Rosetta, the part of the current version of the Mac OS that lets you run old PowerPC programs is rumored to be going away in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and that has plenty of users upset. Matt Neuburg of TidBITS has been looking in to the situation and has an extended discussion with host Chuck Joiner about the history of Apple system software transitions, and how Apple has managed them. Find out how to determine what programs you have that might not work, why you may want to move away from Rosetta-dependent applications regardless of Lion, and several options
...Mark Fuccio is off on a new adventure, helping tech start-ups…start up. There are many challenges facing anyone trying to bring a product, hardware or software, to market. Mark discusses some of those, including determining the right price, finding funding through a variety of sources, and some of the pitfalls that are and are not obvious. He shares his thoughts on the Kickstarter model, and covers how his new company, Tactics will offer consulting on all of this and more. If you have a product or even just an idea, you’ll want to hear
...Mark Fuccio is off on a new adventure, helping tech start-ups…start up. There are many challenges facing anyone trying to bring a product, hardware or software, to market. Mark discusses some of those, including determining the right price, finding funding through a variety of sources, and some of the pitfalls that are and are not obvious. He shares his thoughts on the Kickstarter model, and covers how his new company, Tactics will offer consulting on all of this and more. If you have a product or even just an idea, you’ll want to hear
...Jeff Gamet caused some confusion during a recent MacJury appearance when he revealed that he had adopted a Google-free lifestyle, and we wanted to get to the bottom of it. Jeff explains what he meant by his comment, what Google apps he has removed from his Macs, and what pushed him to do it. Jeff and host Chuck Joiner also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of keeping your data in the cloud, and whether it is time to start rationing your bandwidth.
LinksJeff Gamet caused some confusion during a recent MacJury appearance when he revealed that he had adopted a Google-free lifestyle, and we wanted to get to the bottom of it. Jeff explains what he meant by his comment, what Google apps he has removed from his Macs, and what pushed him to do it. Jeff and host Chuck Joiner also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of keeping your data in the cloud, and whether it is time to start rationing your bandwidth. Links