Welcome To The Help I Got A Mac Podcast!

Help I Got A Mac PodcastThe Help I Got A Mac podcast was originally launched after I, Cliff Ravenscraft, purchased my very first Apple/Mac computer. I recall my initial excitement about owning a Mac wearing off after about two weeks. I had become quite frustrated with how the Mac OS differed from the Windows OS. I needed help and that’s why I launched this show and titled it, “Help I Got A Mac!”

In the Fall of 2007, I met Chris Beiting, a former Apple Store Genius who came to my rescue with a willingness to answer any and all my Mac related questions. I invited him to join me me on a weekly basis and we have now provided more than 100 hours of content devoted to helping the brand new Mac Switcher and discussing all things Apple, including Macs, iPhones, iPods, iPads, and iEverything Else.

In September 2011, Chris was preparing to become a father for the very first time. After 179 episodes, we made the difficult decision to stop the weekly production of this show.

Here’s the deal, Chris and I may randomly produce and episode here and there to discuss major Apple related announcements. It is for this reason that I will leave the subscription links below. I will do my best to also promote these random episodes through the social networks and on our mailing list.

If you like this show, you may also like the Podcast Answer Man, Social Media Serenity, and Business Tech Weekly podcasts. Of course we invite you to please check out the complete list of our podcasts.

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158 Help I Got A Mac – iPad 2 Reactions And Thunderbolt Talk

March 3, 2011

In this episode, Cliff and Chris discuss their thoughts on the new Apple announcement of the iPad 2. Also, Chris shares some more insights related to Thunderbolt. We also talked about which Mac computer a brand new Mac user should choice. Cliff things the iMac is the best first Mac option. Chris feels that the [...]

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157 Help I Got A Mac – New Macbook Pros Are Here

February 24, 2011

In this episode, Cliff covered the following topics: Apple store down this morning. Likely due to refresh of the new MacBook Pros. Apple will hold a special iPad event on Wednesday March 2nd. AT&T offers Free Mobile To ANY Mobile Calling on certain plans CashTrails Expense Tracking Application. I used Bulkr Pro to download all [...]

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156 Help I Got A Mac – Will There Be Lines For The Verizon iPhone?

February 8, 2011

In this epsidoe, Cliff and Chris cover the follow topics and more: – New MacBook Pros coming soon? http://goo.gl/AiEGj – Apple eliminating boxed software from the Apple Store? http://goo.gl/IVCu6 – Verizon iPhone has a world chip in it: http://goo.gl/swHjY – Apple pulling ebook apps of the app store? http://goo.gl/NBEoR We want to invite you to [...]

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155 Help I Got A Mac – The Baby Beiting Announcement

February 1, 2011

In this episode, Cliff and Chris discuss the following toipcs: Cliff’s update on the Mac App Store purchase on previously owned iWork Apps. Samsung says Galaxy Tab sales to consumers: http://goo.gl/rgnJg Verizon turns on iPhone 4 pre-order countdown: http://goo.gl/Mimu8 News Corp’s The Daily iPad Newspaper Will Cost $1 a Week: http://goo.gl/kQ5V3 US Today App for [...]

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154 Help I Got A Mac – The MacBook Air Initial Reaction And So Much More

January 27, 2011

In this episode of Help I Got A Mac, I was joined by my brother, Parker J., who is our new gspn.tv intern. Chris was unable to join me for this episode. I’m working on a way to keep Help I Got A Mac going with Chris as our co-host. This week we talk about [...]

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153 Help I Got A Mac – Things We Thought We Would Never See From Apple

January 20, 2011

In this episode, Cliff covered the following topics: – Spotify Signs First U.S. Music Deal with Sony – http://goo.gl/xR2pB – White iPhone may be just around the corner – http://goo.gl/fYOjS – Apple Shares Drop 5% following Steve Job’s Medical Leave – http://goo.gl/OcNy9 – iPod Touch Now Accounts for half of iPod Sales – http://goo.gl/Rm68Y – [...]

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152 Help I Got A Mac – The Verizon iPhone Is A Reality!

January 13, 2011

In this episode, Cliff and Chris discuss the following topics: – Verizon iPhone is official! – Verizon iPad coming with connectivity built in. – iOS 4.3 beta is out with some rather cool features – Multi-Touch Gestures – Rumor of no more home button on iPad/iPhone – Cliff has heard that the rotation lock may [...]

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151 Help I Got A Mac – The New Mac App Store Is Live!

January 6, 2011

In this episode, Cliff and Christ talk about the following topics: -When will MobileMe become more reliable? -10.6.6 Update is out and includes the App Store! – Official Twitter Client For The Mac is Here! – Did Apple just Confirm the CDMA iPhone? – Google Accidently Shows off Android 3.0 Honeycomb. – Who Needs Spotify? [...]

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150 Help I Got A Mac – The Death of FaceTime?

December 30, 2010

This is a Plus Member Episode. In this episode, Cliff and Chris discuss the following: – How are the iPod touches doing at the Ravenscraft house? – Chris got his Dodocase. – Skype for iPhone updates to 3.0, adds video calling. – Apple said waiting until after CES for Verizon iPhone. – Our Apple Predictions [...]

