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May we have your attention, please! The MacJury has gone video, and has been integrated in with MacVoices, along with MacNotables, to create a master channel of MacVoices Group content. Both the audio and video versions of the show are posted there now. New editions will only be posted to MacVoices, though this site will remain intact for the indefinite future as an archive. To receive future editions, please subscribe to any or all of the MacVoices RSS subscription feeds: Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss Video (HD version) http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoiceshdvideo If you prefer YouTube, you can subscribe to the MacVoices channel there: http://YouTube.com/MacVoicesTV Please visit MacVoices to continue to enjoy the video version of MacVoices. Thanks! The post The MacJury is now on MacVoices! appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed. The post The MacJury is now on MacVoices! appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed.

Deep in the middle of the holiday gift season, ideas for cool and unique gifts can become sparse. No need to resort to socks or sweaters, though. The third edition of our MacJury gift panels have added to the list of great products and services you can give the geek in your life. From unique takes on routine items to completely unexpected, great ideas are delivered by the panel of Kelly Guimont, Michael Johnston, Chuck La Tournous and host Chuck Joiner. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of the brand new PDFpen Scan+, the best way to scan and create PDFs on your iDevice, PDFpen 6 and PDFpenPro 6, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, as well as TextExpander for Mac, TextExpander touch and DiscLabel. Links Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn. Subscribe to MacVoices audio-only in iTunes, or subscribe to MacVoices Video in iTunes to see all the action. Blue Microphones NESSIE Adaptive USB Condenser Microphone, Cardioid Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone – Silver Edition AKG Perception 220 Professional Studio Microphone Behringer C-1 Studio Condenser Microphone JAYS T00075 a-jays four Earbud for iPhone Automatic Link Smart Driving Assistant Alton Brown’s Good Eats Grove iPhone and iPad Cases – Skate Case Griffin Survivor Case for iPhone 5 Griffin Survivor Extreme-duty Military case for the iPad (4th Generation), iPad 3 and iPad 2 LifeProof nuud Series Case for iPhone 5 LifeProof nüüd Case & Cover/Stand for iPad Gen 2/3/4 Belkin Shield Sheer Matte Case / Cover for iPad Air (iPad 5) (Smoke) Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K760 for Mac/iPad/iPhone Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover Black for iPad 2 and iPad (3rd/4th generation) Incase CL57934 Origami Workstation for iPad and Wireless Keyboard (Black) Jaybird Sportsband Stereo Bluetooth Headphone Jaybird Freedom Sprint Bluetooth Headphones Buoy Tags Apple 3 Pack Marmot Men’s Connect Glove Hi-Fun HFHiCALL-MBL Hi-Call Bluetooth Glove – Bluetooth Headset Seagate Backup Plus 1TB Thunderbolt Portable External Hard Drive for Mac + Cable & Adapter Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 Scanner for PC and Mac Evernote Crashplan NetFlix Kerbal Space Program DEVONthink Pro Office Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink 2, Second Edition by Joe Kissell The post MacVoices #13204: The MacJury’s Holiday Gift Guide #3 appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed. The post MacVoices #1

The second of our MacJury holiday gift panels convened just in time for the big shopping weekend, and deliver some…unique…picks. You’ll be both entertained and informed as the picks fly back and forth between Nancy Gravley, Michael T. Rose, Steve Sande and host Chuck Joiner. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to Squarespace.com/macvoices and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code “macvoices11″ to receive a 10% discount. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Links Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.  Subscribe to MacVoices audio-only in iTunes, or subscribe to MacVoices Video in iTunes to see all the action.  Nancy Gravley retired from a position in human services after 30 years and is spending her retirement years spreading the joy of the Mac.  She teaches beginner skills, writes a blog, and serves as president of a large Mac User Group (MUG) in addition to writing and reviewing products for TMO, penning the Computing with Bifocals. She has three children, three grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Life is good.  Michael T. Rose claims his first Mac (a 128K original) served him well through high school and its successors (a 512KE, SE, SE/30 and IIsi) were loyal stalwarts during editorial jobs at the Carnegie Mellon college newspaper, followed by a 10-year career in editorial technology at Time Inc. titles Entertainment Weekly & LIFE. Since leaving the print publishing world, Mike has helped manage IT and now works as a creative director for MJM Creative Services, an NYC events and face-to-face marketing agency. He has written for The Unofficial Apple Web Log (TUAW) since November 2006. Mike & his family live in Brooklyn, NY. His personal blog is GeekParent, and you can find him on Twitter. Steve Sande also writes way too much. He’s the Hardware Editor at TUAW, and recently logged over one million words written for the blog in just over three years. He’s written a number of books for Take Control Books and Apress, is married to a rocket scientist, and spends his days being bossed by a cat. You can watch what he says on Twitter, and see him every Wednesday on TUAW TV Live.  Kensington Power Bolt 2.1 Car Charger for iPhone 5S/5C/5, iPad 4, iPad Mini – Retail Packaging – Black Doxie Go – Rechargeable Mobil

