In this podcast I talk with Jordan who is studying drama and is new to the Mac. He has switched fairly recently and loves his MacBook. I make suggestion that he tries out the word processor Bean. I have been using Bean lately and I have found it very useful. It is not necessary to […]

Finally something for all of the rumour sites to actually get their teeth into. Actual changes in the hardware. I have had just a quick look so far and the Mac Mini has a decent size hard drive in it 120GB, 250GB, or 320GB and a faster video card, more energy efficient. I see it […]

Jonathan has the site ThinkMac and MacTipsDaily. You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.  Some great information there if you want to learn more about the Mac.  Jonathan is certainly a bit of a geek and loves his Macs. I had a very interesting chat with him about a number of things with the […]

I met Paul Shadwell through Twitter and it seems that the Twitterverse is where we met all of our new friends these days. As Paul was saying about Mac’s and Harleys is also a bit true of Twitter, there is a cameraderie between the users of certain software, or hardware or hogs. Seesmic is a […]

Quicker ways to find files, launch apps, and more Apple has always put the user first when it comes to designing operating systems, building environments that help you in your everyday computing life rather than making you work around their limitations. One result of this has been that Mac OS X has grown to become […]

I’m talking to Elaine Giles, an IT consultant based in Manchester, UK.In her professional life Elaine runs training courses in applications for end users, develops web sites, works as a system administrator and generally undertakes a myriad of other computer related tasks. Elaine is also Co-Chair of the North West Institute of IT Trainers and […]

Had a really enjoyable chat with Dave Brown from Adelaide in Australia. Dave produces the Australian Mac site and has made podcasts, screencasts, funny video’s starring parrots and is a hero to possums. I had thought that Second life was for messing about and was more of a game but Dave uses it in a […]

British Mac Just visited the Pussycat club that is the British Mac podcast by Will Green. Not a lot of news in the period covered by the podcast so the content was thin in the Mac end of the wedge. Nothing wrong with putting in other items to entertain though if there is a gap […]

Talked to Kogen Trueman about using the Mac. He tells me a little about how he uses his iMac for home automation. It controls the lights and heating and saves him money with the electricity bill. How cool is that. An application he recommends is Remember the Milk which is all about lists and To […]