Month: March 2011

Bill Palmer from BeatWeek
MyMac Podcast #343

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This one runs a bit long as in our longest show ever, but it’s chock full of great! Some terrific Twitter feedback that leads into a discussion about microphones and Application deletion software. Some email talking about why Reb WON’T buy an iPad, and Bill Palmer checks in and even stays for the third segment to talk about the upcoming 100th issue of BeatWeek Magazine! Guy gets his battery changed and annoys everyone with the theme song from the place that did it and lastly, Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference is coming but maybe no new hardware? Bummer.

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Sennheiser CX 680i Headphones – Review

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The first thing you notice about the 680i’s are the shark-like fins that protrude from each earbud. These fins look as if they would feel uncomfortable, but they do a great job of holding the earbuds in place, even while working out. You can wear them for several hours, and while you know you’re wearing headphones, you don’t feel any real discomfort. There’s not much that’s more annoying and potentially dangerous than an earbud falling out while running on a treadmill or an elliptical machine. You can feel secure that this won’t ever happen while wearing the 680i’s.

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Star Walk for iPad – Review

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Star Walk is an app that is a skywatcher’s dream. When you first open the app, the first thing you notice is the impressive quality of the graphics. There is a tremendous amount of detail and resolution that helps make your experience on an iPad so noteworthy. The opening screen provides a wealth of astronomical data that most stargazers can appreciate. The rising and setting times and elevations of the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn accompany the impressive graphics of each of these celestial bodies. Further information on the day length is also provided with the Sun’s data. The lunar phases from yesterday to two days from now are also presented in an impressive three-dimensional view.

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Richard Phillips
TechFan #24

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Best selling author Richard Phillips joins Tim and David to talk about publishing on the Kindle, the art of writing and creating, and his excellent book series, The Rho Agenda. Also, Tim takes the plunge and buys a new 11-inch MacBook Air, some listener feedback, and an and to our dedicated studio.

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Adobe Goes All Marsupial
MyMac Podcast #342

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JollyJap gives the GMen a couple of weird stories (as our unofficial Twitter Correspondent! Congrats Paul…I think) and Tom Engels from the Explorer’s Podcast has a question or two about iTunes and GarageBand problems that is certain to induce nightmares for Guy. China seems to hate juveniles, and Android beating iOS in web tests goes down in a Blaze! Old timers remember Bungie’s Myth and now it seems to be back! Lastly, Adobe makes a Flash to HTML 5 conversion tool called Wallaby (but apparently doesn’t carry around their employees in a pouch). If Flash is going to win out over Apple’s objections, why do they need it?

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IntelliScanner SOHO – Review

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The IntelliScanner SOHO is advertised on the Apparent web site as: “the smart, ultra-portable barcode scanner built for small business,” but it would also work well in the home office or home management arena. Updating inventory and organizing a workplace is not an exciting job; IntelliScanner SOHO helps make it a little easier and a lot of fun.

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LogMeIn

LogMeIn Free and LogMeIn Ignition – Review

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The core of LogMeIn’s services is their web site. Step one is to create an account at LogMeIn.com. Once you’ve done this, you can download the LogMeIn software to computers that you would like to remotely access. These two steps are the same regardless of how you then access your computers. The importance of the LogMeIn web site continues when using LogMeIn Free, as you remote control computers through the browser rather than in a separate application.

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Give to the Red Cross
MyMac Podcast #341

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The new iPad 2 from Apple gets quite a going over with a discussion started with an email from John Nemo. Lots of feedback from Twitter and JollyJap calls Guy a big Yank Tank. Was Gaz able to get himself an iPad while in Nashville? Ding Dong the Zune looks to be dead and Safari lasts for about 5 seconds at Pwn2Own. Lastly, AT&T thinks that putting on a 150GB cap for broadband service is a great idea because of the alleged online habits of 2% of their customers…Really?

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Free Calls to Japan

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While MyMac typically does not publish press releases, I thought the information from one I received today to be important enough to post here,

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Olympus LS-7

Olympus LS-7 PCM Pocket Recorder – Review

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If you want more functionality, capacity and quality for your on-the-move sound recordings than are offered by the several (excellent) “memo” systems available on your iPhone, yet do not want to stretch to the hi-fi quality of a unit like the Edirol R-09HR, which is almost in a class of its own, Olympus has a number of offerings. The new LS-7 “Pocket” Linear PCM recorder may well fit the bill.It’s compact, was reliable in testing and has a lot of easy-to-use features, offering better-than-average quality.

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Folio with Keyboard for iPad – Review

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There are cases for the iPad, and then there are “cases” for the iPad. Sena Cases has decided to produce one of the latter ones for the iPad. The Sena Folio with Keyboard is a handsomely designed and executed iPad case that provides the best possible case for the iPad and includes the additional bonus of a bluetooth keyboard that just fits beautifully into the unit and provides the user with the best possible working unit.

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Jason Hiner
TechFan #23

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Jason Hiner of CBS Interactive and the Editor in Chief of the TechRepublic joins Tim and David! Topics include Intel’s move from USB 3 to LightPeak (Thunderbolt), Wireless USB, Tablets, the MyMac Podcast Network, and the future of how we will get our content.

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It’s an iPhoto Finish!
MyMac Podcast #340

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LOT’S of feedback this week (HooRAY! We love feedback!) from Skype and Twitter about iPads and what gear to buy. Allison Sheridon of the NosillaCast Podcast takes exception to Guy calling the Dexim charger fun but worthless, and Gaz’s iPhoto library is slowing to a crawl! What’s up with THAT? Lastly, sometimes the best iOS App is none at all.

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Logic Notation Guide – Book Review

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The LNG is a comb-bound softcover book with over 200 pages of closely-packed (yet never unreadable) guidance on making the most of Logic’s Score Editor. Strictly-speaking, its substance, examples and concepts apply to the last major version of the software, Logic 8.

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