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MacBites - Episode 0016

8 Sep 2008 @ 08:00 am +0000

In this episode we discussed our latest experiences with our Macs and iPhones - and it's your last chance to enter our competition to win some fantastic new software BackBites - Backup Disabler - http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/28158/backup-disabler - Big Clock - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=288876987&mt=8 - FileMagnet "low on memory" message - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284797161&mt=8 - iPlayer/Adobe TV Router Issues - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/28/bt_router_bbc_iplayer_bug/ ChatBites - The Great Twitter Follower Fight - Twitter explained by Jane Griffiths - http://galacticstrings.com/2008/08/23/twitter-explained-well-sort-of/ and http://twitter.com/jane73 - ScreenCastsOnline - http://www.screencastsonline.com/scoaffiliates/jrox.php?id=377_1_tlid_1 - iPhone sticking keys - iPhone Slow Synching - http://ukmac.net/2008/09/04/ipod-touch-and-iphone-slow-synching-problem-fixed/ - 7 port powered USB hub from Maplin - http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=45619 - Getting screenshots off iPhone via iPhoto Browser Wars Reignited 2008 Version - Ubiquity from Mozilla - http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/ - IE 8 Beta Privacy Mode - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7574265.stm Google Chrome Reviews - http://google.com/chrome - http://www.akbarsait.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/9/3/Google-Chrome-Is-My-Default-Browser - http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/googles-web-browser-chrome-early-review/ - Customization - http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39181/140/ Google Chrome EULA - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/does_google_have_rights_to_all.php - http://quetwo.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/you-wont-see-me-in-chrome/ - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080903-google-on-chrome-eula-controversy-our-bad-well-change-it.html - Amended EULA - http://www.macworld.co.uk/business/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=22668 Google Chrome - 1% in a day - http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=22659 - Copying Opera? - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03/opera_boss_on_chrome/ - No Chrome for Mac - http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=22678 - Chrome versus the world - http://www.macworld.com/article/135360/2008/09/chrome.html?lsrc=rss_main - Inside Chrome - http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-10/mf_chrome?currentPage=all - Chrome - The Comic - http://books.google.com/books?id=8UsqHohwwVYC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 - The Story Behind Chrome - http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/2008/09/google-chrome.html - Chrome as an OS? - http://myownreality.eu/?p=472 - The Camino Influence - http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/09/03/google-chrome-brought-to-you-in-part-by-a-camino-dev 9th September Apple Event - Post event chat - http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/macbites Seinfeld Advert for Microsoft - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM_72QXCtN4 Steve Balmer sells Windows 1.0 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk Elaine's rant about the current iTunes - Twitterific / iTunes Shopping Cart Software Review - iFooty - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=287645337&mt=8 - iFooty - http://mthomas.co.uk/ifooty/ - iChillout - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=288353538&mt=8 - Koi Pond - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=286420263&mt=8 - BBEdit 9- http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/ - Speakapedia - http://shinydevelopment.com

