A friend sent me a link to the iGuy a new iPod protector with bendable arms. Their slogan is “Enjoy Playtime with your iPod”. This thing, although a bit pricey, looks like fun. It even sits down, so you can use your iPod dock. Very nice design. Check it out on the Speck Products web site.

In light of our discusssions on doing backups in OS X, listener Marty wanted to caution Tiger users on using Carbon Copy Cloner under Tiger

Hi Adam. Regarding the MacCast podcast from 5/23 and the user question about backup solutions. I used Carbon Copy Cloner with 10.3 (Panther) to perform an automated daily bootable backup to an external firewire drive every month. I used the “synchronization” option so that after the initial backup each daily backup synchronized the external hard drive with my iMac hard drive. It was a great solution, but I wanted to add a caution about Carbon Copy Cloner and Tiger. A visit to the developer’s website at http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html indicates that the developer needs to do some work to make Carbon Copy Cloner Tiger compatible. While versiontracker indicates Carbon Copy Cloner can be made to work with Tiger, it involves some efforts the average user may not be comfortable doing so I think its important to note that as far as the CCC developer is concerned the solution is not at this point Tiger compatible. Hopefully CCC will be upgraded for Tiger compatibility soon because it was an effective, powerful and inexpensive backup solution

Thanks for the update Marty.

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A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 62. Steve says next version of iTunes to support Podcasting, Apple in talks with Intel? Russian iTunes Music store, a former Apple employee sues and alleges discrimination, malicious Widgets still an issue some say and another new iTunes ad debuts on SNL and it’s not the same old stuff. The MacCast blooper, an apology. I announce the Top 10 Reasons to switch winner, finally. My 2 Cents #3, iPod vs. Cel Phone. Keychains and Mac Backup. Reviews without pity, the Kensington WiFi Finder. Tiger printing, order supplies, feature or bug? You decide. Our community grows with IRC and Jabber. New music, We Gotta Go by David Henderson. Shama, lamb, lamb, lamba, ring, ding, dong.
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Show links:
Tiger Unleashed from SAMS on Amazon.com
iPed Stands from Thoughtout.biz
Podthreads.com – MacCast Gear and Apparel
The A.D.D. Cast
Kensington WiFi Finder
Jabbermac.com – MacCast jabber server and free account
iPodderX – My favorite iPodder
We Gotta Go by David Henderson – Featured music

On the Saturday cast I mentioned a new product, Amnesty Widget Browser from Mesa Dynamics. This software allows you to run 3rd party (non-Apple) Tiger Dashboard widgets on the desktop under Panther. Well I just received an update directly from the developers (they are apparently MacCast listeners) and it will also work under Tiger!

Just for your further information: Amnesty Widget Browser also runs on Tiger (and on Tiger it does run Apple’s default widgets) for users who want to run widgets outside of their dashboard directly on their desktops with extra abilities (e.g. choosing the window layer to run in, setting opacity, etc.). We are trying to provide the same experience for Panther users, but due to legal issues, cannot support Apple’s default widgets under Panther.

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A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 61. Utility available to run Dashboard Widgets under Panther, Mac OS X Server 10.4.1 update released, Canadian retailers concerned over Apple Store, Apple announces battery recall, Motorola says iTunes phone is not being shunned and Apple has a new head of AppleCare. Comments on a possible Mac tablet, Spotlight indexing of network drives, a fix for the M-Audio MBox under Tiger, Spotlight initialization and open searches, where to find resources for Mac developers, Apple’s CD exchange leaves much to be desired, iLife burning to external DVD drives and DVD Backup issues under Tiger. New music, Show Me by Ripped. If a CD is ripped in the forest and no one is around, does the RIAA file suit? Shownotes in HTML or OPML

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So are you addicted to Widgets? Have you downloaded to many and are now overwhelmed? Do you need a better way to remove Widgets? Well in addition to Widget Manager, listener Mihkel advises adding one more widget to your collection, Imagery Media’s Widget Deleter. This is a Widget to delete widgets. Just find that pesky widget and hit delete.

A number of Mac Geeks have recently sent in this link to a Flikr site featuring a mini image history of Apple’s homepage. Enjoy.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kernelpanic/sets/283374/

Our friend Craig over at the Behind the Scenes Podcast ran across this book and felt it was a good read for anyone wanting an overview of new features found in Tiger.

This is an excellent book for anyone looking for an overview of all the new features in Tiger without going too far in depth. It’s a 4-color book throughout with plenty of screenshots and written by Robin Williams, who has an excellent reputation for making tech information accessible. It may not be for hardcore geeks, but for switchers and other people new to the Mac, or anyone else who wants an overview of what’s there without having to wade through a 600-page book it’s worth looking at. Peachpit has the Spotlight chapter available for download so you can get a feel for what it’s like:
http://www.peachpit.com/content/downloads/peachpit/promo/TigerPLS.pdf

Hey Geeks. As you know I was lucky enough to attend and participate in the 2nd annual Mac Gathering event in Hollywood, CA last Sunday. This event was put together by Deborah Shadovitz and her team of dedicated Mac geeks. Some of you may recognize Deborah, she wrote the Office 98 Bible and the Adobe GoLive 5 Bible and her magazine credits include MacAddict, MacWorld and Mac Design magazine, just to name a few. This year the keynote speaker was Sinbad. I was not aware he was such a Mac geek, but after hearing him speak there was know doubt he’s a Mac fanatic. In the speech Sinbad discusses how we need to all master our Macs, in other words don’t get lost in the latest and greatest technology, but discover how your Mac can help you be an expert at what you want to do. It is a truly inspiring and of course funny speech. Myself and several attendees were lucky enough to be able to chat with Sinbad as he walk the vendor floor. He also took the time to stop and chat with many of the vendors there, including the folks at Circus Ponies and MacSpeech. What’s cool is, as he mentions in his talk, he wasn’t just giving them lip service. These are products he actually uses and loves. If you can make it I encourage you to mark your calendars for next years event and for those of you who missed it this year you are in luck. Our friend Dorothy at TigerBright recorded the keynote and Deb and Sinbad gave permission for me to share it with you. In the clip you will hear Sinbad being introduced by Michael McCarty who is a great storyteller and Mac geek himself. Enjoy!

[Download Sinbad Mac Gathering 2005 Keynote] MP3/~28MB

BONUS: The audio from the Podcasting panel I was on is posted over on Shelly Brisbin’s podcast site. Here is the direct link to the MP3

New MacCast listener David is a switcher from a year ago and had written a great series documenting why he has decided to make Macs his platform of choice.

You can find his series of articles here:
http://www.atpm.com/11.03/segments.shtml
http://www.atpm.com/11.04/segments.shtml
http://www.atpm.com/11.05/segments.shtml*

* this article was linked to the official website for worldwide Macintosh User Groups, and made its way across continents.

Maybe this will help some others who are considering taking the plunge. Enjoy!