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Apple has a new iOS announcement, but that doesn't come until tomorrow for Guy and Gaz so they have NO idea what it's going to be. However they're PRETTY sure it's a new iPad with gee whiz new stuff in it. Real stretch of the imagination there, however Guy ALSO thinks there will be a special Jimmy Buffet branded one with a built-in Margarita mixing guide! Or maybe that will be saved for the iPad 4. Lastly, the GMen interview all the way from the Ukraine, Denys Zhadannov from Readdle.com about their fantastic iOS apps

No big agenda this week, just lot's of little things that add up to one crazy show. Guy finally breaks down and gets a Magic TrackPad but is somewhat unsure of just how it works without all those pesky wires all roll-y pointy things. The GMen are thankful they don't play with lightsabers and go into a few different Video Sharing sites. Erick Diaz sides with Gaz and the Macs aren't going anywhere debate, JollyJap wants to find some battery conditioning software in an audio question, and instead of an app pick, Gaz has some useful tips and tricks.

Guy apologize's for last week's sponsor screwup that he would LOVE to blame on Gaz or possibly overindulgences from the 70's but can't. This week's phobia word of the day is especially good for those who fear their mom or dad or possibly a racecar or radar. Terra Knoble from Splasm Software (one of our 400th podcast sponsors) joins the GMen for a fun chat, and why is Guy planting the seeds of doom for the Mac because of Mountain Lion? Gaz tries to set him straight, but when did THAT ever work?

On this show, Gaz has to do a bit of an end-around since his daughter took his beloved Mac Mini away, so it's off to the Mini Media server with it's 32-inch HDTV. Some 1Password love from Guy (who FINALLY bought it after saying for who knows how long he was going to) for it's web services, and the GMen talk about online Photo services, bee stings, running CAT6 cable, and Flipper?

You'll have to listen to find out what Chiroptophobia is, but the why they called the show that is still a mystery. Maybe they have a fear of naming things (no that would be Nomatophobia).The big 400th Podcast is coming up and Gaz and Guy can't WAIT to give you people stuff for being so wonderful about listening to the show! However they seem to be able to make you wait until the 400th podcast actually happens. So far they have three companies willing to pony up some great prizes including BusyCal from BusyMac Software, the Co-Pilot iOS app from ALK Technologies , and MacKeeper 2012 from ZeoBIT Software. Then they go over a big list (but not a conclusive list) of the software they like on their Macs and why.

Guy and Gaz finally get back together after the Macworld Expo and go over all the major events as seen through the eyes of Guy (No guarantees about accuracy). Gaz in withdrawal does about a billion other podcasts. There was a lot of listener feedback which they only kinda half-answer (they'll get back to it, promise!). A longer show because Guy doesn't when to stop TALKING!

Guy's audio on the floor was pretty bad (Tim has the GOOD Microphone), so Guy waited until he got home to try and clean it up. You can be the judge of how well he (or didn't) do. These are the last five developer interviews on the Macworld Expo floor from Guy and Tim.

Shorter than usual but taking probably twice as long as it needed to since nearly everything was created and edited on iOS. Tim and Guy run through the latest stuff found at the Macworld/iWorld Expo before Guy has four recorded bits with various show vendors.

We are off to the races before the Macworld Expo - iWorld 2012 show even officially kicks off. A large contengent of MyMac.com writers and podcasts are on hand to kick off the event on a shorter than normal podcast!

If you like Listener Feedback and interviews you'll LOVE this show. Guy's wife has a bit of an incident but she's OK now (which means Guy is cleared for MacWorld!), Gaz has OCD or does OCD have Gaz? Guy and Gaz prove without a shadow of a doubt that neither have Polyphobia and Tonya Engst from TidBits comes on to talk a bit about Tids and ePublishing

We wish the iPhone a happy birthday with a non-copyright version of a disjointed birthday song and barely mention it again. A couple of technical problems get mentioned and the MacParrot coffee mug makes a spectacular comeback…if someone buying one to make a grand total of two made can be considered a sales success. We had some feedback concerning last week's complaints and Tom Schmidt believes he's taking over for Gaz (Not going to happen unless he changes his name to start with a "G"). We have TWO Skype calls and discuss an unnatural fear of Celine Dion. iTunes gets a working over and with the Macworld Expo right around the corner, Guy talks about gearing up (or down as the case may be) for it.

A complaining email gets answered (it's not always about peace and love darn it) and Gaz can't remember that 1password (see what I did there?) for work so goes back in Time to find it. We finally get around to a few questions from James about how we do the podcast and what we do it with and Jonny Ive get's Knighted and Guy gets squat. It's SO unfair!

More about you the listeners this week than about any news from the Mac scene. We talk about buying used Macs (kinda), the state of Radio (not really), and how to waste a perfectly good beer (OK that we did do). QuickTime gets some attention as a fast video editor and a good discussion on what we'll do on future shows goes on (say what?). All in all, a weird time is had by all but what ELSE did you expect just after Christmas?

All relatively quiet on the Mac front so the GMen decide to have a little discussion about bigger or smaller iDevices, how Amazon is doing with the Kindle Fire, and what they got for their loved ones for Christmas…SHHH. Don't tell.

Twitter and email and FaceBook run Guy and Gaz ragged (but in a good way) as they get to all that stuff you guys wanted to talk about. Nitrous Oxide, non-working Android tablets, a face-off between Siri and Microsoft's TellMe is just the start. Jake Cherry wants to know more about iTunes and backing up and James Myers wants the GMen's opinion (God knows why) on Apple Scripting, sandboxed apps, and Apple's take on podcasting. Also a NEW segment on the show…Phobiword of the day.