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MacBites - Episode 0015

18 Aug 2008 @ 11:00 am +0000

Mike was in London, Elaine was at home, but we still managed to get an episode recorded. In this episode Elaine talks about Cro-Mag Rally and other iPhone games whilst Mike at last uses his iPhone for more than Monkey Ball. Elaine rants again, this time about iPlayer and we have some fantastic new software to give away - for FREE. BackBites - Mike's scanner - Fujitsu S510M - http://www.bmisolutions.co.uk/fujitsu-scansnap-s510m-macintosh-document-scanner-706-p.asp - The continuing saga of the AdobeTV/iPlayer Router crashing - Elaine's NetGear GT845PN router configuration tips - http://elainegiles.co.uk - MobileMe - more free days from Apple ChatBites - Twitter - Elaine and Mike battle for followers - http://twitter.com/thomasmike and http://twitter.com/elainegiles - Mike installs Twinkle - http://tapulous.com/twinkle/ - NWMUG - http://www.nwmug.co.uk - Delicious bookmarks - http://delicious.com/ - 3G USB modem - http://www.3-contracts.co.uk/3-usb-modem.html - iPhone cases - Displaying you own number on the iPhone - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7791675 - LaunchBar - http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html - Mike gets QuickSilver to work - http://www.blacktree.com/ - The case of the missing iPlayer Play in High Quality button - Apple's secret iPhone app blacklist - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/07/iphone_remote_app_wipe/ - iPhone Backup options - http://www.macworld.com/article/134912/2008/08/mwvodcast62.html - iPhone MD Crash Reporter - iPhone apps not installing - Elaine updates to iPhone 2.0.2 Software Review - iPhone Apps - Part 2 - SimplifyMedia - http://www.simplifymedia.com/ - MightyDocs - http://www.v1ru8.net/mightydocs/ - Splash Shopper - http://www.splashdata.com/splashshopper/ - Digital Clock - http://web.me.com/igen.mac/Apps_/Digital_Clock.html - Units - http://themacbox.co.uk/ - File Magnet - http://www.magnetismstudios.com/FileMagnet Elaine's Games (so much for Productivity apps!) - MotionX Dice - http://www.motionx.com/ - Cro-Mag Rally (Â3.49) - http://www.pangeasoft.net/cromag/index.html - Tris - Tetris - http://twofingerplay.blogspot.com/ - Spinner Prologue - maze game - http://www.fuelindustries.com/ - Muddled - Word puzzle - how many words you can make from a selection of letters (Â1.19) - http://www.muddledgame.com/ - Quordy - Similar to Boggle (Â1.79) - http://quordy.com/ - Brain Tuner - Similar to Nintendo Brain Training - http://www.gengarstudios.com/ - Shazam - Music identifier - http://www.shazam.com/music/portal/page/default/template/pages/p/iphone.html - Last FM - interface to the LastFM web site - http://www.last.fm/ - Speakapedia - http://shinydevelopment.com Competition - Win a copy of Speakapedia courtesy of the nice folk at Shiny Development - http://shinydevelopment.com Events - North West Adobe User Group live event - 20th August - Making Suite Music - http://www.nwag.co.uk - Geekups - Leeds - August 20th and Sheffield - September 3rd - http://geekup.org

