MacVoices

The Road to Macstock ends where it began: in a conversation with organizer Mike Potter. In a final update before many of us head to Woodstock IL for both Macstock and The Midwest Mac Mingle, Mike reveals an unannounced speaker, talks about how and why he slightly altered this year's Macstock presentations, and hints at some future plans. This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by the MacVoices Dispatch, our weekly newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on any and all MacVoices-related information. Subscribe today and don't miss a thing. MacVoices Dispatch Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Michael Potter is the Executive Producer of For Mac Eyes Only. Mike's love-affair for all things Apple began in his Junior High's Library playing Lemonade Stand on a pair of brand new Apple ][+ computers. His penchant for Apple gear continued to be nurtured by the public school system when, in High School, he was hired as a lab supervisor to help run the Apple ][e lab for his fellow students and their Print Shop needs. Then, further still, in college he often opted to help a friend with her Computer Graphics coursework instead of focusing on his own studies … but only because it helped get him closer to the Mac-lab. The first Macintosh that Mike could truly call his own, was a sad little Mac Plus he picked up from a garage sale for $20 with the intention of turning it into a Macquarium. When he flipped the switch and found it still happily booted, he didn't have the heart to gut it and, instead, nursed the little guy back to health by installing a new hard drive and upgraded SuperDrive. A similarly rescued Macintosh SE/30 soon followed. Since that time, in addition to the two early Macintosh's, Mike's stable of Macs has grown to include: a PowerMac 7600; two early G3 iMacs (strawberry and dalmation); the G4 Cube with matching 17″ CRT; a 17″ G5 iMac; a PowerMac G5; a G4 Mac Mini; his daughter's white MacBook; a 2006 17″ MacBook Pro; a 1st-Gen Mac Pro; a 2011 15″ MacBook Pro; a 2010 21.5″ iMac; a Late-2012 27″ iMac; and his wife's 13″ MacBook Pro. And an iPad. In the time since his weekly Mac podcast was first unleashed to a wary public in the Fall of 2006, over 290 episodes of For Mac Eyes Only, and more than 135 Quick Tips and other Special Segments have been produced to date. In 2013, For Mac Eyes Only launched a new Members Only portion of the site called FMEO Plus featuring exclusive video, audio, and more. Through it all, Mike's favorite part of producing the show continues to be the opportunity to make new friends within the ever-growing community of Apple fanatics.

After the doors of Macstock 2017 closed, those still in town gathered at an undisclosed location for dinner and good times. Somewhere along the way, it became a good idea to record their thoughts on the event, lit by a few wall lamps and some video screens.

The Internet of Things may be everywhere all the time, but that doesn’t mean it always works flawlessly. The MacJury panel of Jeff Gamet, Kelly Guimont and host Chuck Joiner discuss the challenges of troubleshooting switches, light bulbs, hubs, apps, and everything else associated with IoT. In this bonus-length session, a real-time issue with an IoT device is tackled; the back and forth suggestions by the panel will give you some ideas on how to get your gear up and running when it isn’t. This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by the MacVoices Dispatch, our weekly newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on any and all MacVoices-related information. Subscribe today and don't miss a thing. MacVoices Dispatch Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Jeff Gamet is the Managing Editor for The Mac Observer, and the author of Fresh Brewed Tales, a chronicle of Jeff's strange adventures at coffee shops. He also is the host of the Daily Observations podcast and co-host of The Apple Context Machine. You can find his regular updates on Twitter. Kelly Guimont is a longtime Apple geek, sitting down (on a telephone book) in front of an Apple IIe in 1983. She can still hear the ticking of the ImageWriter. Thanks to the miracle of the adjustable leg desk, she no longer needs the phonebook. Kelly writes for The Mac Observer, is co-host of The Aftershow, makes regular appearances on the Daily Observations Podcast and the British Tech Network and yet still has more to say which she saves for Twitter. Links: IFTT (If This Then That) WeMo Switch Echobee3 Thermostat WSwitch (Mac App) eero Home WiFi System (pack of 3) Philips Hue White Starter Kit Phillips Hue Color Starter Kit Home - Smart Home Automation Ambify

The Road to Macstock is almost at an end, but not before Kirschen Seah of Free Range Coder tells us how she will be getting us excited about Apple’s Automator in both a main stage presentation, as well as a Deeper Dive session. Kirschen provides some examples of what Automator can do, and why you don’t have to know a single line of code to start automating your own activities. MacVoices is supported by MacVoices Magazine, our free magazine on Flipboard that helps you do more with your Apple tech. http://MacVoices.com/Magazine Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guest: Kirschen Seah is a software engineer and has been fascinated with portable electronics since the Sony Walkman. With the advent of intelligent portable devices such as the Sony MagicLink, the Palm V, and now the iPhone and iPad, her quest is to discover how these devices can enrich our life experiences. Kirschen's history with Apple devices stretches all the way back to the Apple ][ and Lisa, culminating in several Macintoshes and iOS devices. She's delved into iOS and Mac OS software development and has worked on and released applications for both platforms. An accomplished speaker, Kirschen's given talks on software engineering and development at local code camps. She loves to share her experiences and what she's come to learn over the years being in the personal computer and portable device arena. Kirschen's an avid cyclist and has participated in several Cyclo-cross and Time Trial race events, as well as attended a bike mechanic course. She holds an FAA Private Pilot License and is a certified SCUBA diver. She's very interested in biking, photography, and videography. Her blog is Free Range Coder, and you can follow her on Twitter.

