Mac Roundtable #234 watchOS 3, Watch Series 2, iOS 10 and iPhones 7

<div id="magicdomid2" class=""> <span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit"><strong>Hosts</strong> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid5" class=""><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit">Bart Busschots </span><span class="author-g-itiblr9mpvwwmkm4 url"><a href="http://www.lets-talk.ie">http://www.lets-talk.ie</a></span><span class="author-g-itiblr9mpvwwmkm4"> @ltpod @bbusschots</span></div> <div id="magicdomid6" class=""><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit">Allison Sheridan </span><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit url"><a href="http://podfeet.com">http://podfeet.com</a></span><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit"> @podfeet</span></div> <div id="magicdomid7" class=""><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit">John F Braun </span><span class="author-g-ez122zf7cr3md6wfbwd5 url"><a href="http://www.macgeekgab.com">http://www.macgeekgab.com</a></span><span class="author-g-ez122zf7cr3md6wfbwd5"> @johnfbraun @macgeekgab</span></div> <div id="magicdomid8" class=""></div> </p> <div id="magicdomid72" class="ace-line"><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit">Credit to: Rob Holloway</span><span class="author-g-itiblr9mpvwwmkm4">, Jeff Papis</span><span class="author-g-ez122zf7cr3md6wfbwd5"> & Christian Miller for kicking us and telling us to do the Mac Roundtable!</span></div> </p> <div class="ace-line"></div> <div class="ace-line">We talk through some of the announcements and then focus on our early impressions of watchOS and the new Apple Watch Series 2, the we chat about how well we like iOS 10 and the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.</div> <div id="magicdomid76" class="ace-line"></div> <div id="magicdomid304" class="ace-line"><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit"><br /> <br /> <strong>Picks</strong> – </span></div> </p> <div id="magicdomid251" class="ace-line"><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit">Allison – AppleCare+ on the iPhone – cracked screen is now $29 for all sizes (was $79/$99)</span></div> </p> <div id="magicdomid303" class="ace-line"><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit">John – OtterBox uniVERSE iPhone case </span><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit url"><a href="http://amzn.to/2cBnC9l">http://amzn.to/2cBnC9l</a></span></div> <div id="magicdomid281" class="ace-line"><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit">   and Seek Thermal – thermal camera: </span><span class="author-g-uz122zn2c19sdqheatit url"><a href="http://amzn.to/2cHJOnu">http://amzn.to/2cHJOnu</a></span></div> </p>

01:31:39

Mac Roundtable #233 WWDC 2016

This week’s show is hosted by:</p> Bart Busschots – Let’s Talk Apple at <a href="http://lets-talk.ie" target="_blank">http://lets-talk.ie</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/bbusschots" target="_blank">@bbusschots</a><br /> Allison Sheridan – NosillaCast and Chit Chat Across the Pond at <a href="http://podfeet.com" target="_blank">http://podfeet.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/podfeet" target="_blank">@podfeet</a><br /> Jeff Gamet – The Mac Observer and TMO Daily <a href="http://macobserver.com" target="_blank">http://macobserver.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/jgamet" target="_blank">@jgamet</a></p> New watchOS, new tvOS, new macOS, and new iOS! We’ll tell you what we think about all the terrific announcements out of WWDC.</p>  </p>

01:17:59

Mac Roundtable 2016-03-21 #232 Apple Event – March, 2016

Panelists:<br /> John F Braun – Mac Geek Gab at <a href="http://MacGeekGab.com" target="_blank">macgeekgab.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/johnfbraun" target="_blank">@johnfbraun</a><br /> Bart Busschots –  <a href="http://lets-talk.ie" target="_blank">Let’s Talk Podcasts</a>  <a href="http://twitter.com/bbusschots" target="_blank">@bbusschots</a><br /> Katie Floyd – <a href="http://katiefloyd.com" target="_blank">katiefloyd.com</a> <a href="http://macpowerusers.com" target="_blank">Mac Power Users</a>  <a href="http://twitter.com/@katiefloyd" target="_blank">@katiefloyd</a><br /> Steve Stanger – <a href="http://stevestanger.com" target="_blank">stevestanger.com</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/tmasteve">@tmasteve</a><br /> Chuck Joiner –  <a href="http://Macvoices.com" target="_blank">MacVoices</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/chuckjoiner" target="_blank">@chuckjoiner</a></p> The Mac Roundtable found it’s way back together to discuss Apple’s March 2016 event that included the new 9.7″ iPad Pro, the iPhone SE and a price drop to the Apple Watch, among other items.</p>

