For Mac Eyes Only – Tickling a Mac User’s Fancy

December 11, 2011 by

Episode #243

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Eric to discuss last minute gift ideas for the Mac user in your life, Another Week Another Adobe Flaw, Largest Apple Store Opens, Carrier IQ Concerns, Apple (Accidentally) Blocks Comcast?, Another Pro App Goes MAS, Computer History Museum Honors Steve Jobs, Web Travels With Dan, Limiting Time Capsule Backup Size, Alternative Photo Managers, App Store Update Woes, In-ear Headphone Recommendations.

For Mac Eyes Only Last-Minute Gift Guide 2011

> The Henge Dock Clique
> Livescribe Smartpen
> Elgato EyeTV
> Eye-Fi Connect X2
> ThinkGeek’s iCade
> Apple TV
> Give the Gift of Yourself!
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For Mac Eyes Only – Revenge of Essential Apps

December 4, 2011 by

Episode #242

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Gary present our 6th Annual list of Essential Apps, No Ban on Tab in US, Mobile Battery Packs Recalled, 2TB Drive Shortage Delays iMacs, Beware Apple Store Phishers, USPTO Honors Steve Jobs, Referencing Videos in iTunes from External Drive, Staying Safe in iTunes Store.

Essential Mac Apps for New Mac Users 2011: Our 6th Annual list of Top 10 apps every user should consider loading onto their new Mac.

This Year’s List:
10) LibreOffice
9) VMware Fusion / VirtualBox
8) HandBrake / VLC
7) AppDelete
6) Dropbox
5) Perian / Windows Media Components for QuickTime (Flip4Mac)
4) Adium
3) Growl
2) Default Folder X
1) Carbon Copy Cloner
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How To: Downgrade Lion’s Preview and TextEdit to Snow Leopard Versions

November 25, 2011 by

My least favorite new feature of OS X Lion is its AutoSave functionality — most especially with two apps I took advantage of all the time under Snow Leopard: Preview and TextEdit.

Well, after having my documents, PDFs, and images helpfully overwritten by Lion one too many times, I decided to see if I could get Snow Leopard’s TextEdit and Preview working under Lion.

This How To is the result of that experiment.

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VMware Backtracks on OS X Client Virtualization

November 22, 2011 by

Despite apparently lifting restrictions on running client editions of OS X under the new VMware Fusion 4.1 and placing the onus of compliance upon the end-user (see screen shot below), VMware has now backtracked and announced that the ability to virtualize OS X clients as discovered by Macworld’s Jason Snell was “a mistake”.

VMware's Original Statement Regarding OS X Client Virtualization Discovered by Macworld

 

Today VMware announced this “mistake” would be rectified in a forthcoming patch. (If you ask me, it sounds more like Apple dropped the hammer on VMware.)

Of course that doesn’t mean you can’t go and download the 4.1 update now to enjoy OS X client virtualization until the patch is released…and then who says you need to apply the patch when it’s ready?

VMware’s announcement follows:

VMware Fusion 4.1 was released late last week and includes many great improvements.  One change was the introduction of a new license verification step for users to verify they are in compliance with the OS licensing terms.

When the license verification step was added in VMware Fusion 4.1 the server edition check was omitted. We are preparing an update.

Running Mac OS X client in a virtual machine continues to require Lion (purchased from the Mac App Store or a USB thumb drive.)  Users should always ensure they remain in compliance with any applicable software license agreements.

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For Mac Eyes Only – Lion in a Lurch?

November 20, 2011 by

Episode #241

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric discuss user adoption of Lion, OS X’s Sandbox Flaw, Stanford’s iOS 5 Course, Apple’s Environmental Responsibility, Virtualizing OS X, Apple Product History in Print, Web Travels With Dan, Time Capsule Backup Woes, Trash Tossing Keyboard Commands.
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For Mac Eyes Only – Two for Five

November 13, 2011 by

Episode #240

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mike’s joined by Gary on our 5th anniversary, iPod Nano Swap, iDevices in Schools, Voting by Touch, Pete Townshend Disses iTunes, Mac Pros on the Outs?, Apple Storefronts, iOS Update Rolled Out, Siri Yacks to 512K Mac, Web Travels With Dan, Selecting the Best Mac, Clearing out Time Machine. [Read more…]

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For Mac Eyes Only – Don’t Sandbox Me In *REPOST*

November 6, 2011 by

Episode #239

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mike wary of sandboxed Apps and what it means for OS X, Apple Store Pickups in CA, EasyPay only the beginning?, Siri sips data, No Mac Pros? Build a Hackintosh instead, Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond, Web Travels With Dan, Restoring a Mac, Creating a Lion Flash Drive. [Read more…]

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For Mac Eyes Only – A Little Hoarse for Halloween

October 30, 2011 by

Episode #238

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Listener special packed with Questions, Solar Farm in NC, iPads for Zimbabwe, ALAC Goes Open Source, MacBook Pros Updated, MacBook Black Screens Patched for Lion, A History of Editing, Web Travels With Dan, Beeping MacBook, Shuffle Problems in iOS 5, Email Migration Assistant?, Mac as PVR, Dropbox Security, Resetting MobileMe. [Read more…]

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For Mac Eyes Only – Shiny New Toys

October 14, 2011 by

Episode #237

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Though not a regular full episode, Mike plays a classic presentation from 1997 during which Mr. Jobs introduces Apple’s new Think Different campaign and while doing so, describes what Apple’s all about … their core values as a company and, by inference…what it means to be a Mac user. [Read more…]

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For Mac Eyes Only – Steven P Jobs: 1955-2011

October 5, 2011 by

Episode #236b News Update

Steve Jobs
1955-2011

“Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.”

http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/

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