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    <outline text="Opening">
      <outline text="Opening Music">
        <outline text="Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles"/>
        <outline text="Mandaandthemarbles.com" MediaLinks="www.mandaandthemarbles.com &lt;http://www.mandaandthemarbles.com/&gt;   "/>
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    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="New MacBook Pros">
        <outline text="Apple released the Intel Core 2 Duo versions of the Mac Book Pros on Tuesday">
          <outline text="Apple claims the new systems are up to 39% faster then prior models. Feature double the RAM and storage."/>
          <outline text="choice of either 2.16GHz or 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor"/>
          <outline text="2.16 15&quot; 1GB RAM, 2.33 15&quot; and 17&quot; 2GB of RAM"/>
          <outline text="FIrewire 800 port on all models"/>
          <outline text="Dual Layer DVD burners (DVD+R)"/>
          <outline text="120GB and 160GB 5400RPM drives with 1GB of RAM standard. Up to 200GB (4200 RPM) of storage and 3GB of memory. Is a 7200 RPM 100GB drive option available."/>
          <outline text="Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Pro models are priced at USD$1,999.00 and USD$2,499.00 and should be shipping this week, with the 17-inch model priced at USD$2,799.00 shipping next week."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Listener Alex discovered that there are new HD BTO options for 24&quot; iMacs and Mac Pros. 750GB drives priced at $399 for the upgrade and $599.00 for each additional drive."/>
        <outline text="A post on MacRumors claims the wireless card in the Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro is identified as a D-Link RangeBooster N 650 which is another &quot;draft 802.11n&quot; card"/>
        <outline text="Also Apple added a MagSafe Airplane power adapter USD$59.00. May have missed it before.">
          <outline text="Only provides power, no charging"/>
          <outline text="Connects to in-seat EmPower and 20mm power ports. Does not support auto adapters."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="&quot;DVD Jon&quot;'s new venture. Selling iTunes DRM">
        <outline text="This is an old story, but has cropped up again for some reason."/>
        <outline text="Jon Johansen has cracked Apple’s FairPlay digital music copy-protection technology and plans to license the code to other companies."/>
        <outline text="He started a company called DoubleTwist Ventures in REdwood City, CA and they claim to have one client who will begin selling DRM'd music compatible with the iPod."/>
        <outline text="This will be great until Apple updates the firmware on your iPod. The music tracks can be changed so they will need a way to distinguish the DVD Jon Fairplay from the Apple Fairplay files?"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Intel Xserve ship date slips to November">
        <outline text="The systems were announced in August and Apple is taking pre-orders but units are expected to ship in mid-November and not in October as originally announced."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Bluetooth proof-of-concept exploit released.">
        <outline text="A security memo from security firm Intego"/>
        <outline text="Inqtana.d Bluetooth, which provides attackers with a root account on affected Macs."/>
        <outline text="Installed on a Mac OS X system via Bluetooth from a computer or PDA running Linux by exploiting a rfcomm security hole in Bluetooth."/>
        <outline text="Installs a user account named bluetooth with root access that can be connected to via Ethernet or Airport."/>
        <outline text="Proof of concept (not in wild) and only exploits 10.3 systems without the Security Update 2006-005 or 10.4 systems not updated to 10.4.7"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple releases preliminary 4th Quarter Financial Results">
        <outline text="Of course these are subject to change"/>
        <outline text="$4.84 billion in revenue with a net quarterly profit of $546 million."/>
        <outline text="Gross margin was 29.2 percent, up from 28.1 percent in the same quarter last year."/>
        <outline text="International sales accounted for 40 percent of the quarter’s revenue."/>
        <outline text="Other highlights">
          <outline text="1,610,000 Macs shipped (30 percent increase over same quarter last year)"/>
          <outline text="8,729,000 iPods were shipped (35 percent growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter)"/>
          <outline text="58% of company revenue from Macs. 61% of Macs sold were laptops."/>
          <outline text="Mac Pro sales slow due to lack of Universal Adobe Creative Suite"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Earnings from previous years will likely need to be restated on account of the 15 instances of backdated options the company discovered."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple store iPod thefts on the rise.">
