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Troubleshooting takes its place on the Road to Macstock in a conversation with Bill Geraci. Bill covers his background, his need to teach and inform, and his approach to troubleshooting via his “7 levels of computing” methodology. Find out how he translates what a user is reporting into useful diagnostic information, and what you will learn from his main stage session. This 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 and by The new MacVoices presence on Facebook. Watch the latest MacVoices episodes on the MacVoices Facebook Page, and discuss them, along with anything tech, by joining our new MacVoices Facebook Group. http://facebook.com/macvoices http://facebook.com/groups/macvoices/ 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: Bill Geraci hates computers but loves helping people understand how to use and understand them. A refugee from The Humanities (well, actually, from Classics) he turned to computers because they pay you more without all those letters after your name…. Working with Macs from 1990 he has built an enviable reputation for being able to illustrate the obscure to the disinterested–and then showing them why they do care! Currently a staff “computer guy” at the University of Chicago while doing some private consulting he’d be happy to help you figure out more than you now know about computers. No, really, he would be happy so to do!

Back on the Road to Macstock, Tim Robertson of TechFan talks about the game show session he and Guy Serle will be running as part of this year’s event. This won’t be the first appearance of the MyMac Game Show, but it will have some changes from its first appearance at Macworld Conferencee and Expo. Get all the details and find out how you can play and win when you attend. 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: Tim Robertson is the founder of MyMac.com, the Stoplight Network, Geekiest Show Ever and TechFan. He is an early pioneer in electronic and online publishing, and was one of the first podcasters in the world. Having worked with or for some of the biggest tech companies in the world, Tim was the COO of MacSpecialist, contracted for the Department of Defense, worked as an IT Manager within Kellogg Co. HQ., and currently runs MyMac Productions. You can find him on Twitter.

Ken Ray of MacOSKen is the perfect person to give a balanced perspective on the Apple-in-crisis-du-jour stories that seem to be at the top of the tech news headlines constantly. Ken steps back and looks at why these stories seem to be so popular, whether they might hold any measure of truth, and why their outcomes are so unlikely. Is Apple still something special, and for the same reasons as in the past, or has the appeal evolved into something new? Ken gives us a much-needed review of the facts, and asks some questions that you need to answer for yourself. MacVoices Magazine, our free magazine on Flipboard that helps you do more with your Apple tech. http://MacVoices.com/Magazine and by The new MacVoices presence on Facebook. Watch the latest MacVoices episodes on the MacVoices Facebook Page, and discuss them, along with anything tech, by joining our new MacVoices Facebook Group. http://facebook.com/macvoices http://facebook.com/groups/macvoices/ 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: Since May of 2005, Ken Ray has eaten, slept, and breathed Apple news and news related to Apple news in order to produce a daily Apple news show. and he does just that with Mac OS Ken, with content that includes most stories directly related to Apple, many stories indirectly related to Apple that stand a chance of affecting Apple's business or its users, and tangentially related stories that are funny.A slightly skewed, sometimes cynical, obsessive look at Apple news, five-days-a-week. Ken also produces an extra day of content in Mac OS Ken: Day 6, a subscription show that features one-on-one interviews with fellow podcasters, industry analysts, experts and whoever Ken wants to talk to. Ken also co-hosts Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, that explores the Star Trek universe one episode at a time and he produces The Checklist by SecureMac. You can connect with him on Twitter.

There’s a new conference on the calendar, and it is going to be a good one. Organizers Dave Hamilton and Paul Kent explain how the Apple Market Forum will address the issues of businesses using Apple technologies now and going forward. The conversation has changed for many reasons and in many ways. These two veterans of the Apple universe have put together an event that will help address those changes, and how we can take best advantage of them. This 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: 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. Paul Kent, is a 30 year veteran of the technology industry. Having started his career as a self-taught programmer, he started his own consulting firm in 1984. His company, Mactivity, Inc., went on to host the well regarded Mactivity series of technical conferences and a career in event management was born. Over the years Kent has contributed to and produced many of the tech industry’s groundbreaking events – Interop, InteropDotCom, Mactivity, Mactivity/Web, Mactivity/CEO, Voice on the Net (VON), ProgrammableWorld, Search, SOCKSDevCon, QuickTime Live!, The Mac Networkers Retreat and, Macworld/iWorld. Connect with him on Twitter.

The latest effort from Joe Kissell is the 3.0 version of Take Control of Your Paperless Office. Joe talks about the changes and advances that making ditching paper easier than ever. Joe talks about some of the new scanners that make quick work of stacks of documents, online note services that store your information and the security concerns that come with them. Joe explains why encryption is more important than ever, how some third party paperless services have changed or disappeared, and where the iPhone fits into a paperless workflow. Today’s edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Blue Apron, where you get fresh ingredients and recipes delivered to your door so you can fix delicious meals for your family. Get cooking and get three free meals (including free shipping) by visiting BlueApron.com/MacVoices. http://BlueApron.com/MacVoices and 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: Joe Kissell is the author of over 50 Take Control ebooks, as well as a host of print books and his very own Joe On Tech guides to technology. He is a Contributing Editor to TidBITS, and a Senior Contributor to Macworld. Keep up with him if you can on his personal site, JoeKissell.com, and on Twitter. Links: Fujitsu iX500 ScanSnap Document Scanner Epson WorkForce ES-400 Color Duplex Document Scanner

