For Mac Eyes Only – ListenerPalooza ’15

Season 9, Episode 8 (#314)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric discuss the recent dust-up over Apple’s software quality and…it’s ListenerPalooza ’15! We tackle listener questions on switching iPhones, copying DVDs to the Mac, using Apple TV “in the wild”, Configuring the Mac’s auto-updates by location, and how to schedule iTunes to launch during peak download hours.
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For Mac Eyes Only – Mactastrophe! (Part Two)

Season 9, Episode 6 (#312)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric pick things up at the end of last episode’s discussion with an entirely different kind of Mactastrophe: What can you do to protect your Mac — and the stuff on it — in case of theft. Plus: Stay tuned for a preview of the FMEO After Show!
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For Mac Eyes Only – Mactastrophe! (Part One)

Season 9, Episode 5 (#311)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: After an entirely uneventful installation of Yosemite Public Beta on his MacBook Pro, Mike shares the troubles he had with the Yosemite final release on his iMac and the lessons learned as he set things right again.
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For Mac Eyes Only – Reaction Time: It’s Been Too Long

Season 9, Episode 3 (#309)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Barry hosts this special Reaction Time episode and is joined by Gary and Mike to provide first-hand reactions* to Apple’s announcements during the October “It’s been too long” event where the new iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, and 27″ Retina iMac are debuted.

EDITORIAL LINKS:

> iOS 8.1
> OS X 10.10 Yosemite
> iMac with Retina 5K display
> iPad Air 2
> iPad mini 3
> SwiftKey for iOS
> Chip and PIN
> Recovering PC Market

CONTACT US:

> Meet TeamFMEO
> Contact Us

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Running Time: 1:34:05

* Though this episode was recorded live as the keynote progressed, some portions of the recording have been edited for time and/or content.

For Mac Eyes Only – Ask-a-palooza!

Season 9, Episode 2 (#308)

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike is joined by Brian to talk Finder tabs, Alfred vs. Spotlight, Private Browsing modes, Convenience Apps, Deleting old document Versions, ripping discs with Handbrake, Skype 2.8, and more!
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For Mac Eyes Only – The Backwoods of Yosemite

Episode #306

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: In a continuing series of specials on OS X Yosemite, Mike and Eric hike into the backwoods of Yosemite to give a brief overview of the new tools for developers found within Xcode 6, email: Migration Assistant woes, email: Yellow flashing screen on boot up?
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For Mac Eyes Only – Hiking Into Yosemite

Episode #305

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: In part one of a series of specials on OS X Yosemite, Mike and Eric take a peek at what’s new in Yosemite’s System Preferences, give a first look at Notification Center’s new Today feature, investigate iCloud’s Family Sharing option, and begin to explore the updated interface of both Finder and Spotlight.
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For Mac Eyes Only – Reaction Time: WWDC 2014 Keynote

Episode #304

On this episode of For Mac Eyes Only: Mike and Eric provide first-hand reactions* to Apple’s announcements during the WWDC 2014 Keynote where Apple launched OS X Yosemite, iOS 8, a variety of new APIs for app developers to latch on to in iOS, an all new programming language, and a new graphics technology to improve gaming performance in iOS called Metal.

NEWS:

> OS X Yosemite
> iOS 8
> Mac and iOS Integration
> Family Sharing
> iCloud Drive
> Health
> Swift
> iOS 8 SDK

With Special Thanks to the live-blogging skills of:
> Engadget
> The Verge
> Ars Technica
> TechCrunch
> Macworld

CONTACT US:

> Meet TeamFMEO
> Contact Us

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Running Time: 2:27:09

* Though this episode was recorded live as the keynote progressed, some portions of the recording have been edited for time and/or content.

FMEO.TV – Build an OS X / macOS (up to 12.0!) Boot Disk

FMEO.TV Episode #023

UPDATED to include up to macOS Monterey!

In this episode of FMEO.TV, Mike shows how to build Mavericks USB boot media using OS X’s built-in createinstallmedia command.

Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur & Monterey UPDATE: Great news! This command works just as well for versions of OS X and macOS up through Monterey! Simply substitute the correct file name in the Terminal command below and away you go!

Note the slight change with 10.13 – 10.15, 11.0 & 12.0. The –applicationpath switch has been deprecated (no longer needed).

Show Notes

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