Episode #143

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mike discusses the one app that comes with every Mac ever sold, In-app purchasing for all, Snow Leopard Server Tour, BootROM defeats hackers?, Loose lips sink Apps, Droid takes on iPhone, iPhone tested on Verizon?, 4th Quarter Results, Mac Classic takes on Dual Core Vista box, Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond, Web Travels with Dan, Jason’s MacBook Podcast Tip, Rescuing Photos from an iPod, Securing Address Book Data?, Flash on older Macs.

News:
> Apple Allows In-App Purchasing for Free Apps
> 2009 Snow Leopard Server Tour
> New Firmware Slows, but Doesn’t Stop Jailbreakers
> Apple Patents Media State Syncronization
> Back Soon!: Elgato’s EyeTV App Pulled
> Droid Targets iPhone
> RUMOR: Despite Droid, iPhone Coming to Verizon?
> Apple Endorses WiFi Direct
> Apple’s 4th Quarter Earnings Call (subscribe via iTunes)
> UPDATE: Performance Update 1.0 for Intel Macs
> UPDATE: iMovie 8.0.5 Supports iFrame
> RUMOR: New Seed of OS X 10.6.2
> FUN NEWS: 1987 Mac vs. 2007 PC

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Features:

Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond – UK and EU News
> Marketing or Great Experience?
> Internet on Flight ‘How Much?’
> Phones 4U Gets iPhone
> 0% Financing on iMacs in Germany
> Palm Pre Available in UK
> Marseille Apple Store?
>Orange France Decreases iPhones Prices

Web Travels With Dan:
> App Classics
> Dan’s FMEO Facebook Group

Jason’s MacBook Podcast Tip: Moving and Resizing Your Mac’s Dock.

Listener E-mails:

Question: Zando5 Looking for way to rescue photos from his iPod Classic
> File Juicer

Question: Bob asks if he can encrypt Address Book data
> 1Password
> Using Symbolic Links to Secure Address Book data

Question: Jeremy wonders how to speed up Flash on his older G4 PowerBook.

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FMEO-143-101909 (45’00, 21.7MB)

Episode #142

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Send in your apps for 4th Annual Essential Apps, Snowy and Guest Account Bug, Skype over AT&T Network, Apple Store Brazil, VMware Fusion 3 Coming Soon, Photoshop for iPhone (sort of), Snowy Update in Testing, Present like Steve Jobs, Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond, MacBook Podcast Tip, Entourage Lock Ups, Genius Mixes, More On Backups.

News:
> Snow Leopard Bug Deletes User Data?
> AT&T Allows VoIP over 3G
> Brazil’s New Apple Store Online
> Apple Store Online’s Questions and Answers
> Creighton University’s Authorized Apple Training Center
> VMware Fusion 3.0 Coming October 27th
> Photoshop.com Mobile App for iPhone
> UPDATE: iPhone OS 3.1.2
> UPDATE: MobileMe Service Updates
> UPDATE: Epson Print and Scanner Driver Update for Snowy
> UPDATE: Apple RAID Card Firmware 1.1
> UPDATE: WD My Book Studio Updated
> RUMOR: OS X 10.6.2 Beta 2 Seeded
> FUN NEWS: 5 Elements Make up Jobs Keynote

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Features:

Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond – UK and EU News
> Spotify Goes PayPal
> Sky Songs
> O2 and Visual Voicemail
> Gary on NosillaCast
> Apple Store in Paris
> Mac Bundle
> Where are all the Spanish 3GS’s
> Amazon Kindle Stealth Tax?
> Top 10 Football iPhone Apps

Jason’s MacBook Podcast Tip: Managing your StartupItems folder.

Listener E-mails:

Question: Jeff’s Entourage locking up under Snowy.
> MS Office 2008 12.2.1 and Entourage 2008 for Mac Web Services Edition (link)
> Microsoft’s Product Forums show Jeff is not alone.

Question: Travis asks how to update Genius Mixes

Question: Richard suggests MacFuse to help Bob read the hard drive from Pioneer AVIC-Z1
> MacFuse

Feedback: Ray shares his backup plan for storing on and off-site backups.

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FMEO-142-101209 (44’37, 20.43MB)

Episode #141

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mike in defense of Time Machine, Mac share grows to 12%, iPhone Dock Accessories, VMware update, Apple Mouse to Join New Mac Lineup?, Flash CS5 iPhone App Development, Apple I Sold, Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond, Web Travels with Dan, MS Publisher Substitute, Extending Battery Life, Upgrading Leopard, NAV System Hard Drive.

