MacBreak Weekly 336

MacBreak Weekly Episode 336

MacBreak Weekly 336: Taking Andy Private

We have a recap of MacWorld, MacPro illegal in Europe?, the next iPhone, and more.

Hosts

• Leo Laporte (@leolaporte/Google+)
  • twit.tv
  • PixelCorps.com
• Andy Ihnatko (@ihnatko/Google+)
  • cwob.com
• Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie/about.me)
  • iMore.com

Guests

• Jean MacDonald (@macgenie/Smile Software)

Topics

Macworld/iWorld Recap

• Leo: Is it a declining conference?
• Jean: Based on the number of Mac vs iOS developers, if it's not just iWorld by next year I'd be surprised.
• Rene: No Omni booth, they had a private event instead.
• Jean: There were a lot of attendees: everyone was busy talking to attendees and press
• Leo: Not just Macworld: internet is obsoleting lots of physical conferences, PC Expo and Comdex are long gone
• Rene: Macworld Live stage and panels were well attended

Rene's Macworld panel: Is Apple giving up on Pro customers?

• Rene: Not giving up on pros so much as enabling less advanced users to do more advanced things
• Leo: Many pros look at the Mac Pro not getting updated, and they're faced with tough decisions about whether to switch to a platform that has up to date hardware and software
• Andy: Apple has an 18 month shot clock to lay out its plan for innovation over the next 5 years. Small iterations on existing products won't be enough.

Best of Macworld/iWorld

• iStopMotion and CrazyTalk won best of show
• Jean: New Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500 is great too

Mac Pro sales ending in EU due to safety regulations

MacRumors

AppStore.com vanity URLs

TechCrunch

• Rene: This URL shortener now works for all apps
• Leo: Not perfect, using the short URL with 'istopmotion' leads to 'mystopaction'. App Store search stinks.

Apple blacklists Java plugin again

Ars Technica

Typing "capital F"ile:/// will crash any OS X app using data detectors

Open Radar

New untethered iOS jailbreak

MacRumors

Instagram now has a website

Instagram

Dell going private

CNET

Apple gets 3 of top 5 spots for mobile phone sales

TechCrunch

Stealth AppleTV update

• Rene: Slightly smaller body, but AnandTech reported that the CPU has been upgraded to a die-shrunk A5X

Picks of the Week

• Andy's pick: Downcast for iOS. $1.99
  • My favorite podcast app

• Rene's picks:
  • AnoStyle follow-up: They now do black
  • Spaceteam, a fun co-op game. Free with in-app purchases

• Jean's pick: OmniFocus 2. Entering closed beta.

• Leo's pick: OWC Envoy Pro. $79.99
  • USB 3 enclosure to use MacBook Pro Retina blade SSD after you upgrade it

Sponsors

• GoToMeeting
• Gazelle
• LegalZoom
• Audible

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