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149 Help I Got A Mac – Apple Christmas iOS Game Sale

December 23, 2010

This is a Plus Member Episode. In this episode, we cover the following topics: – Huge game sales on App Store for iOS devices – Cliff’s new favorite game is called Trainyard Express – AppleTV sells 1 million units – MacApp store will launch on January 6th – You have to see this iPad Killer [...]

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148 – Help iGot a Mac – The Pinwheel aka The Marble Doom

December 17, 2010

Topics Covered In This Episode: – Celebrating 5 Years – Cliff’s Glif came in and it is awesome. – Rumor: New iMacs & MacBook Pros first half of 2011. – Business Insider names iPad “Biggest Tech Winner” of 2010. – Google Voice App Now Supports iPad/iPod Touch. – Chris got an Apple TV! – Google [...]

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147 Help I Got A Mac – An Episode Hosted By Gamers

December 14, 2010

This is a Plus Member Episode. Topics Covered In This Episode: – Netflix/ABC/Disney streaming deal – 90 Second Previews now in iTunes – “MobileMe Will Get a Lot Better in 2011” – INFINITY BLADE IS OUT!!! – http://bit.ly/ehWDLs – Angry Birds: Seasons – quite possibly the greatest advent calendar ever! – Lot’s of other gaming [...]

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146 Help I Got A Mac – Find My iPhone Now Free!

December 3, 2010

Topics Covered In This Episode: – Find My iPhone now Free with iOS 4.2 – http://goo.gl/Mqy1H – President George W. Bush is an iPad user – Flash 10.2 beta is out: http://goo.gl/n1pr9 – Angry Birds: Seasons update! – http://bit.ly/hWd7Qv – Verizon’s 4G Network to Launch Next Week, No Handsets Until Mid-2011 – http://bit.ly/gTnj6s – Gowalla [...]

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145 Help I Got A Mac – An Episode You Will Never Forget

November 18, 2010

This is a Plus Member Episode. Topics Covered In This Episode: – Beetles On iTunes Is A Day We Will Never Forget? – Google Voice Officially Released for iPhone this past Tuesday – You can now edit Google Docs from the iPad & iPhone – Just how big is the gaming market on iOS? – [...]

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144 Help I Got A Mac – What Is A Do Do Case?

November 11, 2010

This is a Plus Member Episode. NEWS: – Goodbye Xserve…RIP – Apple has announced the discontinuation of Xserve, the company’s rack-mountable server solution as of January 31, 2011. Steve Jobs told to a user via an email that they just “don’t sell that much” of the enterprise server. – OS 10.6.5 Released Yesterday – Improvements [...]

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143 Help I Got A Mac – Use Your Old iMac As An External Display

November 4, 2010

This is a Plus Member Episode. – iPad iOS 4.2 goes gold, Chris has hands on report. – Apple confirms MacBook Air bugs internally – http://bit.ly/aGaRK6 – AT&T says T-Mobile’s fake 4G network isn’t the biggest http://bit.ly/ax9VIl – MacOSKen Podcast – http://macosken.com – No More Personal Shopping Appointments? – iPhones shipping within 24hrs for the [...]

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142 Help I Got A Mac – Cliff Needs Needs A Mute Button

October 28, 2010

News: – White iPhone Dead? http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/28/white-iphone-disappears-from-online-apple-store/ – iPad Now on Sale at Verizon & ATT Stores: http://bit.ly/aZ90ZL – Valve Releases Left 4 Dead just in time for Halloween: Chris will riff on this. – iDOS released for iOS then pulled a few hours later: http://toucharcade.com/2010/10/26/idos/ Plants vs. Zombies is on sale for iPhone – $.99 [...]

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141 Help I Got A Mac – Back To The Mac Reactions

October 21, 2010

This is a Plus Member Episode. Back To The Mac Notes: Factime For Mac New MacBook Airs Mac OSX Lion with full screen, multi-touch and same old features but new name? App Store for the Mac New iLife To Do App Recommendation: John called in a recommendation for Epic Win. A to do list app [...]

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140 Help I Got A Mac – New Mac User Thoughts

October 14, 2010

This is a Plus Member Episode. Crissy Needs A Mac: Crissy is finally sick and tired of Windows and ready to make the switch to Mac. We give her some advice based upon what she is looking for. Next Apple Event Goes “Back to the Mac” Following recent events focused on iOS, the iPhone and [...]

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139 Help I Got A Mac – No ScreenFlow For You – Dude Get A Mac!

October 7, 2010

This is a Plus Member Episode. What is a Glif? We discover a new way of opening a pages document without needing pages on your computer. Learn the Difference between a Mac Snob and an Apple Fan Boy. MacBook Air? Why we don’t like it. Google Goggles? We talk about how to get it. Tango [...]

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138 Help I Got A Mac – Apple Does Suck Some of The Time

October 1, 2010

In this episode, Cliff rants about how he thought for sure that Apple’s Pages users would not be plagued by the same backwards compatability issues as MS Word Users. However, this week, when a client sent Cliff a document, he received a warning messaging saying “You need a newer version of Pages to view this [...]

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137 Help I Got A Mac – Three Finger Double Tap

September 23, 2010

In this episode, Cliff and Chris talk about the latest updates to iWork for the iPad. Numbers, now at version 1.2, introduces improved exports, object grouping and ungrouping, and better hyperlinks, among other new features. Pages, also updated to version 1.2, provides WebDAV and MobileMe iDisk support, txt file compatibility, and many performance enhancements. The [...]

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