Guy‘s Daily Drive
580 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsRecorded while driving and done by Guy, but not every day. So, two out of three which ain‘t bad. Tech and personal talk with ”mostly true” stories thrown in for good measure
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MyMac Podcast 944: What do you need?
December 07, 2023 12:03 - 1 hour - 53 MBOK so you bought a shiny new Mac of some kind. What else might you need that won’t cost an arm and a leg? Depends on a couple of things. Is it a laptop? A Mac mini? A Mac Studio? We’ll go over some stuff you might want to consider. RSS Feed for your podcast app Subscribe in Apple Podcasts Links: Gaz’s Link Some stuff Guy talked about: Macally Wireless keyboard Macally Wired keyboard For Picks Sake Guy:- FiFine 669D Dynamic Mic Gaz :- Ukrainian Red Cross Doctors without borders Co...
MyMac Podcast 945: Artificially Intelligent Viruses
August 27, 2023 21:30 - 54 minutes - 100 MBThe title is kinda clickbait as there isn’t really anything called artificial intelligence for real. There are machine learning programs capable of writing malware based on the criteria given to it. The past and current talking points is that as the Mac gets more popular there will be more malware directed toward it. Been hearing this for years and the M-series Macs have grown the Mac market to the point where it is a more attractive target, but has there been more actual infections? One ver...
MyMac Podcast 943: Are you a Beta Person
August 26, 2023 21:30 - 1 hour - 121 MBIt used to be hard to get beta versions of the Mac OS. You had to be an Apple Developer and pay $99 a year for the privilege. Now you flip a switch in System settings and you can at the very least get the public betas with absolutely no sweat. However just because you CAN do something it doesn’t always follow that you should.
MyMac Podcast 942: Show me the money
July 06, 2023 08:16 - 1 hour - 119 MBApple and Goldman Sachs originally seemed like a match made in heaven. Apple makes their way into the world of finance instead of just being on the retail end and Goldman Sachs expanded into consumer banking. So how did it go so very wrong…for Goldman Sachs anyway.
Guy’s Daily Drive 6-30-2023
July 05, 2023 08:15 - 14 minutes - 29.3 MBBeing a big time YouTube creator (or believing yourself to be a big time YouTube creator) does not entitle you to any special treatment if you break the law. This creator is even still in denial a year later after video gets out pretty much showing him to be guilty of the charges
Guy’s Daily Drive 6-29-2023
July 05, 2023 00:14 - 20 minutes - 39.8 MBMore updates on health stuff. Stay happy!
Guy’s Daily Drive 6-26-2023
June 29, 2023 10:57 - 17 minutes - 34.8 MBA new car mount and the USFL Playoffs and Championship games are discussed.
MyMac Podcast 941: Where to make stuff
June 28, 2023 21:39 - 54 minutes - 101 MBThe likes of the CEO of Apple Tim Cook, CEO of Alphabet Sundar Pichai, and CEO of Microsoft Satay Nadella all met with the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at the White House last week following an earlier in the week meeting with Tesla/Twitter/Space X leader Elon Musk. The GMen wonder just what they could have been talking about this week in the second section of the show. RSS Feed for your podcast app Subscribe in Apple Podcasts Links: For Picks Sake Guy:- Star Trek: Strange New W...
Guy’s Daily Drive 6-23-2023
June 28, 2023 10:57 - 13 minutes - 26.6 MBHad an appointment to see the fake eye guy to fit me for a prosthetic! SO much fun was had but not really
Guy’s Daily Drive 6-16-2023
June 19, 2023 01:11 - 18 minutes - 36 MBJust another day in Paradise! Happy father's day!
MyMac Podcast 940: Space Race
June 19, 2023 00:38 - 1 hour - 134 MBA departure from the usual as the GMen discuss the current crop of flight ready (and some not so ready) low earth orbit rocket makers. Who’s up, who’s down, and who just can’t seem to get off the ground. Links: For Picks Sake Guy:- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Gaz :- Ukrainian Red Cross Doctors without borders Contact Info: [email protected], MacParrot on Twitter/ [email protected], GazMaz on Twitter/ GuyandGaz on Twitter/ Feedback Skype +1 Area code 703-436-9501 Google Voice 703-828-467...
