MacBites

By Elaine Giles and Mike ThomasTechnology

MacBites episodes

October 19, 2009MacBites - Episode 0035
In this episode, the Browser Queen has something new to play with and Mike gets to watch Jeremy Kyle on his iPhone

BackBites
ShinyDroplets
Toolbar Extras

iPhone 3.1.2

TVCatchup for the iPhone

ChatBites
BluRay in iMacs

Cruz
Tweetie 2

VBA in Microsoft Office 2004

OSX guest accounts & data loss

Sync iPhone time with a mac

Sound Recorder on iPhone

Software Review
Dictionary Cleaner
40 min
October 12, 2009MacBites - Episode 0034
In this episode we discuss how to speed up your podcasts, manage your default apps and how to Quicklook zip files

BackBites
Bento 3

Bento 3 review in MacWorld

EyeTV 3.2 and iPhone app

TvTv

Dropbox on the iPhone
iPhone Loophole

Photoshop for the iPhone

Playing podcasts at variable speeds

A script from Doug's Scripts to play podcasts a variable speeds

ChatBites
Creator Codes

Cocktail
Spotless

Quick Look X ray mode (Mac OSX Hints)

BetterZip Quick Look Plugin

Dictionary in OSX (tuaw.com)

Dictionary in OSX (Mac OSX Hints)

ScreenSharing and key mapping in Snow Leopard

Activating Screenflow

Hardware Review
Power Monkey
57 min
September 28, 2009MacBites - Episode 0033
In this episode we have more iPhone woes, we discuss audiobooks on iTunes and Elaine relives TechFail Thursday

BackBites
ScriptSaver

iPhone 3.1 battery issues

iTunes 9.0.1

Audiobooks on iTunes

Audible v iTunes

The Iliad & The Odyssey by Homer (audible link)

ChatBites
TechFail Thursday

Acrobat PDF printer replaced in Snow Leopard (InDesign Secrets link)

Acrobat Save as Adobe PDF support in Snow Leopard (Adobe Technote link)

Printing to PDF starts the printer whirring

Mike's Screenflow issues

Windows 7 Launch Party video (YouTube link)

Windows 7 Launch Party video - alternative video

BusyCal

Software Review
iPhone Application Limbo

0870 (iTunes link)

SayNoTo0870

Snapture (iTunes link)

JotNot (iTunes link)

Google Notebook Extension for Firefox 3.5 (zip download) . Download this zip file and in Firefox, select File > Open File and browse to the downloaded file. Click Open and then Install

Circus Ponies NoteBook - DayBook

Feedback
LucyC also really wants to be able to sync iTunes by album

Drinkster (iTunes link) - calculates how many calories and units are in your drink

Events
The next MacBites Live event is on Tuesday 29th September (20:00 BST) - Simon Bainbridge will be delving into the world of Things, a task management application that can be used on a Mac or an iPhone. To attend go to http://www.macbites.co.uk/live and put your name in the Enter as a Guest box. Please note this has been brought forward from October 1st
48 min
September 21, 2009MacBites - Episode 0032
In this episode we'll be hacking iTunes, trying to fix Elaine's narcoleptic iPhone and forcing iTunes to do what it should be able to do out of the box!

BackBites
Hacking iTunes

iTunes 9 black background hack

iTunes 9 - Sync by Album

Sixty four switcher

Mike's LogMeIn experience

ChatBites
My O2 app (iTunes link)

iPhone 3.1 woes

Elaine's iPhone frustrations

ITV.com is now using Flash

Make your Logitech mouse compatible with Snow Leopard

Make your Logitech mouse compatible with Snow Leopard (Apple forum)

Screensharing problems

Software Review
Jane's iTunes conundrum

Script to open iTunes and update podcasts:

tell application "iTunes" to activate
tell application "iTunes" to updateAllPodcasts
Application to open iTunes and update podcasts (zip download)

ScriptTimer

LucyC - "I also love the app organiser in iTunes. Makes my life so much easier than trying to do it with those wibbly wobbly icons on the phone where I usually mess up"

Drinkster - calculates how many calories and units are in your drink (iTunes link)

Events
The next MacBites Live event is on Tuesday 29th September (20:00 BST) - Simon Bainbridge will be delving into the world of Things, a task management application that can be used on a Mac or an iPhone. To attend go to http://www.macbites.co.uk/live and put your name in the Enter as a Guest box. Please note this has been brought forward from October 1st
41 min
September 14, 2009MacBites - Episode 0031
This week we take a look at the newly released iTunes 9, iPhone OS 3.1 and how and a software update almost caused domestic strife here at MacBites HQ

BackBites
BusyCal
Snow Leopard installation
QuickTime X PrefPane

ChatBites
Zoom and scroll
Finder issues
Microsoft pulls Windows 7 balloons from Euro launch parties
Take a Holiday to Install Windows 7

Software Review
iTunes 9
Macworld review of iTunes 9
The "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder
iTunes Store authorization and deauthorization
iPhone 3.1
OSX 10.6.1

Events
We're having a social event on 17th September. This will take place at The Old Pelican Inn, Manchester Road, on the Sale/Timperley border.
1 hr 2 min
September 07, 2009MacBites - Episode 0030
In this episode we discuss the new Microsoft App Store, tell you about our Internet woes, Elaine spoils for a fight and we update you on our Snow Leopard experiences

BackBites
Calibrate

BusyCal

iCal

iStat Menus

ChatBites
TextExpander for iPhone

Windows Mobile, version 6.5 & Microsoft's App Store

O2 Data Outage

Mike's nested inbox

Software Review
Snow Leopard

Elgato EyeTV

Quick Look for zip files

DropBox

PTHPasteBoard

Launchbar

Typinator

QuickSilver

Parallels

Opera

Mobile Me Sync

Canon scanners

Competition
BusyCal competition winners were Derek and Jane
1 hr 13 min
August 31, 2009MacBites - Episode 0029
In this episode, Parallels woos Apple cult converts, Microsoft in Photoshop gaffe and we deep-dive into Snow Leopard.

