Episode #123

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mike discusses what might be coming for WWDC, White MacBook Updates, NVIDIA warranty extension, Tokyo University tracking students, Apple Software Updates, Flock update, MacUpdate Spring bundle, Retro Calc in OS X, Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond, Web Travels with Dan, Jason’s MacBook Podcast Tip, Feedback on the iPod Touch, Originals Events in iPhoto?, Scott’s easy Mac repair, Mark share’s a great Apple Store tale, Down on Buffy?? Perish the thought!

News:
> Snow Leopard’s Interface Tweaks
> White MacBook Gets Performance Boost
> MacBook Pro with NVIDIA 8600M GT has Warranty Extended
> Aoyama Gakuin University Tracking Student iPhones
> UPDATE: iWork ’09 9.0.2
> UPDATE: MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.3
> About SMC Firmware Updates
> UPDATE: iTunes 8.2
> UPDATE: QuickTime 7.6.2
> UPDATE: GarageBand 5.0.2
> UPDATE: Flock 2.5
> UPDATE: Little Snitch 2.1.3
> UPDATE: MacUpdate Spring Bundle
> FUN NEWS: Old Calc Widget!
> FUN NEWS X-tra: Briblo Screensaver for OS X

Features:

Gary Malpas’ News and Views from Across the Pond – UK and EU News
> UK Digital Sales Increase
> UK Cuts the Cost of On-Demand Music
> Spotify Mobile & iPhone Apps
> Apple Bemoans Music Morass
> EU Single Music Market
> iTunes Live
> Logic Pro 8 Training (edit: link removed at site owner’s request)
> RussianMac
> One million iPhones for Orange France
> RUMOR: T-Mobile 32GB iPhone
> Sims 3 Regent Store
> GGD in Roma
> Liverpool TweetUp

Web Travels With Dan:
> Classic Game Room
> Dan’s FMEO Facebook Group

Jason’s MacBook Podcast Tip: Remove the Finder Stripes
> defaults write com.apple.finder FXListViewStripes -bool FALSE
> Replace FALSE with TRUE to restore the stripes.

Listener E-mails:

Question: Bekki used to get separate events for Originals in iPhoto, but now it’s gone.

Feedback: Scott Archive and Install Experience

Feedback: Mark’s Kudos for Pasadena Apple Store
> Apple Store, Pasadena

Links to Know:
> Visit The MacBook Podcast
> The FMEO Apple Store Gallery
> Mike on SocialKloud

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Episode #122

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mike comes to ‘horrible’ realization, OS X 10.5.7, Safari Beta 4 update, Apple Execs Team for Keynote, Shufflegazine, Adium Does Twitter, Jobs Hacked?, Design an Apple Store, Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond, Web Travels with Dan, External Hard Drives, Wifi Router Piggybacking, Fix Missing Album Art, Waiting on iPhone.

News:
> OS X Leopard 10.5.7 Released
> UPDATE: Security Update 2009-002
> ‘Team Apple’ to give WWDC Keynote
> Shufflegazine Expands Distribution
> MobileMe Phishing Scam
> UPDATE: Safari 3.2.3 Security Updates for Tiger and Leopard
> UPDATE: Safari 4 Beta Security Update
> UPDATE: Adium 1.3.4 and Adium 1.4 beta
> RUMOR: Hacker Claims Access to Jobs’ Amazon Account?
> FUN NEWS: ifoAppleStore Design Contest

Features:

Gary Malpas’ News and Views from Across the Pond – UK and EU News
> Joe Gantly
> New Swiss Apple Store
> BBC iPlayer Data Usage
> Greece says No to Google Street View
> MCC Seminar
> French Three Strikes Policy
> Great Start for Bouygues Telecom
> Learn German on your iPhone?
> British iPod Nano Killer, I think Not
> Fun Train Journey, I think Not

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

Listener E-mails:

Question: Demar looking for advice on external hard drives and piggybacking wifi
> Western Digital My Book
> OWC
> Carbon Copy Cloner
> SuperDuper!
> D-link Share Port for DIR-655

Question: Jerry’s messed up Album Art

Question: Chris wonders if he should wait on the iPhone or buy now.

