rokform
Prizm (Hub Innovations)
Microcone (Dev Audio)
A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 111. Apple held it’s big education event in New York and announced iBooks 2 which, as expected, brings textbooks to the iPad. They also announced a new free authoring tool for iBooks called “iBooks Author” and a created a new iOS app for iTunes U content. After a few days parsing the announcements and playing with the tools and new content I share some of my thoughts on what I think Apple is up to as it refocuses on it’s education business.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 110. Using Apple products is often intuitive and easy, but occasionally we need to help others with Apple support issues. Sometimes to communicate complex concepts or ideas it’s easier to use a picture or video to get your point across. This episode looks at tools, tips, and techniques that make the process of sharing how-tos a little bit easier.
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Links:
TextExpander – Smile
Skitch – Evernote
OmniGraffle – Omni Group
Graffletopia
Camtasia for Mac – Techsmith
Dropbox
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 109. It’s a new year and, as historically happens, analysts and pundits are making predictions. Brian Deagon at Investor’s Business Daily says that Apple will will lose its cool factor this year. Not surprisingly I disagree and in this episode I share why and make some perictions of my own.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 108. There are a number of new features in Quicktime X for Lion and a cool one is basic video editing along with some new sharing options. We dive into these new features to see what kinds of video production tasks we can accomplish with QuickTime X.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 107. In this episode I explore the assistive technologies built into OS X and iOS and provide some examples where anyone, regardless of needs, might be able to leverage the power of these great features.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 106. I’ve covered Automator on other shows, but realized I’ve never covered why you might want to use Automator. This time around I discuss exactly that and give some real world examples and concepts to help illustrate this powerful tool that’s built into every Mac.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 105. These are a few of my favorite things when it comes to Apple accessories. I have a lot of products that I use with my Mac and over the years many come and go. In this show I cover some of the products that have stuck and that I rely on daily to get stuff done with my Mac.
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