Yaroslav Stepanenko, Product Marketing Manager for MacPaw is back to talk about this year’s Setapp Apple Market Survey and what it reveals about how developers see the Apple software market. Yaroslav covers the results of questions on subscription software, what is and isn’t desirable about the Apple App Stores, and the factors that make up those positions. Whether you are a developer or a consumer, the results of this survey give some indications of how and where you will be buying and paying for software in the coming months. Today’s edition of MacVoices is supported by MacVoices Magazine, our free magazine on Flipboard that helps you do more with your Apple tech. http://MacVoices.com/Magazine Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Yaroslav Stepanenko is the Product Marketing Manager for MacPaw. Follow him on Twitter.

The Road to Macstock starts to close down as the event itself draws near, but we aren’t done yet. This time, Dave Hamilton of The Mac Observer and Mac Geek Gab gives us a preview of some of the information he will be delivering when he takes the stage to discuss mesh network routers. Dave talks about the problems mesh routers solve, some of the features you need to be aware of, and when it is appropriate to jump on the mesh network bandwagon. This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by the MacVoices Dispatch, our weekly newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on any and all MacVoices-related information. Subscribe today and don't miss a thing. MacVoices Dispatch Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Dave Hamilton is co-host of The Mac Geek Gab, President and co-Founder of The Mac Observer, and co-Founder of BackBeat Media. You can also find him as a regular on The Mac Observer's Daily Observations Podcast, and co-hosting both The Small Business Show and Gig Gab, and can follow him on Twitter.

The latest effort from Joe Kissell is the second edition of Take Control of The Cloud, a topic that has become more expansive and involved since the book was first released. Joe explains how he has changed his approach because of this, and expanded the book to cover new topics such as the Internet of Things, the practical aspects of Cloud usage, and how to select your Cloud services. Automation and the Cloud, private cloud devices and productivity services are among many topics Joe touches on in this interview, and covers in more depth in the book. This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by the MacVoices Dispatch, our weekly newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on any and all MacVoices-related information. Subscribe today and don't miss a thing. http://macvoices.com/newsletter Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Joe Kissell is the publisher of Take Control ebooks, as well as the author of over 60 books on a wide variety of tech topics. Keep up with him if you can on his personal site, JoeKissell.com, and on Twitter. Links: Lima Ultra

Ted Landau was keeping a keen eye on Apple’s announcements at the WWDC keynote, and provides his take on the most important among them, but from a personal perspective. Ted selects his top three, talks about why he’s all but given up on his MacBook Pro, why he won’t be buying an iMac Pro (but would like to), and how the iPad Pro factors into his mobile computing. Comparisons to the past and looking to the future are part of this in-depth discussion. MacVoices Magazine, our free magazine on Flipboard that helps you do more with your Apple tech. http://MacVoices.com/Magazine Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Ted Landau is the author of several Mac and iPhone help books and was the founder of MacFixIt. He has also been a contributor to numerous magazines and websites, including Macworld and The Mac Observer. He currently blogs on Ted Landau’s Slanted Viewpoint, and you can follow him on Twitter. Links: Apple's Smart Keyboard

Other World Computing has a new way to expand and adapt the ports on your new Macs! The OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock brings a total of 13 ports to the party, all connected through one Thunderbolt port on your MacBook Pro or new iMac. Chuck tells you what you need to know. Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

On the Road to Macstock, Bryan Chaffin of The Mac Observer gives us a taste of the kind of timely analysis of events that he will deliver to the audience in Woodstock IL in July. This time, Bryan provides his thoughts on Project Titan, Apple’s automotive project, and what Tim Cook’s comments really mean. Bryan has a reputation for strong opinions, and this conversation is no exception. MacVoices Magazine, our free magazine on Flipboard that helps you do more with your Apple tech. http://MacVoices.com/Magazine Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Guests: Bryan Chaffin began using Apple computers in 1983 in a high school BASIC programming class. He started using Macs in 1990 when the Kinko’s guy taught him how to use Aldus PageMaker, finally buying a Power Computing Power 100 in 1995. Bryan is the cofounder of The Mac Observer and currently serves as Afternoon Editor. He has contributed to MacAddict and MacFormat magazines, and coauthored Incredible iPad Apps for Dummies with Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus. You can find out more about Bryan at his personal site, GeekTells, and follow him on Twitter.