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/2011/09/30/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/2011/04/20/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/2011/04/17/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 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