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Carmen and Scott regret to announce that as of this show, the MacHelp from Maui podcast will no longer be heard.

That’s right, we’ve finally given in to the ennui of the islands - this is just too much like work!

Not really - but Apple doesn’t need us anymore - they’re doing […]

Apple grew faster than any other PC maker
Apple… picked up market share in the United States, growing to 5 percent, from 4 percent, as its shipments increased 30 percent, according to Gartner. Apple grew faster than any other PC maker in the United States, Gartner said.
Apple Pugs Security Holes
Apple Inc. on Thursday plugged over two […]

Tuesday the president of the Maui Apple Users Society (MAUS) asked me to stand in for him at this weeks meeting. The subject of this meeting was to be the new AppleTV, so my part was to take his new one home, figure out how it worked, then present it to the understandably impressed inmates. […]

Apple has sold its 100 millionth iPod. Microsoft announces Zune is rapidly approaching fifteen units sold

I’ve just successfully performed a brain transplant on my five-year old Pismo PowerBook - moving it’s hard-drive and a few other bits into the chassis that previously housed one gone to meet it’s Philippino maker.

Over the last couple of years, I’ve keep my eyes open and carefully collected a stack of PIsmo parts and two mordant chassis. So, […]

Should you get a new Mac now or wait until the heat death of the universe?
Why are some many people waiting for Leopard? So what if you don’t have the newest Mac on the block. So what if your friends all think you’re a raw newbie? We attempt to peer past the noise of the […]

Carmen and I took a “mental health” break from the podcast last week - I hope someone noticed! Apple didn’t seem to be doing anything and the spring weather finally arrived so we went off to smell some flowers.
We’ll be back at the board later today though and if the creek don’t rise there will […]

Description: Internal Apple information on the iPhone OSX architecture.Apple’s iPhone architecture exposed! For those of you who are into such things, here’s a little geek porn - the first known diagram of how the hardware and software of the iPhone work. You can see how they assigned priorities and dependencies to the code and chip […]

I know he’s trolling for hits again by pissing off Mac users, but some other twit may then take his demented ravings to heart and decide to wait for the ZunePhone. This could bring an end to civilization as we know it.
“Johnny C” - as he is known in the troll escort business - is […]

I haven’t been paying much attention to the Apple TV.Don’t get me wrong - it appears to be a cool product - but I just don’t ever watch television, so the whole idea goes right over my head which is usually pointed at a computer display or buried in a book.
But something very interesting has […]

Viruses & what’s in the Mac OS X.4.9 Update. Sahra Indio plays Sweet Reggae Music From Hawaii

The government should send AppleInsider to Iran or perhaps North Korea - they seem to be able to get the secret scoops on Apple’s weapons of mass construction better than most other rumor sites.
Their latest, to be found here, exposes plans to upgrade the venerable FlatMac iMac design and bring laptops to a new low […]

At YouTube a Mac PowerBook user closes his computer to show the baby squirrel that has cuddled up underneath. Too freakin’ cute.
Go see this! LINK

From MacOS Hints(I didn’t know this one!)
Here’s another way to Force Quit an application:

Click the Apple Menu
Hold Shift, and notice that the ‘Force Quit…’ menu item has changed to ‘Force Quit [frontmost app name].’
Select ‘Force Quit [frontmost app name]’ to force quit the Application.

This method allows you to Force Quit (Relaunch) the Finder without
opening the […]

Heard about the web: From I, Cringely
The Great Apple Video Encoder Attack of 2007: Cupertino plans to add H.264 hardware support to its entire line.
Now comes the rumor I have heard, that I believe to be a fact, that has simply yet to be confirmed. I have heard that Apple plans to add hardware video […]

On Mar 8, 2007, at 12:22 AM, (lady in distress) wrote:
I am taking a Photoshop Elements class and bought the software
for Elements 4.0. Now when I open iphoto, and right click to open in
external editor, I want it to open in 4.0 but it still opens in 2.o.
Shouldn’t it have automatically transfered whatever was in […]

A little history - with no time left for the music of which we speak.
Our guest/victim this time is David Kapralik, a dear friend and inspiration who takes us back in time, then forward into our future.