        <outline text="The Apple campus store has had 3 thefts in the last couple weeks">
          <outline text="Monday two iPods and 10 software packages"/>
          <outline text="Nine black 80 gigabyte iPods -- about $3,141 worth,  were reported stolen from the Apple employee store over the weekend."/>
          <outline text="Two iPod nanos were reported missing in a shipment from Elk Grove that arrived at the company's headquarters on Oct. 17."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple releases iPod Shuffle fix">
        <outline text="iPod shuffle Reset Utility 1.0 for Mac and Windows on Apple's download site" MediaLinks="Apple Software Downloads &lt;http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="The update will completely erase all music and data and reinstalls software version 1.1.4"/>
        <outline text="Use the iPod shuffle Reset Utility to fix the following issues:">
          <outline text="With the iPod shuffle switched on, pressing the Play button will cause amber and green LEDs to flash for a few seconds, and the unit will not play any music, nor can you sync music to it from iTunes."/>
          <outline text="On a Windows PC, iPod shuffle will appear in My Computer as a “Removable Disk,” however the iPod shuffle volume will not mount correctly. The unit is listed in Device Manager under “Disk Drives” as “Apple iPod USB Device.”"/>
          <outline text="On a Mac, the unit will only be recognized in Apple System Profiler under Hardware -&gt; USB and will not appear or mount in the Finder."/>
          <outline text="When attempting to restore, the unit may not be recognized at all. However, if it is recognized, the restore may fail with an error dialog “Firmware update failure. Disk write error” or another error. It may take 3 restore attempts before the error appears. Note: iPod shuffle may take several minutes to be recognized."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple also release FinalCut Express HD update">
        <outline text="Which &quot;addresses compatibility on specific hardware.&quot; Ooooh." MediaLinks="Apple Software Downloads &lt;http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="New Apple patent filing shows iPod with touch sensitive bezel">
        <outline text="An Apple patent application was published on October 26, 2006 and describes a full screen iPod with a touch sensitive bezel." MediaLinks="Touch Bezel iPod Patent &lt;http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2177&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Controls can adapt to the screen contents to provide an input method for the user."/>
        <outline text="One example shows playback controls on  the display across the top. a scrollbar on the left side (slide finger). select songs and menus on the right side and volume controls along the bottom."/>
        <outline text="This is genius and makes much more sense."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="MacBooks showing early signs of wear?">
        <outline text="O'Gradys PowerPage has reports of some MacBook owners claiming their MacBook  cases are developing cracks and distorting under normal usage." MediaLinks="CrackBooks? &lt;http://www.powerpage.org/archives/2006/10/macbooks_becoming_crackbooks.html&gt;"/>
        <outline text="The image on the site shows 2 images of a tiny crack on the edge of the case just below the left handrest."/>
      </outline>
    </outline>
    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Correction on fixing iPod restart issue">
        <outline text="Turn of EQ on the iPod, not in the iTunes files."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="MacBook RSS fix is now working">
        <outline text="I had another source tell me that for them replacing the heatsink only was working in 100% of the cases."/>
        <outline text="I confirmed with my original source who said they were getting refurbished heatsinks at first which may have accounted for his initial results"/>
        <outline text="A big part of this issue may have been the wire that connect the heatsink sensor to the motherboard."/>
        <outline text="Repair can be done in-store now on a faster turnaround."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="iPod virus follow-up">
        <outline text="Classic he said she said with Apple pointing fingers at Microsofts flaws and Microsoft saying Apple should have better control over it's production of iPods."/>
        <outline text="Apple said the virus was introduced by a Windows system used to test compatibility at the factory."/>
        <outline text="The infection was only from the one system and not on the network so cases should be isolated. The virus seems to have been from a peripheral device attached to the computer."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Software recommendations for managing serial numbers">