Need some exciting, new and different gift ideas this holiday season? The MacJury is on the case with a list of gifts that runs the gamut from expensive to affordable, practical to extravagant, and all points in between. The first of our holiday gift guides is presented by the panel of Jeff Gamet, Jean MacDonald, Brett Terpstra and host Chuck Joiner. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to Squarespace.com/macvoices and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code “macvoices11″ to receive a 10% discount. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Links Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.  Subscribe to MacVoices audio-only in iTunes, or subscribe to MacVoices Video in iTunes to see all the action.   Jeff Gamet is the Managing Editor for The Mac Observer, and the author of Fresh Brewed Tales, a chronicle of Jeff’s strange adventures at coffee shops. You can find his regular updates on Twitter. Jean MacDonald is a partner and head of Marketing and PR at Smile, developers of PDFpen and TextExpander, as well as an active member of the tech community. A would-be rock ‘n roll star, you can follow all of Jean’s exploits on her Twitter stream.  Brett Terpstra is a coder, writer and web developer. He works behind the scenes at blogs including Engadget, Joystiq and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. He also writes for The Unofficial Apple Weblog, and contributes to Macworld. Brett develops Marked for Mac and recently co-authored “60 Mountain Lion Tips” with David Sparks for the iBookstore. He discusses all things “nerd” on his podcast, Systematic. You can find Brett as “ttscoff” on Twitter and App.net, and at his website, brettterpstra.com.   Big Nerd Ranch iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (4th Edition) (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) JayBird BlueBuds X Sport Bluetooth Headphones – Midnight Black iRig HD IK Multimedia IPIRIGBBRDIN iRig BlueBoard Wireless MIDI Pedalboard GoldieBlox GoldieBlox, Rube Goldbert, & Beastie Boys “Princess Machine” video Audioengine D3 24-bit Digital to Audio Converter (Silver) Pencil Bluetooth stylus for use with Paper from 53 Paper by FiftyThree – FiftyThree, Inc. Apple Time Capsule 2TB Magellan SmartGPS – Connected 5-I

Even though the new iPad mini with Retina didn’t enjoy a launch event or even a pre-launch announcement, some members of the MacJury were on the case, and got to spend the weekend with the newest iPad. Why they picked the iPad mini over the iPad Air (or didn’t), their buying experience, configuration, uses, cases and more are all shared by the panel of Katie Floyd, Ted Landau and host Chuck Joiner. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Transporter, the off-cloud social storage drive for sharing, accessing and backing up your files in real time, and the new Transporter Sync that lets you bring your own storage device to the party. Get 10% off the new Transporter Sync with the offer code MV10. Links Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.  Subscribe to MacVoices audio-only in iTunes, or subscribe to MacVoices Video in iTunes to see all the action.    Katie Floyd is a litigation attorney and the co-creator and host of the acclaimed Mac Power Users Podcast distributed through the 5by5 Network. Mac Power Users teaches listeners how to get the most from their Apple technology with focused topics and workflow guests. The show was ranked the number two technology podcast in iTunes and routinely featured featured by Apple. Katie is a regular speaker at Macworld Expo, a member of the influential Mac Roundtable Podcast featuring a panel of Mac luminaries and frequent speaker and consultant on all things Apple and technology related. Katie serves as the President of her local Macintosh Users Group. Ted Landau pens Ted Landau’ User Friendly View column at The Mac Observer, is a Senior Contributor for Macworld, is the author of several Mac and iPhone help books, and is the founder of MacFixIt. He blogs on Ted Landau’s Slanted Viewpoint, and you can follow him on Twitter. The post MacVoices #13198: The MacJury On The First Weekend With the iPad Mini with Retina appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed. The post MacVoices #13198: The MacJury On The First Weekend With the iPad Mini with Retina appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed.