Feedback: Oliver gets his first Mac!

Links to Know:
> Visit The MacBook Podcast
> The FMEO Apple Store Gallery
> Mike on SocialKloud

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> barry AT formaceyesonly.com
> jason AT macbookpodcast.com
> Team FMEO on Twitter:
>> @formaceyesonly
>> @gazmaz
>> @danv
>> @macbookpodcast
>> @fulkb
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Episode #121

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Twitter or EA!? Mike suggests Adobe instead, Pencils, Notebooks and … iPhone?, Apple Replaces Dunked iPhones, Database in your Pocket, Still Windows, Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond, Web Travels with Dan, MacBook Podcast Tip, Apple TV and YouTube, Printing Booklets from Any App, Second Optical Drive in Virtual Machine, Mount Network Shares at Login, More on Bob’s Scanner, Apple ][ to MacBook.

News:
> Apple’s $29 Billion Pile o’ Cash
> MU School of Journalism to Require iPhone or iPod Touch
> Water Damaged iPhone Exchange
> UPDATE: Apple Freezes Snowy APIs
> UPDATE: Bento for iPhone (App Store Link)
> RUMOR: XenClient for Mac … or not so much?
> FUN NEWS: It’s Still Windows

Features:

Gary Malpas’ News and Views from Across the Pond – UK and EU News
> Paris Metro in Your Pocket
> Rafa Nadal on the Touch
> Obscene Newspaper
> Virgin Media Heading to 200MB Downloads
> Three Strikes Rule Overruled
> Turn Off Bluetooth Waking?
> Apple Breaks into Top 5 UK PC Makers
> And For Those Wanting a Modbook Pop Over to Reghardware

Web Travels With Dan:
> Photography and the Mac
> Tower Bloxx Deluxe 3D (App Store Link)
> Dan’s FMEO Facebook Group

MacBook Podcast Tip with Jason Whitener: Easy PDF Markup with Skim
> http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/

For Mac Eyes Only Tip: Changing privacy settings at YouTube.com can stop your Apple TV’s YouTube support from working properly.

Listener E-mails:

Question: Mike is looking for an app to print booklets
> Try Create Booklet – PDF Service

Question: Bob can’t eject second optical drive from Windows VM
> Windows apps to eject CD tray

Question: Kevin looking to auto-mount network shares at login

Question: Sean suggests the web interface to solve Bob’s HP scanning problem.

Feedback: Jesse’s brother gets $50 for broken iBook

Feedback: Brian-Keith jumps from Apple ][ to a new Unibody MacBook

Links to Know:
> RetroMacCast.com
> Visit The MacBook Podcast
> The FMEO Apple Store Gallery
> Mike on SocialKloud

Contact Us:
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> jason AT macbookpodcast.com
> Team FMEO on Twitter:
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>> @gazmaz
>> @danv
>> @macbookpodcast
>> @fulkb
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Episode #120

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mike discusses four ways to eCycle your Mac, Fix For iMac Graphic Glitch, WWDC – there’s always next year, Disney and Hulu to help Apple?, Cheaper Macs on the way?, blu-ray support soon?, Repurposing old Macs, Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond, Web Travels with Dan, MacBook Podcast Tip, Peter’s Mail woes, Netbook or MacBook?, Mac Mini RAM troubles, HP Scanner snafu.