MyMac Podcast 939: WWDC see?
June 12, 2023 10:46 - 1 hour - 113 MBWell the apple-ly goodness of WWDC has come and gone and holy guacamole was there some whiz-bang stuff announced? And yes, we’re old enough to be able to say “whiz-bang” non-ironically. Patreon Supporters! https://patreon.com/macparrot Ko-Fi Supporters https://ko-fi.com/macparrot Paypal Supporters https://paypal.me/macparrot Contact / Follow Us: (NEW!) [email protected] MacParrot and VertShark on Twitter Macparrot on Counter-Social and Mastodon [email protected] GazMaz on Twitter Ma...
Guy’s Daily Drive 6-8-2023
June 11, 2023 23:37 - 14 minutes - 28 MBThe joys of uncertainty and anxiety! A combination that has been keeping me up at night, but I'm working on it.
Guy’s Daily Drive 6-1-2023
June 08, 2023 09:36 - 15 minutes - 30.9 MBFirst time going to the National zoo since the kids were little so no drama right? Riiiiiiiight
MyMac Podcast 937: Recommended Refurbed
May 31, 2023 19:15 - 1 hour - 115 MBShould you buy an Apple refurbished Mac? Should you accept Apple’s offer for trade ins on your own Macs? Depends on just how screwed over you feel like being at any given time. Patreon Supporters! https://patreon.com/macparrot Ko-Fi Supporters https://ko-fi.com/macparrot Paypal Supporters https://paypal.me/macparrot Contact / Follow Us: (NEW!) [email protected] MacParrot and VertShark on Twitter Macparrot on Counter-Social and Mastodon [email protected] GazMaz on Twitter Mastadon: G...
Guy’s Daily Drive 5-25-2023
May 30, 2023 15:38 - 17 minutes - 34.7 MBA little more eye-eye stuff but that gets boring so I talk about the recently concluded XFL season and the DC Defenders embarrassing rout
Guy’s Daily Drive 5-22-2023
May 24, 2023 11:03 - 13 minutes - 26.4 MBEnjoy Today like it could be your last one...because it just might be
Guy’s Daily Drive 5-22-2023
May 24, 2023 11:03 - 13 minutes - 26.4 MBEnjoy Today like it could be your last one...because it just might be
MyMac Podcast 936: WWDC Expert Predictions
May 22, 2023 00:44 - 1 hour - 143 MBWWDC for 2023 begins Monday, June 5th and expert predictions are about to happen! No, not OUR expert predictions, but those of tech analysts and pontificators throughout the Apple world condensed down to a very silly segment from the GMen. Patreon Supporters! https://patreon.com/macparrot Ko-Fi Supporters https://ko-fi.com/macparrot Paypal Supporters https://paypal.me/macparrot Contact / Follow Us: (NEW!) [email protected] MacParrot and VertShark on Twitter Macparrot on Counter-...
Guy’s Daily Drive 5-18-2023
May 21, 2023 23:41 - 17 minutes - 34.5 MBSome more eye news from "I". Getting ready to go to Camelot vis Spamalot at he Kennedy Center and other stuffs!
Guy’s Daily Drive 5-16-2023
May 18, 2023 01:27 - 15 minutes - 29.9 MBWill wonders never cease! Guy's Daily Drive has returned sorta! Guy talks about losing his eye, various vacation shenanigans and other stuff!
MyMac Podcast 932: Cloud Confusion
April 12, 2023 23:23 - 1 hour - 132 MBCloud computing like it or not is here to stay. The public and now computer companies are making this a fact by changing many of the ways they create computers these days and Apple isn’t immune to it either. So what is it good for and how deep should you go into it? Links: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/04/07/tesla_workers_shared_videos/ https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/06/video-using-apple-lisa-1983-in-2023/ For Picks Sake Guy and Gaz:- Timeout.com list of helpfu...
