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NZMac.com Podcast

32 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 14 years ago -

Podcast of NZMac.com - Supporting the New Zealand Macintosh community, where users of the site and invited guests discuss issues related to New Zealand Mac users

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NZMac.com Podcast 033

February 01, 2010 05:06 - 1 hour - 34.1 MB

DavidNZ, Loweded Wookie and Philip Roy chat about about the announcement this week of the Apple iPad, discussing the reaction to it and speculate what Apple are trying to achieve with the product. They conclude with their latest picks of great applications or sites.

NZMac.com Podcast 032

December 17, 2009 23:35 - 1 hour - 37.3 MB

A fantastic podcast was almost spoiled by my failure to pay close attention to recording it. About 40 minutes in, DavidNZ came online briefly (but then had to go again) and I failed to notice that I hadn't restarted the recording. Luckily Darryn was recording also, so panic over! The final podcast for 2009 features a discussion about the year that has been....an exceptionally eventful year. Andrew, Darryn and Philip chat about the year and talk about some of the highlights or significant news...

NZMac.com Podcast 031

August 29, 2009 10:12 - 1 hour - 26.5 MB

DavidNZ (David) and Loweded Wookie (Darryn) chat about about all the Snow Leopard news and Darryn's experience in installing and using the new operating system from Apple.

NZMac.com Podcast 030

July 28, 2009 20:54 - 55 minutes - 19.1 MB

Join Darryn and Dave as they meet up in person (for the first time ever) in downtown Wellington to discuss iPhones, apps and what the Manager of the hotel (who makes a guest appearance) was trying to install on the two lovely 24" iMacs at the hotel.

NZMac.com Podcast 029

June 29, 2009 09:52 - 1 hour - 36.3 MB

Andrew, David, Darryn and Philip discuss the latest news about the iPhone 3.0 OS update for the iPhone and iPod Touch, the iPhone 3GS, the announced date for the iPhone 3GS to go on sale in New Zealand, as well as Vodafone's announcement of handset prices. We also take time to offer you some iPhone and iPod Touch picks.

NZMac.com Podcast 028

June 05, 2009 10:52 - 1 hour - 28.2 MB

So good they recorded it twice!! OK, a technical glitch made Darryn (aka Loweded Wookie) and Andrew (apdv1) have a discussion about Apple, HD TV, Eye TV and more in this episode...twice! But we're thankful to them for taking the time to have another session. The discussion includes useful software to use on your Macs, great sites and some great software picks. Those thinking of getting into using their Mac for a media centre or making use of great products like Apple TV, should check it out.

NZMac.com Podcast 027

April 23, 2009 10:50 - 1 hour - 28.5 MB

Site users DavidNZ, Loweded Wookie and Philip Roy chat about backup routines, systems and backup software to use and offer some great advice, as well as providing some great links. The podcast also provides one of the questions you need to know to win a great prize from NewerTech.

NZMac.com Podcast 026

April 02, 2009 10:37 - 1 hour - 30.4 MB

David (DavidNZ), Darryn (Lowededwookie) and NZMac.com site owner Philip Roy chat about about all the latest events in the Mac world, as well as discussing the forthcoming iPhone 3.0 OS and associated rumours. Picks and items discussed include OmniGraphSketcher, Managing Your Digital Life (Andy Ihnatko and Scott Bourne podcast), Red Alert 3, Airport Mania, Flight Control, Wolfenstein 3D Classic, ID article in iPhone development, Macheist, Evolution of the iPhone blog post, Skype for the iPhone...

NZMac.com Podcast 025

March 20, 2009 07:23 - 12 minutes - 5.96 MB

NZMac.com site owner Philip Roy provides an audio version of his commentary "Evolution of the iPhone" related to the announcement of and features included within the iPhone OS 3.0 beta. In it, he argues that the progress of the iPhone OS may not be fast, but is detailed and well thought out, showing a maturing operating system with new features that many users will come to enjoy.

NZMac.com Podcast 024

March 07, 2009 10:11 - 1 hour - 34.7 MB

NZMac.com site users DavidNZ, Lowededwookie and Philip Roy catch up with the latest Mac news, as well as quite an extensive "Mac picks" section. Starting off the show is the incredibly named new feature "What have you been up to?", where we talk about any Mac related activities we've been involved in. Then we discuss the latest Mac news, apps and hardware.

NZMac.com Podcast 023

February 15, 2009 10:48 - 1 hour - 31.3 MB

Featuring a roundtable discussion between NZMac.com site users DavidNZ, LowededWookie, GimliNZ and Philip Roy. They discuss the iWork '09 and iLife '09 software packages. There's also a special deal for NZMac.com site users.

NZMac.com Podcast 022

January 10, 2009 23:05 - 1 hour - 29.3 MB

Featuring a roundtable discussion between NZMac.com site users Philip Roy, DavidNZ, LowededWookie, GimliNZ and apdv1. Phil, David, Darryn, Alan and Andrew (as they’re known in real life) discuss the announcements at Macworld - DRM free iTunes, the new MacBook Pro, iWork '09 and iLife '09. They also offer some application picks for Mac users.

NZMac.com Podcast 021

December 20, 2008 10:40 - 1 hour - 22 MB

Featuring a roundtable discussion between NZMac.com site users David, LowededWookie and GimliNZ. David, Darryn and Alan (as they’re known in real life) discuss recent news in the Mac community, including recent updates and Mac announcements. The discussion takes a very technical path based on the in-depth expertise of all the participants, including discussions on Snow Leopard and external hard drives (based upon recent forum discussions).

