TMUP 161: Happy New Year and My Crazy Macworld Expo Predictions
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Helvetica (Film)
Otterbox iPod Nano 4th Gen Defender Case
December 30, 2008
December 28, 2008
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The macround table crew to record Live at Macworld Expo
Some of the members from the Members from the mac roundtable podcast will be recording live at the Macworld Expo. Please come join us in the fun as we talk all things Mac during the show.
What: Recording of the Mac Roundtable Live at the Macworld Expo
When: Wed, January 7th, 4:00-5:00pm
Where: The podcast will take place in the Macworld Learning Center Booth (# 3036) in North Hall
Join me at the Mac Mingle Party 2009 during the Macworld Expo
I will be joining many in the Mac community at the Mac Mingle 2009 party during Macworld Expo 2009
The Mac Mingle is a party open to all Macworld Expo attendees wearing a Macworld badge, and is put on by >Deborah Shadovitz, a long time friend of the Typical Mac User Podcast.
This is a great opportunity for attendees to relax, unwind after a few days at the show, and mingle with fellow Mac users and some top Mac luminaries.
The party offers a casual setting and is the perfect chance to share and discover the Expo’s greatest finds so you can check them out Friday. We’ll have a no-host bar and, thanks to our generous sponsors, light hors d’oeuvres will be served throughout the evening as long as they last. We’ll also have iProng magazine’s birthday cake. Of course, Jillian’s full menu will be available with items for purchase in case you’re really hungry.
December 27, 2008
HDR Contest brings chance to win a New Mac Book Pro
A fantastic photography site Stuck In Customs along with Ariea Software makers of the upcoming software HDR Max are having a contest where you could win a new 15″ 2.4GHz MacBook Pro ! 2nd and 3rd prize get free copies of HDR Max.
Check out both of these site and see if you can be the lucky winner. HDR is plain fun, and if this does not motivate you, nothing will.
Below is an example of HDR that comes from the Stuck In Customs site.
December 23, 2008
TMUP 160: Mac Maintenance Refresh with Steve Stanger
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How to do Verbose mode in Terminal
December 22, 2008
Mail.app Crashing in Leopard 10.5.6 - Custom Fix
by: George Starcher, Associate Editor
I have been having an issue where my mail.app on my Macbook Pro unibody model would keep crashing since the 10.5.6 update. Today Apple released a download link to fix mail.app in case you got a partial update. However this did not fix my problem. After two minutes it would still crash completely. I run the same spamsieve version on my iMac which was not having the issue. But I caved and decided I would delete the mail plugin and see if that worked.
On my way into the folder ~/Library/Mail/Bundles I stopped at ~/Library/Mail because I noticed while mail was running a file called AvailableFeeds was at the top of my directory. A second file by the same name with an extension on it kept flashing up and disappearing. When I force quit Mail.app the second file quick oscilating into and out of existence stopped. That sure sounded like a corrupt file bug to me.
I made sure Mail.app was closed. Then I dragged the AvailableFeeds file to my Desktop and reopened Mail.app. Similar to how one might move a suspect corrupt plist file. I restarted Mail.app and have not suffered a crash in an hour. Nor is the second file showing up any more. The program was crashing within five minutes.
So if you are still seeing Mail.app crash, go into your home library mail (~/Library/Mail) folder and see if you observe the same behavior from AvailableFeeds. If you do then give this a shot and see if it fixes your crashing too.
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December 19, 2008
The New Big Word iPhone Applicaiton - A brainstorm comes to Life
Tim Robertson from MyMac Magazine and Podcast has turned a late night brainstorm into a new iPhone application called Big Word. His concept was simple “Wouldn’t it be cool if I could type something on my iPhone, the screen would go black, and the letters, in white, would display on the screen in big letters?” Well Tim has taken this from concept to a new iPhone app that you can buy today. Read all about Big Word now.
Or just go buy it now. It’s $.99!
December 18, 2008
New show and community is coming “Typical Shutterbug”
So, I’m going to do a podcast based on the concept that- like many of you, I am a Typical Shutterbug. That is, I know a little about photography but want to learn a lot in 2009 and beyond. This won’t be a weekly show , it will be occasional. This way I can actually get time to do it without feeling the pressure of a weekly show. Sometimes it may be weekly other times not. (that’s my sanity check)
I’m starting the community by starting a Flickr group http://www.flickr.com/groups/typicalshutterbug/
From there I’ll start the wheels in motion to prepare for the show to launch in mid-January (after Macworld). I have the url www.typicalshutterbug.com but with a new show comes lots of prep work. If you like photography or want to learn more. Join me as I take my trip in learning how to be a better shutterbug. Just like the Typical Mac User it will grow and flurish, but only with your help.
December 16, 2008
TMUP 159: All About the Drobos
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Belkin 6ft FW800 to FW400 Cable
Drobo and why it’s “Beyond Raid”
My DROBO “Real World” Benchmark results
Benchmarks Drobo
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