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iPad 2 Launch – What a Day!
So what makes an otherwise sane individual stand in line outside the Liverpool One Apple Store for 7 hours on a freezing March day? (Much to the amusement of the majority of the locals I might add The...
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iPad 2: Worth the Upgrade?
Given the almost universal ubiquitousness of the iPad in general use, business, education and music it’s hard to believe just how cool the initial reaction to iPad 1 was. Some comments were reminiscent...
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Logical Updates Please
Do you ever get the feeling that things should be a whole lot easier than they are? I know I do and a prime example occurred today when I was updating applications on my Mac. My first step is to...
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iTunes Vouchers: How to Multiply Your Online Spending Power
As someone who buys a lot of iPhone and iPad apps from the iTunes store and an increasing amount from the Mac App Store the perils of having a credit card attached to my Apple account and the saving to...
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Lion – One Month On
My first Mac shipped with Tiger (10.4) installed and it was 18 months before Leopard (10.5) made it’s appearance in 2007. I eagerly queued at the Apple Store in The Trafford Centre for several hours...
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I usually update to a newly minted version of iTunes as soon as it is released, generally this is because it is required for some “must have” new feature such as the latest version of iOS. With my...
View ArticleSkyDrive Webinar – 29 November 2012
I know this will come as a surprise to most of those reading this but Microsoft have released something that actually works rather well and I’m demoing it tonight. In fact if all is going according to...
View ArticleToo Much Fun
As a trainer a large percentage of my time is spent preparing for courses rather than actually delivering them. Those without experience in a training environment are often amazed to discover that...
View ArticleApple’s 2012 in Review
This is a short piece I wrote for The Learning Professional Network’s All Things Apple Group reviewing Apple’s year in 2012. It’s easy to forget just how busy 2012 was for Apple, here’s a quick roundup...
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HandBrake Workflow Boost
I’ve been using HandBrake for many years with varying degrees of success if I’m honest. With the launch of MacBitesLearning.co.uk in late 2011, 2012 saw me increase the amount of video content I...
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The Problems with iBooks on Mavericks
Since Apple introduced iBooks Author and the concept of an iBook I have eagerly awaited their arrival on the desktop. The ability to access the same content as available on my iPad was great enough but...
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3 Mistakes Apple Made with Mavericks
As usual the release of a new version of OS X proved too tempting to ignore and I downloaded it within minutes of the end of Apple’s keynote announcing it’s immediate availability. Fully aware of...
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Going Live with Dual Broadcast
As many of you will know my day job involves delivering hours of live online training every week. Most of this takes place via the fantastic Adobe Connect conferencing platform. Adobe Connect is an...
View ArticleVideo: Dual Broadcast – The Video
As I blogged a few days ago in Going Live with Dual Broadcast I have implemented a new system for much of my online content – Dual Broadcasting. Well Tuesday saw the first session delivered with the...
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Keynote on Three monitors
As many of you will know I spend a large percentage of my time creating and delivering presentations and my app of choice for over eight years to create those presentations has been Keynote. Sadly the...
View ArticlePixelmator Training Courses on Sale
Last year I created two courses dedicated to showing you how to get the best out of Pixelmator. Usually these courses are available as part of an Envato Tuts+ subscription. However, today they are...
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iPad Pro 9.7″ Cases
After the excitement of the iPad 2 case back in 2011 I've never bothered with an original Apple case or cover for my iPads. My new iPad Pro 9.7" is no exception. Unusually for me I bought this latest...
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A Very Drab Blab Gab … How Not to Use Blab
Adobe have run public demonstration sessions of their applications for many years. You may call them webinars although the "terminology trend police" may frown on that term these days! Recently they...
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10 Years on a Mac
It's hard for me to believe but it was 10 years ago today that I was up alarmingly early to travel across the Pennines to collect my first Mac. It was only 4 days after attending an Adobe event locally...
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A Week Without My iPhone
Today I'd thought I'd torment myself all over again by sharing something that happened a few weeks ago. You'll be glad to hear that I've just about recovered from the horror of the entire ordeal! As...
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