After spending a weekend with Apple’s new iPad Air, The MacJury convened to discuss their experiences. Buying, configuration choices, initial impressions of speed, camera improvements, size, charging and more are covered by the panel of Jeff Carlson, David Chartier and host Chuck Joiner. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of the brand new PDFpen Scan+, the best way to scan and create PDFs on your iDevice,  PDFpen 6 and PDFpenPro 6,  PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, as well as TextExpander for Mac, TextExpander touch and DiscLabel. Links Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.  Subscribe to MacVoices audio-only in iTunes, or subscribe to MacVoices Video in iTunes to see all the action.  Author and photographer Jeff Carlson (@jeffcarlson on Twitter) is a columnist for the Seattle Times, a senior editor for the weekly electronic newsletter TidBITS , and writes for publications such as Macworld and Photoshop Elements Techniques. He is also the author of The iPad 2 Pocket Guide, The iMovie ’11 Project Book, Photoshop Elements 10 for Windows and Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide and the new Meet The iPad (third generation) . He believes there’s never enough coffee, and does his best to test that theory. David Chartier is the 1Password Herald, contributor to Macworld and The Mac Observer, wrangler of Finer Things in Tech, and purveyor of DavidChartier.com. The post MacVoices #13192: The MacJury on the First Weekend with the iPad Air appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed. The post MacVoices #13192: The MacJury on the First Weekend with the iPad Air appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed.

As the dust cleared from Apple’s October 22 event featuring the iPad Air, updates to the MacBook Pro and more, The MacJury convened to look at some of the larger issues surrounding those announcements. The effects of a fee-free Mavericks on adoption and software valuation, contrasting iPad and Microsoft Surface announcements, and the reaction to the Mac Pro’s price are where the discussion started. Who’s buying what, the implications of the iPad Air’s name and  whether updating almost the entire Apple product line is a good thing are all part of the conversation with Mark Fuccio, Jeff Gamet, Ted Landau and host Chuck Joiner.  This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by The MacVoices Dispatch, our weekly newsletter that is your inside track to MacVoices. Subscribe now on the MacVoices main page. Links Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.  Subscribe to MacVoices audio-only in iTunes, or subscribe to MacVoices Video in iTunes to see all the action.  Mark Fuccio is actively involved in high tech startup companies, both as a principle at piqsure.com, or as an marketing advisor through his consulting practice Tactics Sells High Tech, Inc. Mark was a proud investor in Microsoft from the mid-1990’s selling in mid 2000, and hopes one day that MSFT will be again an attractive investment. You can contact Mark through his web site or through Twitter. Jeff Gamet is the Managing Editor for The Mac Observer, and the author of Fresh Brewed Tales, a chronicle of Jeff’s strange adventures at coffee shops. You can find his regular updates on Twitter Ted Landau is a Senior Contributor for Macworld, is the author of several Mac and iPhone help books, and is the founder of MacFixIt. He blogs on Ted Landau’s Slanted Viewpoint, and you can follow him on Twitter. Apple October 22 Event The post MacVoices #13189: The MacJury Examines The Larger Issues Surrounding Apple’s Announcements appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed. The post MacVoices #13189: The MacJury Examines The Larger Issues Surrounding Apple’s Announcements appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed.

