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A new MacJury convened to dig deep into the motivations behind and impact of some of Apple’s newest offerings, including the 5K iMac, the iPad Air 2 and Apple Pay. Find out why the 5K iMac is inspiring both lust and jealousy. Why the iPad Air 2 excites some and is seen as incremental by others. Why Apple Pay is all but a sure thing while will succeed where Google Wallet is a much less likely bet. All that, business decisions, Tim Cook’s Apple, and more are considered by the panel of Josh Centers, Nat Osten, Michael T. Rose and host Chuck Joiner.

This edition of MacVoices is supported by Eye Chart Magaine: Putting Apple and Tech News In Focus.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.

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Guests:

Josh Centers is the Managing Editor of TidBITS. He’s also an occasional contributor to Macworld, Boing Boing, and The Sweethome. You can keep up with him on Twitter, App.net, and his blog at joshcenters.com.  

Natalie Osten has been writing iOS apps since 2010 and currently works with Smile, the Mac and iOS productivity software company, and is the lead developer for App Camp 4 Girls.  Before joining Smile, she worked with Fish Hook. The journey to becoming an iOS developer started with her background in fine arts and a love for Apple products. After 4 years as a Mac Genius, Natalie made the jump to writing apps. She believes that teaching is just as important as doing. When she’s not being a nerd she’s painting or hiking with her dog. Follow Natalie on Twitter and App.net.

Michael T. Rose claims his first Mac (a 128K original) served him well through high school and its successors (a 512KE, SE, SE/30 and IIsi) were loyal stalwarts during editorial jobs at the Carnegie Mellon college newspaper, followed by a 10-year career in editorial technology at Time Inc. titles Entertainment Weekly & LIFE. Since leaving the print publishing world, Mike has helped manage IT and now works as a creative director for MJM Creative Services, an NYC events and face-to-face marketing agency. He has written for The Unofficial Apple Web Log (TUAW) since November 2006. Mike & his family live in Brooklyn, NY. His personal blog is GeekParent, and you can find him on Twitter.

Joe Kissell has a unique new offering this time around: Digital Sharing for Apple Users: A Take Control Crash Course helps the Apple technology-centric individual share all sorts of things. Because “sharing”can mean many different things in different contexts, what seems simple can become confusing and complex. Joe defines the different ways of sharing (the number will surprise you), then helps us make sense of the many way we can share things digitally. From photos to WiFi hotspots, iPhone to Mac, local to global, Joe delivers simple, understandable instructions on how to share information and services among your devices, with friends and family, and more. Even better, the new Take Control Crash Course format makes it easy to find exactly what you want to know and get the answers you need.

MacVoices is supported by the new, free Flipboard publication, MacVoices Magazine.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.

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Guests:

Joe Kissell is the author of over two dozen Take Control ebooks, as well as a host of print books. He is a senior editor for TidBITS, and a Senior Contributor to Macworld. Keep up with him if you can on his personal blog, JoeKissell.com, and on Twitter.

 

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Digital Sharing for Apple Users: A Take Control Crash Course

Scholle McFarland has spent lots of time with Yosemite, the latest release of the Mac OS, and has distilled her experiences down into Yosemite: A Take Control Crash Course. Scholle gives us a run-down of some of the things that we can expect to go smoothly in the transition…and a couple that need to be fiddled with to get exactly what you want. Get up and running in Yosemite faster than ever with this new type of ebook from Take Control.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.

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Guests:

Scholle McFarland has been covering the Mac since 1996 as an editor at MacUser magazine and then Macworld. During that time, she witnessed Apple transform from everyone’s favorite “doomed” company to everyone’s actually favorite company and is still amazed by the whole thing. When she’s not working as a freelance writer and editor, Scholle (“Sholly”) likes to hang out with her family, friends, and many animals in beautiful Portland, Oregon. You can follow her on Twitter.

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Yosemite: A Take Control Crash Course by Scholle McFarland

Take Control of Upgrading to Yosemite by Joe Kissell

Now that Yosemite is out, Joe Kissell has filed an update to his Take Control of Upgrading to Yosemite, moving it to v1.1. This version covering the actual upgrade process as well as getting ready for the upgrade, something covered in v1.0, including some things to watch out for, potential stability issues and more. Siri is eavesdropping on Joe while he talks about whether upgrades are coming too fast, issues of quality and reliability, and more.

This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of the brand new PDFpen Scan+, the best way to scan and create PDFs on your iDevice,  PDFpen 6 and PDFpenPro 6,  PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, as well as TextExpander for Mac, TextExpander touch and DiscLabel.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.

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Guests:

Joe Kissell is the author of over two dozen Take Control ebooks, as well as a host of print books. He is a senior editor for TidBITS, and a Senior Contributor to Macworld. Keep up with him if you can on his personal blog, JoeKissell.com, and on Twitter.

 

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Take Control of Upgrading to Yosemite

With Apple’s October 2014 product announcements in the books, The MacJury convened to judge not only the  hardware the software, but also the delivery of Tim Cook, Craig Federighi and others. Display resolution, price, power, cameras and more were on the list of evidence. Find out who thought the announcements were good enough to place orders right away, what was ordered and who will be waiting…and what they’re waiting for. The panel of Bart Busschots, Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus, Don McAllister, and host Chuck Joiner tell all.

This edition of MacVoices is supported by Eye Chart Magazine: Putting Apple and Tech News In Focus.

Show Notes:

Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.

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Guests:

By day Bart Busschots is a Linux sysadmin and Perl programmer, and a keen amateur photographer when ever he gets the time. Bart hosts and produces the Let’s Talk podcast series - a monthly Apple show that takes a big-picture look at the last month in Apple news, and a monthly photography show focusing on the art and craft of photography. Every second week Bart is the guest for the Chit Chat Across the Pond segment on Allison Sheridan’s NosillaCast. You can get links to everything Bart gets up including a link to his photography and his personal blog.