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MacBites - Episode 0014

4 Aug 2008 @ 10:00 am +0000

Another Apple Store opening, more iPhone app reviews and how Elaine's digital world came crashing down. Plus Mike's new scanner and a great time-saving tip for iCal users and a money-saving tip from Elaine. The Opening of the Liverpool Apple Store - MacBites were there! Getting up at 5:45 on a Saturday is not our idea of fun - but when a new Apple Store opens and a free T-shirt is on offer, well, you just have to do it - http://mthomas.co.uk/opening-of-the-apple-store-liverpool/ BackBites - Adobe TV - the saga continues and the issue now hits the BBC iPlayer. If you've been hit with the problem, here's more than a few links that might help: - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12/33635734-cable-modem-disconnects-when-iplayer-downloading.html - http://forum.zensupport.co.uk/1/30998/ShowThread.aspx - http://www.pcpro.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=1373666&sid=9c53ffde515126a9e1c29b830c97114d - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12/33635734-cable-modem-disconnects-when-iplayer-downloading.html - http://tinyurl.com/5pzpvz - http://tinyurl.com/5gd22k - http://vbulletin.thesite.org/showthread.php?p=2122026 - http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Uk/uk.comp.sys.mac/2008-07/msg02347.html - http://groups.google.com/group/uk.comp.sys.mac/browse_thread/thread/84307c9f0831013a - http://www.techsupportforum.com/networking-forum/modems-cable-dsl-satellite/272480-bbc-iplayer-crashes.html - http://www.broadbandgenie.co.uk/broadband-news/2008/05/28/btÃs-homehub-hit-with-iplayer-problems/ - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/05/bt_iplayer_homehub_issues.html - http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php?topic=66689.0;wap2 PAC Number - We finally received them but it wasn't plain sailing - Elaine's money saving tip - http://www.saynoto0870.com - Vodafone rants - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/22/vodafone_interims_spain/ and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7520841.stm ChatBites - Mike gets a new scanner - Calibrate - an iCal batch processing app - http://www.woodenbrain.com/ - Downloadable pre-configured calendars for sports events and football teams - http://www.addadate.com/ iPhone iPhone iPhone - Where are your apps stored? - FileMagnet allows transferring of files to and from the iPhone - http://www.magnetismstudios.com/FileMagnet/ - Camera Nuances - photo orientation under Vista dependent on orientation of iPhone - Evernote - http://evernote.com/ - OmniFocus http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus/ - NetNewsWire - http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/default.aspx - Remote - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284417350&mt=8 - Stanza - http://www.lexcycle.com/ - WordPress - http://iphone.wordpress.org/ - 1Password - http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password - Morocco - http://www.bayougames.com/Morocco/ - Bubble Wrap - http://www.orsome.co.nz/ - Labyritnth Lite Edition - http://www.labyrinth.codify.se - Sudoku - http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/iphone-gems-every-sudoku-game-exposed/ - Zenbe list maker - http://lists.zenbe.com/welcome - Play music and a game at the same time - http://www.appletell.com/apple/comment/interesting-iphone-tip-play-music-and-a-game-at-the-same-time/ - Building an iPhone App - http://gifterapp.com/blog/files/bedd9a6a1425818f49ef0645cc71044c-1.html Elaine's Week of Crashes - Mobile Me - http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7650286 - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1632318&tstart=0 - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2629 - The Great Twitter Crash - http://twitterstars.com/update-on-new-twitter-policy-towards-"aggressive-following"/ - Information Overload - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1039993/Information-overload-Switch-mobile-iPod-emails--technology-turning-brains-mush.html Feedback and Comments - Thanks to Gavin for recommending Wordpress and Zenbe - Thanks to Damian and Bob for their comments about the Liverpool Store opening - According to Jack at MacFever, Elaine has softwarealitus - http://macbites.co.uk/shownotes/2008/06/30/macbites-episode-0012/

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MacBites - Episode 0013

21 Jul 2008 @ 11:30 am +0000

iPhone iPhone iPhone - well having both bought 16GB iPhones, what else could we talk about in this episode? Join us as we relive our experiences of both the days leading up to the launch day and the launch day itself. Why did half the staff of a Chinese restaurant congregate around our table? Hear our rants (yes more rants) about getting a PAC number. Plus, we discuss apps and provide you with some really cool tips and tricks for getting the most out of your iPhone. BackBites - AdobeTV - did the upgrade to 10.5.4 fix our router crash? - http://tv.adobe.com/ - Apple Store Liverpool - exclusive pic - http://macbites.co.uk/shownotes/2008/07/10/apple-store-liverpool/ Buying the iPhone - Will they or won't they (be selling the iPhone)? How many Apple Stores did Mike ring? - Why do you want to leave Vodafone sir? Because I want an iPhone - The early morning excitement and anticipation at The Apple Store, Trafford Centre - Buying an iPhone - a rollercoaster ride! - A 16GB iphone with every meal? Games - Thanks to SamC Mike is now addicted to Super Monkey Ball - http://www.monkeyballworld.com/ - Elaine's excitement "bubble's over" - http://www.orsome.co.nz/ - Make mine an iPint - http://www.carling.com/ipint_details.html - Elaine next purchase - Cro-Mag Rally - http://www.pangeasoft.net/cromag/index.html The iPhone - More than a Games Machine - Syncing problems - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1672 - Vicinity - what amenities are in your current locality? Provides directions and a one-tap call facility - http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/iphone/35100 - Elaine's productivity tools - Evernote - http://evernote.com/ and OmniFocus - http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus/ - We're still on the hunt for a shopping list app after Mike's note was zapped - WordPress for iPhone - http://iphone.wordpress.net/ - Mike's WordPress upgrade woes - http://mthomas.co.uk/wordpress-26-more-misery/ TipsNtricks - A Scientific Calculator at the flick of your wrist - The .com button flyout - how cool - http://www.macworld.com/article/134564/2008/07/iphone_keyboard.html?lsrc=rss_main - Taking a screenshot with your iPhone Cosmetics - Ringtones - Elaine's 24 ringtone - http://www.macbites.co.uk/shownotes/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/CTU24GF.zip - Clocks - Wallpaper - Elaine's fingernails (what?)

