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Ted Landau and host Chuck Joiner discuss the end of the world (that didn’t happen) before launching into an examination of how Apple technology has changed their lives, and how the march toward mobile devices, going paperless and other digital transitions is picking up pace. If your’e an Apple tech user, the answer to the question of “I want to do something” is usually “yes.” Ted and Chuck cover some examples, and end the year with a tale of technical troubleshooting that any of us could face, but that only Ted could solve.

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Jim Dalrymple is all ready for the holidays, and starts out his most recent visit to MacNotables with a discussion of what he’s giving and giving in the way of tech, then turns to Apple’s successes over the past year, and the rise of Tim Cook as Apple CEO. In the spirit of the holidays, Jim thinks we should appreciate developers and their effort a little more, and explains why. Microsoft gets a lump of coal for their handling of Windows 8 and the Surface, a discussion of OS adoption rates, expectations set, met and missed, and Jim’s take on the Instagram fiasco all figure into another wide-ranging discussion with the man who says “Yep.”

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There’s a new Mac news web site out there, and it is the creation of Dennis Sellers. The Apple Daily Report is taking a different approach to serving the Mac community. Dennis talks about their very different ad model that delivers local Apple Specialist information rather than just the same old ads that you see (and sometimes overlook) elsewhere. Dennis brings a wealth of experience to the new site, and talks about the content, how the Apple universe has changed during his career (hint: Apple won), and offers an opportunity and a resource to Apple User Groups.

The video version of this episode is available on MacVoicesTV.

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Tonya Engst makes a virtual trek to be the featured speaker at the December meeting of the Hershey Apple Core Mac User Group, taking questions from the audience and asking a few of her own. Among the topics were TidBITS and Take Control Books‘ venture into online video, the benefits and inconveniences of updating software, the different responses to several different training methods, and more.

The video version of this episode is available on MacVoicesTV.

This edition of MacNotables is sponsored by Smile, the makers of the new PDFpen for iPad.