01:05:06

Mac Roundtable 2015-11-13 #231 iPad Pro

<ul> <li>Allison Sheridan NosillaCast & Chit Chat Across the Pond <a href="http://podfeet.com">podfeet.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/podfeet">@podfeet</a><br />& Taming the Terminal with Bart Busschots at <a href="http://bartb.ie/ttt">bartb.ie/ttt</a></li> <li>Victor Cajiao <a href="http://terratech.tech">terratech.tech</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/victorcajiao">@victorcajiao</a></li> <li>Adam Christianson The MacCast <a href="http://maccast.com">maccast.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/maccast">@maccast</a></li> </ul> In this episode we talk about what we like about the iPad Pro (a lot!) and what maybe isn’t ready for prime time.</p> Links to things we mentioned in the show:</p> <a href="http://amzn.to/1SqyzZu">Belikin 90 degree Lightning Cables on Amazon</a></p> <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/CBLUSBL2MB/">OWC Lightning cable</a> </p> Victor’s app list:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/notion/id475820434?mt=8">Notion music notation</a> </li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app-bundle/aufx-4/id975873181?mt=8">Rede Rec AUFX audio plugins for iOS</a> </li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/astropad-graphics-tablet/id934510730?mt=8">Astropad</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/duet-display/id935754064?mt=8">Duet</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ferrite-recording-studio/id1018780185?mt=8">Ferrite Recording Studio for multi track editing</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/auphonic/id575204274?mt=8">Auphonic</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/aydvkzd5ybj754q/iPadPro_USBaudiotest.wav?dl=0">Victor’s audio recording by the iPad</a></p>

01:05:17

Mac Roundtable 2015-10-21 #230 Big or Small?

Allison Sheridan – NosillaCast Mac Podcast <a href="http://podfeet.com">http://podfeet.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/podfeet">@podfeet</a><br /> Chuck Joiner – MacVoices <a href="http://macvoices.com">http://macvoices.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/chuckjoiner">@chuckjoiner</a><br /> Bart Busschots – Let’s Talk Podcasts <a href="http://lets-talk.ie">http://lets-talk.ie</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/bbusschots">@bbusschots</a> <br /> Don McAllister – ScreenCasts Online <a href="http://screencastsonline.com">http://screencastsonline.com</a> <a href="@donmcallister">http://twitter.com/donmcallister</a></p> Big or Small? How do we make the decisions?</p> <ul> <li>iPhone vs. iPhone Plus</li> <li>iPad Mini, iPad Air, iPad Pro</li> <li>MacBook, MacBook Air (big/small), MacBook Pro (big/small)</li> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NF2-ZYhn9cYx09RkBkAvs5tDv7uj4NlbyJi0hd0aaDE/edit#gid=0" target="_blank">Allison’s QFD to make decisions on the MacBook family</a></li> <li>Apple Watch 38mm vs 44mm</li> <li>21.5″, 27″ iMac</li> <li>AppleTV – big small storage?</li> </ul> <b>Picks:</b><br /> <br /> Chuck: Party Snapper – Boinx Software  <a href="http://boinx.com/partysnapper">http://boinx.com/partysnapper</a><br /> Bart: Atom programmers text editor: <a href="http://atom.io">http://atom.io</a><br /> Don: Final Cut Library Manager –  <a href="http://www.arcticwhiteness.com/finalcutlibrarymanager/">http://www.arcticwhiteness.com/finalcutlibrarymanager/</a><br /> Allison – Taming the Terminal <a href="http://bartb.ie/ttt">http://bartb.ie/ttt</a></p>

01:09:50

Mac Roundtable 2015-09-09 #229

Hosts this week are:</p> <strong>Allison Sheridan</strong> NosillaCast Mac Podcast <a href="http://podfeet.com" target="_blank">podfeet.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/podfeet" target="_blank">@podfeet</a><br /> <strong>Katie Floyd</strong> <a href="http://katiefloyd.com" target="_blank">katiefloyd.com</a> Mac Power Users <a href="http://macpowerusers.com" target="_blank">macpowerusers.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/katiefloyd" target="_blank">@katiefloyd</a><br /> <strong>John F Braun</strong> Mac Geek Gab at <a href="http://macgeekgab.com" target="_blank">macgeekgab.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/johnfbraun" target="_blank">@johnfbraun</a><br /> <strong>Dave Hamilton</strong> <a href="http://davehamilton.com" target="_blank">davehamilton.com</a> Mac Geek Gab <a href="http://macgeekgab.com" target="_blank">macgeekgab.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/davehamilton" target="_blank">@davehamilton</a><br /> <strong>Bart Busschots</strong> Let’s Talk Podcasts at <a href="http://lets-talk.ie" target="_blank">lets-talk.ie</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/bbusschots" target="_blank">@bbusschots</a></p> In this episode we cover Apple Announcement from today about new Apple Watches & Bands, the iPad Pro, the barely-mentioned iPad Mini 4 upgrade, the new AppleTV and of course the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus.</p>

