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MacNotables #1012: Ted Landau Discusses His iPad Experiences (So Far)

Chuck — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Mac and iPhone expert Ted Landau is well on his way to becoming an iPad expert, delivering a series of articles on his blog on The Mac Observer. In this wide-ranging conversation, Ted discusses why Apple will release iPhone 4.0 so soon after the iPad launch, his thoughts on pre-iPad-launch curmudgeonliness, the iPad “want vs. need” scenario, the iPad vs. netbook debate, iPad app prices, jailbreaking the iPad, and more. Ted also names some favorite iPad apps (of course) and wraps up by helping the hold-outs decide whether they should buy an iPad.

MacNotables is sponsored by SmileOnMyMac.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Subscribe to MacNotables in iTunes

Ted Landau on Twitter

Ted Landau’s User Friendly Blog: Which Keyboard for the iPad? on The Mac Observer

Ted Landau’s User Friendly View: File Sharing with an iPad: Ugh! on The Mac Observer

Ted Landau’s User Friendly View: The Present and Future of the iPad on The Mac Observer

Ted Landau’s User Friendly Blog: How to Know If You Should Buy an iPad on The Mac Observer

The Deep Pinball on the iTunes Store

Pandora Radio for iPad on the iTunes Store

ABC Player in the iTunes Store

Scrabble for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Magic Piano for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Fieldrunners for the iPad in the iTunes Store

WeatherBug Elite for iPad in the iTunes Store

NetFlix for iPad in the iTunes Store

New York Times Editors Choice for the iPad in the iTunes Store

USA Today for iPad in the iTunes Store

Pages for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Keynote for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Numbers for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Reuters News Pro for the iPad in the iTunes Store

Pandora Radio for iPad on the iTunes Store

Clear Cal for iPad from RadTech

MacNotables #943: Ted Landau on The Dangers of the Guest Account Bug, The Return of Typestyler, and iPhone Jailbreaking

Chuck — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:10:00 +0000

Mac expert Ted Landau has been watching the Guest Account Bug situation with great interest, and shares his insight into what’s going on and how you can keep from being bitten. Ted also discusses the return of TypeStyler, the venerable Mac graphics program that has been out of action for years, and the challenges it faces in today’s software market. Also known as the MacNotables resident iPhone expert, Ted provides us with an update on the jailbreaking community and why it just may not matter any more.

MacNotables is sponsored by SmileOnMyMac.

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

The MacVoices Group

Ted Landau on Twitter

Subscribe to MacNotables in iTunes

MacLevelTen

Ted Landau’s User Friendly View: The Return of TypeStyler by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

MacFixIt

Snow Leopard Guest Account Wiping Some Home Directories by Bryan Chaffin on The Mac Observer

Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Fail Loses Sidekick Data by Jeff Gamet on The Mac Observer

Jailbreaking iPhones: Going, Going, Gone? by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

blackra1n Jailbreaks 3.1.2 Upgraded iPhone, iPod touch by Jeff Gamet on The Mac Observer

MacNotables #901: Adam Engst and Jim Dalrymple Unleash on Keynote Announcements

Chuck — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

From the Macworld PodLoft high above the Macworld Conference & Expo show floor, Adam Engst and Jim Dalrymple join Chuck Joiner to discuss Apple’s keynote announcements. In a freewheeling, out-of-control discussion (so what’s new?), the panel argue about the value of geotagging in iPhoto, beat up on Pages, provide some thoughts on the updates to iLife and iWork, and why the battery is the big story in the MacBook Pro 17″.


Adam Engst	Jim Dalrymple	Chuck Joiner

Links:

Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Adam Engst on Twitter

Jim Dalrymple on Twitter

Eye-Fi Explore Wireless 2 GB Secure Digital Card (EYE-FI-2EX)

MacNotables #807: Adam Engst and Andy Ihnatko Debate Today’s Creative Tools and The Expectations They Create

Chuck — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0000

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.

Adam Engst	Andy Ihnatko	Chuck Joiner

Links:

Art Text by Belight Software

Wacom Cintiq Graphics Tablet by Wacom

The Modbook by Axiotron

“Canon PowerShot SD1000 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)” (Canon)

WordPress

MacNotables #804: MacNotables at Expo – Robin Williams Live in the Peachpit Booth

Chuck — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Robin Williams stops by the Peachpit booth on the show floor at Macworld Expo to tape a live MacNotables session with Chuck Joiner. Robin provides some thoughts on Leopard and the fact that many vendors are writing programs and features into their products that are only for Leopard users. Robin chats about the different audiences for her two Leopard books, The Little Mac Book, Leopard Edition and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series, both from Peachpit, why her mom should be doing Apple commercials, the challenges of upgrading computer books, and why she considers herself more a teacher than a writer.

