MyMac Podcast 973: Let’s Let Loose
Mark your calendars for May 7th which is the next Apple event. Nothing concrete on what they’ll be releasing but having an Apple Pencil in the announcements graphic just MIGHT be a clue. David Ginsburg of In Touch with iOS Podcast fame joins Guy in a podcast that Guy had audio issues with, well for nearly the entire recording…sigh
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David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel listed as https://youtube.com/intouchwithios and follow him on Mastodon daveg65@mastodon.cloud
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MyMac Podcast 967: Artificially Intelligent Laughter
What happens when you get two podcasters playing with AI images? Unexpected results and lots of laughs. Karl Madden and Guy spent some time this morning trying to create images with AI and some crazy results occurred. Since this is more visual than usual, Guy will create a version of the podcast on YouTube that will just have the AI image discussion so you don’t have to go through the whole thing.
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Audio Feed back: NCGreg tells Guy he did a big DUH last week
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MyMac Podcast 964: Make it look like Windows
The MacOS is great, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make it better. We’re going to look at some apps that have the potential to make your experience better…even if they didn’t come from Cupertino
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Dockmate: https://www.macenhance.com/index.html
uBar 4: https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/ubar-4-toolbar-for-mac
OpenOffice: https://www.openoffice.org/
WPS Office: https://www.wps.com/
OnlyOffice: https://www.onlyoffice.com/
1Password: https://1password.com/
Dashlane: https://www.dashlane.com/
Bitwarden: https://bitwarden.com/
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Meat based plants: https://www.engadget.com/youve-tried-plant-based-meat-but-here-come-meat-based-plants-163654564.html?src=rss
Gold Pick AX: https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/16/protect-against-iphone-trojan-goldpickaxe/
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MyMac Podcast 953: Scary Wrong
Remember just a few weeks ago when we thought there wouldn’t be another Mac event this year? Or did we actually say the exact opposite? Hard to say, as the overblown reverb meant most people couldn’t stand listening to it.
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MyMac Podcast 951: Upcoming fabricated tittle-tattle hearsay rumor Grapevine gossip!
We may thoroughly despise rumor mongering, but we do enjoy a little alleged by all accounts scuttlebutt so the story goes…so lets do that! Also Guy MAY have been a LITTLE heavy on the reverb…possibly
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MyMac Podcast 950: So We’re Back!
Sorry about that, but we were away for a bit taking care of all kinds of unrelated to being GMen things, but here we are. With MacOS Sonoma now released, there are certain things to remember and do BEFORE jumping to that new operating system. Chief among them is making sure you have a complete backup you can revert to in case things go horribly wrong! Will they? Probably not. CAN they? Oh most certainly.
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MyMac Podcast 935: iMac is 25
Who would have thought that one of the oldest model names in computers is now 25 years old. It’s amazing when you think about where it started and what its become. It went from being an all-in-one plug and play computer to a…well maybe things haven’t changed all that much after all.
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Guy:- Farrago by Rouge Aomeba. A fantastic update to already great software. $25 to upgrade from version 1 or $49 for first time buyers.
Gaz:- I might have one
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MyMac Podcast 934: iEye Monophthalmic
Well Guy is somewhat back and he’s keeping his eye on all things Mac. Considering he’s only got one eye, that means it has his full attention
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MyMac Podcast 932: Cloud Confusion
Cloud computing like it or not is here to stay. The public and now computer companies are making this a fact by changing many of the ways they create computers these days and Apple isn’t immune to it either. So what is it good for and how deep should you go into it?
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/04/07/tesla_workers_shared_videos/
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MyMac Podcast 931: Macstock 2023
Through thick and thin, Mike Potter (Your Mac Eyes Only Podcast) has managed to keep the Macstock Conference going even through two years of a pandemic by going virtual. Now it’s back to full strength! Speakers and audience in the house and we have Mike Potter himself here to tell us all about it.
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MyMac Podcast 930: More on the Apple Car…Really?
