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This week Justin “The Head Craicer” Byrne takes exception to Andy Ihnatko’s Jersey Shore/Apple remark as the main Cupertino crew seem share some common traits (though I don’t believe that they are sleeping with one another (Dave “Snookie” Shortle) ).

News

• Apple iPod Operations Manager Paul Shin Devine held in supplier kickback scheme – Christ where do you start with this, suffice to say though we might not be getting as many scoops from Asian supplier leaks going forward.
• Camera+ nabs $500K in 2 months with easter egg, gets pulled from App Store –  ’Tis dangerous to mess with “the situation” Jobs or the App Store approval team when planting easter eggs.

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iPod Touch, iOS4 & the magical disappearing battery life – The boys discuss the curious case of the magical disappearing battery life on Justin’s 3G iPod Touch which we could summarise as blame fast app switching or the Mail.app

Apple TV becoming iTV, getting application support, yet losing full HD? I give my thoughts on whether this “iTV” can handle 1080P, but with an A4 chip

it should be more than capable just like this.

App Review: Shark or Die from HandyGames (Free) For those of us out there who always wanted to be Jaws

 

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News

• Put an extension on it (Recommended extension for all you multi-tab junkies out there : Exposer- When you’ve got multiple tabs open, just click it and a set of thumbnails appear, each representing one of those pages)
• Legitimate Piracy and Jailbreaking
• Sit on my Face Time-  How the porno industry is once again at the edge of the Tech frontier (or would that be in front of rear ? )

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Discussions – iPad and it’s commercial benefits

Partially discussed- 10 ways Apple’s iPad is Changing Healthcare – This shows the massive impact that the iPad is having on the healthcare market.

Papermaster takes on Jobs & loses the Apple Universe – WSJ via 9to5 Mac’s take on the story which looks like delay in shipping white iPhone4 being the last straw.  Also check out the Beatweek article

 

 MacCraic 86 - Sit on my Face…Time: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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In the Beginning

When a number of our listeners suggested that Dave and I be certified I don’t quite think that the following was quite what they had in mind.

Since becoming a Mac owner (and subsequent fanboy) I have toyed with the idea of doing the exams to become Apple Certified, not just for the prestige of the Cert itself, but also to learn more about the best computing platform I have ever used.   It is one of those ideas that resided on my “someday/maybe” list.  When I was informed in June that I was being made redundant due to the current economic crisis I moved this idea to my current projects list replacing the work related projects that I would now no longer be responsible for finishing.

After careful consideration I decided what better way to assist my studies and keep me focused on my learning than to use the MacCraic website to blog about it.   I hope the blog will serve as my revision aid and also be of assistance to others who decide to follow along the same path.

So here begins the diary of my road to certification.

Finding Out What the Requirements Are

My first port of call was Apples website where I searched for what was required to become certified.   There are a number of various routes that you can take form Pro Apps to IT Support.  I decided to start with the Apple Certified Support Professional course (Nicknamed Snow Leopard 101).  A full list of available Apple training and certification can be found at http://training.apple.com/#certification.

Method of study

You can choose to attend an Apple Authorized Training Centre or study at your own pace using one of the Apple Authorized Training Books published by Peachpit (http://www.peachpit.com).

As there are no AATC’s convenient to me, coupled with time and family constraints, I opted to go the route of getting the book and learning at my own pace.   A quick search of Amazon and I had found and ordered the book.  Thanks to Pat Dengler (http://www.yourmacdoctor.com) for telling me about the book.   If you are in the LA area and need help with your Mac be sure to check out Pat.

Exams

Once I feel I have acquired enough knowledge I will apply for and sit the Snow Leopard 101 exam.   When I previously looked it appeared that there was not a place to sit the exam in Ireland however that seems to have changed and I will be looking into this at a later stage and will advise in a later post.

Keep your eyes and ears open for more of this as I hope this series of articles will be of assistance to others who choose to go the same route as me or just of general interest to Mac and MacCraic fans.

I look forward to having you as companions on my journey.

Thanks for reading.

That’s all the Craic till next time.

Justin

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