MacBites

Harmonious Tunes, Noisy Tech and Wrist Action Redux BackBites - iTunes - Elaine's Library - iTunes - Numbering in filenames - iTunes - Home Sharing - iTunes - 12 Days of Christmas - PathFinder - BusyCal ChatBites - Tweetie 2 for the iPhone - Dropbox for synching Safari Bookmarks and History - Safari's vanishing toolbar - MX Revolution Mice and Magic Mouse - New tech toys - Network setup grief - iPhone and the Airport Extreme - Apple Support Article TS1849 - Apple Support Article TS1651 - Apple Support Article TS1398 - Tesco - Shrine of tech? - Elaine's new chair Hardware Review - MiFi from 3 Feedback and Comments - E-mail from Phil about ReQall and Omnifocus

Thongs can only get better! A week of technical woes at MacBites HQ, ToDo lists and Thongs BackBites - Screenflow 2.0.1 - Camtasia - Elaine breaks BusyCal ChatBites - Network problems at MacBites HQ - Acrobat Updater - Elaine's iPod shuffle / audio book incompatibility - Safari 4.0.4 - Snow Leopard 10.6.2 - Hack to fix Growl Mail notification (broken with 10.6.2 update) - 10.6.2 breaks MailTags and Devonthink - Sky Sports app (iTunes link) - NatWest App (iTunes link) - Twitter only Mobile Device - O2 to Unlock Phones - Orange to ban streaming services - MacHeist - Macgraphoto Design Bundle Software Review - Reqall - Zenbe Lists Feedback and Comments - Email from Graham who is trying to tempt Elaine into a Magic Mouse! - Typo of the Week from Minster68 - Thongs or Things?

Impenetrable Permutations - an undocumented bug in Screenflow and keeping your apps up to date BackBites - Saving bug in Screenflow 2 - BusyCal - 2 updates this week - Adobe Services update ChatBites - iTunes 9.0.2 - iPhone syncing problem - The MacSale Bundle - iPhone data capping on Orange? Software Review - MacUpdate Desktop 5 - AppFresh - Are your apps ready for Snow Leopard? - Snow Leopard Wiki

Increased sensitivity - it's all in the wrist action! Watching TV on the iPhone, where did our tweets go and a solution to our sound recording problem from last week BackBites - tvcatchup.com - Running Elgato EyeTV app under 3G - Tweetie ... the mystery of the missing tweets - Voice Memos for iPhone - Synchronising iPhone time with Mac - iPhone sensitivity ChatBites - Uber fast roundup of new Apple kit - Mighty Mouse issues - Fireworks crashes in Snow Leopard - New Get a Mac ads - Microsoft Store - Open Office for Kids - Open Office for Kids Wiki - BusyCal 1.0.1 Software Review - iTalk Feedback and Comments - Apptrap - recommended by MacJim - Minster68 drives his landy

The Browser Queen meets Jeremy Kyle! Elaine has something new to play with and Mike gets to watch Jeremy Kyle on his iPhone BackBites - ShinyDroplets - Toolbar Extras - iPhone 3.1.2 - TVCatchup for the iPhone ChatBites - BluRay in iMacs - Cruz - Tweetie 2 - VBA in Microsoft Office 2004 - OSX guest accounts and data loss - Sync iPhone time with a mac - Sound Recorder on iPhone Software Review - Dictionary Cleaner

You've gotta speed it up and then you've got to slow it down, we discuss how to speed up your podcasts, manage your default apps and how to Quicklook zip files BackBites - Bento 3 - Bento 3 review in MacWorld - EyeTV 3.2 and iPhone app - TvTv - Dropbox on the iPhone - iPhone Loophole - Photoshop for the iPhone - Playing podcasts at variable speeds - A script from Doug's Scripts to play podcasts a variable speeds ChatBites - Creator Codes - Cocktail - Spotless - Quick Look X ray mode (Mac OSX Hints) - BetterZip Quick Look Plugin - Dictionary in OSX (tuaw.com) - Dictionary in OSX (Mac OSX Hints) - ScreenSharing and key mapping in Snow Leopard - Activating Screenflow Hardware Review - Power Monkey

iTunes audiobook mystery, iPhone apps, vanishing printers, more iPhone woes and Elaine relives TechFail Thursday BackBites - ScriptSaver - iPhone 3.1 battery issues - iTunes 9.0.1 - Audiobooks on iTunes - Audible v iTunes - The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer ChatBites - TechFail Thursday - Acrobat PDF printer replaced in Snow Leopard - Acrobat Save as Adobe PDF support in Snow Leopard - Printing to PDF starts the printer whirring - Mike's Screenflow issues - Windows 7 Launch Party video - BusyCal Software Review - iPhone Application Limbo - SayNoTo0870 - Snapture - JotNot - Google Notebook Extension for Firefox 3.5 - Circus Ponies NoteBook - DayBook Feedback - LucyC also really wants to be able to sync iTunes by album - Drinkster - calculates how many calories and units are in your drink

