MacNotables #812 [24:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Adam Engst, Ted Landau and Chuck Joiner are back for the second of a two-part discussion featuring more on the iPhone SDK, the iPhone in the enterprise market and how it is getting there. The trio offer provide some perspective on the newest updates to the MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops and the identify the characteristics of a good hardware upgrade, then turn their attention to why Adam finds eBay too time consuming and why Ted disagrees. The show wraps up by becoming “The Antique Road Show with the MacNotables,” including thoughts on why it is so hard to part with an older Mac.

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 MacNotables #811 [32:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Adam Engst, Ted Landau and Chuck Joiner start off the first of a two-part conversation examining the importance of Apple meeting or missing the iPhone SDK introduction, and how it will affect iPhone hacking. The panel discuss some of the unanswered questions that legitimate third-party iPhone applications will raise, review some tricks and tweaks for the Apple TV, express their possessiveness on why non-Mac users don’t deserve an iPhone and discuss how the iPod has maintained its dominance.

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 MacNotables #810 [24:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In the second of a two-part conversation about the Apple TV, Macworld Senior Editor Christopher Breen talks about why he decided to connect his Apple TV to his home network via Ethernet, what you need to turn an older Mac into a media server, why playlists are more important than ever, why you still need a DVD player if you’re into Blu-Ray, and the tools and techniques to rip your existing DVDs to the Apple TV for the best audio and video quality.

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 MacNotables #809 [26:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In the first of a two-part conversation, Macworld Senior Editor Christopher Breen talks about why he doesn’t think of himself as an Apple TV champion, just a really big fan. Chris discusses why this happened, how the first version of Apple’s set-top box distinguished itself from many of the other products that cross his desk and how “take two” makes it even better. Other aspects of the Apple TV covered include praise for the unit’s streaming capabilities and why you don’t need a bigger hard drive to store your media.

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 MacNotables #808 [27:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The three-part series of conversations with Adam Engst, Andy Ihnatko and Chuck Joiner concludes with more of their discussion on how creative tools and our expectations of their results sometimes collide. Have things really gotten easier, or is the gap between what we want and how challenging it is to create it about the same? Adam, Andy and Chuck defend their positions by comparing technology then and now, lament their shared lack of artistic expertise, and talk about the tools and workflows for their latest projects.

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 MacNotables #807 [27:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In the second of a three-part series, Adam Engst, Andy Ihnatko and Chuck Joiner debate the relationship between the ease of use of today’s creative tools and the amount of time it takes to learn and use them. Are all the choices available to today’s Mac user a dream come true or a source of frustration. The MacNotables don’t agree on the point and discuss their views on the question.

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 MacNotables #806 [35:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The first of a three-part conversation features Adam Engst, Andy Ihnatko and Chuck Joiner starts off with why you might think the newest iPhone update has bricked your phone when it really hasn’t, uncovers a possible MacNotables conspiracy and then settles down to a serious discussion of Adam and Andy’s latest projects, audio and video, their different approaches to new media creation, and how they each do their own version of a cost-benefit analysis (whether they realize it or not).

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 MacNotables #805 [26:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

When he left Macworld Conference & Expo, Jim Dalrymple of Macworld was just getting started. Jim joins us from Hollywood (yes, Hollywood) to talk about his recent adventures, including spending time backstage with Ozzy Osbourne, hanging out with Slash at The NAMM Show backstage and partying with the stars at The Grammy Awards. But it wasn’t all fun and games: Jim talks about how Macs have an ever expanding presence at NAMM, and why, “Macs are it,” at the Grammys. Jim also discusses the reception he received at both shows as a Macworld editor, and why we may have to call him “Mr. Dalrymple” from now on.

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 MacNotables #803 [27:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Adam and Tonya Engst join Chuck Joiner, taking some time off the show floor to visit the Macworld Podcast Studio and talk about some of the interesting things they found at Macworld Conference & Expo. The list ranges from a web service that runs HyperCard stacks, a podcasting service and a mega-iPod collection case to a geocoding solution for digital photographs, a drive maintenance utility that is fun for the Mac and a booth design that splits the panel. The panel also discusses TidBITS podcast ad-libbing, suggestions for new products, the health of Macworld Conference & Expo and more.

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 MacNotables #802 [39:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In the Macworld.com Podcast Studio, Ted Landau and Chuck Joiner start out alone covering the Macworld Expo keynote and picking some favorite new products, and are are gang-tackled as Tonya Engst, Andy Ihatko and guests Dori Smith and Tom Negrino join them for a discussion of all things Expo.

Ted comments on the MacBook Air from a troubleshooting perspective, Tonya applauds the number of products designed for women, Andy talks about why his backpack glitters and a favorite new tripod, Tom and Dori cover a new calendar-sharing utility and Chuck plugs a set of in-ear earphones (no pun intended).

Tonya Engst	Andy Ihnatko	Ted Landau
Chuck Joiner	Dori Smith	Tom Negrino

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