MacTalk Australia Podcast

Episode 81 - Optus, Vodafone, Telstra, Virgin and 3

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:16:09 +1000

Lauren Watson (prerecorded), Christopher Kahler (arkenstone), Chris Menz (Xenex), Pete Dillon (Phase) and Anthony Agius (decryption) talk about Apple stuff once again.

Episode 80 - Mmm, Liver

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:13:34 +1000

Lauren Watson (prerecorded), Matt Croxon (Lumus), Chris Menz (Xenex) and Anthony Agius (decryption) are experts on liver transplants.

Episode 79 - No Refunds

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:33:18 +1000

Lauren Watson (prerecorded), Andy Taylor (andytlr), Chris Menz (Xenex) and Anthony Agius (decryption) talk about iPhones and even some Mac stuff. Beware the bad jokes contained within. For the fans, here's 5 minutes of us casually chatting, thinking it will be cut out.

Episode 78 - WWDC ‘09 Aftermath

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:52:57 +1000

Alex Reid (Al Aero), Chris Kahler (arkenstone), Chris Menz (Xenex) and Anthony Agius (decryption) dissect the WWDC '09 keynote:

MacTalk Live WWDC '09 Episode

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:48:00 +1000

Recorded at 3AM in the morning, 7 Apple geeks met in the MacTalk cave and gave a blow by blow summary of the WWDC 09 keynote. You missed the live audio of our WWDC podcast, but that's okay - we recorded it for you and now it's available to download in all it's unedited glory! Present for this live recording is: Alex (Al Aero), Chris (Xenex), Gavin (mrbrut), Marc (marc), Shawn (the gaffer guy), Jonathan (jwrigley) and Anthony (decryption). It's a long one, so get comfy and listen to it while you wait for Apple to put up the official video in their podcast.

Episode 76 - Enter the Colonel

Thu, 28 May 2009 16:21:23 +1000

Alex Reid (Al Aero), Chris Kahler (arkenstone), Chris Menz (Xenex) and Anthony Agius (decryption) are still hatin’ Optus. Read on for the full show notes & download links.

Episode 75 - I Approve When Jobs Wears No Pants

Thu, 21 May 2009 19:27:38 +1000

We forgot to press record, then when we remembered, had to stop because someone set off the security alarm. Towards the end the headphone amp turned off, but didn't impact the recording. After all that we ate pizza. Full notes on the blog.

Episode 74 - The One Where Peter Leaves Us

Thu, 14 May 2009 16:10:24 +1000

Yes, unfortunately, this is Peter's last episode of the MacTalk podcast. After being on every single episode of this show, it's time for him to pack up and explore the world. I met Pete off this site almost 2 years ago, after he purchased an iPod Nano off me and from then on, we have been friends - the podcast being the glue that brought us together week after week. He introduced me to Twitter and to Get This. Because of that, I forgive him for ruining my copy of Tony Martin's Lolly Scramble. We will miss his USB drive of fun, we'll miss his humming of some random TV show, movie, or TV ad jingle before the start of recording, and we will miss his reminiscing of Dreams strip club, but most of all, we will miss Pete. He still refuses to acknowledge that child we had out of wedlock, but that's ok. I love ya Little Petey. This podcast won't be the same without you dude.

Show notes on the forums.

Episode 73 - Alex Said Something Clever

Thu, 07 May 2009 11:54:38 +1000

Trent Rezor tells it how he sees it, HBO shows land on iTMS AU, Queensland gets an Apple Store, Flight Control owns you all, Macs are great, iPhones are great, Apple's gonna target gamers, plus some emails and apps. Full show notes on the forums.

Episode 72 - Cock & Balls

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:52:45 +1000

An unusually high amount of cock jokes in this episode. We talk about the Palm Pre, Apple's CPU engineer hiring spree, Steve's run in with the SEC, QuickTime in Snow Leopard, that Baby Shaking app, highlight some forum threads on MacTalk, discuss some apps that took our fancy and then wrap it up with a reader email regarding external HDDs. Full show notes on the forums.

Episode 71 - Sudafed & Panadeine

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:49:11 +1000

The usual stuff. Pete & Kahler return. iPhones. I have a cold. Full notes on the forum.

