MacVoices #881 [26:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Flying Meat offers some of the most interesting and unique software in the Mac space. Gus Mueller joins us to deliver a tour of the Flying Meat offerings. Gus talks about how VoodooPad, his first product, launched his indie software career, how getting information in and out of the program is a breeze, and why he created multiple flavors to address different levels of interest and use. Acorn, Gus’ image editor evolved from another product, FlySketch; Gus explains how both pixels and vectors ended up in Acorn, and hits at the future of both products. Finally, Gus covers FlyGesture, a unique program that combines mouse movements with actions to improve your productivity, and closes with some thoughts on software pricing and categories from the developer perspective.

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 MacVoices #880 [32:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Gordon Bell, the General Manager for JoeSoft talks about the release of Hear, their digital signal processing utility that makes all the sound coming out of your Mac better. Music, movies, television, video games…they all sound better with Hear. Gordon talks about how Hear benefits from the experience of an Emmy-nominated sound professional and gives presets that will automatically make your speakers or headphones sound better, regardless of how good they are to start with. If would do the adjustments yourself, Hear provides an extensive set of controls and settings. Gordon also talks about competitive upgrade options, why some programs like Hear are better as stand-alone applications rather than plug-ins to iTunes, and how the support philosophy of Joesoft (and Prosoft Engineering) are different from many others in the industry.

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 MacVoices #879 [31:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The attitudes about Macs in the enterprise market are changing, and Galen Gruman, the Executive Editor of of InfoWorld, talks about some of the contributing factors. Galen discusses how the success of Firefox, cloud computing virtualization, parity of maintenance costs and more have made Macs more welcome in corporate IT. Galen explains how Microsoft has both helped and hurt the cause, detours to discuss Windows Vista, why InfoWorld is trying to save Windows XP, and what Microsoft could learn from Apple about major operating system transitions. The iPhone isn’t left out of the party, and Galen outlines why it doesn’t face the same challenges in penetrating the enterprise market as the Mac.
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 MacVoices #878 [26:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

James Abeler of Apple Core LLC introduces the ATV Flash. With the ATV Flash installed, your Apple TV supports a whole host of new video file formats, including AVI, DivX and Xvid. If that was all, the ATV Flash would be a great product, but it also adds native web browsing so you can watch virtually any video web site on your big screen, including Hulu, ABC.com and more. James discusses the ease of installation, provides some background on how the ATV Flash works its magic, and covers other ATV Flash features, including tracking live weather, RSS feeds and more.
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 MacVoices #877 [33:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Jeff Gamet is spending the week in Las Vegas, covering the NAB Show for The Mac Observer (at least that’s what he’s telling them), and joins us to talk about his impressions of the show from a Mac perspective. Jeff discusses how Apple’s lack of a formal appearance at the show is being offset by their informal presence, some of the hot products for both professionals and consumers, and what he would have taken home if it had been shipping. Jeff also covers the Adobe presence at NAB, why hulu was one of the hot topics, and offers his perspective on the ubiquitous presence of Macs at the show.
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 MacVoices #876 [39:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Patrick Nugent, Product Manager for Toast 9 Titanium from Roxio provides a tour of the latest enhancements to the industry-standard disc burning utility. Patrick explains the differences in the flavors of Toast, and covers in detail the new Blu-Ray support for both data and video, including the capability to share Blu-Ray content on DVD media. Toast now also includes support for both TiVo Series 2 and Series 3 units, giving users the ability to share recorded content via DVD and more. Video streaming has also been added to Toast, and Patrick talks about how you can now view your video from across the room or across the Internet from your Tivo or your Mac.
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The listing for The MacJury in iTunes has been approved, so if you were waiting to subscribe, wait no longer! The MacJury shows will no longer be added to the MacVoices feed, so if you liked what you heard in the first two shows, please consider visiting the MacJury web site and subscribing. Of course, that doesn’t mean you should leave MacVoices…you just now have more high signal/low noise programming to enjoy. Thanks for your indulgence as we got the new show off the ground.

 

 MacJury #802 [56:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The first issue before the MacJury is the future (or not) of the Mac mini, what it is good for, what it could be and why you should think outside the box when considering one. Then, the available evidence involving Microsoft’s attempts to buy Yahoo and how it will affect Mac users is examined, and the panel concludes their deliberations by discussing the iPhone’s position as the #1 mobile browser, and why Apple might be the only company who could decide to fix the mobile web problem on the client side.

The members of the panel include:

Chuck La Tournous	Daniel Jalkut	Paul Kafasis	Steve Sande	Chuck Joiner

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 MacVoices #875 [35:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Barbara Brundage, the author of Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing Manual, discusses the latest version of Adobe’s photo editing utility. Barbara talks about why Elements 6 really does 90% of what most photographers need, why Layers are and are not important in Elements 6, and why the addition of Curves is such an important addition. New features and refinements since Elements 4 (Mac) and Elements 5 (Windows only), more support for RAW images and more make Elements 6 a worthy successor. Barbara talks about her favorite features and provides some tips for improving your photo editing.
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 MacJury #801 [58:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

MacVoices‘ host Chuck Joiner is launching a new show: The MacJury, and the first show is being included on the MacVoices’ site and in the newsfeeds to help introduce listeners to the latest program for Mac news and entertainment. Each show will feature a different panel of personalities from the Mac universe in a freewheeling discussion that will interest Mac users of all levels.

The very first MacJury empaneled consists of some of the members of MacLevelTen, discussing the rise (or not) of Blu-Ray and how it affects Mac users. Will it solve all your storage problems, prove to be just a stop-gap technology, or be leapfrogged by faster bandwidth as a video delivery medium? The jury members then take on the Apple TV, what it brings to the table beyond movie rentals, and what needs to be added to make it a true killer product. Why there is a trend toward in-person tech conferences, why podcasts and social media may be helping drive that trend, and the dynamics of Twitter are all entered into evidence in the first show.

The jurors for this show include:

Pat Fauquet	Don McAllister	Jay Nelson	Dan Pourhadi	Chuck Joiner

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