For Mac Eyes Only – Automate This!

Season 11, Episode 5 (#347)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric’s Thanksgiving Day “micro-palooza” of listener (and host) questions including how to roll back from Sierra to El Cap and using Automator to solve every day problems in macOS.
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For Mac Eyes Only – Of Olympic Proportions

Season 10, Episode 18 (#342)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Eric and Brian to discuss portable Mac needs, Microsoft dredging up old battles, macOS Sierra and the dangers of running beta apps, and when app developers make right with crossgrades.
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For Mac Eyes Only – In the Aftermath of Macstock

Season 10, Episode 17 (#341)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Gary in this “FMEO Classic” lineup to discuss the “not being there perspective” of Macstock 2016, important security patches in OS X 10.11.6 and iOS 9.3.3, what the discovery of Eleanor malware means to you, and a great app for backing up your Google account to your Mac.
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For Mac Eyes Only – Reaching the Pinnacle of El Cap

Season 10, Episode 2 (#326)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Eric and Dave to take a look at some of El Cap’s hallmark features for folks who haven’t yet taken the plunge with the latest edition of OS X as well as dig a little deeper into the features that we personally like — and dislike!
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For Mac Eyes Only – Reaction Time: Apple’s Hey Siri Event

Season 10, Episode 1 (#325)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Gary and Dave to provide first-hand reactions* to Apple’s announcements during the “Hey Siri, Give Us a Hint” event where Apple gives a quick recap of the Apple Watch and watchOS 2, announces the iPad Pro, the all new Apple TV, and the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus.

NEWS:

> Apple Watch
> watchOS 2
> iPad Pro
> Apple TV
> iPhone 6s
> 4K Video, Live Photos, and more in new camera.
> iPhone Upgrade Program
> New Reduced iCloud Storage Pricing
> New Move to iOS app Coming for Android
> OS X El Capitan coming Sept. 30th!
> The Recreated ZX Spectrum

With Special Thanks to the live-blogging skills of:
> Engadget
> The Verge
> TechCrunch
> Wired

CONTACT US:

> Meet TeamFMEO
> Contact Us

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Running Time: 2:24:47

* Though this episode was recorded live as the keynote progressed, some portions of the recording have been edited for time and/or content.

For Mac Eyes Only – Climbing to the Summit

Season 9, Episode 17 (#323)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric dig a little deeper into “El Cap” and discuss OS X’s new System Integrity Protection, Metal, the updated Two-Factor Authentication and more.
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For Mac Eyes Only – It Goes by the Name “El Cap”

Season 9, Episode 16 (#322)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Brian and Dave to discuss Apple Watch sales numbers, the release of El Cap’s public beta and safe ways to test the latest OS on your Mac, and we attempt to find a solution to Brian’s Apple ID split amongst multiple users…and the problems that come along with doing that.
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For Mac Eyes Only – Reaction Time: WWDC 2015 Keynote

Season 9, Episode 15 (#321)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Gary and Eric to provide first-hand reactions* to Apple’s announcements during the WWDC 2015 Keynote where Apple debuted OS X El Capitan, iOS 9, WatchOS 2, and their new streaming music, radio, and social service called Apple Music.

NEWS:

> OS X El Capitan
> iOS 9
> watchOS 2
> Apple Music

With Special Thanks to the live-blogging skills of:
> Engadget
> The Verge
> TechCrunch

CONTACT US:

> Meet TeamFMEO
> Contact Us

Play Now

or Download the show here!

Running Time: 2:14:47

* Though this episode was recorded live as the keynote progressed, some portions of the recording have been edited for time and/or content.

FMEO.TV – Build an OS X / macOS (up to 12.0!) Boot Disk

FMEO.TV Episode #023

UPDATED to include up to macOS Monterey!

In this episode of FMEO.TV, Mike shows how to build Mavericks USB boot media using OS X’s built-in createinstallmedia command.

Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur & Monterey UPDATE: Great news! This command works just as well for versions of OS X and macOS up through Monterey! Simply substitute the correct file name in the Terminal command below and away you go!

Note the slight change with 10.13 – 10.15, 11.0 & 12.0. The –applicationpath switch has been deprecated (no longer needed).

Show Notes

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