http://maccraic.com Infotainment that's not PC! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:26:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2008 justinbyrne@mac.com (Justin Byrne) justinbyrne@mac.com (Justin Byrne) Mac, Apple, Technology 1440 http://maccraic.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/MacCraic_Logo.jpg http://maccraic.com 144 144 A look at the lives of two Irish Mac users A look at the lives of two Irish Mac users Podcast, Mac, Apple, Technology Justin Byrne Justin Byrne justinbyrne@mac.com no yes http://maccraic.com/2011/04/30/maccraic-99-macs-well-smart/ http://maccraic.com/2011/04/30/maccraic-99-macs-well-smart/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:27:11 +0000 Dave http://maccraic.com/?p=1217 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2011/04/30/maccraic-99-macs-well-smart/feed/ 0 0:36:40 The boys forego any semblance of structure and talk about the anything they can find on their Evernote.  Enjoy ! Financial results for 2Q 2011: busted the analysts expectations once again. PS- Should have noted that iPad2 sales were not up to scratc[...] The boys forego any semblance of structure and talk about the anything they can find on their Evernote.  Enjoy ! Financial results for 2Q 2011: busted the analysts expectations once again. PS- Should have noted that iPad2 sales were not up to scratch but when you have “the mother of all backlogs” to fill, putting some of that $66bn cash mountain to use helps. Preview app in Lion will act as Word, Excel, PowerPoint viewer: So now it becomes the jack of some more trades. . Gruber- iOS location storing is a bug, getting fixed in future iOS update : Fix this fast Cupertino as this could get messy quickly. Do believe this is an oversight though, not a Big Bro situ in any way.  (God damn apologist! Ed) Rumor- iPhone 5 Gets Tapered Design, Larger Screen, Gesture-Sensitive Home Button? : And it will drive you to work in the morning too.  . Rumours, ya gotta love ’em. Yum iMac Coffee Table an Innovative Form of Computer Recycling : This is a really cool example of practical recycling …… for five grand a pop.  (Thank god you didn’t say five grand a plop. Ed) Games, EA Sales Drop: Did everybody go for these instead of Easter eggs ? Simplenote & nvALT : Have used ‘em to write up these shownotes on Mac & iPad. This is a perfect combo up there with Riggs & Murtagh or Laurel & Hardy. (Hey what about Byrne and Shortle? Ed) Contact details twitter.com/justingbyrne twitter.com/davidshortle themaccraic@gmail.com That’s all the Craic from this week’s Mac ! Bookmark It Hide Sites Justin Byrne yes no http://maccraic.com/2011/04/20/maccraic-98-giving-head/ http://maccraic.com/2011/04/20/maccraic-98-giving-head/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:06:18 +0000 Dave http://maccraic.com/?p=1206 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2011/04/20/maccraic-98-giving-head/feed/ 0 0:36:20 The boys get up to the usual tomfoolery as they review the news while Justin speaks about catching the early worm ( or something like that ). So sit back and indulge us for your listening pleasure. News: Growth of iOS : A new survey from MobileMix[...] The boys get up to the usual tomfoolery as they review the news while Justin speaks about catching the early worm ( or something like that ). So sit back and indulge us for your listening pleasure. News: Growth of iOS : A new survey from MobileMix with charts galore showing the ongoing march of the iOS platform especially with the introduction of the iPhone4 to the Verizon network. Even though Android still has majority of the market individual companies that licence Android only hold about 3% of the market on average while iOS owned by Apple only has 31% of impressions. Would be curious to see how many Verizon iPhones have been activated and could this stymie the Droid’s growth in future. Future of Mac Design : The hiring of Kevin Kenney who is a composites engineer by Apple who has been advising them on the use of carbon composite materials in prototype devices. The guy also has expertise in the supply chain area but don’t think that your are gonna see an iBike in the next Tour de France. Begun the 3D Wars have: Pretty cool demo that uses the front facing camera on an iPad2 ( also could work on iPhone/iPod