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MyMac Podcast 929: SO Chatty
Artificial Intelligence chat, or AI chat, uses technology like natural language processing and machine learning to facilitate communication between humans and machines. As AI chat evolves, chatbots may become more sophisticated, capable of understanding complex conversations, emotions, and even humor. The potential impact on industries like customer service and e-commerce is enormous. And yes, this intro was written by a chatbot
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MyMac Podcast 927: M2 What’s Left?
Considering the M2 was just released last summer, nearly the entire Mac Line (and several of the iPads) have already switched over from the M1. So what’s left for Apple to move to the newest processor and will there be any other surprises to go along with it?
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MyMac Podcast 926: Sick…and tired
Well it’s been an interesting week in which potential calamity after calamity occurred and we’re tempted to say thank you, since not much else is really going on for us to talk about. So instead of more, “Hey how about those new HomePods that look amazingly like the ones Apple already discontinued once” or “Should I get a new Mac now or wait until the M3 miniPro UltraMax comes out?”, we’re going to talk about what to do when your worst week ever happens…without it being like, actually life threatening or anything. Because that would REALLY suck.
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MyMac Podcast 924: Mac Pro Dead? Long live the Mac Pro
There’s some speculation that 2023 may be the year that the M-series Mac Pro may finally be released. There’s also lots of speculation (and a fair bit of whining) that it won’t be as expandable as some past Mac Pros were. Honestly? It probably won’t be. OODLES of audio comments including our first from the new Google voice number which will make this a SUPER long show with a lot of afters. Gaz wants to know how NFL Football teams are created.
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MyMac Podcast 922: Making it elsewhere
For the plus 20 years, Apple has manufactured the vast majority of their stuff in China. Obviously they haven’t been alone in doing this, most major tech companies and many smaller ones have either moved their factories to China or gotten started there. The pandemic showed that this was a risky move as China essentially shut their entire country down for a long time, disrupting supply chains everywhere. Apple and now many others are beginning to rethink this strategy and have begun diversifying their manufacturing to other countries in the region as well.
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MyMac Podcast 920: Ventura Tips
Sometimes it’s hard to know what features an OS is offering that might be to your liking? If really any at all. So we’re going to talk about some of the main features of macOS Ventura and whether or not we’ve tried them and if we’ll use them on a daily basis. Then, make up your own mind about it.
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MyMac Podcast 919: MyMac-Mus Eve
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the podcast, not a creature was stirring but you know it won’t last. Gaz and Guy have family coming from afar. Through wind, snow, and rain, but quite comfy in their car. You heard them exclaim as the present wrappings flew, “You didn’t get Apple Care? You fool you fool!”
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MyMac Podcast 918: 13th day of Christmas
Two weeks away and the GMen are getting into the spirit of the season! That season being “Why the heck is it so cold and windy?” Also, it’s looking more and more like Apple is going to be forced in the EU to allow 3rd party app stores and other alternative means to procuring and installing iOS/iPadOS apps outside of Apple’s own app store.
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MyMac Podcast 917: What’s left in YOUR wallet?
We have just jumped into the holiday season with black Friday and all kinds of deals that really aren’t all that impressive. However, Guy has scoured the internet (at least 25 minutes of hard core searching!) and found a bunch of deals that REALLY made him want to buy stuff….but he didn’t
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Top 10 Black Friday deals Guy wanted but didn’t get!
Audio Technica AT2005USB $59 B&H
Rodecaster Pro 1st gen $430 B&H
Monoprice Indigo (Strat copy) $83 Monoprice
Apple 2nd gen AirPods $79 Walmart
Apple MacBook Air 2020 8GB RAM 256GB Disk (7 core model) $780 Microcenter. 8 Core model $899
Audio Technica AT2020 XLR condensor microphone $58 Amazon
OWC 14-port Thunderbolt dock $299
Sennheiser HD6XX headphones $179 Drop.com
Western Digital Elements 16TB external hard drive $279
Dark Matter by Monoprice 27in Gaming Monitor – 16:9, 2560x1440p, QHD, 180Hz $229
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