Links:

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series by Robin Williams

The Little Mac Book, Leopard Edition by Robin Williams

DriveSavers

Font Agent Pro by Insider Software

SuperDuper by Shirt Pocket Software

Carbon Copy Cloner by Bombich Software

Data Rescue II by Prosoft Engineering

Drive Genius 2 by ProSoft Engineering

The Non-Designer’s Design and Type Books, Deluxe Edition by Robin Williams

Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman Write Shakespeare? by Robin Williams

MacNotables #803: MacNotables at Expo: Adam & Tonya Engst’s Macworld Show Picks and More

Chuck — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0000

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.

Tonya Engst	Adam Engst	Chuck Joiner

Links:

TileStack

Phonecasting.com

Parat Solutions’ Apple products

Prosoft Engineering

Drive Genius 2 by ProSoft Engineering

CrashPlan

HoudahGeo – Geocoding for the Mac

Softpress Systems Freeway 4

BusySync by BusyMac

GadgetTrak

Coda from Panic Software

TypeItForMe by Ettore Software

Axiotron’s ModBook

MacNotables #754: A MacNotables First Look at the new iMac, iLife ‘08, iWork ‘08, .Mac and more (Part 2)

Chuck — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:00:00 +0000

MacNotables panelists Adam and Tonya Engst and Andy Ihnatko andt Chuck Joiner conclude their discussions of Apple’s August 7 Media Event. In this edition, the newest edition of Keynote, iWeb and the remainder of the iLife ‘08 and iWork ‘08 suites go under the microscope. “Customer One” for Keynote is identified, “silent” updates to the Mac mini and the Airport Extreme base station are reviewed and what .Mac could be are all bandied about in the second of a two-part series.

Tonya Engst	Adam Engst	Andy Ihnatko	Chuck Joiner

Links:

Fake Steve Jobs Finally Unmasked in TidBITS

Apple Releases New Aluminum iMacs, Refreshes Mac mini in TidBITS

New iLife ‘08 Revealed in TidBITS

Numbers Joins iWork ‘08 on TidBITS

Nintendo emulator for the iPhone

AirPort Base Station Upgraded to Gigabit Ethernet on TidBITS

MacNotables #753: A MacNotables First Look at the new iMac, iLife ‘08, iWork ‘08, .Mac and more (Part 1)

Chuck — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:00:24 +0000

MacNotables panelists Adam and Tonya Engst and Andy Ihnatko join host Chuck Joiner to deliver their initial impressions of the announcements at Apple’s August 7 Media Event.

The team discusses why the new iMac isn’t that much different and debate whether or not Blu-Ray drives would have made sense from both a video and data perspective. iPhoto expectations are high with this group, and they point out some of the things that have been addressed and others that they still want to see. iMovie’s new, “Just Give Me The Movie” feature, thoughts on iWeb, some significant improvements in pages and a discussion of Numbers, the new Apple spreadsheet entry are all included in the first of a two-part show.

Tonya Engst	Adam Engst	Andy Ihnatko	Chuck Joiner

Links:

Fake Steve Jobs Finally Unmasked in TidBITS

Apple Releases New Aluminum iMacs, Refreshes Mac mini in TidBITS

New iLife ‘08 Revealed in TidBITS

Numbers Joins iWork ‘08 by TidBITS

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0

Omni Outliner 2.0

MacNotables #729: The MacNotables Examine iPhone Lust

Chuck — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:00:00 +0000

In the second of a two-part conversation with Adam Engst, Andy Ihnatko and Chuck Joiner, the subject of iPhone lust is raised and the panel go for the bait, discussing the discovery of iPhone photos on Flickr, the iPhone camera and why a decent cell phone camera may be an oxymoron. At the very first public showing Apple announced much of the feature set for the iPhone, and we discuss why finding the perfect combination is so difficult. As the conversation went later into the night the panel identify the genesis of iPhone lust and the surprising thing Adam has in common with teenage girls in the “Non-Caffeinated” edition of MacNotables.

