MyMac.com Podcast

Only about one and a half months togo until Macworld/iWorld! Hope you've got your hotel and flights arranged. Paul Kent from IDG comes on to talk about the new stuff this year and chat about his feelings (what?). Gaz hates iTunes or did until Lion seemed to straighten out most of his issues…well that and a new Mac. Twitter gets weird for the GMen and not one, but TWO new iTunes reviews! WOOT!

Oh those GMen! This show has a punk rock version of the Banana Splits theme, what to eat in Hell, and how Tom Schmidt now has to pay for Mark Greentree and Gaz to fly to Macworld to give us lessons on how to speak like an Aussie! Thunderbolt boots your Mac? Why that could be a good thing and just how well did Apple do on Black Friday and Cyber Monday?

Stoplight Network goes LIVE for the MyMac Podcast in this episode. Guy gets an iPhone 4S and has syncing problems not resolved without goats, Zombie games make a splash in a big way, why big PC makers are getting out of the tablet business, and Tim Vining creator, animator of Star Trek: Aurora comes on the show to talk about how he did an hour long fully animated Star Trek show in ONLY six years!

Just as most reasonable people believed, Adobe has given up on Mobile Flash and naturally blames Apple instead of it being because it sucked. Guy gives iTunes Match a go but Gaz can't yet (however he has an iPhone 4S and Guy doesn't so Guy is sad). It may seem sacrilegious, but you CAN sync Android devices to your Mac, Apple becomes a top 5 vendor in Europe, and why we'd prefer a side order of Google.

Gaz and Guy take a short trip back to their childhood to push silicate crystals around…what? OH! Not THAT kind of Sandbox, but the kind that keeps bad stuff out at the potential cost of keeping good stuff out too. The GMen have at least one idea as to why those Birds seem to be so angry. Gaz gets all Zombiefied while throwing his (paper) weight around and Rich Lefko wants to start a petition to bring back the "Save As" command to OS X Lion. Guy's chair breaks in the middle of a segment which makes him sad.

Well originally with Guy being sick and Gaz being very busy at work it looked like there wasn't going to be a podcast this week. However Gaz delegated and Guy crawled in front of a microphone and got it done. A lot of MyMac articles to do and listeners pointing out some mistakes that they HAD to be mistaken about. Big thanks for peanut Butter Buckeyes (YUM!) and more feedback from Twitter and FaceBook made it a show.

Guy and Gaz left the studio door unlocked, and the podcast has been hijacked by Scott, Peter, and Patrick. Since Guy and Gaz always proclaim each new episode of MyMac as one of the longest ever, this time it really is! We talk about our experiences with Lion upgrades, Final Cut Pro X, and the iPhone 4S, iOS 5, and iCloud. It's the mother of all hijacks, with something from just about every recent Apple product discussed, whether it needs discussing or not.

WSometimes shows are so on focus and so well put together that you can't help but be proud. This is not one of those shows. After taking last week off, Gaz and Guy come out with a show probably not chock full of Apple information but guaranteed to make you laugh nearly as much as we did doing it. Lot's of Twitter feedback and a discussion about Apple's Siri iOS program which Gaz has and Guy doesn't. Some iCloud stuff and Guy talks Sam Negri from MyMac out of buying Lion and that's a good thing.

We didn't release the show we recorded last week with the sudden death of Apple's CEO Steve Jobs since our normal frivolity with the release of the iPhone 4S and iOS just didn't seem appropriate. However Gaz and I got together with Tim and Dave from TechFan (along with quite a few other people…go download TechFan 50 for the whole show) on Friday the 7th of October to talk about our memories of Steve and Apple amongst other things. Tim kindly pulled out the bit with Gaz and I and we're using that for the an extra-long intro to our show. Not wanting to let anything go to waste, the podcast we recorded last week will play after that

How do you feel about a Mac made by Gateway…or Sony…or Dell? Guy asks and Gaz shakes his weary head in disbelief. As a matter of fact pretty much EVERYONE asked or that had read the article at MyMac that Guy wrote has said the same. Oh, and by the time you read this or hear this pocast, it will almost be time for unspecified iPhone news! YAY for rumors that can't be proven but have a logical consistency!

Yeah, we had some stuff to talk about, but it's mostly just fun stuff since it's kinda quiet lately. Gaz has a chat about the Liverpool Tweetup that went international with FaceTime to the US from an Italian/Spanish restaurant. It makes sense if you listen. Microsoft wants us to use Windows 8 with everything plus cheese and should you buy an iPad 2 with the the iPad 3 much closer than farther away? And let's give a great big hand to a rather unusual iPhone case.

A quiet week Apple-wise but that doesn't stop Gaz and Guy from having an extras long show. Thomas Zahler, writer and artist for the popular webcomic Love and Capes comes on to talk about how he creates his works on a Mac and what he wishes for in cool gear! Thom stays on with the GMen to have a bit of a chat about why PC makers seem to be so undecided when it comes to releasing new ultra-thin laptops similar to Apple's MacBook Air.

A show with many twists and turns! From a Webcomic artist who had problems with her iPhone Danielle Corsetto (http://www.girlswithslingshots.com) to John Astin from the Aadams Family, we really run the gauntlet with this show. We ask, "Will you buy an iPhone 5 even if it means breaking your existing contract and what might tempt people to buy a tablet not from Apple. OH, and Guy screws up the beginning of the second segment not once, but twice and if you listen ALLLLL the way to the end you can hear it too!

Earthquakes and Hurricanes, and CEO resignations…OH MY! A geek's chain makes the news of the weird along with a tokyo man's running tribute to Steve Jobs and Apple. Gaz has some great tips for Lion and since he missed out on the breaking Steve resignation news last week, gives us his opinion this week. When is a certificate NOT a certificate and Apple has a BIG problem! They can't make enough Macs to fill the demand!Contact MyMac at feedback@mymac.com and leave a message at 1-703-436-9501

A sad beginning to the show. After Gaz and Guy finished recording Tuesday, Steve Jobs resigned from Apple. This was too big a story to wait until next week so Tim Robertson (you MAY have heard of him) and Guy record their thoughts on the passing of the torch at our favorite tech company. OK it's at the beginning of the show but was recorded later…mind explodes! Meanwhile some time before that, a rare East Coast earthquake shakes things up for Guy and he seems a little more brain scattered than usual, but fortunately Gaz is there to keep him on the straight and narrow. The whole HP/WebOS thing whets some mention along with updates, Mac App Store pricing, oddly shaped German Tablets, and Orangoutangs. How is Version and Auto-Save different? We have to stop the show to find out and Gaz FINALLY gets a People's Pick (or three). Guy cuts a bit of himself out of the show because he basically gave away Gaz's Contest…BAD GUY!