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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 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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 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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 MacVoices #874 [38:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Glenn Fleishman of Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Extreme Network and Joe Kissell, the author of Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard, continue our discussion of Time Capsule and related topics by reviewing who Apple’s backup appliance and Time Machine, the related software, are really appropriate for. Glenn and Joe also cover the new backup options with Airport Extreme base stations, why they aren’t quite the same as those offered by Time Capsule and why they may have been an accident. The second in our two-part conversation wraps up with information on the server grade hard drives in the Time Capsule that you might not have thought about, some differences between the 500GB and 1 TB models you probably don’t know about, and our expert’s bottom line recommendations on all of the available Apple hardware backup options.

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 MacVoices #873 [33:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Two Take Control authors take on the topic of Apple’s new Time Capsule, the Time Machine backup utility and more in a special two-part MacVoices discussion. Glenn Fleishman, the author of Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Extreme Network and Joe Kissell, the author of Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard, weigh in on the benefits and limitations of Apple’s backup solutions, cost effectiveness, bootable backups and more. Glenn and Joe discuss speed, performance, security and what’s going on behind the curtain of Time Capsule that makes it work. If you’re considering buying a Time Capsule, or plan on relying on it to keep your data safe, you need to listen to this MacVoices’ series.

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 MacVoices #866 [41:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Don McAllister of ScreenCastsOnline discusses the latest addition to Apple’s laptop line, the MacBook Air and why he’s a happy Air owner, new Apple Stores in the UK, BBC TV shows on iTunes, the iPlayer debacle for non-Windows users, why “Apple freaks” in Ireland will be paying heavily for their iPhones and more in our latest “European Perspective” report.

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 MacVoices #865 [21:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Paul Kafasis	Mike Ash

Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis and Senior Programmer Mike Ash talk about the newest capabilities of Airfoil, their product that sends audio from your Mac to other Macs and the AirPort Express. Only a month after a major revision was announced at Macworld Expo, Airfoil has a full point upgrade to support the Apple TV. With the “Take Two” update to Apple’s set-top box, any audio from your Mac can now be sent to the Apple TV. Paul and Mike talk about how these capabilities play into the evolution of Airfoil and how it has grown beyond its original purpose.

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 MacVoices #861 [36:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Take Control author Joe Kissell is back to talk about the new update to his Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac. Joe covers some of the new Leopard maintenance concerns and picks utilities, new and old, that can help you keep your Mac humming along at peak efficiency. Joe goes in-depth about pageouts, how they affect your Mac’s performance, and what to do about them, as well as some hardware maintenance issues that are often overlooked.
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