http://maccraic.com Infotainment that's not PC! Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:59:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 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 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 !   Justin Byrne yes no http://maccraic.com/2010/06/08/maccraic-81-phones-cars-and-fingering-in-italy/ http://maccraic.com/2010/06/08/maccraic-81-phones-cars-and-fingering-in-italy/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:17:18 +0000 Dave http://maccraic.com/?p=898 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2010/06/08/maccraic-81-phones-cars-and-fingering-in-italy/feed/ 0 0:47:43 This week the boys freestyle again ( hey, is there any other way :-p) and put forth their thoughts on firstly from one Mr Shortle on his Italian experience of fingering an iPad. Also, our thoughts and anal-ysis on Monday’s Stevie J keynote fro[...] This week the boys freestyle again ( hey, is there any other way :-p) and put forth their thoughts on firstly from one Mr Shortle on his Italian experience of fingering an iPad. Also, our thoughts and anal-ysis on Monday’s Stevie J keynote from WWDC with the introduction of the iPhone 4 ( unlike the (i) movies, these sequels keep getting better & better). Hope you enjoy the show. David: iPad-  The Italian Experience Go Daddy Ad WWDC News Links & Anal-ysis : Everything You Need To Know About The iPhone 4 (one thing to correct here folks- 3GS comes in 8GB not 16GB form only for $99/€99. Apologies ;-0) Apple.com (for the official info including “Bumpers” (now we know why the cases were put out of the retail stores) Facetime (Sam Mendes directed video explaining the video chat feature) Contact details twitter.com/justingbyrne twitter.com/davidshortle themaccraic@gmail.com Mevio Outro Tag- That’s all the craic from this week’s Mac Justin Byrne yes no http://maccraic.com/2010/04/20/maccraic-76-chocolate-nuts-duffel-coats/ http://maccraic.com/2010/04/20/maccraic-76-chocolate-nuts-duffel-coats/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:12:56 +0000 Dave http://maccraic.com/?p=804 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2010/04/20/maccraic-76-chocolate-nuts-duffel-coats/feed/ 0 1:08:48 Our heroes in a half-shell (Turtle Power ?) are joined by one not so grumpy Bart Busschots for his first ever appearance on MacCraic. Also, speaking from his secure underground bunker in Switzerland, one Mr Paul “Nuts” Shadwell joins us [...] Our heroes in a half-shell (Turtle Power ?) are joined by one not so grumpy Bart Busschots for his first ever appearance on MacCraic. Also, speaking from his secure underground bunker in Switzerland, one Mr Paul “Nuts” Shadwell joins us to give his side of the story when he emailed a Mr S Jobs & got the kind of reply that proves Stevie is reading some of the mails that are being sent to sjobs@apple.com . So sit back & enjoy the craic. News Jobs Shagwells Shadwell ( If this mail had been sent after the iPhone 4 leak…Apocalypse Now baby ) Compu-B comes to Dublin Rhapsody on an iPad GoDaddy Promotion Special Guest - Bart Busschots Daves Slot - Chad Barraford’s JARVIS life assistant is the envy of Pepper Potts  (video) (if you’ve got $700 bucks & some HW & SW knowledge, you too could be Tony Stark (dreaming) ) Contact details maccraic.com twitter.com/justingbyrne twitter.com/davidshortle twitter.com/bbusschots themaccraic@gmail.com Mevio Outro Subscribe in iTunes (link) Justin Byrne yes no http://maccraic.com/2010/03/01/maccraic-69-oral-hygiene/ http://maccraic.com/2010/03/01/maccraic-69-oral-hygiene/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:56:04 +0000 Justin http://maccraic.com/?p=749 Continue reading →]]> http://maccraic.com/2010/03/01/maccraic-69-oral-hygiene/feed/ 0 0:52:50 This week our heroes finally reach their magic number and celebrate with a thong, sorry I mean song.   Are you brave enough to listen to episode 69? News A Bunch of Muppets in Cupertino Tit Case for iPhone (shows you where someone’s mind was [...] This week our heroes finally reach their magic number and celebrate with a thong, sorry I mean song.   Are you brave enough to listen to episode 69? News A Bunch of Muppets in Cupertino Tit Case for iPhone (shows you where someone’s mind was when reading the headline)..also video proof. PowerBook Snow Board ( “think different” Xtreme! ) GoDaddy Advertisement Dave’s Slot- Notes from Tim Cook’s Goldman Sachs talk (Updated with transcript) and Apple supplier audit reveals sub-minimum wage pay and records of underage labor Dave’s App Pick: Vector Tanks- Battlezone for iPhone/iPod Touch for all the retro-arcade MacCraicers out there. Free on App Store till next Thursday. Steve Jobs puts it all into perspective- Quick discussion/analysis of some Steve J quips from Apple AGM Contact details maccraic.com twitter.com/justingbyrne twitter.com/davidshortle themaccraic@gmail.com Mevio Subscribe in iTunes (link) Justin Byrne yes no