Episode #147

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Essential Apps for Everyone, iPhone Malware: Now it’s serious, Develop Games at Apple, Black Friday Deals Leaked?, Free Holiday WiFi, Vimeo goes mobile, Teacher’s Helpers in Automator, Kevin Smith at Macworld, Safari updated, Wallace and Gromit, OS X’s Calc on your desktop, Barry’s Best of Blog World Expo, Will the new drive fit?, Sharing files with other users, Desktop icons lost.

Essential Apps for Mac Users 2009 continues with your picks for apps in several categories including Apps for creative users, small businesses, educators and developers:

Creative Apps
> Pixelmator
> GIMP
> ResizeIt
> Skitch
> iPhoto / Picasa / Aperture / Lightroom
> Audacity
> Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express
> Video Monkey

Business and Education Apps
> OmniFocus
> OmniPlan
> MindManager 7
> TeXShop
> Remember the Milk (web app)

Developer Apps
> Xcode
> Interface Builder
> TextWrangler
> MAMP

A Look Back:
> Essential Apps 2009
> Essential Apps 2008
> Essential Apps 2007
> Essential Apps 2006

News:
> Jailbreakers Secure your iPhone Now!
> Mini DisplayPort Adopted by VESA
> Apple Seeks AAA Game Designer
> Apple Aiming for up to 50 New Stores in 2010
> RUMOR: Apple Black Friday Deals Released?
> Google Offers Free Holiday WiFi for Travelers
> Five Hotspot Safety Tips
> Vimeo Adapts to iPhone with Vimeo Mobile
> Sal Soghoian Talks Automator for Teachers
> Kevin Smith to Present at Macworld 2010
> UPDATE: Safari 4.0.4
> UPDATE: 5th Gen iPod Nano Firmware 1.0.2
> UPDATE: New Snowy Printer Drivers for Canon, HP, Brother and Lexmark
> UPDATE: Office 2004 11.5.6
> UPDATE: Office 2008 12.2.3
> UPDATE: Mailplane Updates License Limits
> UPDATE: Wallace and Gromit as iPhone app
> FUN NEWS: OS X’s Calculator in the Physical World

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Features:

Barry’s Best of Blog World Expo 2009
> Mediafly
> Mediafly on Twitter
> Roku
> Blog World Expo

Listener E-mails:

Question: Mike wonders if his Birthday present (a new hard drive) will fit his Mac.

Question: Dave asks about sharing files from the root of the drive.

Question: Pathfinder lost Travis’ icons!

To restore, use Terminal to enter the following commands:
> defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true
> killall Finder

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> Visit The MacBook Podcast
> The FMEO Apple Store Gallery

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Running Time: 43:52

Episode #146

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Essential Apps 2009!, 10.6.2 Released, Blacksn0w, 80’s Retro Doom, Redefining Malware?, iPhones at the Shack, Upgrade Apple TV NOW (says Apple), Beatles Again?, iPhone Hybrid in 2010?, WarMouse’s Mutated Rodent, Barry’s Best of Blog World Expo, Web Travels with Dan, Jason’s MacBook Podcast Tip, Making Room for Boot Camp, Archiving Contacts from Address Book.

Essential Mac Apps for New Mac Users 2009: This year’s list was selected by you, the listener. From individual votes sent in, I compiled the most popular apps nominated to create the ultimate selection of apps everyone should consider loading on their new Mac.

This Year’s List:
10) Evernote
9) Growl
8) OpenOffice.org / NeoOffice
7) HandBrake
6) CyberDuck
5) VMware Fusion / Parallels Desktop
4) 1Password
3) Adium
2) SuperDuper!
1) Flip4Mac WMV Player / Perian / VLC

Honorable Mentions This Year:
> Dropbox
> PathFinder
> Xmarks
> TrueCrypt
> Caffeine
> GrandPerspective

Mike’s Pick for Essential Apps 2009
10) VMware Fusion
9) CyberDuck
8) HandBrake
7) Dropbox
6) Growl
5) Flip4Mac and Perian
3) Mozilla Firefox
2) Adium
1) SuperDuper! / Time Machine

A Look Back:
> Essential Apps 2008
> Essential Apps 2007
> Essential Apps 2006

News:
> UPDATE: OS X 10.6.2
> UPDATE: Security Update 2009-006
> Blacksn0w Unlocks the iPhone 3Gs
> Jailbroken iPhone’s First Worm
> Lose/Lose and Redefining Malware
> Apple’s New Reserve and Pick-up
> Radio Shack will Carry iPhone
> Atom Support Officially Yanked from OS X
> UPDATE: Flickr’s App Garden
> UPDATE: Apple TV 3.0.1
> UPDATE: Parallels Desktop 5
> UPDATE: Wireless Keyboard Update
> RUMOR: AT&T to Launch $99 iPhone 3Gs?
> RUMOR: Beatles on iTunes … Again?
> RUMOR: UMTS/CDMA Hybrid iPhone in 2010?
> FUN NEWS: 18-button OpenOffice Mouse

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Features:

Barry’s Best of Blog World Expo 2009
> Smile On My Mac
> TextExpander Touch
> Jean on Twitter
> Blog World Expo

Web Travels With Dan:
> Experience Project
> Dan’s FMEO Facebook Group

Jason’s MacBook Podcast Tip: Setting file associations in OS X.

Listener E-mails:

Question: Brian’s Boot Camp partition woes.

Question: Jerry’s looking for a way to archive old contacts from Address Book.

Additional Links to Know:
> Learn Macs Online
> Visit The MacBook Podcast
> The FMEO Apple Store Gallery

Contact Us:
> mike AT formaceyesonly.com
> dan AT formaceyesonly.com
> gazmaz AT formaceyesonly.com
> barry AT formaceyesonly.com
> pam AT formaceyesonly.com
> jason AT macbookpodcast.com
> Team FMEO on Twitter:
>> @formaceyesonly
>> @gazmaz
>> @danv
>> @macbookpodcast
>> @parnone
>> @fulkb
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Running Time: 57:12