01:00:28

Mac Roundtable 2015-07-22 #228

<b>Hosts this week</b>:</p> Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast at <a href="http://podfeet.com">http://podfeet.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/podfeet">http://twitter.com/podfeet</a><br /> Chuck Joiner of MacVoices <a href="http://www.macvoices.com">http://www.macvoices.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/chuckjoiner">http://twitter.com/chuckjoiner</a><br /> Victor Cajaio of Artechulate <a href="http://www.artechulate.info/">http://www.artechulate.info/</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/victorcajiao">http://twitter.com/victorcajiao</a><br /> Don McAllister of ScreenCasts Online at <a href="http://screencastsonline.com">http://screencastsonline.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/donmcallister">http://twitter.com/donmcallister</a></p> Earnings Call: As Horace Dediu says, “Apple is like an object in orbit: the maths suggests it is constantly falling, yet it never hits the earth” (source: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/22/apple-leaves-wall-street-hungry-for-more-can-it-deliver)">http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/22/apple-leaves-wall-street-hungry-for-more-can-it-deliver)</a></p> New iPods – who are they for?</p> Office 2016 – Exciting product or too little too late?</p> Apple Music<br /> <a href="http://www.imore.com/siri-commands-apple-music" target="_blank">http://www.imore.com/siri-commands-apple-music</a><br /> <a href="http://www.imore.com/no-apple-not-adding-drm-songs-your-mac-you-already-own" target="_blank">http://www.imore.com/no-apple-not-adding-drm-songs-your-mac-you-already-own</a></p> Picks:</p> <ul> <li>Allison – Bienna Bluetooth 4.1 Wireless Sport Headphones: $24 on Amazon: <a href="http://amzn.to/1OhZu7D">http://amzn.to/1OhZu7D</a></li> <li>Victor: Fire Rode Rec for iOs <a href="http://www.rode.com/software/roderec">http://www.rode.com/software/roderec</a><br /> great IOS recording application with lots of high end features including some built in plugins by Izotope which is one of the best audio plugin companies around, easy basic edting etc. I have this it was called Fire recorder. As a bonus for $21 bucks you can get the Audio-Technica ATR3350IS Omni Lavalier Microphone for Smartphones <a href="http://goo.gl/fZQr6s"><b><u>http://goo.gl/fZQr6s</u></b></a><b> </b>which is great for iPhone and I also use it to record video\audio. Great combo.</li> <li>Chuck – Apple Watch Stand by Spigen <a href="http://amzn.to/1CQJBEO">http://amzn.to/1CQJBEO</a></li> <li>Don – Alternote, alternate interface for Evernote – <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/alternote-beautiful-note-taking/id974971992?mt=12">https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/alternote-beautiful-note-taking/id974971992?mt=12</a></li> </ul>

01:10:09

Mac Roundtable 2015-06-08 #227 WWDC

Hosts:</p> Bart Busschots: Let’s Talk Apple <a href="http://lets-talk.ie" target="_blank">lets-talk.ie</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/bbusschots" target="_blank">@bbusschots</a><br /> Allison Sheridan: NosillaCast Mac Podcast <a href="http://podfeet.com" target="_blank">podfeet.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/podfeet" target="_blank">@podfeet</a><br /> <span class="author-g-f7btjdx5bbs3fz122zwn">Victor Cajaio: Artechulate</span><span class="author-g-b5fndobddh2y4axg"> </span><span class="author-g-b5fndobddh2y4axg url"><a href="http://www.artechulate.info/" target="_blank">artechulate.info/</a></span><span class="author-g-b5fndobddh2y4axg"> <a href="http://twitter.com/victorcajiao" target="_blank">@victorcajiao</a></span><br /> John F. Braun: Mac Geek Gab <a href="http://macgeekgab.com" target="_blank">macgeekgab.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/johnfbraun" target="_blank">@johnfbraun</a></p> In this episode we discuss our impressions of the Apple World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) including:</p> <ul> <li>OS X 10.11 El Capitan</li> <li>iOS 9</li> <li>Apple Pay</li> <li>HomeKit</li> <li>Swift programming language</li> <li>watchOS 2</li> <li>Apple Music</li> </ul>

