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/2012/01/25/maccraic-103-we-dont-need-no-education/ http://maccraic.com/2012/01/25/maccraic-103-we-dont-need-no-education/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:48:51 +0000 Justin http://maccraic.com/?p=1304 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2012/01/25/maccraic-103-we-dont-need-no-education/feed/ 0 1:55:00 This week playing the part of David Shortle is the wonderful Steve Stanger. Steve is a long time Mac Guru and podcaster (iseeishootiphone.com). Justin and Steve chat about the recent Apple event which was focused on education and also indulge in com[...] This week playing the part of David Shortle is the wonderful Steve Stanger. Steve is a long time Mac Guru and podcaster (iseeishootiphone.com). Justin and Steve chat about the recent Apple event which was focused on education and also indulge in common passions like photography and Mac Maintenance. So grab a cup of coffee, actually better make that a pot of coffee as this one goes long, and enjoy some Craic with Steve and Justin. Education Apple – Apple Events – Apple Special Event January 2012 iBooks 2 What has changed? enabled for multi media highlight and note taking (only for new text books, doesn’t work for existing ePub books). flash cards made from glossary and notes Why is it important? different ways different people learn aural visual readers tactile What are the weaknesses? dogma within educational institutions dependance on one distribution channel The haves and have nots – Not every student has an iPad Tough battle for Apple. Won’t be a quick win like the iPad was for example iBooks Author What is it? application that allows mere mortals to create interactive books iWeb for publishing fairly easy to use How can regular users get the most out of it? play with it Combine it with other iLife and iWork applications – media browser incorporate previous material into the app What are the gotchas? mac only apples rules iBooks Author: Publishing and distribution FAQ iTunes U Now has been elevated to its own app. integration with ibooks some fantastic courses available for free Photography in the age of modern smartphones Mobile workflows Hobbiest Professional Breaking news Apps snapseed photoforge 2 iris camera+ camerabag Quick Mac maintenance Recommended software – MainMenu or Onyx back up before performing any maintenance before performing maintenance quit all applications Daily/Weekly keep software up to date reboot every couple of days if you keep you Mac on 24/7 back up Monthly repair system/disk file permissions manually run daily, weekly & monthly maintenance scripts Once or twice a year (six month preventative maintenance) zap parameter ram (PRAM) – hold down Command, Option, P, and R rebuild LaunchServices rebuild or delete System, User, Internet, and font caches Contact Details MacCaic.com justin on twitter david on twitter steve on twitter themaccraic@gmail.com iTunes comments Thanks to everyone for listening and subscribing to the podcast. If you enjoy it go out and tell your friends to subscribe. You can also show your support by heading on over to iTunes and leaving a comment. This helps us get noticed and increase our listenership which can help to attract new and cool sponsors to the show. That’s all the craic from this weeks Mac. Subscribe in iTunes Bookmark It Hide Sites Justin Byrne yes no http://maccraic.com/2012/01/17/mrs-maccraics-macbook-battery-issue/ http://maccraic.com/2012/01/17/mrs-maccraics-macbook-battery-issue/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:54:39 +0000 Justin http://maccraic.com/?p=1280 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2012/01/17/mrs-maccraics-macbook-battery-issue/feed/ 0 http://maccraic.com/2011/09/30/maccraic-100-return-of-the-craic/ http://maccraic.com/2011/09/30/maccraic-100-return-of-the-craic/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:10:51 +0000 Justin http://maccraic.com/?p=1229 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2011/09/30/maccraic-100-return-of-the-craic/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Intro It took us a while to get here but here we are. If you’ve missed us half as much as we’ve missed you then we’ve missed you twice as much as you’ve missed us. It is good to be back so let’s get on with the Craic. S[...] Intro It took us a while to get here but here we are. If you’ve missed us half as much as we’ve missed you then we’ve missed you twice as much as you’ve missed us. It is good to be back so let’s get on with the Craic. Steve’s change of role Copy of Letter of Resignation Effect on Apple Effect on Fans iOS event iPhone 5 List