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MacBites - Episode 0012

30 Jun 2008 @ 06:20 am +0000

In this episode, we discuss all things audio and Elaine rants about software activation. We also discuss Evernote, anti-virus software for the Mac and iPhone (iPhone iPhone) BackBites - Quicksilver - Dave Verwer's solution to re-indexing problem - use Cmd + R to refresh the Quicksilver catalog ChatBites - Mike swaps his envelope for Evernote - http://www.evernote.com - Mikes photograph saga - http://mthomas.co.uk/we-all-have-our-crosses-to-bear/ - Super Monkey Ball - http://www.monkeyballworld.com/ - AdobeTV crashed our router - http://tv.adobe.com/ Switchers Corner and Software Review We discuss audio capturing, audio editing and audio converting and look at a number of applications that can be used to peform these tasks - Capture: - Audio Hijack Pro - http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro - Tape Deck - http://tapedeckapp.com/ - Editing: - Amadeus Pro - http://www.hairersoft.com/AmadeusPro/AmadeusPro.html - Sound Studio - http://www.freeverse.com/apps/app/?id=5012 - Fission - http://rogueamoeba.com/fission/index.php - Capture and editing: - WireTap Studio - http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/ - Garageband - http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ - Conversion: - AudialHub - http://www.techspansion.com/audialhub/ - SoundConverter - (and Elaine's rant) - http://www.dekorte.com/projects/shareware/SoundConverter/ Comments and Feedback - In response to GazMaz's audio question, we discuss anti-virus software for the Mac (and Windows)

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MacBites - Episode 0011

23 Jun 2008 @ 04:12 am +0000

In this episode, we review the new version of Firefox and Mike reveals how Bill Gates crashed his computer. We also discuss how to keep your Mac up to date and how to make sure your documents can be read in years to come. BackBites - Spotlight as an application launcher - Spotlight as a calculator - Mike's Dock goes minimal ChatBites - Firefox 3 creates a world record for downloads - http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ - Features include Personas - http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/12/personas-for-firefox/ and the AwesomeBar - http://ed.agadak.net/2007/11/smartbar-to-awesomebar - Opera has a new look too - http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/06/05/looking-sharp - Elaine lists her 10 browsers - without the need for a script! - Fennec - http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/FennecVision - Prism - http://wiki.mozilla.org/Prism - Weave - http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/12/introducing-weave - The Fox Gets More Fire - http://elainegiles.co.uk/2008/06/23/the-fox-gets-more-fire/ - Bill Gates crashes Mike's browser (nothing new there then ;-) ) - http://mthomas.co.uk/bill-gates-interview/ - Downloading Apple Updates - http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/ - Troubleshooting Apple Updates - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1394?viewlocale=en_US Switchers Corner and Software Review - Keeping track of the latest versions of all your installed applications - MacUpdate - http://www.macupdate.com - VersionTracker - http://www.versiontracker.com - AppFresh - http://metaquark.de/appfresh/ - Logicielmacupdate - http://www.logicielmac.com - Elaine explained how to future-proof your documents Comments and Feedback - Thanks to Jack at http://macfever.co.uk/ - Jack lives near Brighton where Mike once interviewed and Elaine photographed Eric Cantona - http://www.beachsoccer-online.com - Thanks also to GazMaz - who now has his own spot on the For Mac Eyes Only podcast - http://formaceyesonly.blogspot.com/

