About The Stealth Mac Podcast:
September 2008:
Technology news, product reviews, tips & tricks, how-to's - that's what this podcast is all about. The main focus is using your Apple Macintosh to accomplish connectivity and productivity tasks but the episodes will vary week to week.
This podcast is mixed media-meaning you’ll get both audio and video screencasts from me, the initial intention is to do 1 video a month, but this might change as we go. It will all depend on show requests, and events that happen within the Mac community.
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We are now a proud member of The Geek Media network.
Episode 012:
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Have you ever sent a pages document to someone, only to find they don’t have the iWork applications suite? Have you ever sent one to a windows user on accident? Never fear! In episode 12 Peter Upfold from the UK gives me a little vacation and explains how you can pull a pdf preview of a pages document out of the pages document bundle.
Episode 011:
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In episode 11 I show you how to export flash video from a web site using your browser’s activity window. I then show you how to convert the .flv file to something more compatible with iPods and AppleTV’s. I demonstrate how to create an audio CD from the movie’s audio track (great for music videos) and how to create a DVD that auto plays it’s content when you insert it into the player.
Music in this episode: bluejuice & Paul Jannicola
Episode 010:
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A quick video this week - After I got my new Macbook Pro I needed to transfer some files off of my old 17" MBP. After some thinking I realized target disk mode would be the quickest. I've never done target disk mode, so I thought I'd record it, so everyone else who has never done it could see what the experience is like.
While a pretty simple process, it was exactly what I needed to get those files moved over.
Episode 009:
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Quick episode this week, I show you 2 tricks, the first how to get a preview of your font in the font preference pane. Lastly I show you how to print a font reference guide from your font book application.
Episode 008
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In Episode 008 I talk about Mobile Me - what it is, how to set it up on the mac. I also talk about how to use the web services, and lastly I walk you through how to set up and use Mobile Me on a Windows XP box.
Email Settings for Mobile Me - http://www.apple.com/mobileme/setup/pc/
Direct Link to the Mobile Me Control Panel for Windows - http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/mobilemecontrolpanel12forwindows.html
If you are interested in a full sized show, please emai me at thestealthmac@gmail.com. If there is enough enterest I’ll look into posting a full res show on the site for manual download.
Episode 007:
In Episode 007 I talk about Essential Mac apps, those applications that you just can't live without. I also go over what apps I have running in my menu bar. Please rate me in iTunes. IF you have any questions, comments or show ideas please email me at TheStealthMac@gmail.com.
Essential Mac Apps
1Password - http://www.agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password
Adium - http://www.adiumx.com
AppZapper - http://www.appzapper.com/
Hand Brake - http://www.handbrake.fr/
Mpeg Streamclip - http://www.squared5.com/
VLC - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
The Unarchiver - http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html
Flip4Mac - http://www.flip4mac.com/
SuperDuper! - www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper
Menu Bar Apps
Evernote - http://www.Evernote.com
Skitch - http://www.skitch.com
Dropbox - http://www.getdropbox.com
CoverSutra - http://www.coversutra.com
Text Expander - http://www.smileonmymac.com/TextExpander
HoudaSpot - http://www.houdah.com/houdahSpot
BusyMac - http://www.busymac.com
Caffeine - http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/
iStat Menus - http://www.islayer.com/
Episode 006
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I talk about backup strategies in this episode, I also go over 3 backup applications and discuss 2 remote backup solutions.
Super Duper
Apple Backup 3.1.2
Mozy
Amazon S3
Jungle Disk
Episode 005:
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In episode 5 I discuss media centers, TV, DVD ripping & encoding applications and an TV software “hack” that enables many features including Apple File Protocol (AFP) and USB disk support. Here are a list of links from this weeks show:
Mac The Ripper
Handbrake
Mpeg Streamclip
Visual Hub
Applecore LLC - aTV Flash
Episode 004:
In episode 4 I talk about Virtual machines - what they are, how they work and how to install one. I also discuss a really cool feature called coherence mode. Virtual Machines allow you to run windows applications on you Mac and allow you to function in an IT realm where Windows is king. If you are interested in trying out a virtual machine application, please check out the following sites:
Parallels
VM Ware
Music in this episode by: Tripudio, George Wood, & Return to Mono
Episode 003:
In episode 3 I show you how I sync my work outlook calendar with my iCal using "cloud" technology. Since I cannot hit mobile me directly from my office PC I had to get a little creative. I hope you enjoy this screencast, the first of what I hope is many more to come.
Episode 002:
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In episode 2 I discuss the "Let's Rock" Apple Event - all the new products & services that were announced. I also talk a little about the iTunes 8.0 features - Genius playlist creator and Grid View.
Episode 001:
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In this episode I introduce myself, tell you a little about the podcast, I also discuss how to set the default application for files in Mac OSX Leopard.