Hacking iTunes, narcoleptic iPhones and hot pants BackBites - Hacking iTunes - iTunes 9 black background hack - iTunes 9 - Sync by Album - Sixty four switcher - Mike's LogMeIn experience ChatBites - My O2 app - iPhone 3.1 woes - Elaine's iPhone frustrations - ITV.com is now using Flash - Make your Logitech mouse compatible with Snow Leopard - Screensharing problems Software Review - Jane's iTunes conundrum - Script to open iTunes and update podcasts: - Application to open iTunes and update podcasts - ScriptTimer - Drinkster - calculates how many calories and units are in your drink

iTunes 9 folder madness, iPhone 3.1 and domestic strife. We take a look at the newly released iTunes 9, iPhone OS 3.1 and how and a software update almost caused domestic strife here at MacBites HQ Backbites - BusyCal - Snow Leopard installation - QuickTime X PrefPane ChatBites - Zoom and scroll - Finder issues - Microsoft pulls Windows 7 balloons from Euro launch parties - Take a Holiday to Install Windows 7 Software Review - iTunes 9 - Macworld review of iTunes 9 - The "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder - iTunes Store authorization and deauthorization - iPhone 3.1 - OSX 10.6.1 - Import CD's without track numbers

Internet woes, iStat Menus, the new Microsoft App Store, Elaine spoils for a fight and we update you on our Snow Leopard experiences BackBites - Calibrate - BusyCal - iCal - iStat Menus ChatBites - TextExpander for iPhone - Windows Mobile, version 6.5 and Microsoft's App Store - O2 Data Outage - Mike's nested inbox Software Review - Snow Leopard - Elgato EyeTV - Quick Look for zip files - DropBox - PTHPasteBoard - Launchbar - Typinator - QuickSilver - Parallels - Opera - Mobile Me Sync - Canon scanners

Dangerous keyboard cleaning, Parallels and Snow Leopard In this episode, Parallels woos Apple cult converts, Microsoft in Photoshop gaffe and we deep-dive into Snow Leopard. Backbites - Dictionary backup - /Users/User Name/Library/Spelling - Dictionary inconsistencies - Address Book privacy ChatBites - iPhones not suitable for business use - Parallels woos Apple cult converts - Camtasia for Mac - Microsoft's Photoshop gaffe Software Review - Snow Leopard - Purchase and installation - 32 or 64 bit kernel startup mode selector - Saved disk space - QuickTime - Dock and Expose - Spotlight - Stacks - Incompatibilities - Visual Hub - Fujitsu S510M scanner - Snow Leopard resources Competition - Win a copy of BusyCal

Free Mac syncing, RSS Readers, Snow Leopard and BusyCal competition In this episode, after Net News Wire's sad decline, we look at RSS app replacements, we also look at a free alternative to MobileMe and, with Snow Leopard on the horizon, we give you some top tips to help you prepare for the upgrade. Backbites - Evernote - Address Book to have Social networking integration? - LogMeIn - iFooty notifications - iPhone photo fiasco ChatBites - MailRaider - Fruux - Organizing Apps on Your iPhone Software Review - Vienna - NewsFire - Google Reader - Fluid - Icon from Flickr Fluid group - Send to Evernote from Google Reader - Save a Google Reader story as a PDF - Newsstand for the iPhone (iTunes link) - Google Reader for the iPhone - Google Reader - Mobile version - Elaine's System Build Checklist Feedback and Comments - Thanks to everyone else who commented on Twitter and contacted us via the website Competition - Win a copy of BusyCal

Snow Leopard, dying hard drives, Address Book and BusyCal competition In this episode Outlook comes to the Mac, shelving comes to the iMac, we take an indepth look at the OSX address book. And we announce the winner of our Voila competition Backbites - LogMeIn (Anthony uses Rescue for break fix and Remote for servers) - Screen sharing in Skype - Exploding iPods - iFooty - InfoPanel in BusyCal ChatBites - BackPack for iMacs - Outlook for the Mac - Snow Leopard nearing release? - iPhone banking app Software Review - Address book - A to G - Importing Google contacts into Address Book - O2M Feedback and Comments - Thanks to everyone else who commented on Twitter and contacted us via the website

iFooty for iPhone, software bundles, exploding iPods and BusyCal In this episode we look at Summer software bundles, exploding iPods and we take an in-depth look at a new application called BusyCal Backbites - Refreshing the LaunchServices database with Onyx - Cord - Remote Desktop Application - Microsoft fix Office 2008 ChatBites - Summer Software Bundles - The Mac Sale - MacBundles - MacBundleBox - Bodega - Exploding iPods - Script Timer X - iFooty Software Review - BusyCal Feedback and Comments - Thanks to Connor P for his feedback on Elaine's iPhone photos problem - Amanda found Elaine's infopanel excitement too much! - Thanks to everyone else who commented on Twitter Competition - Win a copy of Voila.

iDisk for iPhone, RSS woes, Finder and Spotlight tricks In this episode we'll be discussing some of the key news stories that affect Mac users, laughing at Microsoft (again) and completing our 3-part series on supercharging the Finder Backbites - LogMeIn - Phoneview - Forklift ChatBites - Microsoft 'update' breaks Office for Mac - iDisk iPhone app - NetNewsWire - NewsFire - Vienna - 1Password - Free iPhone apps Software Review - Expandrive - DropZone - Launch Services - Main Menu - Spotless Feedback and Comments - Thanks again to everyone who provided us with feedback both on the website and through Twitter