Touch) and with some software wizardry tracks your face and generates in this case a 3d UI. Pretty cool vid to check out at end of article. Moov: An Israeli start up that have created a case for iPhone4 that you put it into in order to wirelessly send video to your HDTV. Lifestyle Changes: JB gets up earlier in the morning to catch the early worm. Would you take on this lifestyle & what would you do with all those worms ? You could write a book too Other order of business: Escape from the Flash: Yes, folks finally we can stop being the guys throwing stones in the glasshouse and state that our site is now HTML5 ready for audio and video with new WordPress plugin. That worked after Justin changed some of the site’s plumbing to make it play nice, if a person is using Chrome, Safari or other HTML5 compliant browser. Otherwise it defaults to Flash if you visit with an older browser, but the question then would be… WHAT’S UP WIT DAT ? Contact details twitter.com/justingbyrne twitter.com/davidshortle themaccraic@gmail.com That’s all the Craic from this week’s Mac ! Bookmark It Hide Sites Justin Byrne yes no http://maccraic.com/2011/04/10/maccraic-96-drop-your-jocks/ http://maccraic.com/2011/04/10/maccraic-96-drop-your-jocks/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:15:41 +0000 Dave http://maccraic.com/?p=1178 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2011/04/10/maccraic-96-drop-your-jocks/feed/ 0 0:49:50 This week, the boys after a little absence from the podcast waves decide to return with a vengeance to discuss all things Apple and also whether or not a certain sync service which D Shortle believes should allow you to go pants-less could take off [...] This week, the boys after a little absence from the podcast waves decide to return with a vengeance to discuss all things Apple and also whether or not a certain sync service which D Shortle believes should allow you to go pants-less could take off in a big way could take off (pardon the pun) due to two services in particular being built on top of it. Also, D Shortle talks about his new Pad. So sit back all you fans & enjoy the craic. News: Nokia patent case : Basically, Nokia have been caught with their pants around their ankles here as the International Trade Commission side with Apple over the alleged breach of five Nokia patents. After this ruling they decided to make a complaint about six more. C’mon Espoo, where is the love ? (Espoo is the location of Nokia’s HQ for those not au fait ) Sidestep Automatically Secures Your Mac’s Connection on Unsecure Networks : Wow, this app is most useful for all those who insist on doing their online banking on public Wi-Fi networks. (You’re fucking kidding me right. Ed) Creates a secure tunnel to a proxy server of your choosing, It’s free and OSX only. iWeb for iPad : Suppose they may as well join the party since GarageBand & iMovie are already there. All things aside though this is a pretty cool patent of iOS version of an app that allows you to easily create websites & blogs. Wonder if this will be introduced at WWDC along with news of free hosting at the new North Carolina data centre ? Does give another arrow to the bow of the iPad which is now becoming an even more powerful content creation device. GarageBand update : This was to make sure that it plays nice with projects created on the iPad version of this truly amazing app. Discussion n’ Impression: Dave takes the plunge for the (i)Pad : What can I say folks, I really love this iPad2 & discussed with Justin everything from how I purchased the last one in Wexford Town to what apps I’m running (mainly games) on this new device. Love it’s thin n’ light profile, the amazing speed (try running “Infinity Blade” on it ) & battery life.  