Podcasting from end to end
Care and feeding of RRS Feeds
How to explain it to your friends
Flowers and Birds
Pekelo live on the old radio

From LifeHacker’s Adam Pash
If you use iTunes on the Mac, you should know about Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes, a repository of scripts that add tons of useful functionality to Apple’s music player…
Take for instance #10 here:
10. Import iPod Audio Files: This handy little gem lets you grab audio tracks (AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, AIF […]

Macs and Rumors of Macs
MacSnoop and a few other rumor sites are quoting each other and unnamed sources on the inevitability of new Macs as soon as next month. In addition to inside leaks a case is being made that the Mini, MacBook and MacPro haven’t had a face life since the Paleozoic and […]

You got questions? Be careful, Scott might answer them.

Here are the secrets of input levels and all the different ways to get sound into your Mac. There will be a test.

To lighten things up, Pekelo sings a song about Hawaiian sovereignty called “Cry from a Nation.”

• Stories about the day that Apple saved its “okole” by buying NeXT computer and got Steve for $1.00 a year.• Tips to make your searching more specific.• Diesel returns with a Gordon Lightfoot song. 

It’s about friggin’ time! We’ve been waving this flag now for over thirty years and finally some of the borgs are starting rise up out of their graves and lurch towards the light!
Ok, for along time the Mac did have a few bumps and bothers, but ever since OS X got real, the only reasons […]

IN the latest podcast I quote Steve with the statement that “50% of new Mac buyers and former PC users. Now, that percentage reappears in a CNET poll showing that even the geeks who click buttons there are seeing the light.
Vista article’s poll shows over 50% readers on or going to the Mac
A CNET Vista […]

Microsoft Norway demos Vista on TV using an iMac! The QuickTime video is a wee bit bit gnarly, but the serious discussion going on just adds a surreal touch to the fact that these guys are talking about Microsoft’s newest Gestapo “operativsystem” Vista, while poking at a large-screen Intel iMac. At least them Norges […]

Is anyone suprised that Apple has once again come up with a great product that is a raving success?
Other manufacturers have tried for years to come up with a “set-top-box” that integrates the television and computer. Of course the mistake was that until now the devices were either entire computers or some attempt to put […]

Worth100 has made my day with a new contest that asks entrants to imagine and then Photoshop (a new verb!) an un announced iApple iProduct [White].
Too bad that about half of the entries are versions of “iToilet” demonstrating a staggering lack of imagination, but the “iFibrillator” and “iDate” make up for tha, though I […]

Apple to air ’special’ Super Bowl ad on Feb. 4 By AppleInsider Staff
A deal between Apple Inc. and Apple Corps to bring the legendary musiccatalog of The Beatles to iTunes could see an announcement in the formof a Super Bowl commercial, according to a report published Wednesday.
Citing “sources with knowledge of the project,” the Toronto […]

The Maui Apple Users Society showed up at Macworld in time to see the iPhone born as well as to share in all the other excitement of the big event.
Go take a look at the pictures on line at LINK

Paper iPhones & Pekelo
Post-MacWorld iPhone lust.
Trying to explain the AppleTV.
More music from Pekelo’s “Hana by the Sea” CD
Geoff Muldaur on Maui
Some Artsy artist talk
Carmen wins the candy bar!

Apple TV device doesn’t use DRM

from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow: An anonymous friend at an MPAA member-company sez,
Now that my NDA issues are gone, a little tidbit for you.
The Apple TV device has HDMI and component outputs. As of the launch, it doesn’t have the HDCP anti-copying technology.
As […]

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When this movie first hit television it felt like someone had made a film about part of my life. It was eerie seeing people that I knew being portrayed by actors. Especially the guy who played Steve Jobs - he almost played it better than the real Steve. The Woz and and Gates characters were […]

In spite of the small belch about stock options, which a few hysterical bloggers thought could “take down” Steve Jobs, all the other signs point to a great year for the company.
Steve Jobs Keynote Slated to be 2 Hours Long!Normally, Steve Jobs keynotes last anywhere between 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Not this year!
iTunes Sees 1,222% […]

Here’s an interesting mash-up of Apple videos to make your month.
LINK

“Looking forward, 2007 is likely to be one of the most exciting new product years in Apple’s history.”

