Joe Kissell has been living with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Lion for some time now, and shares some of the bleeding-edge wisdom from his new book, Take Control of Upgrading to Lion v1.1. Whether you plan to install Lion immediately, or wait a few weeks for the dust to settle, Joe can help you make the transition safely and easily. We talk to Joe about what the recovery petition can and can’t do, some apps that require you to do data conversions before, not after, doing the upgrade, and why you may want to plan a night out around your Lion install.
MacVoices #1177: Joe Kissell Takes Full Control of Upgrading to Lion
MacVoices #1176: Parallels 6 Enterprise Edition Eases the Implementation of Virtualization in Business
Macs are becoming more and more important in the enterprise market, and Parallels just made them even more attractive with the release of Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac Enterprise Edition. Kim Johnston, Vice President of Marketing for Parallels and David Abramowski, Marketing Principal for Collabix, cover some intriguing statistics about Macs in business before discussing the capabilities of this new release. Not only for the end user, but the IT professional as well, this edition of Parallels focuses on ease of deployment as well as maintenance, lessening resistance from support staffs and making it easier to meet the needs of employees, who are increasingly demanding choice and diversity in their computing platforms. Kim and David cover hardware requirements, pricing models and more.
MacVoices Group Update – June 30, 2011
In a very brief update, Chuck explains the short hiatus for all the MacVoices Group shows, and promises to be back soon.
MacNotables #1112: Tonya Engst on How iOS 5 Will Affect Publishers of All Kinds, Advertisers and Consumers
Tonya Engst saw the WWDC keynote announcements through a publisher’s eyes, and shares her thoughts on what things like Reader in Safari and the NewsStand app will mean for everyone involved. TidBITS is available through a number of channels now (at least one of which we didn’t know about until Tonya told us). Tonya talks about what it will mean for their distribution model, and why Apple may be able to calm the maelstrom that has been the delivery of iOS content and ebooks. Switching sides, Tonya also provides some perspective on these changes from the advertiser and consumer perspectives, names her favorite WWDC announcement, and what we will remember about iOS 5 in the distant future.
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MacVoices #1175: Michael E. Cohen Takes Control of TextExpander
Michael E. Cohen has added to the Take Control library with Take Control of TextExpander. Michael describes his transition from an author on a project to a TextExpander fan, then covers some of the features that make TextExpander appropriate for users of all levels, needs big and small. Able to handle not just text, but graphics, AppleScripts, Unix command line scrips and more, TextExpander can help you get your work done faster. Michael steers us through some real-world examples, talks about the iDevice version of the program, TextExpander touch, and what readers can expect to get from the book.