Episode 70 - Velociraptors in Turtlenecks

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:27:16 +1000

Pete and Chris are absent this week. Their mums said they couldn’t podcast last night because their uniform was mixed in with the red clothes in the wash, pfft. We roped in Chris (aka Lo-Fi Chris) and Matt (aka, Matt Lesh) who ventured into the MacTalk cave and carefully crafted a beautiful podcast with Al and I. We devote a large chunk to the iTunes Store and how we spend far too much money on it. There’s also some Optus bagging and general iPhone 3rd Gen feature guessing. Pete makes a cameo via the voicemail, so you all get your weekly dose of Lil’ P. Full show notes on the forum as usual.

Episode 69 - Stiff Disks & Transvestites

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:24:44 +1000

Episode 69, appropriately named “Stiff Disks & Transvestites”. You’ll need to listen to the winners of our Crumpler bag competition in order to understand why I called this episode that. In this 69th episode, we discuss how popular Skype is, the prospect of a new iPhone coming mid-year, plenty of Optus bagging, contemplation on Microsoft’s latest propaganda, the retelling of an internal struggle on the topic of Macheist, Chris gives us the latest on his Mac Mini HTPC project, we spit out a bunch of apps we think you should check out and do the same with two podcasts we think you will like if you like ours. We wrap it up with a couple of voicemail messages from our sexy listeners, reminiscing over their first Mac. Full show notes on the forums.

Episode 68 - Alderney, Algonquin, Bohan, Broker & Dukes

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:46:46 +1100

This week brings discussion on Skype for the iPhone, hate for Optus, our 2c on a new iPhone, love for Dexter, reasons to go to WWDC '09, Russian Mac netbook photoshops, cute girls that buy shit laptops because Microsoft tell them, bunch of stuff on HTPC and the usual forum and apps. We also have a rad competition with Crumper who will give you stuff for telling us what you loved about your first Mac! Full show notes on the forums.

Episode 67 - One Angry Agius and 200 Solemn Faces

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:15:50 +1100

Episode 67 is probably our worst episode ever. No really, it is. Don’t listen to it. Don’t sully your good reputation with this drivel. Someone important might look at your iPod, see this in your library and never talk to you again. Do you want that to happen? No, no you don’t. Go back and listen to your favourite episode. If you still want to irreversibly damage your health by listening to episode 67, you can expect some half arsed discussion on some iPhone rumours, some 17″ iMac speculation, Pete’s impressions on iPhone OS 3.0, a slight diversion into daytime chat shows, some final episode of BSG discussion, an explanation as to what happened with MacTalk’s website and the usual pick of apps we’ve enjoyed this week. Full show notes on the forum.

Episode 66 - Forstall, I Love You

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:34:42 +1100

It's a total iPhone OS 3.0 smorgasbord on this week's podcast. We discuss all the new things coming to our iPhones as part of 3.0 for about half the podcast. The other half consists of pondering Optus and their 3G data, pimping RAM City and their awesome service, lusting after the new iPod Shuffle and the usual forum threads, iPhone apps and some voicemail. Full notes on the forum.

Episode 65 - Skank is the New Black

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:46:25 +1100

Episode 65 brings the ruckus to your hood via the intertubes. We give you our 2c on the new Mac desktop upgrades (Mac Pro. Need.), talk about the iPhone, some sort of iPod ice-cream, A large portion devoted to Christopher Menz, an Apple netbook would make me want one, bunch of stuff from the forums and some other stuff I can't be stuffed typing up right now as it is dinner time and I'm hungry. Full notes on the forum as usual.

Episode 64 - Not to be Taken Orally

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:53:46 +1100

We talked for a while about the rumours that were floating around about new Mac hardware upgrades. A couple of hours after we recorded, the Apple store down and new stuff was released. We should really record these on a Wednesday night. Either way, there's still lots of non-rumour related stuff, like ripping on MobileMe and Optus, discussing what annoys us most about the iPhone, talking about the AppleTV and listening to some voicemail messages listeners have left us. Full notes on the forum as usual.

Episode 63 - Mo Podcasts Mo Problems

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:35:48 +1100

Happy Birthday El Jobso, a Mac Mini can never have enough USB ports, the Blackberry is weird, and 30 minutes about "celebrities" we've bumped into and GTA4 The Lost and Damned. Alex bought an XBoox 360 to play it. It's that good. Full notes on the forum as usual. This is the MP3 version. We have an AAC one now. Go to the forums and check it out.

Episode 62 - 20th Anniversary Remastered Limited Edition

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:07:42 +1100

The HTC Dream is no iPhone, don't go to the casino with your iPhone, don't jailbreak your iPhone 'cause you'll go to jail, you haven't got a girlfriend because you didn't propose to her with your iPhone, you don't have enough fart apps on your iPhone, Metallica will be selling their music to put on your iPhone, Steve Jobs still has plans for the Phone, Optus suck and you should never have got your iPhone with them, Motorola will never make an iPhone and a bunch of other stuff not iPhone related. Full notes on the forum.

