MacBreak Tech

sorry about the no new podcast in a while. everyone has been busy doing something. Kenji is on the right coast. Ben is upgrading some code. Craig is getting a new jorb. And John is galavanting about the west coast working on something fun. it all boils down to not much time for any of us to make a useful recording. it’s not like there isn’t lots to talk about. like for example:

G4 NAS drive part 2
getting Back to my Mac to actually work
Print to the Internet
ZFS one year later
and more coding, server and hacking stuff.

With the WWDC just a month away we’ll also start planning the who where for pinning down experts that might be attending the week of geek. anyway don’t hold your breath. it won’t be until the middle of the week at least until there’s a new conversation. in the mean time make a back up of your doorbell (aka phone) or learn to sync it so it’s done automagically.

see you on the other side… OWT!

If you’ve ever wanted to see a podcast in action you’ll get the chance to see a live recording of MacBreak Tech next week at MacWorld Expo. We’re on the Podcast Studio stage at 4PM on Tuesday. Here’s a link to the schedule. 

Here’s the changes you can expect to see for 2008:

1. Forum 
2. More Articles
3. Links to products we recommend
4. How to Videos (like Makes Weekend Project)
5. Projects
6. Upgrade Check Lists
7. Library
8. Example Code
9. More geek guests
10. New Logo and Site Redesign

Please stand by. 

A box showed up early. A flip of a coin decides that I’m not backing anything up before upgrading. Smart that coin. 

2:34 installer started. 5 clicks to make it go.

2:40 I get bored. Cleaning the desk seems like a good idea.

3:10 42 minutes remain.

3:26 Finished. Liars.

3:27 installation log saved. for MacBreak Tech geekery.

3:27 rebooted!

3:28 Apple. Spinner. Blue screen.

3:31 Typing my password.

3:40 Desktop! What took you so long?

3:41 It’s bugging about Time Machine right off. 

Playing with Spaces first. You have to turn on the feature in the System Preferences before Control <– –> will work. So here’s the rad thing about it. If you made a habit out of Command-Tab to switch between apps, doing that will automatically switch you to the Space that the open app is in. OMFG is that coooooool. Sorry to sound like a 12 year old textr but dang.

Finder. Dude. No, seriously. Dude! 

Automator. The roboto is all changed around. Not sorted by App anymore. This makes so much more sense.

I’m back in the Finder and I notice that lots of things that I hadn’t noticed before because they all have previews on them. Dude. 

Text Edit. You have to turn Grammar on to get it to check for sentence fragments. That’s good news because I can deal with knowing my mispeelings with a red underline but I don’t care about my fragments. 

Speaking of words open the Dictionary, type ‘Hypercard’ and click on Apple. Then click on Wikipedia. Now type ‘dude’ and see 35 entries found for “dude.” Dude!

Back in the Finder. Turn on Show Path Bar in the view menu. I like that but I don’t think its going to be always on. Command-Y is going to be my new best friend. Why? Quick Look.

Select All. Start Speaking. It’s Bruce. I change to Alex in the System Preferences. Um. I <em>never</em> want to type that again. Shudder. Select All again and Start Speaking. I think I like Bruce better. 

Cover Flow in the Finder is going to ruin marriages.

More as I know it.