01:34:13

Mac Roundtable 2015-05-14 #226

Panel:</p> Chuck Joiner – <a href="http://macvoices.com">MacVoices</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/chuckjoiner" target="_blank">ChuckJoiner</a><br /> Victor Cajiao –<a href="http://www.artechulate.info/" target="_blank">artechulate.info</a> on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/victorcajiao" target="_blank">@victorcajiao</a><br /> John F. Braun <a href="http://www.macgeekgab.com" target="_blank">macgeekgab.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/macgeekgab" target="_blank">@macgeekgab</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/johnfbraun" target="_blank">@johnfbraun</a><br /> Allison Sheridan –  NosillaCast at <a href="http://podfeet.com" target="_blank">podfeet.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/podfeet" target="_blank">@podfeet</a><br /> Steve Stanger – <a href="http://stevestanger.com" target="_blank">stevestanger.com</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/tmasteve">@tmasteve</a></p> Topics:</p> Apple Watch – who has one, who hasn’t and why<br /> – expectations<br /> – what it is<br /> – what it will be</p> Everyone is invited to two cool events on June 20th in Chicago:</p> Midwest Mac BBQ <a href="http://midwestmacbbq.com" target="_blank">http://midwestmacbbq.com</a><br /> Macstock Conference and Expo <a href="http://macstockconferenceandexpo.com" target="_blank">http://macstockconferenceandexpo.com</a></p> OS X 10.3 and Photos</p> Features, does it work for you? Varied opinions included:<br /> – Personally, for my workflow, I’m OK with it. I really used Aperture more for organization than heavy-duty editing, do most of my editing beforehand (barting) so what pics I do have leftover I feel don’t often need much if any editing<br /> – Maintains integration with services I like to share with, primarily Flickr (I noticed that I had to add Flickr to my Internet Accounts, which isn’t a bad thing, but I think this data was stored in Aperture before) and the sharing now looks to be OS-level rather than part of App, which is nice.<br /> – The whole migration this is both clever (using hard links so not to take up space) but can be a train wreck if you don’t have your existing library in the default Pictures folder. Also, per Allison and others, most backup apps will see this as new data and do full backup.<br /> – Really digging having all my photos everywhere<br /> – Got me to buy a 12″ Macbook<br /> – I’m a Light Room user and love it. I see what Apple has done with Photos and overall think it’s a good move. It’s going to more than satisfy 99% of people who use Macs. For those who want laternatives the Photoshop\Lighroom subscription at Adobe for $10 a month is hard to beat. (yep)<br /> – What about those who don’t want to store all their photos in iCloud? Other options? Me, I really like Flickr(yep)</p>  </p>

01:04:57

Mac Roundtable 2014-09-09 #225 iPhone 6 and Apple Watch Announcement

A mega panel for this mega announcement:</p> Bart Busschots – <a href="http://www.lets-talk.ie" target="_blank">http://www.lets-talk.ie</a> @bbusschots<br /> Katie Floyd – <a href="http://www.katiefloyd.me" target="_blank">http://www.katiefloyd.me</a> @katiefloyd<br /> Steve Stanger – <a href="http://stevestanger.com" target="_blank">http://stevestanger.com</a> @tmasteve<br /> John F. Braun – <a href="http://www.macgeekgab.com" target="_blank">http://www.macgeekgab.com</a> @johnfbraun @macgeekgab<br /> Don McAllister – <a href="http://screencastsonline.com" target="_blank">http://screencastsonline.com</a> @donmcallister<br /> Allison Sheridan – <a href="http://podfeet.com" target="_blank">http://podfeet.com</a> @podfeet<br /> Chuck Joiner – <a href="http://macvoices.com" target="_blank">http://macvoices.com</a> @chuckjoiner</p> Couple of links we referenced:</p> Compare the different iPhone models: <br /> <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/</a></p> iPhone 6 Display: <br /> <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone-6/display/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/iphone-6/display/</a></p> Want scale drawings of iPhone models: <br /> <a href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/iphone-scale.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/iphone-scale.pdf</a></p> Apple Watch Features: <br /> <a href="http://www.apple.com/watch/features/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/watch/features/</a></p>

01:25:34