August 27, 2009

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Mac Roundtable 2009.08.27 Episode #68

Filed under: Podcast — macroundtable @ 12:54 pm

This show’s panel members include:

John F. Braun The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab (Twitter)
Bart Busschots Bart’s Blog (Twitter)
Tim Verporten The Mac Reviewcast (Twitter)
Chuck Joiner The MacVoices Group (Twitter)

The episode starts with a revisiting of trackballs and why they are a good thing, morphs into a discussion of who uses automation as part of their productivity environments and why (or why not), where to go to get scripts, and why you need to be alert when you do. An unexpected turn into Unix and the Terminal occurs before the stage is cleared for the big topic: Snow Leopard. The panel discusses their upgrade strategies, concerns and developer responsiveness and responsibility for having their software compatible with Apple’s new big cat. The show wraps up with the ever-popular product picks, and a little squabbling over who gets to choose one particular application.

Kensington Expert Mouse

Kensington Orbit Optical Trackball

Logitech Trackman Marble

Steermouse

SuperDuper by Shirt Pocket Software

Twin by App4Mac

The Ultimate Beginner?s Guide To AppleScript

Doug’s Scripts

Hazel by noodlesoft

DOSBox

Multi-Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME)

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatibility List (if it is back up)

Menu Meters by Raging Menace Software

Information about Photoshop CS3 on Snow Leopard on John Nack on Adobe

Picks:

Bart:
Fluid
Choosy by George Brocklehurst

Tim:
TextExpander touch by SmileOnMyMac

John:
Darwin Streaming Server

Chuck
Blue Microphones Eyeball USB Webcam Microphone

Mikey by Blue Microphones

Icicle by Blue Microphones

Blue Snowball by Blue Microphones

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