MacVoices #8123: Gordon Bell of Prosoft Engineering Explains Drive Slimming in Drive Genius 2.1
Prosoft Engineering has released the latest version of Drive Genius 2 that includes an interesting new feature: Drive Slimming, and Gordon Bell, General Manager of Prosoft Engineering, talks about the magic behind this new feature. Language files, cache files and more all chew up valuable drive space, but how do you know what to delete? [...]
MacVoices #8111 – Rich Mogull on Mac Security, DNS Vulnerabilities, Why You Should Care, and More
Rich Mogull discusses some of the security issues that came to light at the recent Black Hat and DEFCON conferences in Las Vegas. Rich walks us through why even Mac users need to be concerned with security in the browser, in Google Widgets and Google Gears, and even when using your favorite social network. Rich [...]
MacVoices #890: WWDC Report from John Grzeskowiak of RadTech and Mac Developer Boris Klaydman of CocoaCast
John Grzeskowiak of RadTech and independent Mac developer Boris Klaydman, host of CocoaCast, are in San Francisco for Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, and report in after a day that included attending Steve Jobs’ keynote and interacting with peers and Apple representatives. While much of what goes on at WWDC is conducted under NDA, John and [...]
MacJury #801: The MacJury Is Called To Order on Blu-Ray, the Apple TV, Tech Conferences and More
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 [...]
MacVoices #874: Talking Time Capsule, Time Machine and More with Glenn Fleishman and Joe Kissell (Part 2)
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 [...]
MacVoices #873: Talking Time Capsule and More with Glenn Fleishman and Joe Kissell (Part 1)
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 [...]
MacVoices #868: Ben Waldie Discusses Getting Started with Automator with Leopard
Ben Waldie, the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide from Peachpit, discusses getting what’s new in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard from an Automator perspective, and provides some tips on getting started with creating your own workflows. Ben covers some of the changes that make Automator more approachable than [...]
MacVoices #867: Glenn Fleishman Takes Control of File Sharing in Leopard
Glenn Fleishman, the author of Take Control of Sharing Files in Leopard, goes from the basic to the complex in this discussion of the topics covered in his latest Take Control book. Glenn chats about how enhancements such as granularity of sharing options, two new types of users for sharing and more have made file [...]
MacVoices #862: Dave Nanian on SuperDuper’s Leopard Compatibility
Dave Nanian of Shirt Pocket Software is back to talk about the Leopard update to the backup utility, SuperDuper. Dave covers the delay in getting the update out, why SuperDuper and Time Machine are different but compliment each other The update is free to existing users, and offers some new features and improvements. Dave discusses [...]
MacVoices #858: MacVoices at Expo – Christian Pickman of Micromat Talks About the Latest Version of TechTool Pro
Christian Pickman of Micromat explains why he’s wearing a Macworld badge that proclaims him the “Love Ninja” of Micromat, then puts on his Product Manager hat to talk about the current version of TechTool Pro, their flagship hard drive utility and the new version of Protoge. Christian talks about why TechTool Pro is just as [...]