After a weekend when Apple sold 9 million iPhones, The MacJury convened to discuss their own experiences with the top-of-the-line, the iPhone 5s. Topics of discussion include the  security the fingerprint scanner offers, the enhanced camera with slo-mo, the faster A6 chip, and of course, what color everyone wanted vs. what they got. Covering all this and more are the panel of Peter Cohen, Rich Mogull, Steve Sheridan and host Chuck Joiner. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of the brand new PDFpen Scan+, the best way to scan and create PDFs on your iDevice,  PDFpen 6 and PDFpenPro 6,  PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, as well as TextExpander for Mac, TextExpander touch and DiscLabel. Links Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.  Subscribe to MacVoices audio-only in iTunes, or subscribe to MacVoices Video in iTunes to see all the action.  Peter Cohen is Executive Editor of The Loop and Managing Editor of iMore. He’s also a freelance tech journalist who contributes to web sites and magazines around the world, including Mac|Life, MacFormat, and others. He co-hosts the iMore podcast with Rene Ritchie and is a frequent guest on other podcasts as well. Rich Mogull has been working in the security world for 17 or so years, and breaking computers (usually by accident) even longer. After about 10 years in physical security (mostly running large events/concerts), he made the mistake of getting drunk in Silicon Valley and telling someone he “worked in security.” Next morning he woke up with a job as an IT security consultant. That’s not totally true, but it’s far more amusing than his full biography. He currently works as an independent security consultant and writer through Securosis, covers security for TidBITS, and previously spent seven years as an analyst with Gartner. Rich has also worked as a paramedic, done stints as a firefighter and with Rocky Mountain Rescue, and recently retired from ski patrol when he moved to sunny Arizona. He still dabbles in disaster medicine, when nature cooperates. (from TidBITS) Steve Sheridan is the videographer for the NosillaCast Mac podcast, hosted at podfeet.com. He assists the host, his wife Allison Sheridan, in production of various NosillaCast segments and moderation of the live show and the NosillaCast Google Plus Community. Having recentl

After a long, hard day of journalistic effort, we corralled part of the TidBITS brain trust to analyze Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s. The topics ranged from the art-deco colors of the 5c to the A7 chip that powers the 5s. Along the way, the panel had strong opinions about slo-mo video, the improvements to the camera in the 5s, the security and convenience aspects of the new Touch ID scanner, and more. You won’t find a panel of experts with better commentary or more laughs than this MacJury of Josh Centers, Michael E. Cohen, Adam Engst, Tonya Engst, Joe Kissell and host Chuck Joiner. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to Squarespace.com/macvoices and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code “macvoices9″ to receive a 20% discount. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Links Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.  Subscribe to MacVoices audio-only in iTunes, or subscribe to MacVoices Video in iTunes to see all the action.  This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to Squarespace.com/macvoices and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code “macvoices9″ to receive a 20% discount. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Josh Centers is the Managing Editor of TidBITS. He’s also an occasional contributor to Macworld, Boing Boing, and The Sweethome. You can keep up with him on Twitter, App.net, and his blog at joshcenters.com.  Michael E. Cohen has worked as a teacher, a programmer, a Web designer, a multimedia producer, and a certified usability analyst. He’s the author or co-author of several books, including The iPad Project Book, Apple Training Series: iLife (iLife ’09 Edition), Take Control of Syncing Data in Snow Leopard, and Take Control of PDFpen 6.  Adam C. Engst is the publisher of TidBITS and Take Control Books. He has written numerous books, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series, and many magazine articles – thanks to Contributing Editor positions at MacUser, MacWEEK, and now Macworld. His innovations include the creation of the first advertising program to support an Internet publication in 1992, the first flat-rate accounts for graphical Internet access in 1993, and the Take Control electronic b

The MacJury starts out examining the debate between open and closed, and end up discussing the television programming options of the future. Along the way, a healthy debate between the benefits and costs of iOS vs. Android, whether there really is a “lock-in” for either program, and more are bantered about by Peter Cohen, Weldon Dodd, Chuck La Tournous, and host Chuck Joiner. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to Squarespace.com/macvoices and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code “macvoices8″ to receive a 10% discount. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Links Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.  Subscribe to MacVoices audio-only in iTunes, or subscribe to MacVoices Video in iTunes to see all the action.    Peter Cohen is Executive Editor of The Loop and Managing Editor of iMore. He’s also a freelance tech journalist who contributes to web sites and magazines around the world, including Mac|Life, MacFormat, and others. He co-hosts the iMore podcast with Rene Ritchie and is a frequent guest on other podcasts as well. Weldon Dodd, is the owner of Rewind Technology, a Mac-focused consulting firm based in Denver, CO, a contributor to TheAppleBlog on GigaOM, and the curator of ipadk12.com. You can find him on Twitter too. Chuck La Tournous (Twitter) is a writer, marketer, musician, speaker, podcaster, pundit, art director, web developer and all-around geek. In addition to appearing as a regular panelist on The MacJury, Chuck speaks about technology, camping and marketing issues, and is a contributing editor for The Mac Observer. Once a year or so, he dusts off his bass guitar to play in the Macworld All-Star Band. His new site — trailcamper.com — is in open beta, covering the intersection of high tech and high adventure. The post MacVoices #13174: The MacJury Covers Open vs. Closed, iOS vs. Android, Cable vs. Cord-Cutting and More appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed. The post MacVoices #13174: The MacJury Covers Open vs. Closed, iOS vs. Android, Cable vs. Cord-Cutting and More appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed.

