MacVoices #13192: The MacJury on the First Weekend with the iPad Air

After spending a weekend with Apple’s new iPad Air, The MacJury convened to discuss their experiences. Buying, configuration choices, initial impressions of speed, camera improvements, size, charging and more are covered by the panel of Jeff Carlson, David Chartier  and host Chuck Joiner.

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MacVoices #13191: Andrew Renz of Code42 Introduces SharePlan

Andrew Renz, Senior Enterprise Engineer and Principal Architect for SharePlan from Code42, introduces us to their new cloud collaboration platform that is targeted at the enterprise market. Featuring capabilities that businesses want and need, SharePlan offers change tracking on documents, secure sharing, block-level syncing, remote wipe capabilities, and support for both desktop and iOS devices. Andrew explains how it works, the simplicity of deployment and use, and the affordability of adopting SharePlan for your business.

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MacVoices #13190: Mike Muhney Helps You Make Connections with VIPorbit

To call VIPorbit a contact manager is a bit of an over-simplification. Mike Muhney, the CEO and co-founder of VIPorbit, explains why, after he created ACT!, the Windows-standard for customer relationship management, he moved on to the Apple platforms to build a system that is both simple and powerful. Mike’s passion shows through as he walks us through both the concepts and functions of VIPorbit for the Mac, iPhone and iPad, why he selected a proprietary sync service, and how VIPorbit  can help you organize all of the contacts in your business and personal life.

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MacVoices #13189: The MacJury Examines The Larger Issues Surrounding Apple’s Announcements

As the dust cleared from Apple’s October 22 event featuring the iPad Air, updates to the MacBook Pro and more, The MacJury convened to look at some of the larger issues surrounding those announcements. The effects of a fee-free Mavericks on adoption and software valuation, contrasting iPad and Microsoft Surface announcements, and the reaction to the Mac Pro’s price are where the discussion started. Who’s buying what, the implications of the iPad Air’s name and  whether updating almost the entire Apple product line is a good thing are all part of the conversation with Mark Fuccio, Jeff Gamet, Ted Landau  and host Chuck Joiner.  

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MacVoices #13188: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Upgrading to Mavericks


Joe Kissell has been chomping at the bit to tell you all about the new version of the Mac OS, Mavericks, and now he’s free to do so. In  Take Control of Upgrading to Mavericks 1.1 , Joe finalizes his suggestions for seamlessly and successfully performing the update, give us a few things to watch out for, and talks about what the upgrade may and may not break. Some key new features and Joe’s usual thorough investigation will have you up, running, and taking advantage of the best of Mavericks in no time.

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