MyMac Podcast 931: Macstock 2023
April 05, 2023 00:30 - 1 hour - 136 MBThrough thick and thin, Mike Potter (Your Mac Eyes Only Podcast) has managed to keep the Macstock Conference going even through two years of a pandemic by going virtual. Now it’s back to full strength! Speakers and audience in the house and we have Mike Potter himself here to tell us all about it. Timeout.com list of helpful Ukrainian donation sites Ukrainian Red Cross Doctors without borders Contact Info: [email protected], MacParrot on Twitter/ [email protected], GazMaz on Twitter/ GuyandGaz ...
MyMac Podcast 930: More on the Apple Car...Really?
April 04, 2023 14:43 - 59 minutes - 110 MBThe on again, off again Apple Car is apparently on again according to (sigh) rumors, Mac news sites, and (double sigh) tech analysts. Links: None this week For Picks Sake Guy and Gaz:- Timeout.com list of helpful Ukrainian donation sites Ukrainian Red Cross Doctors without borders Contact Info: [email protected], MacParrot on Twitter/ [email protected], GazMaz on Twitter/ GuyandGaz on Twitter/ Feedback Skype +1 Area code 703-436-9501 Google Voice 703-828-4677 Patron Link: Macparrot Ko-...
MyMac Podcast 929: SO Chatty
March 20, 2023 01:28 - 1 hour - 117 MBArtificial Intelligence chat, or AI chat, uses technology like natural language processing and machine learning to facilitate communication between humans and machines. As AI chat evolves, chatbots may become more sophisticated, capable of understanding complex conversations, emotions, and even humor. The potential impact on industries like customer service and e-commerce is enormous. And yes, this intro was written by a chatbot Links: None this week For Picks Sake Guy and Gaz:- Timeou...
MyMac Podcast 926 minibits: Bad Hulk music and Guy’s outtakes
February 24, 2023 06:04 - 5 minutes - 9.99 MBA bad note and Guy says bad stuff
MyMac Podcast 926 minibits: Gaz’s Tip
February 23, 2023 06:40 - 3 minutes - 7.21 MBWell Guy is actually doing the tip this week
MyMac Podcast minibits: Double Calamity
February 22, 2023 06:39 - 18 minutes - 34 MBWhen not one but two calamities happen in the same week
MyMac Podcast minibit - Long Snippets
February 21, 2023 06:18 - 29 minutes - 53.5 MBSomehow Karl and Guy turn 4 short Gaz's snippets into a really long segment.
MyMac Podcast 926: Sick...and tired
February 20, 2023 21:35 - 1 hour - 117 MBKarl Madden from the Mac and Forth podcast joins Guy in what's been an interesting week in which potential calamity after calamity occurred and we’re tempted to say thank you, since not much else is really going on for us to talk about. So instead of more, “Hey how about those new HomePods that look amazingly like the ones Apple already discontinued once” or “Should I get a new Mac now or wait until the M3 miniPro UltraMax comes out?”, we’re going to talk about what to do when your worst wee...
Guy’s Daily Drive 2-9-2023
February 10, 2023 11:59 - 18 minutes - 35.5 MBGetting those plans to go to New York finalized and why do people just assume we're all OK with them holding up lanes of traffic so they can do a last minute slip into a long line of cars?
Guy’s Daily Drive 2-6-2023
February 09, 2023 05:20 - 16 minutes - 31.9 MBWhat a Debbie downer. Not his usual cheery self, but at least he managed to say things. Sheesh, cheer up Guy
Guy’s Daily Drive 1-19-2023
February 08, 2023 12:20 - 13 minutes - 26.5 MBFinally back with some more nonsense about my predictions on the AFC and NFC Conference finals. Hint: I did not do that well.