Episode 61 - White Bentley

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:43:16 +1100

Besides tracking the activity of a white Bentley containing a deceased celebrity speeding through LA via the Internet, we talked about a 9 year old iPhone developer, iPhoto's crappy Flickr exporting, AppleTV moaning, how much time we spend on the intarwebs, a very long discussion about channel 9 and TV show piracy, something about sock puppets, a couple of iPhone apps and a reminder to buy food from Coles on Friday to support Victorian bushfire victims. Full notes on the forum.

Interview 4 - Robert Amos, iTransit

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:06:15 +1100

Robert Amos, creator of iTransit, joins us for a chat. iTransit is an iPhone designed website, where you can look up timetables & view maps and other info for Melbourne & Sydney trains, trams, buses. It also contains traffic condition information from VicRoads. Rob talks to us about developing the site and his plans for future versions, including placing iTransit on the App Store. There's some Connex and Lynne Kosky bashing thrown in, but that's par for the course when talking about public transport in Melbourne. Discuss this interview on the MacTalk forums.

Episode 60 - Hey Kid, I'm a Computer!

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:15:04 +1100

Hi-Fi Chris joins us again and we spend far too long talking out our arses about what we think Apple will do in 2009 and what version 3 of the iPhone will bring. The usual news and apps are discussed. There's some Koi Pond rage too. Oh, and the Brisbane MacTalkers left us a cute voicemail. Full notes on the forum.

Interview 3 - Danny Bishop, Wineweek

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:34:13 +1100

Danny Bishop (aka uncyherb on these here forums) joins us for a chat (a 50 minute chat) and he tells us about his work with Blue Pebble Design, working on the Essendon FC website, a side-track into sports & technology, going back to uni as a mature age student, his quite successful podcast Wine Week, his hate for IE6, the PowerBook 540C and we all show our appreciation for Coopers beer. I remember the horrible day when North Melbourne played Essendon in Round 16, 2001. Discuss this interview on the forums.

Episode 59 - There's a Spider in My House

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:17:59 +1100

#59 goes into: Emoji, multi-touch patent, podcaster app for iPhone, leave Steve alone, what's in our menubars, MarsEdit, cute iPhone USB drives, don't pirate iLife and iWork, Apple's mega conference call, Apple Netbooks, a Mac loving US government, cut and paste on the iPhone, the green button in OS X is good, some more iPhone apps and two voicemail messages from listeners. More details in the show notes.

Interview 2 - Marc Edwards, Bjango

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:03:50 +1100

Marc Edwards enters the podcast arena and fields questions relating to Bjango, iSlayer, why he uses a Mac, why iSlayer gave their work away for free, the difficulty of finding a .com domain name, his advice for creating high quality work, divulging into OG nerd territory with the Amiga and some mentions of his band Duosseudo. Oh some Dyson talk slipped in too. Full show notes on the forum.

Episode 58 - Discreet Rear Entrance

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:12:17 +1100

Some stuff about Steve Wozniak in the shower, bunch of bogans smash some Macs on orders from Apple, Logic is cool and Tweetie is the 2nd coming, but really, the main discussion point this episode is Wobble, the best app ever for your iPhone. Buy it now and support your local iPhone app developers AND enjoy bouncing breasts. More details on the forums.

Interview 1 - Jonathan Wrigley, Xero

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:21:10 +1100

Our very first interview is with Jonathan Wrigley, who runs local Melbourne Apple reseller and general cool gadget hideout, Xero. Jonathan had his beginnings in the trenches of customer service with a certain large telco and then with another Apple reseller. After a few years of that, he decided to start his own store, so he can give customers the experience he wanted to provide, as well as have fun selling stuff he loves. In the interview Jonathan tells us about his love for Apple, why he decided to go into retail and his favourite Apple product, the PowerCD (what?). There's also a bit of ranting about James Dyson and his vacuum cleaners. You've been warned. This is our first time conducting interview and we were as nervous as Jonathan was, PLUS, it was recorded twice as the first interview was lost due to a new feature in Garageband that pretends to look like it's recording, but actually, it's not even writing it to disk. Brilliant feature that one.

