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130 Help I Got A Mac – Why Chris Hates The iPhone

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:43:25 +0000

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In this episode, we cover the following topics:

Seriously, the title alone should make you want to listen to this episode. For the first time ever, I can honestly say that I am more of an Apple Fan Boy than Chris! Now that’s just weird!

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125 Help I Got A Mac – Why Is Walt Disney On My iPhone?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:39:58 +0000

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In this episode, we cover the following topics:

* Cliff’s Shares His Bad Apple Experience (Video)
* Chris’ Apple 4 Line Experience
* JotNot Pro – Scanner App
* A recent update to my iMac now is keeping mp3 thumbnails from showing.
* When I delete a card from an SD card in the finder, I notice that while it removes the name info from the card, it doesn’t delete all the data. My card will sometimes say it’s full even if there is no file on it until I format
* Too Many Multi-Tasking Icons Loaded!
* FaceTime not activated by default.
* Still no new sounds for Incoming alerts!

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124 Help I Got A Mac – iPhone Launch Day

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:21:54 +0000

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As you might imagine, this episode is all about the launch of the new iPhone.

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123 Help I Got A Mac – More Than 600 Thousand iPhone 4 Pre Ordered!

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:37:52 +0000

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In this episode, Chris and I talk about long process of trying to reserve or pre-order the new iPhone 4 due to the fact that more than 600,000 people had been trying to place an order. We also share that the pre-order stock for iPhone 4 delivers were SOLD OUT by the end of the day. The only hope of getting an iPhone 4 at this time, if you didn’t pre-order or reserve your store pick up in time would be to camp out at the local Apple Store the night before launch.

Also in this episode, we share some of our feelings about the Android operating system and how carriers can keep you from upgrading to the latest software version without first getting their approval, and after it’s been loaded down with their software on top of it.

We took a call from John who asked about getting a keyboard shortcut for turning off the wifi on a Mac. We didn’t have a solution for this. However, if you know of a piece of software that would allow this, would you call us at 859-795-4067 and leave us feedback with some insights on how this can be done?

Also, we suggested that John sell his used iPhone 3GS on CraigsList instead of another service in order to get a much higher resell price from it.

We wrapped the show by being fair and balanced and giving some benefits of having the new Sprint Evo smart phone. However, our recommendation to Matt Anderson is that he should go with an iPhone for his first entry into the smart phone market.

Oh, and you definitely should check out the iPad Archade box that we mentioned!

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118 Help I Got A Mac – Why You Should Jailbreak Your iPad?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:14:05 +0000

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In the episode we cover the following items:

* Another iPhone Next Gen Leaked!
* Steam Gaming System Is Out!
* Dragon’s Lair is on sales for 99 cents
* Android is outselling the iPhone
* AT&T has iPhone Exclusivity till 2012
* Why You Should Jailbreak The iPad

* CLICK HERE for info on how to install sync multiple Google Apps Calendars to your iPad.

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113 Help I Got a Mac – The iPad

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:06:30 +0000

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In the episode we cover the following items:

* How much hard drive space do you need to run Parallels on the Mac?

* Will Apple Care still work in France if the Mac was purchased in the US?

* Cliff’s initial reaction to the iPad

* CLICK HERE for info on how to install sync multiple Google Apps Calendars to your iPad.

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112 Help I Got A Mac – Finally Made The Full Switch To Mac

Cliff Ravenscraft — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:41:06 +0000

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In this episode I share that after using Mac computers for more than two years, I’ve finally decided to purchase my first iMac and now will be using the Mac as my primary computer.

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111 Help I Got A Mac – What Date Will Chris Buy His First iPad?

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:04:31 +0000

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In this episode:
* Amazon Kindle for The Mac is now available in beta.
* Amazon App coming soon to the iPad
* Mac sales are way up!
* Bluetooth Keyboards will work with iPad

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106 Help I Got A Mac – The iPad Is Not So Bad

daviddoak — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:10:42 +0000

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In this episode, Cliff and Chris share their initial thoughts on the new Apple iPad.

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105 Help I Got A Mac – iPad Initial Reaction

daviddoak — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:56:55 +0000

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In this episode, Cliff and Chris share their initial thoughts on the new Apple iPad.