On the Road to Macstock, Brett Terpstra gives us a preview of his session, "Harnessing the Power of Spotlight on Your Mac”. Too many of us take Spotlight for granted, and Brett wants to change that by making us aware of everything Spotlight can do and how easy it is to access its many capabilities. He talks about how he uses Spotlight and some of its advanced features in managing his personal productivity, but assures us his Macstock session cover tips and tricks that anyone can, and should, use. Today’s edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Blue Apron, where you get fresh ingredients and recipes delivered to your door so you can fix delicious meals for your family. Get cooking and get three free meals (including free shipping) by visiting BlueApron.com/MacVoices. http://BlueApron.com/MacVoices and 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: Brett Terpstra is a coder, writer and web developer. He works behind the scenes at blogs including Engadget, Joystiq and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. He also writes for The Unofficial Apple Weblog, and contributes to Macworld. Brett develops Marked for Mac and recently co-authored “60 Mountain Lion Tips” with David Sparks for the iBookstore. He discusses all things “nerd” on his podcasts, Systematic and Overtired.You can find Brett as “ttscoff” on Twitter, and at his website, brettterpstra.com. Links: HoudahSpot by Houdah Software

Nick Mattingly of Switcher Studio talks about the latest feature enhancements of the just-released version 3.0 of their live mobile software. With a new iPhone user interface, a new tab to simplify graphic insertions, new autofocus and zoom capabilities and more make you look great when going live from your iPhone or iPad. Nick gives us all the details, and tells us where Switcher Studio will be at NAB. Today’s edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Blue Apron, where you get fresh ingredients and recipes delivered to your door so you can fix delicious meals for your family. Get cooking and get three free meals (including free shipping) by visiting BlueApron.com/MacVoices. http://BlueApron.com/MacVoices 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: Nick Mattingly is the Co-Founder and CEO of Switcher Studio in Louisville KY. You can follow them on Twitter, and keep up with Switcher Studio on Twitter. Links: Switcher Studio in the App Store

Thanks to a discussion on the MacVoices Facebook Group, the MacJury convened to discuss the options available to anyone who wants to do voice queries and control Internet of Things devices. The panel of Allison Hartley, Kelly Guimont, Neal Pann and host Chuck Joiner take a real-life look at choosing between the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Siri-enabeled devices for common information queries as well as smart appliance control. Some surprising answers and more than a little frustration found their way in to the deliberations. Today’s edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Blue Apron, where you get fresh ingredients and recipes delivered to your door so you can fix delicious meals for your family. Get cooking and get three free meals (including free shipping) by visiting BlueApron.com/MacVoices. http://BlueApron.com/MacVoices and 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: Allison Hartley has been a loud and proud Apple fan person since buying her first iPod Touch in mid-2010. When the iPhone became available on her carrier, she immediately bought that as well. From the very first, she was excited by the fact that, as a blind person, she had complete access to a mainstream device which, as the iOS platform has continued to mature, has come to replace many standalone assistive technology devices on which she used to rely. These include but are not limited to book readers, devices for identifying money, barcode readers, and note taking devices. In early 2013, she switched from a PC exclusively to the Mac at home. Once again, Allison was blown away by how easily and quickly she could accomplish tasks like email, browsing, keeping up on social media, audio recording and editing, and document creation. She is the co-host of the Tech Doctor Podcast. 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. Neal Pann is an architect and sole proprietor of Neal A. Pann, Architect . He's the creator and co-host of the Archispeak Podcast , which is casual conversation about all things architecture, both the good and the bad. He also founded the Apple for Architects site, which is dedicated to helping architects with their Apple products. You can follow him on Twitter. Links: Amazon Echo Amazon Dot Google Home WeMo Switch Smart Plug

Mike Schmitz provides a preview of his "Using Your Mac to Escape Your Email” session in our latest Road to Macstock session. Mike gives us a few hints on how to better control our email using features and components of the Mac OS itself. All email programs are not created equal, especially in light of some of Mike’s tips. Find how how your choice of client may impact your ability to get organized and make email work for you, and what else Mike is going to show us in his session. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, PDFpen Scan+, as well as TextExpander for Mac and TextExpander for iPhone and iPad, as well as the new TextExpander for Windows. Great software to help you get more done. http://SmileSoftware.com and 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: Mike Schmitz is an Apple fanboy, coffee snob, and productivity junkie who creates content for Asian Efficiency where he teaches people how to be more productive. He is also a contributing writer for The Sweet Setup, a site dedicated to reviewing and recommending the very best Mac and iOS apps. He lives in NE Wisconsin with his wife and 4 crazy boys and is the author of Thou Shalt Hustle. He also helps produce and occasionally hosts The Productivity Show podcast and (probably) spends too much time on Twitter. Links: Airmail (Mac app) Airmail (iOS app) MailMate (Mac app) Dispatch (iOS app)

On this first edition of MacVoices Quick Take, we examine the new Pandora Premium music service with Kirk McElhearn. Is Pandora playing catch-up, or improving their already hugely popular music service with on-demand options? How much of a problem is their limited global territory? Is their Music Genome Project foundation enough to get you to switch, or to pay for a second music service? Why don’t Google Play and Amazon come to mind discussing subscription music services? These are just some of the points of discussion as we look at this new aspect of Pandora. Today’s edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Blue Apron, where you get fresh ingredients and recipes delivered to your door so you can fix delicious meals for your family. Get cooking and get three free meals (including free shipping) by visiting BlueApron.com/MacVoices. http://BlueApron.com/MacVoices and by The new MacVoices presence on Facebook. Watch the latest MacVoices episodes on the MacVoices Facebook Page, and discuss them, along with anything tech, by joining our new MacVoices Facebook Group. http://facebook.com/macvoices http://facebook.com/groups/macvoices/ 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: Kirk McElhearn writes about Macs, iPods, iTunes, books, music and more. He is a Senior Contributor to Macworld, where he writes the Ask the iTunes Guy column and the Hey Apple, Fix This! column. He is also a regular contributor to TidBITS, as well as several other web sites and magazines. He is co-host of The Next Track and The Committed podcast.