Episode 57 - Much Obliged

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:16:23 +1100

Episode 57 is brought to you buy MaxoTel, who currently have a special VOIP offer for MacTalk users and a bargain price on Siemens DECT cordless VOIP phones. Check 'em out and support our sponsors! This episode is pretty iPhone heavy, together with a lot of Jobs-talk. Our first batch of voicemail is played back, we talk about the geek stuff we own and discuss the merits of the Palm Pre. Full show notes on the forum.

Episode 56 - Get Some Wellsy Up Ya!

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:28:58 +1100

First episode of 2009 - lots of MacWorld discussion, then diverging into the news over the holiday season and some forum threads we dig. Don't forget to visit the forums as we're after your input on how to improve the podcast and win some prizes. We also have a voicemail system set up for you to leave us messages that we will play back on the show! How cool is that!? Visit the forums for all the details as usual.

Holiday Season Clip Show - Episode 2

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:15:05 +1100

Still on our hard-earned break, so here's a 2nd installment of your favourite podcast's off-cuts. These bits are all unreleased and taken from the first 10-15 minutes of each episode while we set up and sort our shit out. Most of it is total bullshit. These clips come from episodes 30 to 55. The last 10 minutes of the podcast is the entire pre-show process of episode 44. It's a magical insight into the detailed preparation we do for the MacTalk podcast. Full show notes on the forums.

Holiday Season Clip Show - Episode 1

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:52:28 +1100

We're on holidays, but I still managed to spit out this highlights reel from our first 15 episodes, which were recorded between September 2007 and Jan 2008. Some of the quality will suck in areas as the snippets were recorded off-mic and cut from the published podcast. Look out next week for episode 2. Hope this keeps you occupied during those boring family Christmas gatherings! Notes on the forums as usual.

Episode 55 - Intravenous Pie

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:14:27 +1100

Our last episode for 2008! We will be back in 3 weeks, but will put up 3 special best of and bloopers episodes for your holiday entertainment. This episode contains lots of MacWorld prophecies, ragging on Apple for releasing dodgy software updates, iPhone nano rumours, the new iSlayer and Bjango apps which will blow your mind and farting. Lots of farting. Listen to the entire show for your chance to win a shit prize and a good prize. Full show notes live on the forum.

Episode 54 - Rome, Munich, Doncaster.

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:35:54 +1100

App Store ranting, anti-DRM ranting, MacWorld '09 ranting, El Jobos's taste in music, Google get their CalDAV on, everyone should buy Frenzic for their iPhone. Much off-topic banter too. A small tribute to Richard Marsland also. I miss you Armitage. Full show notes on ze forums.

Episode 53 - Your heart is blacker than your turtleneck!

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:07:15 +1100

Maybe the lowest quality episode we've done in weeks. Take a shot of vodka every time someone swears and you'll be totally maggotted. Some stuff about Macs this time too. Big chunk of stuff about the awesome work of Simo and Samb0. Then we piss off for dinner. Notes on the forum as usual.

Episode 52 - It's Jazz Honey, Move With It!

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:49:29 +1100

iPhone heavy episode, lots of talk on the new 2.2 firmware. We also talk about HDCP on the new MacBooks, last week's iPhone TechTalk in Melbourne and marvel at Pete's bottle opening belt. Amongst other things too. Also, visit the forum for your chance to win a book. Full show notes on ze forums.

Episode 51 - Thanks Apple. Thapple.

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:35:17 +1100

We're back after a week break. That live podcast took it out of us lazy bastards. Episode 51 talks about Voice recognition, the iPhone's faults, search engine nostalgia, MacBook Air fetish, Web Kit, some apps, and a Brisbane MacTalk Meet. Full show notes on the forums.

Episode 50 - Recorded in Front of a Live Studio Audience

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:39:13 +1100

Episode 50 was recorded in front of a live studio audience in Melbourne. We talked about Opera on the iPhone, lots of iPhone 3G's being sold outside of USA, IBM executives defecting to Apple, iPhone 2.2 beta, bagging Optus, the top 10 Apple flops and all sorts of live podcast hijinx. We apologise in advance. Full show notes on the forums.

Episode 49 - Cat Stroking Champions

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:05:29 +1100

Aldi rules, our live podcast is next week, Apple is filthy rich, Transmission has a bug that sucks your bandwidth, whole bunch of iPhone apps and don't forget the live podcast. Full show notes on the forums.