MyMac Podcast Minibits 924: Star Trek
January 31, 2023 18:32 - 8 minutes - 17.6 MBJust what buttons are needed to set Guy off? WAY too many and Gaz knows each one
MyMac Podcast 924 Minibits: How to NFL
January 31, 2023 05:29 - 14 minutes - 29 MBGaz wants to know how to get an NFL Team. Guy pretends he knows the answer
MyMac Podcast 924: Mac Pro Dead? Long live the Mac Pro
January 30, 2023 14:27 - 1 hour - 129 MBThere's some speculation that 2023 may be the year that the M-series Mac Pro may finally be released. There's also lots of speculation (and a fair bit of whining) that it won't be as expandable as some past Mac Pros were. Honestly? It probably won't be. OODLES of audio comments including our first from the new Google voice number which will make this a SUPER long show with a lot of afters
MyMac Podcast 923: M2 Mania
January 30, 2023 06:24 - 52 minutes - 96.4 MBJust as we were getting comfortable with the state of all things Mac, Apple does a non-event and throws out M2 Mac minis and MacBook Pros. Seems like maybe they should have started with these instead of the Air and iPad, but what do we know? Then, just to throw us another curveball, bigger HomePods just were announced!
MyMac Podcast 922: Making it elsewhere
January 30, 2023 01:23 - 1 hour - 112 MBFor the plus 20 years, Apple has manufactured the vast majority of their stuff in China. Obviously they haven’t been alone in doing this, most major tech companies and many smaller ones have either moved their factories to China or gotten started there. The pandemic showed that this was a risky move as China essentially shut their entire country down for a long time, disrupting supply chains everywhere. Apple and now many others are beginning to rethink this strategy and have begun diversify...
MyMac Podcast 921: Stupid Tech News
January 30, 2023 01:21 - 52 minutes - 98.7 MBNews on this podcast is serious business…no matter how many times we laugh at it. It can be hard to take some news seriously and other times it just lends itself to hyperbole and ridicule, but we approach these topics with much thought and insight….or that’s what we tell ourselves anyway.
Guy’s Daily Drive 1-1-2023
January 01, 2023 21:18 - 44 minutes - 83.1 MBSORT of a Guy's Daily Drive except he's not in the car. Instead he has a talk with Jeff Gamet and Dave Ginsberg as he tries to figure out how to have a call-in number while recording a podcast.
MyMac Podcast 920: Ventura Tips
January 01, 2023 16:50 - 53 minutes - 100 MBSometimes it’s hard to know what features an OS is offering that might be to your liking? If really any at all. So we’re going to talk about some of the main features of macOS Ventura and whether or not we’ve tried them and if we’ll use them on a daily basis. Then, make up your own mind about it.
MyMac Podcast 919: MyMac-Mus Eve
December 31, 2022 16:50 - 46 minutes - 87.3 MBTwas the night before Christmas and all through the podcast, not a creature was stirring but you know it won’t last. Gaz and Guy have family coming from afar. Through wind, snow, and rain, but quite comfy in their car. You heard them exclaim as the present wrappings flew, “You didn’t get Apple Care? You fool you fool!”
Guy’s Daily Drive 11-21-2022
December 20, 2022 07:44 - 12 minutes - 25.6 MBSad occasion as I attended a memorial service for a dear friend in Ohio.
Guy’s Daily Drive 11-14-2022
December 19, 2022 07:43 - 15 minutes - 30 MBMORE about the Florida trip and family news!
MyMac Podcast 918: 13th day of Christmas
December 19, 2022 01:47 - 1 hour - 132 MBTwo weeks away and the GMen are getting into the spirit of the season! That season being "Why the heck is it so cold and windy?" Also, it's looking more and more like Apple is going to be forced in the EU to allow 3rd party app stores and other alternative means to procuring and installing iOS/iPadOS apps outside of Apple's own app store. Links: None this week For Picks Sake Guy and Gaz:- Timeout.com list of helpful Ukrainian donation sites Ukrainian Red Cross Doctors without border...
MyMac Podcast 915 Minibits: Endy Bits
November 17, 2022 05:05 - 19 minutes - 36.8 MBWe take a long time to say goodbye
MyMac Podcast 915 Minibits: Gaz’s Tips
November 16, 2022 06:03 - 2 minutes - 6.05 MBBe better at stuff!
MyMac Podcast 915 Minibits: EMMMing Around
November 15, 2022 05:02 - 17 minutes - 32.9 MBWhat's next in the M world for Apple?
MyMac Podcast 915 Minibits: Gaz’s Snippets
November 14, 2022 12:02 - 11 minutes - 21.6 MBThe week in Apple news with odd twists