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104 Help I Got A Mac – Just A Rumor?

daviddoak — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:31:50 +0000

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In this episode, Erik and Cliff discuss the latest updates on whether or not there will be an official Apple event at the end of this month. Also, they talk about rumors related to either a new iPhone or iPhone 4.0 software.

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102 Help I Got A Mac – Why Every Parent Should Own A Mac

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:03:14 +0000

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In This Episode, Chris and Cliff discuss the following items:

Why every geek’s parents should own a Mac!
Remote Desktop Link for Mac

Two Broken Promises from Apple & AT&T
-Apple not supporting Windows 7
-AT&T still has no tethering

Software that you MUST HAVE if you own a Magic Mouse
Link to software mentioned

A Big Event happening on the 26th of January

A suggestion of a great Battery extender for your iPhone when on the go.
Link to discussion in the forum

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100 Help I Got A Mac – Our 100th Episode

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:17:40 +0000

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In This Episode, Chris and Cliff celebrate the 100th episode of this podcast. We also discuss the following items.

Apple buys LALA: The Wall Street Journal and the NY Times are both confirming that Apple has pulled the trigger and spent a minuscule fraction of those billions in cash on Lala. No numbers were announced, but the WSJ notes that an investment of $20 million in Lala from Warner Music Group was written down by more than 50% earlier this year.

Why Lala for Apple? The AP noted that Lala co-founder Bill Nguyen demoed an iPhone app in October thatallowed ‘intelligently cached’ songs to be streamed to your iPhone, with therecently-streamed songs replayable even outside of cell coverage areas; Wired suggests that Lala’s bundle-payment setup, where users buy stream credits, could save Apple’s iTunes Store millions in credit card fulfillment charges. The deal is expected to put Nguyen and the Lala engineers on Apple’s payroll, although the Times notes that Lala’s agreements with the labels to stream music are non-transferable.

Google Chrome for Mac Released! Google released a beta of their Chrome browser for the Mac, nearly 14 months after the Windows version. Chrome is built on the WebKit engine, just like Safari. I’ve only used it briefly (I’m writing this post with it now), yet a couple of things are immediately apparent.

First is the lack of a search box. Instead, Google has built the “Omnibox,” which combines the search and address field. Begin typing and a list of results appears beneath the text field, including recent browsing history, search options and more. For a complete view, browse all of the results in a new tab. That’s neat, but it’ll take some getting used to.

When first launched, it offered to import my Safari bookmarks; a task it completed so quickly I thought there was an error. Tabs slide in and out of view and are smart enough (supposedly, I haven’t tested this) to isolate crashes and keep them from bringing the whole browser down.

uStream Live Broadcaster is released! Ustream is offering a free app [iTunes link] that lets you put a live or recorded stream on the web that multiple people can watch from a web browser.

This is a rather stunning turnaround from just weeks ago when Apple did not allow any live streaming of video from the iPhone. This app supports the 3G and 3GS iPhones, and allows streaming over the 3G network and Wi-Fi. You can record the stream to your iPhone for a later upload, and it even works on 3G phones that don’t have built-in video record capability.

The app allows you to share your recorded stream on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook and of course the Ustream site. You can relay your GPS location and your URL appears in the video so you can tell your friends how to find you. Finally, you can archive your broadcast to the web for later viewing.

To get it all going you must create a free account. I tried it this morning, and it worked on both 3G and Wi-Fi. Video resolution is 320 x 240 pixels, and can be lowered to 176 x 144

Darrell sent a link to this article about jail broken iPhones.

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099 Help I Got A Mac – Apple Goes Black

Cliff Ravenscraft — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:51:26 +0000

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In This Episode, Chris and Cliff share some exciting deals coming up from Apple on Black Thursday. Best part, you don’t even have to leave your home to get them.

Also Chris shared a story titled “MacBooks are more reliable than netbooks.” We share our thoughts on comparing apples to apples. ;)

We have a rumor of a delay of a product that has only been rumored to be coming.

We also share a few more items, including:

Apple lifts veil on App Store approval status

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096 Help I Got A Mac – Droid Does

Cliff Ravenscraft — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:06:31 +0000

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In This Episode, Chris and I give a hands on review of the new DROID Smart Phone from Verizon. Apple iPhone is on notice.

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