Episode 48 - I'm Richard

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:12:52 +1100

Live podcast is go. We still miss FireWire. Hardware decoding of H.264 on the new MacBooks. Get a Mac ads are starting to get annoying. We'd pay top dollar for an Apple PVR. Some cool apps are mentioned. Did you know we're doing a live podcast on the 3rd of November? Full show notes on the forums as usual.

Interview: Mark Newton - Proposed Government Internet Clean Feed

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:43:45 +1100

Ben Grubb has interviewed Internode network engineer, Mark Newton, who by posting on the Whirlpool forums, sparked debate on the Australian government's proposed Internet "Clean Feed". Mark clears up what the government intends to do, how it will seriously impede internet use in Australia and how serious the government is about implementing it. For more information, visit No Clean Feed.

Episode 47 - Big Bag of Hurt

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:35:57 +1100

Apple released new MacBooks. The first 20 minutes is all about it. Not as much swearing as you'd expect either. We love 'em, but miss Firewire in the MacBook and are upset the Australian currency is doing so poorly to give us these awful prices. Other than that, we talk about a couple of iPhone apps, some Mac apps and give an update on Seaford Safeway. Full show notes on the forums.

Episode 46 - Me No Rikey

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:08:21 +1100

The iPhone SDK is lifted, the brick has been revealed, we will miss Techspansion, nVidia might have their chipset in MacBooks, PapiJump is my hero, Cocoaheads Melbourne and our sponsor RAM City. Full show notes on the forums.

Episode 45 - Help me, PapiJump; you're my only hope.

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:24:36 +1000

Ration, blah blah, iPhone, blah, App Store is shitty, blah blah, Metro Melbourne & iTransit, blah, AC/DC and Metallica need to get a clue, blah, Hong Kong unlocked iPhones etc. Proper show notes are on the forums.

Episode 44 - Bacon or Cake?

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:10:01 +1000

Bacon or cake? That is the question. Some other questions include - Why are Apple being such pricks lately? Where do iPhones go when they die? Will Ration actually be released? Why is Optus so crap? Where should we record our live podcast? Some of these are answered, some of them are not. Show notes on the forums.

Episode 43 - The One Where We Agree On Something

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:46:08 +1000

This week saw Anthony and Alex attend the opening of the Apple Store in Chadstone, Pete and Anthony agree on an upcoming Apple product and Toby makes a comeback after a long hiatus 'cause Chris couldn't make it. Show notes on the forums as usual.

Episode 42 - Losers, Deadbeats, Knockers and Grubs

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:03:40 +1000

Most of this episode is spent whinging about how the iTouch has better stuff than the iPhone and it's not fair. Listen to the end for 10 minutes of us mispronouncing the names of everyone who donated money to MacTalk's server fun. Show notes on the forums.

Episode 41 - I Love You MacTalk. I Hate You Optus.

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:58:47 +1000

The forum members of MacTalk are awesome. They gave MacTalk $5500 for a new server and we are all floored. We personally thank everyone in this episode. Also, Optus are scumbags. Show notes on the forums as usual.

Episode 40 - Tell 'em To Get Stuffed

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:31:18 +1000

Longer than usual podcast this week for our 40th episode. We spent it ranting about channel 9 sucking and being pricks to IceTV, how the MacBook Air doesn't meet our lofty nerd requirements and Apple's plans for the iPod Nano (Kevin Rose is a douche). Full show notes on the forums.

Episode 39 - Pardon Me Sir, I Have Something I'd Like to Say

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:46:00 +1000

The usual suspects interrupt each other often whilst trying to dicsuss the latest Apple related news. Most of it is taken up talking about Optus and their pathetic billing system. Full show notes available on the forums!

Episode 38 - Simply Not Up to Apple's Standards

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:02:55 +1000

Episode 38 has a long bitch session about the iTunes store and how it's close, but not perfect. We also had Ben Grubb join us this week as Chris is on a holiday. Full show notes available on the MacTalk forums as usual.

Episode 37 - Standing Up To The Thugs in the Podcast Industry

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:37:08 +1000

Episode 37 sees the return of Colin Jacobs. The rest is just more iPhone stuff and some other junk, don't make me listen to it twice to tell you what happened here. Read the MacTalk forums for show notes.

Episode 36 - "I think you're a slime bucket who gets most of his facts wrong"

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:09:33 +1000

Episode 36 has more iPhone stuff, talk about Woz and a review of 4 iPhone cases. Full show notes available on the MacTalk Forums

Episode 35 - Dizzy Stuff

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:30:08 +1000

Episode 35 has a real community feel to it. For full show notes, visit the MacTalk forums.