At every party I went to over the holidays, at last one person who currently uses a PC told me that they planned on getting a Mac!I’ve been the lonley
Mac wonk for years - vainly trying to explain why something better was
better than, well, the crap that people kept buying. I’d just about
given up explaining […]

Long, Hodgman win ‘Bobby’ awardJustin Long and John Hodgman, the actors who portray a Mac and PC from Apple’s current ‘Get a Mac’ advertising campaign, won a 2006 Garfield Bobby Award in the Best Performance, Male category from Advertising Age.
The hands-down winners this year are Justin Long and John Hodgman.
The 9th Annual Bobby Awards honour […]

Apple Matters has let the crab out of the pot by telling the story of AppleLink Personal Edition.
This isn’t anything to be proud of. Back in 1987 or so, Apple did a smart thing by creating a really great internal email system called AppleLink. This was years ahead of the web, and was one […]

Like most of the trade press, Apple Insider is frothing about the non-existent Apple iPhone.
… an analyst for Morgan Stanley who retains reputable industry contacts, recently corroborated evidence of a dual-model strategy through her own proprietary checks. She told clients in a research note this week the phones will sport a metal-clad enclosure and feature […]

Mele Kalikimaka Ya’ll

Mac gift ideas and hints from Scott and Carmen.
Bad Apple Tech Support
Pekelo plays this time about Kahoolawe
Tea by Tetley’s with Peanut Butter Cups

Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) — Apple Computer Inc. may serve as its own wireless carrier if it delivers an iPod-based cell phone next year and rely on the company’s network of retail stores to sell service contracts for the device, UBS AG said.
Bloggingstocks has just received an interesting tip that the Apple iPhone will have a […]

According to people who figure out this sort of stuff for a living, between twenty-five and fifty percent of those currently buying Macs are new users. This means they are probably refugees from Windows or very, very late adapters. Either way, the Mac is on its way to the mainstream - at the cost of […]

While rumors of the Apple iPhone spin crazily about the internets, it seems that some few have sold their souls to leak info about yet another Apple mobile phone, one that may or may not ever see the light of day, but seems to have some pretty neat features.
No wonder the rumor mill is so […]

More Apple Mail tricks and a few gift tips for the Mac lovers on your list
For the first time ever we say rude stuff about Microsoft
Support the Makahiki Hou world wide 24-hour cease fire on January First
Keola takes a parting shot
Pekelo plays about going to Hana Maui
Tea by Tetley’s with Hana Donna’s Cookies.

I could listen to Woz talk all day long. He’s funny, hyper and he has something to say about growing up smart and doing good work. Woz is America at it’s best. His grandparents were some of those awful immigrants you’ve heard so much about lately.
Guy had a chance to interview Woz and […]

Too bad this is such a toss-off. The issue deserves more thought and discussion than just a 15-second blurb.
Now that the iPod
has reached such iconic status that airlines are willing to put their
particular pukas into the seats, is there any chance at all that
Microsoft or any other company could gain market share without adapting
Apple’s ipod […]

Apple has upgraded their MacBook line to Intel Core Duo
processors which are faster and hopefully cooler. This makes the
plastic encased laptops which were merely realvery fast. This whole fast thing is pushing me to the edge of my vocabulary. Next they’ll be; really, really a whole lot faster?
The MacBooks are
still available in two colors - […]

Maui Weather
The Maui Ukulele Festival
Carmen joins the Jake Shimabukuro fan club
More Apple Mail tricks.
Music by Steven Espaniola from his CD “Ho’omaka”
Tea by Stash - Earl Grey
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