MacVoices #836 [16:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In the Prosoft Engineering / JoeSoft booth on the show floor, Gordon Bell talks about the newest products from both brands, the growth of their company and their plans (already) for next year’s Macworld Expo.

Gordon introduces Drive Genius II, the superior solution for optimizing drive performance and the one used at Apple Genius Bars everywhere. Sporting a totally new interface, Drive Genius II not only does the job, but makes maintaining you.

Gordon also discusses their stock portfolio management software, Stox, and the forthcoming Hear, a sophisticated sound enhancement utility that will improve all of the audio (not just iTunes tracks) that comes from your Mac. The Hear advantage is the ability to customize a variety of settings and options to get exactly what you want.

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 MacVoices #808: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Chuck La Tournous of RandomMaccess, who will be presenting “Creating and Using a WiFi Mac Network” in the Macworld Learning Center at Macworld Conference & Expo, provides us with some thoughts on Airport network as a preview to his session. Chuck talks about why Apple’s Airport shouldn’t necessarily be your first choice of a wireless router, some of the challenges of setting up your first wireless network, and provides some tips on how to succeed on the first try. Chuck also discusses some of the recent changes to RandomMaccess, how he has become a journalistic enforcer for the Mac web, and his appearance at Expo with the Macworld All-Star Band.

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.

 

 MacVoices #7123 [52:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Pat Fauquet of Bob LeVitus Consulting and MacMouseCalls has some advice on what you need to do, and not do, if Santa brought you a new Mac. Pat discusses why you need to think before using the Migration Assistant, warns against some common mistakes involving Startup Items, explains why you need to so software updates even on a brand new Mac, reviews some simple security procedures that can save you headaches later, encourages you not to download new printer and scanner drivers, issues some advice on financial software and much more in a session that is a must-listen if you were lucky enough to get a new Mac for the holidays.

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MacLevelTen is the new Mac media group on the block, but the member producers include some very familiar faces. In their first public appearance as a group the team introduce themselves and their many and varied productions, talk about why they felt the time was right to form a media group, and cover some of their plans for Macworld Conference & Expo. The MacLevelTen team includes:

Pat Fauquet	Don McAllister	Jay Nelson
Dan Pourhadi	Steve Sande	Chuck Joiner

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 MacVoices #7101 [28:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Do you have a web site? If so, you need to start paying attention to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to generate more traffic. Paul Levine of RAGE Software talks about the art of SEO and how it fits in to many of the most popular Mac web publishing programs. RAGE Software offers a variety of SEO utilities for the Mac, and Paul explains what each brings to the table, in some cases being the only Mac solution available. Paul also suggests an online resource or two, and introduces a brand new product that will launch soon.
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 MacVoices #796 [32:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Pat Fauquet introduces her new tech blog, MacMouseCalls, where she shares tips, tricks and troubleshooting wisdom gleaned from her experiences as the Senior Agent for Dr. Mac Consulting. Pat talks about why the site is the perfect way to illustrate the fixes for many of the problems Mac users can encounter, and what else she plans to include in the content mix. Pat also shares some tips for solving network connectivity problems, using one of Chuck’s recent difficulties as the case study, and also helps you troubleshoot Apple’s Mail if you’re having difficulties sending or receiving.
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 MacVoices #773: Pat Fauquet Makes Sense of Routers, Switches and Hubs [33:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

MacVoices’ Tech Guru Pat Fauquet of Dr. Mac Consulting helps make sense out of the hardware aspects of networking. When shopping to create or expand your network you are confronted with many confusing options: routers, switches, hubs, wired, wireless…the list seems to go on and on. Pat attacks the issue by explaining how connectivity hardware has evolved as needs change, and helps you determine what you need by using her own network set-up as an example. Pat also talks about why Apple networking hardware should be your first choice and provides some simple procedures for fixing your network when things go haywire.
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 MacVoices #772 - MacTech Publisher Neil Ticktin Discusses Their MacTech 25 List of the Most Influential Technical People [33:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The publisher of MacTech magazine, Neil Ticktin, discusses their just-released list of the most influential technical people in the Macintosh community, the MacTech 25. Neil explains the concepts behind the list, the methodology of the voting process and how they work behind the scenes to assure the credibility of the list, and the characteristics of many of those who made the list or the Honorable Mentions. Neil also updates us on some of the recent enhancements to MacTech, including a community search engine, a news aggregator and an AppleScript resource, and how he is developing a new career as a radio personality.

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 MacVoices #771: Font Management Software, MacBook Pros for Graphics Professionals and More [27:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Jeff Gamet, the author of Designer’s Guide to Mac OS X Tiger, Contributing Editor for Design Tools Monthly and columnist for InDesign magazine and Layers magazine and the newly minted “Font Witchdoctor” is back in the second of a two-part discussion on one of his favorite topics, fonts. Jeff talks about why every Mac user would benefit from font management software, not just the pros, why Adobe Creative Suite 3 users need to pay particular attention to what font management tools work with their favorite programs, and why the newest MacBook Pro laptops represent almost no compromises for the graphics professional, especially when Leopard ships.
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 MacVoices #770 - Jeff Gamet Discusses Font Management in Mac OS X [38:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this edition we bestow Jeff Gamet, the author of Designer’s Guide to Mac OS X Tiger, Contributing Editor for Design Tools Monthly and columnist for InDesign magazine and Layers magazine, with the title of “Font Witchdoctor” as he delves deep into the voodoo that is font management. Jeff talks about the different types of fonts and why the selection process is more important than ever in a cross-platform world. Why “you get what you pay for” applies to fonts, where to look for fonts to fit your project, why you might want to nuke your fonts and more are all discussed in the first of a two-part conversation that will benefit the average Mac user as well as the graphics professional.

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