A few months ago, we looked at what we want, need and expect to see for iOS at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference. This time, we take a look at what our panel wants, needs and expects to see for the Mac OS. Whether the Mac OS is mature and has no where to go or is just getting started, whether innovations or stability should be the focus, and and what we can realistically expect to see are all examined by the panel of Oliver Breidenbach, Philip Goward, Kirk McElhearn, Greg Scown and host Chuck Joiner. This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by Audible, a leading provider of spoken audio information and entertainment. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free audiobook and try Audible free for 30 days by signing up at audiblepodcast.com/macvoices.   Links Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices, MacVoicesTV. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.  Subscribe to MacVoices audio-only in iTunes, or subscribe to MacVoices Video in iTunes to see all the action.   Oliver Breidenbach is the CEO of Boinx Software, headquartered in Puchheim, Germany. When not on the golf course, you can find Oliver on Twitter or Google+. Philip Goward is a co-founder of Smile, developers of PDFpen and TextExpander. He lives in San Francisco and has a passion for opera. You can find him on Twitter. Kirk McElhearn writes about Macs, iPods, iPads, iTunes, books, music and more. He’s written a dozen books, is a Senior Contributor to Macworld, and writes for several other web sites and magazines. He reviews classical CDs for MusicWeb and audiobooks for Audiofile, and is a French-English translator. Greg Scown is a partner and co-founder of Smile, developers of PDFpen and TextExpander. You can follow him on Twitter. The post MacVoices #13144: The MacJury Examines Mac OS Wants, Needs and Expectations Before WWDC appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed. The post MacVoices #13144: The MacJury Examines Mac OS Wants, Needs and Expectations Before WWDC appeared first on MacJury » Podcast Feed.

With WWDC just around the corner, The MacJury gets geeky in some places as it takes a look at the needs, wants and expectations for the next version of the iOS. Side loading of apps, sharing documents among apps and de-krufting iOS are part of the conversation. But it doesn’t stop there. Issues with the App Store process, some known, some new, come up, along with the challenges Apple faces with the popularity of WWDC, balancing power and sophistication and more. These topics are just part of the deliberations by the panel of John Brayton of Golden Hill Software, Matt Neuburg of TidBITS and host Chuck Joiner. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Squarespace. Go to Squarespace.com/macvoices and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code “macvoices5″ to receive a 10% discount. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Links Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices, MacVoicesTV. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, App.net and LinkedIn.  Subscribe to MacVoices audio-only in iTunes, or subscribe to MacVoices Video in iTunes to see all the action.     John Brayton is the developer of CloudPull, a Mac app that backs up your Google account to your Mac. CloudPull backs up Gmail, Google Contacts, Google Calendar, Google Drive, and Google Reader. John is on Twitter and on App.net.  TidBITS Contributing Editor Matt Neuburg has been writing for the publication since 1991, concentrating on issues surrounding word processing, databases and text organization programs, scripting and innovative programming systems, and a variety of utilities. He has written some popular freeware programs, such as MemoryStick and NotLight. He has created the online documentation for a number of applications, such as Script Debugger and Opal. He has written books about programming Frontier, REALbasic, and AppleScript, and is the author of various Take Control ebooks. You can find out more about him on his site, Some Things by Matt Neuburg and connect with him on Google+. CloudPull – Golden Hill Software CloudPull Premium – Golden Hill Software GoodReader for iPhone – Good.iWare Ltd. GoodReader for iPad – Good.iWare Ltd. Programming iOS 6 Dropbox LinksChuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices, MacVoicesTV. You can c