        <outline text="Many people recommended &quot;Wallet&quot; from Waterfall Software" MediaLinks="Wallet &lt;http://www.waterfallsw.com/wallet/&gt;">
          <outline text="Works for serial number, passwords, credit cards and you can add your own groups, fields, etc."/>
          <outline text="Simple clean interface."/>
          <outline text="Wallet uses Blowfish encryption"/>
          <outline text=".Mac and iPod Sync"/>
          <outline text="Browser integration. Click to send login info to your browser."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Many others recommended Yojimbo from BareBones" MediaLinks="Yojimbo &lt;http://barebones.com/products/yojimbo/index.shtml&gt;">
          <outline text="It is an information organizer."/>
          <outline text="Store almost anything in Yojimbo—text, rich text, images, PDFs, even serial numbers and passwords."/>
          <outline text="Review on MacCast.com"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Can use Apple Keychain Access and secure notes"/>
        <outline text="Organize the registration emails in your favorite Mail app. I use labels in GMail and folders in Yahoo! and Apple Mail. Search to find the keys."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Migrating Outlook contact to Address Book">
        <outline text="Listener David has this great trick"/>
        <outline text="MS Outlook doesn't have a way to export ALL contacts to a .vcf file. Only one at a time."/>
        <outline text="All iPod contacts are stored in a single file in the &quot;Contacts&quot; folder called iSync.vcf."/>
        <outline text="iTunes for Windows allows you to sync your Outlook contacts">
          <outline text="1)  Use the &quot;Update Outlook Contacts&quot; feature in iTunes, and let it sync all of your Outlook contacts to your iPod."/>
          <outline text="2) Connect your iPod to the Mac, open the &quot;Contacts&quot; folder and double click the iSync.vcf file to import the contacts into Address Book."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="If you have the latest iPod and iTunes updates, it will even transfer your contact photos, if you've set them in Outlook."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Managing iPod playback order">
        <outline text="Play comment from Dickie"/>
        <outline text="I believe the order in iTunes is synced to the iPod."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Getting around the iTunes tax">
        <outline text="Listener Jim confirmed this for me."/>
        <outline text="Buy an iTunes gift card and then use that to make your iTunes purchases."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Speeding up the Dashboard">
        <outline text="Over time the &quot;startup delay&quot; for the Dashboard can slow to a crawl."/>
        <outline text="Vincent pointed out this great tip from Rob Griffiths over at MacWorld" MediaLinks="Speed up Dashboard &lt;http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2006/10/dashspeed/index.php&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Here is a tip that can speed up the launch time of the Dashboard">
          <outline text="1) Drag all the cache files in the DashboardClient folder, found in your ~/Library/Caches folder, to the trash and empty the trash."/>
          <outline text="2) Restart the Dock. In Terminal issue the kill command (type killall Dock). Using the Activity Monitor (in Applications -&gt; Utilities) type 'dock' into the search box, click once on the Dock process, then click the Quit Process button, then the Quit button in the resulting dialog."/>
          <outline text="3) The Dock will restart automatically; after it does, try loading Dashboard and see if it is faster."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="To permanently prevent the Dashboard from caching ">
          <outline text="1) Navigate to the DashboardClient folder, select it, then open the Get Info window (Command-I)."/>
          <outline text="2) In the General section of the Info window, click the Locked checkbox. Now the Dock will not be able to write the cache files. Remove the lock to re-enable caching."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="iTunes 7 missing podcast bug">
        <outline text="Play comment from Simon Toon"/>
        <outline text="Converted podcast files do seem to &quot;disappear&quot;"/>
        <outline text="Can delete them from a smart-playlist by holding down the option key when you delete the podcast from the playlist."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="More tips on deleting Mac Apps">
        <outline text="Listener Andreas uses Spotlight to help find files"/>
        <outline text="1. Go to the PROGRAM folder an copy (Apple + C) the name of the program you want to delete."/>
        <outline text="2. Right away delete the program"/>
