"Dave, is it time to buy a new computer?" Weekend Radio MacGuys for Saturday, March 26th, 2005

Is it time to buy a new computer? Is there a new Powerbook, G5, iMac or xServe just around the corner? I say ignore the rumor mongers and speculators. Make your purchasing decisions based on what works for you with what's available today. Assume that something cheaper, faster, and more feature rich will be along shortly and be happy with what you have. It's the weekend and today we talk about technology purchase decisions. Recognizing the marriage of two sweet friends, today I end the podcast with a selection from The Soular System a hot band from North Florida who you will be hearing more about, and not just from me.

Radio MacGuys for Friday, March 25th, 2005

Apple has released an iPod Software Update for the iPod Photo. This update provides support for the $29 iPod Camera Connector; a device that allows a user to directly upload photos from a digital camera to an iPod Photo.

Many of the Apple iPods are currently on sale at Amazon.

Thomas Hazlett covers the decline of Microsoft in a Financial Times article published today.

Software developer turingart has released a new vesion of AB Transfer, a way cool utility for importing contact information into the MacOS Address Book.

We continue to celebrate love today with a GarageBand.com selection from Sherry Spence, a talented singer songwriter from Galax Virginia in the United States.

Radio MacGuys for Thursday, March 24th, 2005

After being today's best seller, Amazon has pulled the preorder link for MacOS X Tiger. Even an hour after being pulled, the Tiger preorder was still the #3 best seller on Amazon. It was great to note that 5 of the top 10 Amazon best sellers this afternoon were Apple products.

Business 2.0 published a photo essay today looking at their suggestions about which products Apple should add to it's product line.

The MacExpo-Netherlands is just around the corner.

We discuss batteries and how to extend battery life.

Our podcast for today ends with a song from GarageBand.com and the Italian group, Bum Bum Club.

Radio MacGuys for Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005

Apple has announced the lineup for this years World Wide Developers Conference. This is an amazing event and worth the cost of admission if you work as a devloper, if you are an IT pro who supports MacOS systems, or if you're working on graphics applications.

In a story posted on silicon.com, virus protection vendor Symantec has announced that they are worried about MacOS malware.

Filemaker, Inc. has announced that over one million units of FileMaker Pro 7 have been distributed worldwide.

Our GarageBand.com song for today is from an amazing singer-songwriter from Boston, MA in the US. Her name is Genevieve Lopez and the song is called "In Our House".

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Radio MacGuys for Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005

Today we talk about yesterdays security update from Apple and a suggestion on how to deal with any issues that arise after doing a system update.

The numbers are out on Apple's marketshare from IDC. According to the MacWorld web site, the news is mostly good with Apple predicted to have a 5% share of the desktop market by the end of the year.

We talk about a workaround for an iBook with a damaged ethernet port, and end with a lovely bamboo flute tune called "Africa" from Jacobus Derwort who lives in Gouda in the Netherlands.

Radio MacGuys for Monday, March 21st, 2005

Today we answer a question from a listener about an iBook problem. The listener thinks he has a noisy fan and we hope he's right but wonder if a failing hard drive might not be the issue. When we hear about a noisy hard drive, our first question is always "do you have a good backup?" If your drive is failing, you might try to do one last backup before it dies all the way, but if the problem is mechanical, it might just be better to turn the machine off and ship it to a data recovery service.

Our favorite drive recovery service is DriveSavers, who have, in the past, saved our bacon, and that of our clients. You can find DriveSavers on the internet at www.drivesavers.com or can reach them by phone at 1-800-440-1904. If you tell them we sent you, and use our referral code (DS10232), you'll get a small discount and we'll make a small referral fee; a win-win.

We hear the low growl of Tiger, Apple's new version of MacOS X. Is it about to be released? We don't know, but during the MacWorld Expo keynote speech, Steve Jobs indicated that we would see it soon. It's already posted on the Amazon.com site for pre-orders.


Finally, we highlight some upcoming MacOS events and end the podcast with a sweet blues tune from artist Joe White and GarageBand.com.

See you on the radio.

Dave