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Getting Back in the Groove, MacBites is back!! Surprise!! We're back will a shiny new design for our shownotes and lots of good stuff coming your way ;-) In this short ’getting back into the groove’ episode we discuss what we've been doing while missing in action from MacBites and the imminent WWDC, together with details of several exciting tech related local events coming in the next few weeks. ChatBites - Munich58.co.uk - Duncan Edwards - Apple - one-to-one training - Photoshop Express video demo - WWDC - Speakapedia

Tips and Tricks, Shortcuts, Photo Management and Slideshows ChatBites - MacBook - Back to my Mac - VMWare Fusion - VMWare Disk Driver - Private browsing - Trackpad settings - Toolbar Toggle - MacBites Shortcuts - Demise of Navigator Switchers Corner/Software Review - PaintShopPro - Portfolio - iPhoto - Adobe - Bridge, Elements, Lightroom - Aperture - FotoMagico - Mike's FotoMagico Demo Slideshow Calendar Sharing - BusySync - Elaine's how-to for sharing calendars on a single Mac Screen Capture - Additional features to built in screen capture in Leopard

Text Editors take centre stage, amid plenty of other Apple related chat ChatBites - iCal Exchange - Web Snapper - SWF and FLV Player - BusySync - Adding Calendar Content to your Application Switchers Corner/Software Review - Notepad - WordPad - NoteTabPro - EditPadPro - Acetext - Powergrep - RegExBuddy - TextEdit - TextWrangler - BBEdit - TextMate Screen Spanning - Screen Spanning Doctor Bundles - MacHeist - MacSanta Order Tracking - Tracking online orders

iPhone Special: The Launch, Activation, Synchronizing, Making calls, SMS, Email, Camera, Web Apps Directory, Accessories iPhone Special - Experience the launch at The Trafford Centre - Activation - Synchronizing contacts and calendar - iTunes - managing with only 8mg - Making calls - sound quality - Messaging using the keyboard - Email - Camera - verdict on the lowly spec'd camera Web apps directory - Web Apps Directory - UK Traffic News - Connection speedtest - Translation tool - Talking phrasebook - Jivetalk enables use of ichat and other chat clients for text chatting. Free to use for iphone and ipod touch users Accessories - V-Moda Headphones - Belkin Headphone Adapter Tips - Saving multiple images as a PDF in Preview - Using the Scrollball to control Spaces

Leopard Special Part 2: One week on, Likes and dislikes Leopard Special - Part 2 - Living with Leopard - One week in - MikeT relates his experiences of the Leopard install. - It's been said before but Backup Backup Backup and MikeT prefers SuperDuper - So Mike any issues with the new Cat? - All three of us our now running with Leopard - We share some of our likes and dislikes. - We'd all love a dual monitor setup - Leopard does too. - Safari 3 - what's new? - Transferring Mail Networking - Airport - Screen sharing - Back to my Mac Other Features - Spaces - Time Machine - The new Finder - Preview - Coverflow - Quicklook

Leopard Special Part 1: Plenty of Leopard Discussion Leopard Special - Live recording from The Apple Store, Trafford Centre, Manchester - Interviews with those in the queue and a member of staff from the store - Sample the excitement of the build up to the launch Leopard - The MacBiters First Thoughts - Installation experiences - Clean vs Over-the-top The Dock - DockSwitcher - TigerDock - Dockgawk 1.0 - DockDoctor 1.0 Transparent Menu Bar - OpaqueMenuBar - LeoColorBar Adobe CS3 and Leopard - John Nack’s Blog - Adobe Support for OS X Leopard - Lightroom Blue Screen of Death - The Register - MacMerc - MacFixit Aperture and Time Machine Issues - Apple - MacRumors

News, Address Book, iCal, Global Shortcuts News - Leopard launch details - iPhone - iTunes and DRM - Barbie iPod Dock Switchers Corner - Address Book - iCal - O2M Software Review - Typinator - TextExpander - TypeIt4Me News - Leopard launch - Orange France - Third Party applications on the iPhone - iTunes Plus DRM free tracks reduced by 20p - The Good: Apple releases Leopard guided tour video - The Bad: Some reviewers are knocking the iPod Touch as just a crippled iPhone - The Ugly: The Barbie iPod dock Yes its pink and flowery

News, Mail, SpamSieve, Tips and Tricks News, Mail, SpamSieve, Tips and Tricks In the news this week: - Intrepid hackers have brought Apple’s shiny new menus to older models. - Apple Launches WebApps Directory. Apple has launched a directory of web-based applications designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch. - Apple to Announce 3rd Party iPhone App Development? - Apple iPhone 2 for Macworld Expo? As confirmed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in September, Apple is already working on the development of the second-generation iPhone. - The Good: T3 - Apple cleans up at T3 Awards - The Bad: Royalty demands may have kept Valve's Half-Life 2 off the Mac - The Ugly: The new iPhone ads on the US site. Switchers Corner - Using Mail - Reasons for transferring for Outlook to OSX Mail - Using O2M (from littlemachines.com) for importing mail from Outlook. - Price: $10 Software Review - SpamSieve Tip of the week -Taking screen shots

The MacBites Crew introduce themselves in this first episode of MacBites Introductions The MacBites Crew introduction - Elaine, MikeT and MikeB A brief insight in to how and why we switched to the Mac platform News Items and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - The Good The Cloud offer new deal WiFi access for iPod touch users - The Bad New iMacs plagued by interface freezing issues - The Ugly New Zune 2 to take on Apple's iPod Software Review - Saft v8.3.11 This week’s Cool Tool scores a coveted 5 Golden Bites

Hello there! Thanks for checking out MacBites. We’re a podcast covering all things Apple, Mac, OS X, iPhone, iPad, iPod and anything else Apple may tempt us with. In addition to all that we have tips, tricks and reviews for hardware, software, apps and more. We also have a fantastic community of MacBites listeners … the MacBiters! Hosted by Elaine Giles, Mike Thomas, MacBites Siri and Lady Siri we take a rather irreverent look at the Apple world and the tech world in general. To catch up on what fun you’ve missed so far check out The Newbies Guide to MacBites at http://macbites.co.uk/the-newbies-guide-to-macbites/ We hope you decide to come and join the MacBites family, see you there!