BackBites
Dictionary backup - /Users/User Name/Library/Spelling

Dictionary inconsistencies

Address Book privacy

ChatBites
iPhones not suitable for business use

Parallels woos Apple cult converts

Camtasia for Mac

Microsoft's Photoshop gaffe

Software Review
Snow Leopard

Purchase and installation

32 or 64 bit kernal startup mode selector

Saved disk space

QuickTime

Dock and Expose

Spotlight

Stacks

Incompatibilities

Fujitsu S510M scanner

Snow Leopard resources

Competition
Win a copy of BusyCal

Events
The next MacBites Live event is on 10th September (20:00 BST) - Elaine is running a seminar entitled Photographic Extreme Makeover. Other upcoming events include Screensteps (24th September) and Things (1st October). For details of all our events go to http://macbites.co.uk/live-online/. To attend the events go to http://www.macbites.co.uk/live
We're having a social event on 17th September. This will take place at The Old Pelican Inn, Manchester Road, on the Sale/Timperley border.
1 hr 23 min
August 24, 2009MacBites - Episode 0028
In this episode, after Net News Wire's sad decline, we look at RSS app replacements, we also look at a free alternative to MobileMe and, with Snow Leopard on the horizon, we give you some top tips to help you prepare for the upgrade.

BackBites
Evernote

Address Book to have Social networking integration?

LogMeIn

iFooty notifications

iPhone photo fiasco

ChatBites
MailRaider
Fruux

Organizing Apps on Your iPhone

Software Review
Vienna

NewsFire
Google Reader

Fluid

Icon from Flickr Fluid group

Send to Evernote from Google Reader

Save a Google Reader story as a PDF

Newsstand for the iPhone (iTunes link)

Google Reader for the iPhone

Google Reader - Mobile version

Elaine's System Build Checklist

Feedback & Comments
Thanks to everyone else who commented on Twitter and contacted us via the website

Competition
Win a copy of BusyCal

Events
The next MacBites Live event is on 27th August (20:00 BST) when Mike's going to be showing you some practical examples of Pivot Tables in Excel. See http://www.digital-iq.co.uk for details of this and all our other events. To attend the event go to http://www.macbites.co.uk/live
We're having a social event on 17th September. This will take place at The Old Pelican Inn, Manchester Road, on the Sale/Timperley border.
1 hr 4 min
August 17, 2009MacBites - Episode 0027
In this episode Outlook comes to the Mac, shelving comes to the iMac, we take an indepth look at the OSX address book. And we announce the winner of our Voila competition

BackBites
LogMeIn (Anthony uses Rescue for break fix and Remote for servers)

Screen sharing in Skype

Exploding iPods

iFooty

InfoPanel in BusyCal

ChatBites
BackPack for iMacs

Outlook for the Mac

Snow Leopard nearing release?

iPhone banking app

Software Review
Address book

A to G

Importing Google contacts into Address Book

O2M

Feedback & Comments
Thanks to everyone else who commented on Twitter and contacted us via the website

Competition
Congratulations to isabelle304 who has won a copy of Voila

Events
The next MacBites Live event is on 27th August (20:00 BST) when Mike's going to be showing you some practical examples of Pivot Tables in Excel. See http://www.digital-iq.co.uk for details of this and all our other events. To attend the event go to http://www.macbites.co.uk/live
We're having a social event on 17th September. This will take place at The Old Pelican Inn, Manchester Road, on the Sale/Timperley border.
53 min
August 10, 2009MacBites - Episode 0026
In this episode we look at Summer software bundles, exploding iPods and we take an in-depth look at a new application called BusyCal

BackBites
Refreshing the LaunchServices database with Onyx

Cord - Remote Desktop Application

Microsoft fix Office 2008

ChatBites
Summer Software Bundles

The Mac Sale

MacBundles
MacBundleBox
Bodega

Exploding iPods

Script Timer X

iFooty

Software Review
BusyCal

Feedback & Comments
Thanks to Connor P for his feedback on Elaine's iPhone photos problem

Amanda found Elaine's infopanel excitement too much!

Thanks to everyone else who commented on Twitter

Competition
Win a copy of Voila. Tell us what in your opinion, is the most useful feature of the software and what you'd use that feature for.

Closing date is Saturday 15th August 2009. Submit entries here

Events
The next MacBites Live event is on 13th August (20:00 BST) when Elaine's going to be showing you how to get the best from your holiday photos. See http://www.digital-iq.co.uk for details of this and all our other events. To attend the event go to http://www.macbites.co.uk/live
47 min