Adam Engst	Andy Ihnatko	Chuck Joiner

Links:

iPhone

Flickr

Virgin Mobile

MacNotables #717: Ted Landau Goes In-Depth on the Apple TV

Chuck — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0000

Mac troubleshooting expert Ted Landau has spent some quality time working with the new Apple TV and gets in-depth on the issues of wireless network speed impact on video performance and the initial set-up, whether you really need a widescreen television, and the similarities to an iPod from a content organization standpoint. Ted talks about the video file formats supported by the Apple TV and their impact on picture quality, the ways that people are already hacking the Apple TV, what the USB port is good for and how the Mac mini compares to it as a home theater option. Ted also goes beyond the video, commenting on the music and photo capabilities of the device. Thinking of buying an Apple TV? This is the interview you want to hear.

Links:

mac.column.ted: An Alternative FAQ for Apple TV by Ted Landau on MacFixIt

Apple TV: Apple Scores Again by Ted Landau on The Mac Observer

Apple TV

AirPort Extreme Base Station

Apple Mac mini(1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo

Elgato Eyetv 250 Digital TV Recorder for Mac

Apple TV Support

MacFixIt

MacNotables #715: Andy Ihnatko’s Endorsement of Flickr

Chuck — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:21:22 +0000

Andy Ihnatko is enthusiastic about many things, but perhaps nothing more than Flickr, the photo-sharing site. Andy talks about why Flickr is so much more than that, citing how he uses it as a blog, a way to keep up with his friends and let them keep up with him, and why Flickr makes it easy and fun to do. Andy shares some tips for getting started and getting the most out of Flickr, offers some thoughts on tagging your photos and outlines the many options that Flickr gives the user. Why is Flickr so great? Andy tells you their secret and encourages you to get involved.

Links:

Andy’s Flickr Page

Andy’s Camera:

Nikon D80 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera (Body only)

Moo Cards

“iPod Fully Loaded: If You’ve Got It, You Can iPod It” (Andy Ihnatko)

MacNotables #692 – Tonya Engst’s “Professionally Home-Made” Gift Ideas and Holiday Efficiency

Chuck — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:00:10 +0000

Tonya Engst stars in this holiday-themed edition by detailing projects and gifts that you can do at home using iPhoto and some of Apple’s professional printing options to deliver gifts that are “professionally home-made.” Tonya talks about some of the things she’ll be doing for family and friends this season, and tells you why delivering presents after the holiday is a perfectly viable option. Then, Tonya takes a page from her role as editor of the Take Control ebooks, and provides some holiday efficiency tips and suggestions for how to look good in your family’s holiday newsletter. Everything from the importance of curly quotes to why some non-standard practices are acceptable as long as they are consistent are included in Tonya’s holiday gift of ideas and tips to you.

Links

Amazon Prime

Talk Like A Pirate Day

Pancake Day

Shrove Tuesday

Apple iWork ‘06

The Print Shop 2

Now Up-to-date & Contact

MacNotables #685: Christopher Breen Goes In-Depth on the new iPod shuffle, Discusses His New Mac Pro and Talks About Getting Into Digital Photography

Chuck — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:50:48 +0000

Christopher Breen delivers an in-depth look at the new iPod shuffle, including a discussion of the hiss issue and why, finally, we may have an iPod that is too small. Chris also talks about his new Mac Pro and why his Macworld co-workers (and you) will be jealous of his configuration, and how he is getting into digital photography…one step at a time.

Links:

MacNotables #684: MacMania Redux, Aperture Update, New iPod Shuffles, and MacBook Pro Drive Speeds with Dan Frakes, Andy Ihnatko and Ted Landau

Chuck — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:40:29 +0000

The MacNotables were well represented on the recent MacMania Geek Cruise. Dan Frakes, Andy Ihnatko and Ted Landau join host Chuck Joiner to talk about the experience and why they would go again in a second. The panel share some stories from the cruise and prove they really are Mac geeks, even when at sea. The panel then turns their attention to the latest edition of Apple’s Aperture, the new iPod shuffles, and the three different hard drive options for the new MacBook Pro in the tuxedo edition of MacNotables.