Bob LeVitus, often referred to as “Dr. Mac,” has been considered one of the world’s leading authorities on the Macintosh and Mac OS for nearly twenty years. A prolific author, Bob has sold millions of books worldwide in a dozen languages. His recent titles include: iPad 2 For Dummies, Incredible iPad Apps For Dummies, iPhone 4S For Dummies, and Mac OS X Lion For Dummies. He’s been a tech columnist for the Houston Chronicle since 1996 and writes regularly for The Mac Observer web site. His hobbies include playing guitar with the infamous Macworld All-Star Band, engineering audio recordings (mostly of classic rock songs), and budget video-making. Bob also has a Macintosh computing consultancy that offers expert technical help, training, and pre-purchase advice to Mac users via phone, e-mail, and/or Internet-enabled remote control software. You can fine him on Twitter and Google+.

Don McAllister is the host and producer of ScreenCastsOnline, a weekly video tutorial service, designed to help people get the most out of their Macs, iPads and iPhones. He also is the creator of ScreenCastsOnline Monthly, an Apple Newsstand magazine, publishes his training videos in the SCOtutor series of apps, blogs at The Mac Screencast Guy, and can be found on Twitter.

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MacVoices Magazine is live! Find out why the most recent addition to the MacVoices Group is a must-read, how it is delivered and why Flipboard was selected as the platform.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.

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Ted Landau reacts to the announcement of the Macworld/iWorld hiatus (or is that demise?), speculates on what we might see at Thursday’s Apple Event, and why he decided to weigh in on some notable friend’s choice of iPhone sizes.

Take Control Books brings you this edition of MacVoices. Get the answers you need now from leading experts.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.

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Ted Landau pens Ted Landau’ User Friendly View column at The Mac Observer, is a Senior Contributor for Macworld, is the author of several Mac and iPhone help books, and is the founder of MacFixIt. He blogs on Ted Landau’s Slanted Viewpoint, and you can follow him on Twitter. 

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 Macworld Expo’s Hiatus Leaves a Gap … and Creates Opportunity by Dave Hamilton on The Mac Observer

Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus: A Perfectly-Sized Portable Device by Dave Hamiton on The Mac Observer

iPhone 6 vs iPhone 6 Plus: Dr. Mac’s Final Showdown by Bob LeVitus on The Mac Observer

The Swimmer Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker is an excellent choice if you’re going to be around, or in, water and want something reasonably sized. Find out about its unique mounting and hanging options, its performance, and why it is the perfect shower speaker.

 

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The Swimmer Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker is an excellent choice if you’re going to be around, or in, water and want something reasonably sized. Find out about its unique mounting and hanging options, its performance, and why it is the perfect shower speaker.

 

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.

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The Swimmer Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker

CrystalCore TiltDock by iCoreGear

At the SuperMeet at NAB in Las Vegas, video is the focus, but you can’t have good video without good audio. Marc-Andre Ferguson, Senior Product Manager for Landr, tells us what their service, which has been available to musicians for a long time, is now offering to video producers. With features like automatic leveling, background noise reduction and optimized loudness, Landr can easily and affordably improve your video’s audio.

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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.

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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.

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Landr for video

Our second Gift Guide show went about as expected - out of control, with lots of laughs and lots of off-beat picks from the small to the extravagant by the panel of Jeff Gamet, Joe Kissell, Jean MacDonald, and host Chuck Joiner.

This edition of MacVoices is supported by Linode, high performance cloud hosting and virtual servers for everyone. To take $20 off your first order, visit Linode.com/macvoices and use the offer code “macvoices2019”.

Show Notes:

Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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Guests:

Jeff Gamet is the TextExpander Evangelist for Smile, and the author of Fresh Brewed Tales, a chronicle of Jeff’s strange adventures at coffee shops. You can find his regular updates on Twitter. 

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.

Jean MacDonald is the Community Director of Micro.blog, and the Founder and former Executive Director of App Camp For Girls, a program to encourage more girls to pursue software development. She is also a serial podcaster who produces SestraCast, a podcast about the Canadian sci-fi thriller Orphan Black, The Weekly Review with James Dempsey, Micro Monday, and Guinea Pig Wheekly. A would-be rock ’n roll star, you can follow all of Jean’s exploits on her Twitter stream and her Micro.blog presence.

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Jean MacDonald’s Picks

iPad 10.2 (new model)

Hasbro Star Wars: The Last Jedi Smart R2-D2

Anker PowerCore Fusion, Portable Charger 5000mAh with Dual USB Wall Charger, Foldable Plug and PowerIQ

Etekcity Remote Control Outlet Kit Wireless Light Switch for Household Appliances

 

Joe Kissell’s Picks

Badget LED Name Tag

LED Name Tags on Amazon

LED Name Tags that can be programmed from an iPhone:

 - CoolBird Blue LED Name Tag

 - VBLab Upgraded Wireless Bluetooth LED Name Badge 

Hakko FX-901/P Cordless Soldering Iron

ProPrompter Desktop

MUSE: The Brain Sensing Headband

MUSE 2 Brain Sensing Headband

 

Jeff Gamet’s picks

Sphero Mini Activity Kit

Tickle app for Sphero

Kano Pixel Kit

Pop Chart The Insanely Great History of Apple

Shake. Stir. Sip.: More than 50 Effortless Cocktails Made in Equal Parts

 

Chuck Joiner’s picks

Travel Card iPhone battery

Anker 6-Port, 60W USB Wall Charger

Apple 16” MacBook Pro

Selfie Stick Tripod, Eocean 54 Inch Extendable Selfie Stick Stand Camera Tripod for Cellphone and Gopro