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Rick Green, Director of Marketing & Creative Services and Robert Leitch, Production Manager, MediaSource TV join host Scott Sheppard to share an exciting "switcher" story. MediaSource is a full-service multimedia production and public/media relations creative studio. Rick and Robert explain how they were originally using an Avid, PC based video workflow but when they upgraded their studio they also changed their entire production workflow from Avid to Final Cut Pro running exclusively on brand new Apple Macs. Hear their experiences and joy first hand as their entire company quickly learned to love their new platform and how seamlessly they switched and were able to maintain their busy workloads. To learn more about MediaSource visit: http://www.mediasourcetv.com/

Todd Santoro, Principal & Sr. Designer, ToddSantoro.com Designs and Founder, Accelerator Labs joins Inside Mac to discuss his groovy cool retro style iPhone apps including; "Rock, Paper, Scissors", "Naked Lady Pen", "Spin the Bottle", and in honor of our President elect "O Bobble Head" which answers your pressing questions like a magic 8-Ball. Also just in time for the holidays, you can download "pocket Mistletoe" to see where people are getting lucky this season. Todd’s design background helps create the graphic interface. Todd explains how quickly they were able to pull together a winning development team, and with little prior experience are launching successful iPhone apps. Check out the latest at: http://acceleratorlabs.com/

Jon von Bronkhorst, Executive Director, Product Marketing for Seagate Consumer Solutions Division (CSD) explains details about their latest Mac OS products; Free Agent Go and Free Agent Desktop storage solutions. Jon explains that unlike previous desktop and portable storage solutions, the Free Agent 2.0 series whose Mac versions were developed entirely with the Mac user in mind. The drives ship formatted for Mac OS, have an elegant design and are so easy to use right out of the box unlike the PC version they do not require or ship with any additional software. The Free Agent Go includes a convenient docking station, delivering true portability. Jon reminds us that all Seagate drives include a 5 year warranty. Scott and Jon also discuss some background on Seagate and Macstore brand integration. To find out more, including where to purchase visit: http://freeagent.seagate.com/

Sally deVincentis, Chief Executive Officer, APTE Inc. joins Inside Mac this week to talk about their unique line of educational programs for kids that encourage them to play and learn. Sally discusses their latest product, a tween diary called "My Crazy Life". This program lets them record their private thoughts, personal pictures and favorite music in a format that lets them ‘keep it private’ without ever going online. It encourages personal expression, integrates text, pictures, music, and videos yet provides privacy via password protection and can support up to 10 accounts so multiple family members can use, but each can maintain their own journal. APTE offers a full line of licensed products including those developed for Nickelodeon, and other learning software, to see their full line visit: http://www.apte.com/

Video Post Production News of the Week with Philip Hodgetts from the Open TV Network. More information available at: http://www.opentelevisionnetwork.com/

Andy Shalat, Design Guru and Author of "Mac Design Out Of The Box" shares his Design Tip of the Week. For more about Andy and his latest works visit: http://www.shalat.com

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Nick Pearce-Tomenius, Co-Founder, Object Matrix joins host Scott Sheppard to explain how their MatrixStore 2.1 software turns low-cost disks (Promise VTrack, Xserve RAID etc.) into a safe place to store your digital assets. It’s ideal for any digital asset management including video with easy access plug-ins for Apple Final Cut Server workflows.

Find out more at: http://www.object-matrix.com

Karim Morsy, CEO, algoriddim GmbH joins Inside Mac to discuss how you can instantly turn your Mac into a DJ setup using their djay application. Created exclusively for the Mac, djay perfectly integrates with your iTunes library and makes it easy to create your own mixes using your favorite music.

Download your own 10-day trial and start mixing today at: http://www.djay-software.com/

David Williams, Editor of DV Magazine & Conference Chair, DV Expo reviews the highlights of this year’s DV Expo Conference held November 4-6, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA. David discusses the various conference sessions and tracks including the keynotes and user group meetings. He also explains the types of information and resources available in DV Magazine and on their site at: http://www.dv.com/

For more information visit: http://www.dvexpo.com/

Lead Singer, Ethan Spalding & Bass Player, Kush el-Amin from Violet Says 5 join Inside Mac to share tips on how their emerging Indie band uses their Mac Powerbook G4 for music production (Protools recording), and band promotion. Their sound is a unique blend of funk, hip-hop and rock which is made possible by leveraging the power of the Mac music publishing platform to produce their recordings. Hear how they are able to turn their new ideas into songs quickly without having to go into the studio for every track.

Check out their sound at: http://www.violetsays5.com

Video Post Production News of the Week with Philip Hodgetts, Founder, Intelligent Assistance and developer of Assistant Editor Software. Find out more at: http://www.intelligentassitance.com/ or his blog at http://www.philiphodgetts.com

Andy Shalat, Design Guru and Author of "Mac Design Out Of The Box" shares his Design Tip of the Week. For more about Andy and his latest works visit: http://www.shalat.com