Episode 34 - Go Connex Yourself Up The Telstra

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:00:22 +1000

iPhone is out and that's all we talk about really - full show notes on MacTalk

Episode 33.3 - iPhone Mushrooms

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:00:32 +1000

Australian iPhone customers treated like mushrooms (kept in the dark and fed excrement) - lots of iPhone plan whining in this one. Full notes available from the MacTalk Forums

Episode 32 - Deep Fried

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:15:18 +1000

Far too much talking about the iPhone and deep drying it's packaging. Full show notes available on the MacTalk forums

Episode 31 - I lined up for 33 hours and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:15:24 +1000

In episode 31 you will hear the voices of Peter Wells (fulltimecasual), Shawn Taggart (The Gaffer Guy), Alexander Reid (Al Aero) and Anthony Agius (Decryption). Full details @ http://forums.mactalk.com.au/19/51774-episode-31-i-lined-up-33-hours-all-i-got-lousy-t-shirt.html

Episode 30 - Four Little Dicky Birds

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:06:42 +1000

This podcast has the sultry tones of Lil' Petey (fulltimecasual), Big Al (Al Aero), Anthony Agius (Decryption) and Christopher Kahler (arkenstone). Talking crap about Apple stuff - as usual. Show notes here: http://forums.mactalk.com.au/19/51290-mactalk-podcast-episode-30-four-little-dicky-birds.html

Episode 29 - BoxTalk

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:06:46 +1000

Our post-WWDC podcast features Peter Wells (fulltimecasual), Alexander Reid (Al Aero), Anthony Agius (Decryption), Chris Menz (Xenex) and Christopher Kahler (arkenstone).

No boxes were harmed in the recording of this podcast.

WWDC '08 - Blow by Blow

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:00:43 +1000

This was recorded live over Skype, live during the WWDC '08 keynote. It makes no sense, we talk over each other and the quality is poor - but damn we had fun. Here it is for you guys to download if you missed it live. Episode 29 will be recorded tonight.

Features: Anthony Agius, Peter Wells, Alex Reid, Jedda Wignall, Chris Menz, Ben Grubb and Jonathan Wrigley

Episode 28 - The 20th Anniversary Mac RULES

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:15:46 +1000

.Mac/MobileMe/me.com - Microsoft Exchange Killer?
3G iPhone - data plan wars
WWDC '08 - what else is going to happen besides 3G iPhone?
Mac OS X 10.6?
20th Anniversary Mac Freaks
Google & Apple Uberpartnership
Re-designed notebooks or new hardware - probably not
WWDC 2006 & 2007 memories
QuickTime 8/iTunes 8
Laptop docking station + tablet = modern Duo
10.6 = no PPC support perhaps?
Mac OS 8.5 is just as good as OS X and Word 5.1 is the best version of Word ever
20th Anniversary Mac returns
AppleTV hAx0r and aTV flash
iPhone SDK would make
Saft
Quicksilver
Knapsack
iCooly
Delicious Library 2
Vidnik
US$200 iPhone - iPhone Nano/Cut Down Nano
The YouTube video Chris uploaded using Vidnik
Adelaide MacTalk Meet

Episode 27 - Best Behavior

Sun, 18 May 2008 14:15:51 +1000

Forum Standards
Queensland government stifling Macs in state schools
Working Families = No More Salary Sacrifice
Dude steals a Mac and is caught by Back To Your Mac
iTablet soon? German Intel CEO spills the beans
New Get a Mac ads/is it time to move on from Mac & PC?
OfficeWorks, Good Guys, Harvey Norman, Norman Ross, Joyce Mayne, Brashes
Xbox Media Centre on a Mac & Xbox 360 + Mac
More GTA4 & Zero Punctuation Video Review
Call Optus & be asked about the iPhone
Encarta Redux
MT Book Club: Inside Steve's Head & oPtion$
Apps: TapeDeck, Microsoft Office 2008 SP1, fbCal, WWDC '08 Countdown Widget
Quicky WWDC discussion
The Boston & Sydney Store
MacTalk Mobile Safari site
MacTalk Brisbane & Perth Meets this Sunday

Episode 26 - Exhaling While You Make Sound

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:15:55 +1000

Will 3G iPhone allow video calls and video recording?
Robert X. Cringley thinks Apple will sell it's pro app line up to Adobe
Adium!
John Gruber fires back at Cringley
Alex looses his shit over something
BusinessWeek's "Macs in a Grey Flannel Suit" article about Macs in the enterprise
RSS readers & Times
Happy 10th Birthday iMac
Mac OS - X or 10?
GTA4 & Mario Kart
Apps: AppZapper, MacSaber, Encarta

