Monday, August 03, 2009

For Mac Eyes Only - "Community Compilation"

Episode #132

This week on For Mac Eyes Only: Mike opens floor to FMEO community, iPhone OS Update, iDisk from iPhone, FCC Questions Apple, Danger of Keyboard Hack?, 2TB Time Capsule, Eye-Fi worth it?, Free Pebbles, Gary's News and Views from Across the Pond, Web Travels with Dan, Jason's Mac Tip, and a slew of listener e-mails.

News:
> UPDATE: iPhone OS 3.0.1
> UPDATE: MobileMe iDisk App
> UK ASA Rules in Apple's Favor
> MS Office 2008 for Mac Cross Platform Problems
> FCC Asks Apple and AT&T for Explanation of App Store Approval Process
> Apple Keyboards Hacked?
> GV Mobile Dev Goes to Cydia
> Apple Adds Keywords to iTunes App Store
> UPDATE: New 2TB Time Capsule
> UPDATE: Eye-Fi Geo for Mac
> UPDATE: Growl 1.1.6
> FUN NEWS: Pebbles for OS X and iPhone


Features:

Gary Malpas' News and Views from Across the Pond - UK and EU News
> Comic Life
> iTunes for Mac
> Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes

Web Travels With Dan:
> Goriya
> Dan's FMEO Facebook Group

Jason's MacBook Podcast Tip: Turn off the Caps Lock key (and others)


Listener E-mails:

Question: Ray's quest for terminal app with automatic logging
> iTerm
> iTerm Scripting Guide

Question: Dom trying to find graphical disk space usage tool
> Disk Inventory X

Question: Kirk asks about Quicken alternatives
> GnuCash
> Quicken Online
> iWork 09's Numbers
> Jumsoft Money
> Cha-Ching
> iBank

Question: Bob wonders about the optical digital / analog jacks on his Mac Mini
> Mini-TOSLink (Wikipedia)
> Griffin Technologies iMic

Question: Glenn's Apple TV streaming missing album tracks

Question: Dom has gigantic ASL files
> To run system maintenance scripts manually from Terminal.app enter the following
sudo periodic daily
sudo periodic weekly
sudo periodic monthly

> Use OnyX to run the same tasks more easily

Question: Bhuvana's Audio Books show as Music in iTunes
> Splasm's Audiobook Builder

Question: Tyler looking for help running Windows apps - without Windows.
> WINE for OS X
> CrossOver Mac
> Codeweaver's Compatibility Guide
> VirtualBox

Question: Mauricio wants to sync more than one Apple TV

Question: Daniel's MacBook Pro PRAM Problems
> iFixit's MacBook Pro Repair Guides

Feedback: Jesse and Jim share their reasons for loving OS X over Windows


Links to Know:
> Visit The MacBook Podcast
> The FMEO Apple Store Gallery

Contact Us:
> mike AT formaceyesonly.com
> dan AT formaceyesonly.com
> gazmaz AT formaceyesonly.com
> barry AT formaceyesonly.com
> jason AT macbookpodcast.com
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>> @formaceyesonly
>> @gazmaz
>> @danv
>> @macbookpodcast
>> @fulkb
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FMEO-132-080309 (1:02'07, 36.9MB)

3 comments:

Nico Messer said...

Finally, we were waiting way too long for the iDisk App. Love it!

Nico Messer said...

iTunes is one of my favorite Apps on the Mac as well. I really enjoy iTunes U and of course the FMEO Podcast.

Mike, ESC!Cast Network said...

Thanks rednicolas! iTunes U came up again in this week's show (#133).