News:
> Apple’s Share Rises to 12%
> New Office 2008 Training Videos
> iTwinge Keyboard for iPhone
> UPDATE: VMware Fusion 2.0.6
> RUMOR: Leaked Ads Reveal New Macs?
> RUMOR: Apple Mouse Makeover?
> Flash CS5 to Export iPhone Apps
> FUN NEWS: Apple I Sold for Nearly $20K

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Features:

Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond – UK and EU News
> Music Industry
> iPhones to be Pulled From Shelves in EU If Dangerous
> O2: No Price Cuts
> O2 to Unlock or Not to Unlock That is the Question
> O2 Sells Out of iPhones
> 30,000 iPhones May Be Returned, I think not.
> Further New Apple MacBook, iMac and Mini Rumours?
>Apple Improved in the Greenpeace Ranking (German Site)
> Apple Expanded Information on Environmental Protection (German Site)
> MCC Group Final Cut Studio Goes Supersonic
>iTunes LIVE from Glasgow
> Fun iPhone controller, not.

Web Travels With Dan:
> UsingMac.com
> Dan’s FMEO Facebook Group

Listener E-mails:

Question: Tony’s searching for MS Publisher Substitute
> Print Shop 2

Question: Demar wants the most life possible from new MacBook battery
> Apple on Calibrating your Mac’s battery

Question: Abhishek’s Questions on “Every Apple Product” he has.
> iPod Support for Genius Mixes
> Moving iTunes Library to Another Drive

Question: Bob looking for help reading hard drive from Pioneer AVIC-Z1

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FMEO-141-100509 (41’31, 19.9MB)

Episode #140

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mac Refresh Coming Soon?, Apple buys Mapping Co, Apple Educational Licenses, Apps for Everything, Read a good Vook lately?, Photoshop Elements 8, Bento 3, BlackBerry Desktop App, X-ray’d iPhone, Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond, Web Travels with Dan, Quick Tip Weekly, Home Sharing, Time Machine and Snowy, Pop v IMAP, Cleaning Mac Cache files.

News:
> RUMOR: New iMacs, Mac Minis and MacBooks Soon?
> Apple Bought Placebase. In July.
> Apple Education Licensing Program
> Apps for Everything
> Simon & Schuster’s Vooks
> UPDATE: iTunes 9.0.1
> UPDATE: iWork 9.0.3
> UPDATE: Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
> UPDATE: Bento 3
> UPDATE: Growl 1.2
> UPDATE: AP Stylebook for iPhone
> UPDATE: BlackBerry Desktop Manager
> FUN NEWS: X-Ray of iPhone 3Gs video

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Features:

Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond – UK and EU News
> uclan App
> Cricket Apps
> Chapelfield Norwich Store
> Newcastle Store?
> O2 THE UK SmartPhone Specialist?
> Orange to Carry iPhone in UK
> Vodafone to sell iPhone in UK and Eire
> O2 to See Returns?
> CoolBrands 2009/10 UK
> ISP Reliability Over Speed
> TomTom Cradle
> Thurrock Store Scandal?
> Spotted Richard, surely not.

Web Travels With Dan:
> The Consumerist
> Dan’s FMEO Facebook Group

Quick Tip Weekly #73: Quickly Change Audio Settings in Snowy
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Listener E-mails:

Question: Bob Wonders if Home Sharing Could Lead to Shopping Spree

Question: Tony curious if Snowy will pick up Time Machine where Leopard left off

Question: POP vs IMAP for Peter’s Percussion Group.

Question: Barry looking for way to clean OS X cache files.
> From Terminal, you can run:
>> sudo periodic daily
>> sudo periodic weekly
>> sudo periodic monthly
> OnyX for OS X

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FMEO-140-100109 (43’00, 19.7MB)

Episode #139

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Gary pinch hits while Mike’s on holiday. Mac Tablet News, New Macs Coming?, MMS Finally to Roll Out, iPhone 3.1 Jailbreak, Adobe Updates Camera RAW, No Silverlight for ITV, Snow Leopard Sales Strong?, MS Office Business Edition, Google Voice App (not) Banned, Jobs’ Keynote in 10 Adjectives.

News:
> RUMOR: A Mac Tablet?
> A Mac Tablet Competitor
> RUMOR: Mac Tablet Giveaway???
> RUMOR: New iMacs and Macbooks?
> Apple TV Reduced in Price Reduced in Life?
> MMS for US iPhone Customers
> Dev-Team Jailbreak 3.1
> O2 App
> App Store Resource Center
> Apple iPhone Specialists
> MS Office Business Edition
> MS Office Comparison
> UPDATE: Adobe Lightroom and Camera RAW
> UPDATE: Clam AV
> Snow Leopard Sales Going Well. Maybe.
> No More Silverlight for ITV in UK
> Bruce Sewell joins Apple
> Google App Banned or Not?
> FUN NEWS: Apple Keynote in 10 Adjectives

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FMEO-139-092109 (15’15, 6.98MB)