Episode 25 - Metamucil

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:16:00 +1000

The Anticipation of New Apple Gear = Fun With Photoshop
New iMacs
Kathy Griffin and Steve Wozniak Broke Up
The Psystar Apple Clones - Video Released
Where to Buy Genuine Apple iPhone Headphones
Rumour of iTunes Control via iPhone
iPhone SDK Conversation Neutered by NDAs
VMware vs. Parallels
A Discussion on Forum Etiquette
WWDC '08
Enterprise Computing
MacTalk Photo Comp
Apps: Today, Hotspot Shield

Episode 24 - Skitched

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:16:05 +1000

Plasq love & Cris Pearson Interview
PayPal, eBay & Safari
Apple Update for Windows
Inside Steve's Brain - New Book
Free Cat on MT & Pete's Cat Josie
iTunes Ratings System
Podcasts We Like
Apps - AudialHub, Evernote, Cog, Rivet, Motion

Episode 23 - Skivvies Or You're Not Coming

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:33:49 +1000

- Potential Chatswood store in sydney
- iPhone Ziphone Pwnge iLiberty etc.
- AppleCare
- OpenMac
- MacSerialJunkies
- Mac Prayer Poster
- Some general Nintendo praise
- iPhones sound like a camera and Pete's bathroom incidents
- Decryption had 15 minutes of e-fame.
- Chris updates us on the Bentleigh Coles shitlist
- Bluetooth keyboards for cheap at JB Hi-Fi
- Apps: MobileChat, HidePod, iScrobbler (join the MT last.fm group), Telekinesis
- Then a long rambling talk on the Magical Mystery Tour to the Sydney Apple Store

Episode 22 - A Nerd is Different to a Geek

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:04:11 +1000

- New info on Australian iPhone launch
- Sydney & Melbourne Apple store opening updates
- 3G iPhone info thanks to release of new Infineon chip
- Google Calendar/ iCal syncage
- Final Cut Server
- PS3 vs 360
- Firmware and other Apple updates galore
- TVRSS
- Connect 360
- The Melbourne Comedy Festival

Episode 21 - We Still Hate Skype

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:44:48 +1100

Podcast 21 is ready for your listening pleasure - talking on it again is Peter Wells (fulltimecasual), Andrew Wilson (andrew.wilson), Oren Cohen (Clockwork) and Alexander Reid (Al Aero).

- Tuesday is cupertino - does anyone still care?
- Sneaky Safari
- Happy Birthday OS X!
- Airport Updates
- AV Software or not?
- Interviews about Macs and life in general with forum members andrew.wilson and Clockwork

Episode 20 - Asher Moses, A Tribute

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:52:47 +1100

- iSlayer slays 10 million downloads & MacTalk stats
- Japan banning P2P
- Pete rants on iTunes for not doing what he wants.
- Where art thou iPhone/iTouch Disk Mode?
- AirPort Express N and general 802.11n discussion
- Apple's build quality over the years
- We love Asher Moses
- Apple Tuesdays Hypothesis
- WWDC, what will Jobs bring?
- AppleBox Fairfield
- ZiPhone rules
- Sydney Apple Store soon!
- Alex brings in his iPhone Bluetooth Headset
- Google Apps love via Pete

Episode 19 - Macs Don't Crash

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:37:56 +1100

- MacTalk House Keeping (Melb Meetup, New Forum Bits)
- iPhone SDK is out wahey!
- iPhone 2.0 has some sweet features like licensed ActiveSync that makes Exchange work nice on iPhone
- Game On @ ACMI is awesome
- CityRail/Metlink App for iPhone
- ExpanDrive
- iFlickr
- Apple Tuesdays Hypothesis
- Telstra Bagging

Episode 18 - The Bentleigh Coles Deli

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:35:44 +1100

We discuss the iPhone SDK, Tuesdays in Cupertino - (Alex was right, but thankfully no mass suicides), play with Anthony's MacBook Air, Woz in Oz, and was Woz up himself or just American? Plus a bit of geeking out a bit with PS3 vs Xbox, and the Game On Exhibition at ACMI.

Then, as much as we try to resist it, its back to the iPhone... which leads to quite possibly the most bizarre ending to any Mac related podcast ever.

