Saw this ad persuading students to buy Microsoft Office. That sure looks like a Mac Book Pro running VMWare Fusion being used. It’s good to see that the folks in Redmond realize the power of a Mac in advertising and in computing.

Yeah I know.  Yet ANOTHER complaint about MobileMe.  For fun I decided to start consolidating some of my less important email to me.com.  Just to “Push” the limits of my @me.com address.  Well I found one.  Check the below screen shot.  Yahoo groups won’t let you use an @me.com address.  I love the part about contacting the owner of the @me.com domain.  Yeah… I am sure that will work… Just watch the twitter traffic from folks having support nightmares getting help with more direct issues.

Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!

Well I could not have been more wrong in my prediction on Sunday that OS X Leopard 10.5.3 was going to be announced at WWDC. I just got home and learned that Apple has released OS X Leopard 10.5.3. Apparently it addresses over 70 bugs.

According to reports it also has a new feature that provides Address Book support for syncing with your Google account. In order to enable this people need to go to preferences with Address Book, add synchronize with Google, then enter their Google account details. Address book then does the syncing of your contact to and from Google Contacts/ Gmail.

Other fixes include active Directory binding and log in, Spotlight searches on remote APF servers, 802.1X behavior and reliability, iChat screen sharing, Automator, Parental Controls, and VoiceOver.

So I’ll drink the Kool-Aid and install it on my MacBook Pro.. I’ll do the combo update on my Mac Pro, thank you very much. Some people are claiming that it’s making them do a fresh install on the newer MacBook and MacBook Pros. I had no such problem and more than 20 minutes post install , all is well.

On the show I did a few weeks ago about iMovie I did a contest where some lucky listener could enter for a chance to win $100.00 US (worth of Apple store cash)

The rules are

1. The video is meant to show what you learned about iMovie08 and to pimp the Typical Mac User Podcast on YouTube

2. Use Tags Typical Mac User Podcast video contest,  and I will gather up all the videos and I will gather email addresses of all the contestants and do a drawing.

just send me the link to your video on YouTube to typicalmacuser[at]gmail [dot]com

The video must be done in Movie 08, and be no longer than  3 minutes and must be “family safe.”

You have until 11:59PM Pacific Time on Saturday May 23th to enter. I will announce the winner on next Wednesday show.

So here is your last chance to enter. GO listen to the show for more details and learning

Red4.JPG

Originally uploaded by typicalmacuser.

I am at the Apple Final Cut World Tour today. Here is a picture of the RED camera. First time I’ve seen one of these up close. The output picture from this thing is incredible. Ok so who can donate about $40,000 to get it?

I’ll upload more photos on Flickr later. You can see the few I’ve taken so far here.

Originally an app for a Hacked Xbox (original), some hard working hackers have brought the XMBC (Xbox Media Center) to the Mac as a replacement for Front Row. Feature full and works with the Apple Remote too..

XBMC For Mac: XBMC Turns Your Mac into the Ultimate Media Center

You don’t have to mod your classic Xbox to run the best free media center application around anymore: Dedicated developers have ported the Xbox Media Center (XBMC) software to the Mac, and its killer features will convince you to abandon Front Row forever. The latest XBMC on OS X beta dropped last week, and it’s as stable and useful as ever. Dubbed the “throw out your Xbox” release, XBMC for Mac 0.5 beta 1 adds the key feature that finally puts your media center Mac under the TV where it belongs: remote control support. Let’s take a look at how you can (and why you want to) replace Front Row with XBMC on your Mac.

Well I have a brand new Chat Room via IRC available 24X7 to all TMUP Listeners. You can log on to the server right here from the web site. Just look on the left hand side and you can join in right now. Or you can use any IRC Chat client like Colloquy which is free.

You can also use the web-version here. So here is a new place for you guys to hang out. Thanks to Steve Riekeberg from thinstack.net for providing the server.

Well this is an interesting use of “Back to my Mac”.

FOXNews.com - Camera on Stolen Laptop Helps Owner Catch Thieves - Technology News

A Westchester woman who had her laptop stolen was able to connect to the computer, photograph two suspects and file the photos to police.

Ducan Riley’s former writer for TechCruch now has the new and wonderful website The Inquisitr and I would say one of their first big scoops if it turns out accurate. They claims to have someone whispering in their ears  some very specific details on the upcoming 3G iPhone. Interesting to note that their source claims that “The iPhone to be launched in June will support an enhanced camera that supports video.”

I wanted to introduce you to The Inquisitr and what better way to do it then with an Apple relelated story. No matte what, Ducan is one of the most prolific and talented writer on the internet and you should subscribe to the rss in my opinion.

A few weeks ago I wrote a post showing you my new Vaja iPhone Case. I had this case made and it was a bit over $100.00 U.S. They take about 30 days to make and are very nice indeed.

This has been a great case, with fabulous design and until just a few days ago craftsmanship. I noticed that the stitching on one of the sides was coming off (see picture). I wrote to Vaja and was given approval to return the case. They are going to make me a new case but it looks like I will have to wait again. I am surprised that a case of this price would have this issues. Vaja assured me that this is very rare and that I should be satisfied with the new case.

I am writing this to let you know the whole story. This was not a review unit I paid full retail. So I’ll follow up once I get the new case.