of Potential New Features TUAW Link 1GB Ram A5 Chip 8 mega pixel camera World Phone (GSM & CDMA) Voice Assistant AirPlay Mirroring iOS 5 Expected to be available immediately iPod Shuffle & iPod Classic End of Life TUAW Link We’ve been saying this for the last few years Low end nano replace shuffle Capacity bump in iPod Touch to replace 160GB Classic Liverpool Tweet Up Video Link to YouTube Agenda Liverpool One Starbucks Apple Store Lunch – GBK Albert Dock Beatles Museum Liverpool Museum Diner +IMP Live Total Geek Out MiFi HyperJuice GoPro Cameras iPads MacBook Airs MacBook Pros iPhones DSLRs Video Cameras Photos Link to Photos A big thank you to Mark Dalton for posting such great pictures of the occasion. Professional Credits in iMovie Link to macmostnow Final Cut X Update 10.0.1 A lot of features that professional users were looking for were put back in. Link to Apple Future features to come in 2012 Strange iPhone Uses iPhone Used to Control a Drone TUAW Link Collaboration between Boeing and MIT Make it possible for regular people to fly drone aircraft Good intentions but could be used for malicious intent Frightened the bejaysus out of me +Dave’s Flying Man Tips Activate the Linear Timeline in iMovie – Go to project pane and on the right hand side of the pane is a film strip icon. Click this and you will get the traditional time line. At this point you may want to swap the project window and event library window. Activate the secondary click on you trackpad – Go to system preferences and select trackpad. Select the point and click tab and the down arrow under the Secondary Click option and tick the bottom right hand corner. Universal Power Adapter Apple Exploring Universal Power Adapter SeaSucker Mount for iPad This looks like a cool mount for your iPad. Link 100 and Counting Took us a while to get here Moving forward into 2012 More blog posts More guests Screencasts and tips section Just as naughty as ever App Recommendations Snapseed Link Power photo editing app for iPad from Nik Software. These guys really get photo editing on the iPad. You can do a lot of things that you could do in iPhoto directly in here. It is by far the best photo editing application I have used on the iPad. In fact for a lot of quick edits on the go I have used this rather than bring the photos into Aperture and do my editing there. Outro Contact details maccraic.com twitter.com/justingbyrne twitter.com/davidshortle hecra@mailc Mevio iTunes comments Thanks to everyone for listening and subscribing to the podcast. If you enjoy it go out and tell your friends to subscribe. You can also show your support by heading on over to iTunes and leaving a comment. This helps us get noticed and increase our listenership which can help to attract new and cool sponsors to the show. That’s all the craic from this weeks Mac. Subscribe in iTunes Link Bookmark It Hide Sites Justin Byrne yes no 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/2011/04/17/maccraic-97-shootin-the-shit/ http://maccraic.com/2011/04/17/maccraic-97-shootin-the-shit/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:46:28 +0000 admin http://maccraic.com/?p=1194 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2011/04/17/maccraic-97-shootin-the-shit/feed/ 0 0:40:00 This week the boys decide to have a general discussion about the news in the Apple world including the fact his Steveness is about to bring on his version of the Word in 2012.. let’s hope this is not one sign of the Mayan end of the world prop[...] This week the boys decide to have a general discussion about the news in the Apple world including the fact his Steveness is about to bring on his version of the Word in 2012.. let’s hope this is not one sign of the Mayan end of the world prophecy . Sit back and enjoy the chat Discussion: Patent hinting at hybrid E-ink & LCD display…Patently Apple strikes www.ereaderiq.com …Especially for those who love free Kindle books (and who does’nt love free). iOS 4.3.2 Potential update in next two weeks.. but it looks to be a housekeeping one in our book with some security issues being squished to boot. iSteve: The Book of Jobs The official record of Stevie J… his life & times. and from that…. the possible return of the other Stevie (Woz) . Apps, Glorious Apps: Kick to Pick.. Let your baby name his/herself . MacCraic does not condone any listeners attempting this in real life on their young ‘un . Blueface Banter iOS App: An app from an Irish based company that allows you to make & receive calls on the fixed line network with an allocated fixed line number that would save you especially on international calls. 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