This is replacing my MacBook Pro as my portable computer of choice. Also kicked a Póg Mo Thóin in here regarding the RTE News Now iPad app UI (home section- it’s like a sliding puzzle! ) compared to how the Sky News app UI has been designed (way slicker) . PS- The iPad version of RTE News Now is nowhere to be found in App Store (what’s going on here now? ..hmmm) Update: The RTE iPad app was updated & is back in store here . Interesting Apps Found: Real Racing 2 HD: Not alone is this app a showcase for showing the graphical muscle of your new iPad 2, it also is due for an update from it’s developer Firemint (creator of the awesome Flight Control) that will allow you to output the game’s graphics to your shiny 1080P TV via the iPad2 HDMI connection. However, it will allow you to show race telemetry independently on your iPad which you also use to steer your car onscreen, this is big as up to now mirroring your iPad display to TV was only known about. Being able to independently display other items on you iPad2 display such as controls could lead eventually to home consoles being replaced by your iPad2 or iPhone5 (presuming it gets A5 chip). Pixelate! 2.0: This is an iOS app that allows your iOS device with a camera to change the colour of let’s say the wall in your bedroom virtually to see how it will look. It can produce the same kind of magic on clothing but no flesh colours for now (Thank God Ed). The next two apps take advantage by building on top of my favourite pants-less syncing service Drop Your Jocks Dropbox Dropvox: An iOS app that allows you to record voice memos or maybe interviews if you like and store them in your Dropbox account, it’s a really simple but effective app for the function it is carrying out. Frenzy: This is an OSX only app that resides in your menubar and effectively allows you to create your own private social network that you are in contro[...] Apple, Opinions Justin Byrne yes no http://maccraic.com/2010/12/18/maccraic-ep-93-the-12-apps-of-christmas-2010/ http://maccraic.com/2010/12/18/maccraic-ep-93-the-12-apps-of-christmas-2010/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:30:17 +0000 Dave http://maccraic.com/?p=1115 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2010/12/18/maccraic-ep-93-the-12-apps-of-christmas-2010/feed/ 0 1:11:04 The boys put together their Xmas list and since it’s Xmas everybody has a list… don’t they ? Sit back, relax with some eggnog (if that’s your thing) & enjoy. Justin App 1: Bento- Filemaker Inc Dave App 1:  Cut the Rope- [...] The boys put together their Xmas list and since it’s Xmas everybody has a list… don’t they ? Sit back, relax with some eggnog (if that’s your thing) & enjoy. Justin App 1: Bento- Filemaker Inc Dave App 1:  Cut the Rope- Zepto Labs Justin App 2: Mindnode- Mindnode Dave App  2: Axe in Face- Blue Carrot Games Justin App 3: Omnifocus- The Omni Group Dave App 3: GFX Card Status- CodyKrieger.com – now at version 2.0 Justin App 4: TextExpander- Smile Software Dave App 4:  Mirror’s Edge- EA – now reduced to $0.99/€0.79 for Xmas along with other EA games Justin App 5: Pocket Cloud- Wyse Technology Dave App 5: iMind Sphere- Atom Studios Justin App 6: Bamboo Tablet- Wacom Dave App 6: Tron Legacy- Disney Interactive No sponsors to worry about for foreseeable future, but hey we are open to any newcomers who want a mention :-p Contact details twitter.com/justingbyrne twitter.com/davidshortle themaccraic@gmail.com Tagline- That’s all the craic from this week’s Mac. Nosillacast: The Lost File Bookmark It Hide Sites Justin Byrne yes no http://maccraic.com/2010/11/11/maccraic-ep-92-a-fucked-up-mac/ http://maccraic.com/2010/11/11/maccraic-ep-92-a-fucked-up-mac/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:03:57 +0000 Dave http://maccraic.com/?p=1100 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2010/11/11/maccraic-ep-92-a-fucked-up-mac/feed/ 0 0:00:01 This is a little discussion between the boys about what happened to Master Byrne’s glorious i5 MBP & the various solutions employed to fix said problem which is still ongoing-graphics wise. Including- GFX Card Status & Carbon Copy Clon[...] This is a little discussion between the boys about what happened to Master Byrne’s glorious i5 MBP & the various solutions employed to fix said problem which is still ongoing-graphics wise. Including- GFX Card Status & Carbon Copy Cloner (otherwise known as C3 but not as explosive as his brother C4 ) Dave’s App of the Week- MacX Video Converter Pro We don’t have any sponsors… so this space is available Undressed,Unseen & Totally Uncalled For- Tropical Software Releases TopXNotes 1.6.1 (Not just another f@!cking note taker app) Contact details twitter.com/justingbyrne twitter.com/davidshortle themaccraic@gmail.com Mevio Tag- That’s all the craic from this week’s Mac Bookmark It Hide Sites Justin Byrne yes no