Dan Frakes

Andy Ihnatko

Ted Landau

Chuck Joiner

Links:

MacNotables #675: The MacNotables Centennial Celebration (Part 1) – iPods, Shareware, Maintenance and More

Chuck — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:30:19 +0000

The MacNotables wanted to do something special to celebrate their 100th episode, and they succeeded, times three. Each member of the panel opted to deliver a Top 3 (or more) list of a topic of their choosing, and in typical MacNotables style, came up with some unusual, informative and entertaining topics. There was so much good information that just one show wouldn’t hold it all, hence our three-show Centennial extravaganza.

Jason Snell

Andy Ihnatko

Christopher Breen

Ted Landau

Bob LeVitus

Dennis Sellers

Chuck Joiner

The guests and topics for Part 1 include:

Jason Snell - Top 3 Andy Ihnatko’s
Andy Ihnatko – Top 3 Things I Hate About All Podcasts In General That I Ignore Because I Enjoy Doing This Podcast So Much
Bob LeVitus – Top 3 Shareware Programs
Christopher Breen – Top 3 Favorite iPod Tips
Ted Landau – Top 3 Things To Do When Things Go Wrong With Your Mac
Dennis Sellers – Top 3 Apple News Stories

Links:
- Synergy
- Carbon Copy Cloner
- SuperDuper
- LaunchBar
- SpamSieve
- Weeds
- Handbrake
- Time Machine
- MacFixIt
- DiskWarrior
- Data Rescue II

MacNotables #617: Chris Breen and Dan Frakes on the Implications of Sharing Photos and Music, the 1 GB nano, AutoFill, FLAC and More

Chuck — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:05:01 +0000

Starting to gleen the truth about the MacNotables on the Mac Mania cruise, why you want to be *very* careful if you’re going to photocast using iPhoto 6, excuses to use when sharing your iTunes music library, black or white leather, 1 gig nano, FLAC, Og Vorbis, AutoFill, and more are all covered by the panel of Chris Breen, Dan Frakes and Chuck Joiner in this bonus-length edition.

Christopher
Breen

Dan
Frakes

Chuck
Joiner

Christopher
Breen

Dan
Frakes

Chuck
Joiner

MacNotables #608: Macworld Expo Wrap-Up Part 2 and Who Was First With Photocasting

Chuck — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:01:01 +0000

The second of two Macworld Expo wrap-up shows includes Expo highlights, a detail-filled “desert island product” discussion, coverage of the photo-sharing duel: iPhoto’s new capabilities vs. FilmLoop’s new approach, and some real-time research into who came up with “photocasting” first.

Christopher Breen	Adam Engst	Tonya Engst
Andy Ihnatko	Ted Landau	Chuck Joiner

Links:

Harmon Kardon Drive and Play
Heros of Might and Magic IV
Stickybrain
Webstractor
Project X
.Mac
iSale
RapidWeaver
Circus Ponies
iSee by ATO
FilmLoop
Elgato Eyetv500
iWork ‘06
Adobe Photoshop CS 2
On Air web videocam monitoring software
3D Weather Globe & Atlas by Software MacKiev

MacNotables #524: Photo Processing Services, Print Shop 2.0, Generic Ink and Who Mourns for Internet Explorer

Chuck — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:03:01 +0000

The importance of the recently-released Print Shop 2.0, online photo processing service picks, whether to choose name-brand inks or generics for your printer and a discussion of the demise of Internet Explorer are all included in this edition.

Christopher
Breen

Bob “Dr. Mac”
LeVitus

Jason
Snell

Chuck
Joiner

Links:

The End of Explorer
Safari Enhancer
Print Shop 2.0
Shutterfly
Snapfish
Kodak
Turn pixels into prints: How to choose the best online photo service for your prints by Ben Long
Mpix
Macworld Digital Photography Superguide e-Book
Ink4Art.com
MacBrainiac Challenge

MacNotables #504: New PowerBooks and Dual Core PowerMacs and Aperture – What Do They Mean To You?

Chuck — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:30:35 +0000

The MacNotables take on the October 19 announcements from Apple about the updated Pro-level Macs, including new PowerBooks and dual core PowerMac G5 towers as well as the introduction of Aperture, the new pro-level digital photography program. The panelists for this edition include:

Bryan Chaffin	Adam Engst	Tonya Engst
Andy Ihnatko	Dennis Sellers	Chuck Joiner

Links:

Higher Resolution Powerbooks

Dual Core PowerMac G5 Towers

Aperture Digital Photo Post-Production Software