        <outline text="3. Open Spotlight and paste the name of the App (Apple + V) and search the computer so that Spotlight will find all related files for you."/>
        <outline text="4. Select the files you want to remove and delete (Apple+Delete) them."/>
        <outline text="But watch out within the Spotlight search results the files are still shown until you empty your trash. That could be confusing at the beginning."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Software to better manage and use iPhoto keywords">
        <outline text="Play tip from Tomasz" MediaLinks="Weekly Photo Tip &lt;http://www.weeklyphototip.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Keyword Assistant" MediaLinks="Keyword Assistant &lt;http://homepage.mac.com/kenferry/software.html&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Locating large files in OS X">
        <outline text="Play question from Danny"/>
        <outline text="I use Spotlight">
          <outline text="1) In the Finder press Command(Apple)+F to bring up Spotlight"/>
          <outline text="2) When the search window appears make sure the search is set to &quot;Computer&quot; (or the desired location). The default the &quot;Kind--&gt;Any&quot; and &quot;Last Opened--&gt;Any Date&quot; are set. Change the &quot;Last Opened&quot; option to &quot;Size--&gt;Greater Than--&gt; XXX MB'"/>
          <outline text="3) The search will return any files on your system over the given size."/>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="Fix for the iCal Alarm issue">
        <outline text="Listener Kevin sent in this fix."/>
        <outline text="Warning, it is a bit extreme and could cause other issues. Have a backup and know what you are doing.">
          <outline text="1. Back up iCal database. In iCal choose File--&gt;Backup Database..."/>
          <outline text="2. Delete iCal (using AppZapper)"/>
          <outline text="3. Use &quot;Spotlight&quot; and find and uninstall the following:">
            <outline text="alarmsCache.plist"/>
            <outline text="com.apple.iCal.helper.plist"/>
            <outline text="com.apple.iCal.AlarmScheduler.plist"/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="4. Restart"/>
          <outline text="5. Use Pacifist to reinstall iCal from your OS X CD" MediaLinks="Pacifist &lt;http://www.charlessoft.com/&gt;"/>
          <outline text="6. Restore the backed up database..."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Backups and drive formats">
        <outline text="Play comment from Peter"/>
        <outline text="The recommendation for Mac backups is that you make them to HFS+ formatted volumes. Can partition drives if you need Mac and PC support. I just use 2 drives. One for PC support and transfers and a different one for Mac Backups"/>
        <outline text="OS X can read NTFS, but not write to it. OS X can read and write FAT32."/>
        <outline text="SubRosaSoft CopyCat X supports Windows, Tivo and Linux drive cloning" MediaLinks="CopyCatX &lt;http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=7&gt;"/>
        <outline text="MacDrive from Media 4 to read/write HFS volumes on a PC" MediaLinks="MacDrive 6 &lt;http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Toggling info in the iPod graph in iTunes 7">
        <outline text="Listener Jon discovered this one"/>
        <outline text="In iTunes 7 if you select your iPod in the devices list you get a summary view with a colored bar graph that shows how music / videos / photos / and other on your iPod. Clicking that bar graph will toggle the display between showing the size, length, and how many items in each category."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="iLike not the first iTunes music social network service">
        <outline text="Several people wrote me to say they have been using Last.fm for a while now." MediaLinks="www.last.fm &lt;http://www.last.fm/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="iLike is now in public BETA" MediaLinks="www.ilike.com &lt;http://www.ilike.com/&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Fixing battery, power and fan issues on your Macs">
        <outline text="Play comment from Bryan"/>
        <outline text="Apple support" MediaLinks="Apple Support &lt;http://www.apple.com/support/&gt;"/>
      </outline>
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    <outline text="Closing">
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      <outline text="&quot;What I should have said&quot; by Melissa">
        <outline text="Recommended by listener Luis"/>
        <outline text="Artist on iTunes" MediaLinks="Melissa on iTunes &lt;http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=VxaqUf/Gvmc&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewArtist%253Fid%253D153895108%2526partnerId%253D30&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Artists web site" MediaLinks="Melissa on MySpace &lt;http://www.myspace.com/mkathleen&gt;"/>
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