Episode 16 - Post Macworld (Finally)

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:59:49 +1100

Episode 16 is finally up, with our wrap-up of the happening post-Macworld. Recorded on the 19th of Jan, 08.

Episode 15 - Wonderboy

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:29:03 +1100

Episode 15 is full of videogame crap. Long live the Sega Master System. This one has Pete, Anthony and Alex. Next podcast being recorded on the 11th of Jan 08!

Episode 14 - Salted Nuts

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:31:35 +1100

Peter, Anthony, Colin and MacTalk podcast virgin, Alex, sit in a Collins Street office talking about Macs. We also have a new MacTalk sponsor, Next Byte!

Episode 13 - How Does One Live Without Internet at Home?

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:15:40 +1100

Pete and Anthony are joined by new guy Perry and 2nd timer Colin. We nerd it up something shocking with chat of server grade virtualisation, Apple Remote Desktop, CPU instruction sets, our addiction to the Internet and a way to get rid of the DRM from iTunes Music Store downloads. Enjoy the intro song Funky Mac!

Episode 12 - A Man and His Bike

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:17:24 +1100

Mike joins Pete and I, with a full load of Maudite - excellent first impression! He also brings to the table an interest in recent mobile broadband developments. I bring up my Mac Pro Mini rant, and Pete likes his DS Lite. Oh, and far too much time is spent talking about the election for a podcast apparently to do with Macs.

Episode 10 - Level 28 Basket Weaving

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:53:50 +1100

Episode 9's ad-hoc feeling went down well, so nobody brought anything to talk about this week. We apologise profusely.

Episode 9 - This is Not The Podcast You're Looking For

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:19:31 +1100

MacTalk Podcast #9, featuring Peter Wells, Jedda Wignall and Anthony Agius. We planned to use Skype to bring in members to talk to, but we stuffed it up, so here's 45 min of barrel scraping and BitTorrent talk. We now have a new email address podcast@mactalk.com.au - flame us now!

Episode 8 - iChat Three Ways

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:19:26 +1100

Amos joins us from Japan via iChat, Toby comes back for more, Pete still loves Mail in Leopard, Anthony wants to microwave bacon. The forums provide us with lots to discuss - apologies for the poor sound quality, we'll get it right next time.

Episode 7 - Leopard Lovefest

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:19:18 +1100

Marc chats about Resolution Independence.
Anthony installs Leopard on his MacBook Pro on air.
Pete tries to construct some conversation.
Toby is the newbie, drinking all the beer.

Episode 6 - Blow Your Load

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:19:13 +1000

We went through some of the more interesting 300 features outlined for Leopard, with some very insightful comments from Jedda, who has actually used Leopard and is now less restricted on his NDA. There's also chatter on the iPhone/iPod Touch SDK and a lot of other random bullshit inbetween.

Episode 5 - Slap That Mouse

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:19:08 +1000

After covering the scarce news in the Mac world of late, we tried something a little different and talked about Mac blogs and podcasts (which diverged into non-Mac podcasts) that we enjoy reading and listening to. Flame us out if you think it was just gratuitous, but we had fun recording it! There's also some chat about Leopard and what we're looking forward to (Gareth's NDA got in the way a few times), as well as our usual app o' the week.

I also have a $20 iTMS gift voucher for the first person to count how many tram bell dings there are in this episode :)

Episode 4 - I'll Edit That Out

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:19:04 +1000

Jedda Wignall, Gareth Townsend, Peter Wells and Anthony Agius talk about Apple & Macintosh with an Australian twist. Episode 4 had a chunk about the iPod Touch and Peter bagging out Billings and Plaxo.

Episode 3 - Cheap Drunks

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:18:58 +1000

Marc Edwards, Jedda Wignall, Gareth Townsend, Peter Wells and Anthony Agius (a.k.a giggling schoolgirls) talk about Apple & Macintosh with an Australian twist. Episode 3 has a big chunk dedicated to Logic 8.

Episode 2 - "If Marc Was a Woman..."

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:18:52 +1000

MacTalk Podcast #2, featuring Peter Wells, Jedda Wignall, Gareth Townsend and Anthony Agius. Four Australians talking out their arse on Macs & Apple related topics (mostly the iPhone!)

Episode 1 - "I Only Bought it Because It's New"

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:38:23 +1000

Our very first podcast, featuring Marc Edwards (Marc), Peter Wells (fulltimecasual), Jedda Wignall (Jedda) and Anthony Agius (decryption).

Part 1 is about new iPods and the iPhone, Part 2 is about Mac Software we're into right now.