Editorial Links:
> EveryMac.com
> Apple’s Recycling Program
> RetroMacCast.com
> US EPA – Where to Donate and Recycle Old Electronics

News:
> UPDATE: iMac EFI Firmware 1.4
> WWDC Sold Out!
> Disney Buys In to Hulu
> RUMOR: Still Waiting on 10.5.7
> RUMOR: Blu-ray Coming to iTunes Soon?
> RUMOR: Low End Macs to be Priced Lower?
> FUN NEWS: 25 Years of Repurposing Your Dead Mac
> FUN NEWS Redux: Jake Harm’s iMacquarium

Features:

Gary Malpas’ News and Views from Across the Pond – UK and EU News
> French Store in the Pyrénées?
> Pictures of La Louvre Store
> VodaFone Wanting Some of the UK iPhone Action
> Buy a Mac “to” Save the Planet
> 1 Million Spotifiers
> Naim Label
>T-Mobile on Virgin Trains
>iPhone Cycle Mount
> Gary Go at Wembley

Web Travels With Dan: Best Mac Software
> Dan’s FMEO Facebook Group

Listener E-mails:

Question: Peter’s Mail Keeps Crashing!

Question: Should Jesse Get a Netbook for his Trip to Italy?

Question: Edward’s Mac Mini Fails with RAM Upgrade
> Intel Mac Startup Tones
> PPC Mac POST Beeps Part 1 and Part 2

Question: Bob’s HP Scanner Times Out.
> VueScan

Links to Know:
> Visit The MacBook Podcast
> The FMEO Apple Store Gallery
> Mike on SocialKloud

Contact Us:
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> jason AT macbookpodcast.com
> Team FMEO on Twitter:
>> @formaceyesonly
>> @gazmaz
>> @danv
>> @macbookpodcast
>> @fulkb
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Episode #119

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Feedback from Pam and Mark on the “Apple Tax” debate, Tim Cook on Netbooks, Important Fusion patch, Scanning with your camera, No Verizon until LTE?, New Snowy build released, Photographic Dictionary, Gary’s News and Views from Across the Pond, Web Travels with Dan, Quick Tip from Udi, More on USB Rock Band mic from Barry, Repairing Permissions, Mighty Mouse problems, Failing MacBook fans?

News:
> Mac Rumors Coverage of Q2 Conference Call
> Apple’s Quarterly Earnings Call Podcast
> Apple’s Quarterly Earnings Call Transcript
> UPDATE: VMware Fusion 2.0.4
> UPDATE: Prizmo
> UPDATE: Pixelmator 1.4.1
> Pixelmator Learn
> UPDATE: Firefox 3.0.10
> RUMOR: Apple and Verizon Sitting in a Tree? … maybe not ’til LTE
> RUMOR: Screen Recording in QuickTime X?
> RUMOR: YouTube Support in QuickTime X?
> FUN NEWS: The Photographic Dictionary

Features:

Gary Malpas’ News and Views from Across the Pond – UK and EU News
> Radio Times (UK Store Only)
> Brighton Store
> Reducing Apple Staff?
> Gary Go
> European Trailers Film Releases
> BT openZone
> EU Sets Roaming Tariffs Rates
> Nokia Praise Steve Jobs
> Rounds Rantastic!

Web Travels With Dan: Classic Mac Games Ported to OS X
> Dan’s FMEO Facebook Group

Listener Quick Tip: Udi tells us how to get large phone numbers in Address Book

Listener E-mails:

Question: Barry tests the Rock Band mic for David

Question: Justin’s Permission Repair Keeps Failing

Question: Mark’s Mighty Mouse Cuts Out
> Sanyo Eneloop Batteries

Question: Have Andrew’s Fans Failed?
> iStat Pro

Links to Know:
> Udi’s Mac IT Guy website
> Visit The MacBook Podcast
> The FMEO Apple Store Gallery
> Mike on SocialKloud

Contact Us:
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> dan AT formaceyesonly.com
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> barry AT formaceyesonly.com
> jason AT macbookpodcast.com
> Team FMEO on Twitter:
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>> @gazmaz
>> @danv
>> @macbookpodcast
>> @fulkb
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