Sharon Zardetto has been busy again, this time authoring Take Control of Spotlight for Finding Anything on Your Mac, and talks about why Spotlight is so much more than just that little magnifying glass up in the right corner of your Mac’s screen. Power user tips from the book include how to perform sophisticated searches without wading through the criteria bars, how to successfully search on only parts of words and more. Sharon discusses using boolean operators and the common mistake that can sabotage the search, how tagging does and doesn’t work in Spotlight, and more.
MacVoices #1188: Sharon Zardetto Takes Control of Using Spotlight on Your Mac
MacJury #1111: Remembering the Impact of Steve Jobs
An impromptu MacJury came together to share their thoughts on the impact of Steve Jobs following the news of his death. The panel includes Christopher Breen, Bryan Chaffin, Peter Cohen, Katie Floyd and host Chuck Joiner.
MacJury #1110: Evaluating the iPhone 4S Launch
Shortly after the iPhone 4S announcement event wrapped up, The MacJury convened to evaluate the latest news from Apple, including the issue surrounding the naming convention, the new camera, Siri, and the internal hardware changes to the device. The role of voice recognition in gaming, how your relationship with your phone may change once you can talk to it, and the inevitable Star Trek comparisons start off the conversation. Along the way Find My Friends is evaluated, iCloud tradeoffs and dependence are weighed, Cards’ usefulness is examined, and Tim Cook’s performance is discussed by the panel of Lex Friedman, Chuck La Tournous, Omaha Sternberg and host Chuck Joiner.
MacVoices #1187: David Sparks On Using The iPad at Work
iPad at Work is the new book by David Sparks that carries on the tradition of his first book, Mac at Work. David talks about his all-in approach to researching, and even writing, the book, provides some tips to help convince your boss that the iPad is a legitimate business tool, including key advantages over other options. The iPad isn’t a laptop replacement; David discusses why it shouldn’t be, how he solved the problem of finding the apps and services he recommends, email, Flash, security and more.
MacVoices #1186: Dave Caolo, Michael Grothaus and Steve Sande Take Your OS X Lion to the Max