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MacBites - Episode 0010

16 Jun 2008 @ 06:51 am +0000

In this episode we reviewed the major announcements from the WWDC and discussed Application Management and App Switching ChatBites Â - WWDC 2008 - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc08 Â - iPhone - http://www.apple.com/iphone Â - Snow Leopard - http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard Â - OmniFocus - http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus Â - GTD - http://www.davidco.com Â - MobileMe - http://www.apple.com/mobileme - BusySync - http://www.busymac.com Â - Elaine's blog post on app switching - http://elainegiles.co.uk/2008/06/15/lose-your-dock-recover-your-mind/ Switchers Corner / Software Review Â - QuickSilver - http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy - Launchbar - http://www.launchbar.com/products/launchbar/index.html Â - LiteSwitch - http://www.proteron.com/liteswitchx Â - Witch - http://www.manytricks.com/witch Events - NWAG - Mission Control - Lightroom andÂBridge - http://www.nwag.co.uk

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MacBites - Episode 0009

9 Jun 2008 @ 12:00 pm +0000

Surprise! We're back will a shiny new design for our shownotes and lots of good stuff coming your way ;-) In this short 'getting back into the groove' episode we discuss what we've been doing while missing in action from MacBites and the imminent WWDC, together with details of several exciting tech related local events coming in the next few weeks. ChatBites - Munich58.co.uk - http://www.munich58.co.uk - Duncan Edwards - http://www.duncan-edwards.co.uk - Apple - one-to-one training - http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/onetoone/trial/ - Photoshop Express video demo - http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p33526168/ - WWDC - http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ - Speakapedia - http://shinydevelopment.com/ Events - NWMUG - Toast 9 - http://www.nwmug.co.uk - NWAG - Mission Control - http://www.nwag.co.uk - GeekUp - http://geekup.org

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MacBites - Episode 0008

7 Jan 2008 @ 04:55 am +0000

ChatBites - MacBook - Back to my Mac - VMWare Fusion - http://www.vmware.com - VMWare Disk Driver - http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/common/guest_win_scsidrv.html - Private browsing - Trackpad settings - Toolbar Toggle Â- MacBites Shortcuts - Demise of Navigator - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7163547.stm Switchers Corner/Software Review - PaintShopPro - http://www.corel.com - Portfolio - http://www.extensis.com/en/products/asset_management - iPhoto - Adobe - Bridge, Elements, Lightroom - http://www.adobe.com/ - Aperture - FotoMagico - http://www.boinx.com - PulpMotion - http://www.pulpmotion.com/ Calendar Sharing - BusySync - http://www.busymac.com/ - Elaine's how-to for sharing calendars on a single Mac - http://elainegiles.co.uk/2007/12/31/sharing-calendars-in-multiple-accounts-on-a-single-mac/ Screen Capture - Additional features to built in screen capture in Leopard - http://www.macworld.com/article/131404/2008/01/screencapopts.html

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MacBites - Episode 0007

10 Dec 2007 @ 12:01 pm +0000

ChatBites - iCal Exchange - http://www.icalx.com - Web Snapper - http://www.tastyapps.com - SWF & FLV Player - http://www.eltima.com - BusySync - http://www.busymac.com/ - Adding Calendar Content to your Application - http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/calendarstore.html Switchers Corner/Software Review - Notepad - WordPad - NoteTabPro http://www.notetab.com - EditPadPro http://www.editpadpro.com - Acetext http://www.acetext.com/ - Powergrep http://www.powergrep.com - RegExBuddy http://www.regexbuddy.com - TextEdit - TextWrangler http://www.barebones.com - BBEdit http://www.barebones.com - TextMate http://macromates.com Screen Spanning - Screen Spanning Doctor http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html Bundles - MacHeist http://www.macheist.com/ - MacSanta http://www.macsantadeals.com/ Order Tracking - Tracking online orders http://www.apecode.com/appletrack/

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