Mac troubleshooting expert Ted Landau talks about his new Take Control book, Take Control of Your iPhone, how it is different than other iPhone books and why it doesn’t just focus on troubleshooting. Ted also shares some thoughts on the goods and bads of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, explaining why you should pay special attention to security concerns while screen sharing and some limitations in Time Machine. Looking ahead to Macworld Expo, Ted and Chuck speculate on the future of the Mac mini and the Apple TV.
Andrew Welch, el Presidente of Ambrosia Software, discuses the company’s software products while providing a look at how software is produced. Andrew covers their latest offering, WireTap Studio, the power it brings to the audio enthusiast, and how the differences between design and development impact the software that is ultimately released to users. Andrew also talks about the past and future of iToner, the utility for creating your own custom iPhone ringtones, the industry-standard Snapz ProX screen capture utility and their upcoming game release, Aquaria. Ambrosia will be exhibiting at Macworld Conference & Expo and Andrew invites listeners to stop by to say hello, learn more about all their products and take advantage of a special Expo discount.
The Road to Macworld Expo is a special MacVoices series produced in partnership with IDG World Expo to preview some of the exhibitors and presentations at Macworld Conference & Expo 2008 in San Francisco from January 14 – 18 at the Moscone Convention Center.
The new update to Take Control of Running Windows on Mac is out, and Joe Kissell updates us on the latest developments on the subject. Joe starts with the latest on Boot Camp now that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has shipped and what happens if you aren’t ready to upgrade your operating system. Parallels and VMWare Fusion have also seen updates and Joe talks about what’s new in the virtualization-option arena, running Vista on the Mac, and answers the all important question, “What is your best option for running Windows on the Mac?”
New ideas for Mac User Group leaders and enthusiasts are the focus of The User Groups 2.0 Virtual Conferences, organized by The MUG Center. The second of these conferences was held on November 27 and featured keynote speaker Michael Horton of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group. Mike discussed many of the differences between the traditional UG models vs. those adopted by the Final Cut Pro groups. Mike shared some ideas that he would like to see community groups consider and fielded questions about his group’s structure and operations from an enthusiastic audience. Looking for some new ideas fro your group’s evolution? Then listen to what Mike and the attendees had to say.
The attendees and the groups represented included:
Dennis Sellers talks about the latest extension to Macsimum News, the new video series Macsimum News On Demand, some of the things he’s doing to make it different from the other video offerings out there (think Christmas hats) and how he picks the topics for inclusion in the video. Dennis also provides our first speculation on what we might see at Macworld Conference & Expo, and also offers listeners a free satellite dish, yours for the…uh…digging.
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