NZMac.com Podcast 020

December 07, 2008 05:20 - 1 hour - 21.5 MB

NZMac.com Podcast, Episode 20 – Featuring a roundtable discussion between Philip Roy (owner/operator of NZMac.com) and site users DavidNZ and Nikkazboi. Phil, David and Nick provide you with some background to their Mac use, discuss the highlights and lowlights of 2008, as well as making predictions for what we might see in the New Year. This is the first of what is intended to be an occasional series of discussions featuring NZMac.com users.

NZMac.com Podcast 018

December 23, 2006 12:25 - 2 minutes - 1.19 MB

NZMac.com invited users send their Christmas wishes to other Mac users, their friends and family during this holiday season

NZMac.com Podcast 017

November 30, 2006 10:25 - 4 minutes - 2.27 MB

Glenn Wolsey, iPod writer for NZ Macguide magazine talks about his experience coming to the Apple Mac and his experiences in using the Mac to support his digital photography interest. Glenn compares the advanced Aperture application with the standard iPhoto that comes with most Macs. He dispels some of the beliefs related to Apertures performance and highlights some of its great features.

NZMac.com Podcast 016

September 30, 2006 10:15 - 6 minutes - 5.64 MB

Darryn Lowe, a system engineer at Datacom talks about his work repairing PCs and the impact that having Intel chips in a Mac is going to have in the corporate world and beyond. He talks about how Windows users will be impressed with how the Macs look, their price and their functionality, both on the Windows and Mac OS side of things. Apple has managed to cram more into a cool computer than any PC users have achieved.

NZMac.com Podcast 015

September 14, 2006 10:30 - 5 minutes - 5.1 MB

This is a bonus podcast for NZMac.com users by Philip Roy. It’s an enhanced podcast that he recorded for New Zealand Macguide Magazine which is published by Parkside Media. The podcast relates to an article that is in the September/October 2006 issue and was intended to show people what you can do with the podcasting features within GarageBand 3 to make your own podcast. It’s a little cheesy...but we hope you enjoy it. Thanks to Macguide for allowing it to published for NZMac.com users.

NZMac.com Podcast 014

August 31, 2006 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.05 MB

NZMac.com guest Scott Bulloch, Audio Product Specialist at Renaissance NZ Limited talks to Nathan Haines, world renown flute and saxophone musician. Nathan talks about some of his recent work, including a recording with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra which his brother mixed in Logic at home. He talks about his recent trip to Europe gigging and recent collaborations. Using iChat, Nathan is able to share files and discuss this with musicians he is collaborating with, adding his tracks to Lo...

NZMac.com Podcast 013

July 31, 2006 07:30 - 4 minutes - 3.93 MB

NZMac.com invited guest Nick McCabe, of the Nick and Jayne Show (http://www.nickandjayneshow.com), talks about the Play Music seminar series that took place in the four main cities in New Zealand during May of 2006.

NZMac.com Podcast 012

July 09, 2006 08:00 - 4 minutes - 1.92 MB

NZMac.com and Bluengrey.com owner Philip Roy, discusses the impact that the ability to run PC applications on Intel Macs may have on complacent multimedia developers in the PC world.

NZMac.com Podcast 011

May 29, 2006 09:00 - 4 minutes - 2.05 MB

NZMac.com and Jo Booth, a Trustee for the MovieFest charitable trust, who talks about the short movie competition, how it all started and why you should be rushing to join in.

NZMac.com Podcast 010

April 17, 2006 09:00 - 3 minutes - 1.51 MB

NZMac.com and invited guest Miraz Jordan (writer and web designer based in Wellington) talks about how she came to be a Mac user and talks about using Macs on a daily basis

NZMac.com Podcast 009

March 26, 2006 09:34 - 4 minutes - 2.05 MB

NZMac.com and invited guest Scott Bulloch, Audio Product Specialist at Renaissance Limited. Scott talks about new features in GarageBand 3, about his role at Renaissance and the wide range of New Zealand artists using Apple software. He then goes on to talk about the Play Music seminar series from last year, announcing this year's seminar tour and presenters at the same time.

NZMac.com Podcast 008

March 05, 2006 06:00 - 2 minutes - 1.25 MB

NZMac.com invited guest Fraser Kitt, New Zealand Macguide writer and photographic guru talks about some of the up and coming digital cameras we're likely to see on the market

NZMac.com Podcast 007

February 12, 2006 11:00 - 3 minutes - 1.53 MB

NZMac.com invited guest Peter Mellow, Senior Lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology talks about iPods, Macs and his Mac user eXpo

NZMac.com Podcast 006

January 22, 2006 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.4 MB

NZMac.com invited guest Darryn Lowe's views on recent Macworld announcements

NZMac.com Podcast 005

January 01, 2006 11:00 - 3 minutes - 1.84 MB

NZMac.com invited guests Phil and Jeff from DTSL, Palmerston North, who discuss what Mac users might expect to see come out of the forthcoming Macworld Expo

NZMac.com Podcast 004

December 11, 2005 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.14 MB

NZMac.com and Bluengrey.com owner Philip Roy comments on the year that has just passed, in terms of Mac developments and well as how the NZMac.com site has progressed.

NZMac.com Podcast 003

November 20, 2005 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.07 MB

NZMac.com invited guests Nick McCabe and Jayne Elder from the Nick and Jayne Show, talk about why they like Macs and how easy it is to podcast on a Mac using GarageBand

NZMac.com Podcast 002

October 30, 2005 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1000 KB

NZMac.com invited guest Mark Webster, Editor of New Zealand Macguide Magazine, who talks about how he came to be a Mac user and the impact that Apple has had on prepress and other fields.

NZMac.com Podcast 001

October 09, 2005 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.09 MB

NZMac.com invited guest Paul Johnston, Managing Director of Renaissance Corporation, the Apple distributor in New Zealand, provides some background and history to the success of Apple in the New Zealand market place.