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October 29, 2007

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MacUser Podcast #23: Leapin’ Leopards

Posted Oct. 29, ’07, 8:06 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | MacUser

MacUser PodcastYour most burning question—and perhaps you should have someone take a look at that, I don’t know; a doctor, maybe?—will not be answered by this latest edition of the MacUser Podcast. And that is: where the hell have you guys been for four and a half months?

Now, there are certainly all sorts of things I could tell you: things that would turn your stomach and chill you to the very bone. But those things are patently untrue, so I would feel bad. The truth of the matter is nothing more exciting than this: we’ve been busy. And we’ve, as you’ve no doubt noticed, had some changes in staff, so it’s been tricky getting a group together. But we’re back, baby (I’m just not one of those people who can pull off saying the word “baby”) and we’re making up for lost time with this 1 hour+ installment.

Derik and our newest member of the MacUser family, Mr. Pourhadi, join me as we marvel at Stacks in slow motion, discuss the implications of Apple’s relationship with third-party developers, and thoroughly explore all there is to know about temporal mechanics. I hope you’re as excited as we are. Actually, I hope you’re way more excited than we are.

AAC version (15.5 MB, 64 minutes)

Comments and feedback on the show are always welcome, so feel free to share your thoughts below, or in an email to macuser [at] macuser [dot] com.

Show notes after the jump…

I was out in force at the CambridgeSide Galleria’s Apple Store on Friday, talking to people in line.

John Gruber makes a great point about backups being unsexy.

AirPort Disk is officially not supported by Apple.

Here’s how to switch the shelf dock to the flat 2D dock. And if you don’t want to muck about in Terminal, here’s a GUI app to do it for you.

Here’s our stupid solution to fixing the translucent menu bar, should you be so inclined.

Ihnatko’s column mentioning Back to my Mac was on Macworld.

Upgrade installations have been hanging. Here’s Apple’s knowledge base fix. Unsanity’s response. Daniel Jalkut on 3rd party developers and Leopard.

Apple did indeed sue people for leaking developer builds of Tiger (but they were not the final version).

We’ve discussed Hazel before.

Data detectors are mad cool. We’ll do a post on them, but it’s worth noting here.

UI gripes, including the annoying floating Help window.

Rick LePage’s piece on Macworld shows the print preview trick and a number of other nice catches.

Merlin Mann is a dad! Mazel Tov!

Again, comments are welcome and encouraged. Drop them in the thread below or send an email.


1 Comments

wesg Author Profile Page said:

While I'm sure you've already figured it out (Dan and Derik), Mail now offers the ability to badge the dock icon for all folders, which for me replaces MailBadger. Another little thing in Leopard that makes me glad I upgraded.

October 29, 2007 1:27 PM

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