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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="Apple re-launches .Mac Webmail">
        <outline text="The new interface closely mimics Apple OS X Mail app."/>
        <outline text="Features include, drag and drop support, message pane, smart refreshes to minimize reloads, quick reply, integrated Address Book, message previews, one-click message flagging and new keyboard shortcuts (need to enable in preferences)."/>
        <outline text="Work in a modern browser on Mac or PC"/>
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      <outline text="Apple updates DVD Studio Pro to 4.1.1">
        <outline text="&quot;addresses an issue with disc layout for DDP and CMF images on Intel-based Macintosh computers. This update is recommended for all users of DVD Studio Pro 4.1 and later.&quot;"/>
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      <outline text="2G Shuffle now shipping">
        <outline text="Apple squeaks under the wire to make good on Steve's word?"/>
        <outline text="Online store pre-orders have been shipped from Apple"/>
        <outline text="Think Secret is reporting that Apple has told their retail stores and big box retailers like Best Buy, Circut City and CompUSA have been told not to display or sell them until Friday November 3rd."/>
        <outline text="Has the old style headphones and you have to turn it on and off to check the remaining battery level. Need the dock to connect via USB, recharge, sync, etc. Old accessories not compatible unless they connect via headphone jack. Clip does not detach."/>
        <outline text="Thoughtout.biz has announced the &quot;Key&quot; a small 2G Shuffle to USB adapter that should be available in early 2007." MediaLinks="www.thoughtout.biz &lt;http://www.thoughtout.biz/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="For PC owners Apple has already released the 1.0.1 Update for iPod shuffle (2G). All they say is that it &quot;fixes bugs&quot;."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple releases iTunes 7.0.2">
        <outline text="iTunes 7.0.2 adds support for the Second Generation iPod shuffle and addresses a variety of stability and performance issues found in iTunes 7 and 7.0.1."/>
        <outline text="Reports so far have been very positive with most people noting many annoying bugs from 7.0.1 getting fixed."/>
        <outline text="Some people have reported to me that the Store appeared in a different language then their default language. It fixed itself after a few hours."/>
        <outline text="Also added iTunes Latino section to the Store.  Features top Latin music, music videos, television shows, audiobooks and podcasts."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple releases new Boot Camp BETA">
        <outline text="Apple has released Boot Camp Beta 1.1.2">
          <outline text="Support for the latest Intel-based Macintosh computers"/>
          <outline text="Easier partitioning using presets for popular sizes"/>
          <outline text="Ability to install Windows XP on any internal disk"/>
          <outline text="Support for built-in iSight cameras"/>
          <outline text="Support for built-in microphones"/>
          <outline text="Support for the Apple USB Modem"/>
          <outline text="Trackpad scrolling and right-click support on Apple Laptops"/>
          <outline text="Improved Apple keyboard support including Delete, PrintScreen, NumLock, and ScrollLock keys"/>
          <outline text="Improved International Apple keyboard support"/>
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      <outline text="First Apple Store in Scotland?">
        <outline text="A listed building planning application currently under consideration by Glasgow City Council could be Scotland's first Apple Store."/>
        <outline text="The location is at 147 Buchanan Street and said to be one of the busiest and most exclusive shopping streets in the UK."/>
        <outline text="Apple will reportedly install an elevator and spiral glass staircase leading up to a new mezzanine with a &quot;Genius Bar&quot;. The first floor will get the trademark Apple stone floor and stainless steel treatment."/>
        <outline text="The location currently contains a home furnishings store."/>
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      <outline text="New macBook Pro loses iSight indicator, sorta">
        <outline text="The new indicator is integrated into the bezel and not really visible when not active."/>
        <outline text="Another example of Apple's attention to design detail."/>
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      <outline text="Apple tech doc typo stirs the iPod video pot">
        <outline text="Kevin Railsback reported on InforWorld that there was a PDF Apple iPod notes feature guide (dated 10/20/2006) on Apple's Developer web site that may have leaked that Apple has a touch-screen iPod in the works."/>
        <outline text="In a section on the Advanced uses of Notes there was a note that read, &quot;All other Notes feature capabilities described in this document are supported for iPod models with display screens, beginning with the touch-screen models.&quot;"/>
        <outline text="This created a rumor frenzy, but later in a note Kevin himself pointed out it was likely a typo and should read &quot;touchwheel&quot; which, in the context of the document, makes more sense."/>
        <outline text="Apple promptly corrected the PDF."/>
        <outline text="An under utilized feature of Apple notes. Notes can have hyperlinks to other notes, music, videos and pictures. Think of the possibilities for interactive mobile, documents, presentations, etc." MediaLinks="iPod Notes Feature Guide (PDF) &lt;http://developer.apple.com/hardwaredrivers/ipod/iPodNotesFeatureGuideCB.pdf&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Apple offers a 30-day Aperture 1.5 &quot;test drive&quot;">
        <outline text="Apple is letting you download and try Aperture 1.5 for free for 30 days" MediaLinks="Aperture Trial &lt;http://www.apple.com/aperture/trial/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="You can download the Aperture Trial in English, French, German, or Japanese."/>
        <outline text="Get a trial serial number and download of Aperture by filling out a form on Apple's web site."/>
        <outline text="At the end of the trial you can purchase a serial number for the full version. If you want the manual, sample images and tutorials you need to select the “retail box” option."/>
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      <outline text="Bigger (RED) Nano">
        <outline text="In response to outstanding customer demand, Apple today announced a new 8GB model of the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition. Priced at USD$249.00. Of course there is also still the USD$199 4GB version as well." MediaLinks="iPod (RED) &lt;http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/red/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="$10 from the sale of each (RED) Nano goes to the Global Fund to help fight HIV/AIDS in Africa."/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="7th Son Promo">
        <outline text="Play promo from J.C. Hutchins" MediaLinks="7th Son Podiobook &lt;http://www.jchutchins.net/7Son/Home/Home.html&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Additional tools for locating large files on your Mac">
        <outline text="Many recommended WhatSize from ID-Design, Inc." MediaLinks="What Size &lt;http://www.id-design.com/software/whatsize/&gt;">
          <outline text="&quot;WhatSize is a simple tool that allows the user to quickly measure the size in bytes of a given folder and all subfolders and files within it. &quot;"/>
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        <outline text="Other also recommended, Disk Inventory X." MediaLinks="Disk Inventory X &lt;http://www.derlien.com/&gt;">
          <outline text="Play comment from Kathy"/>
          <outline text="It shows the sizes of files and folders using &quot;tree maps&quot;. Very colorful and graphical."/>
          <outline text="Derrick also mention an open source app called Grand Perspective which also does &quot;tree maps&quot;" MediaLinks="Grand Perspective &lt;http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/&gt;"/>
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        <outline text="Discuss the 10% for swap and VM rule. As HDs get larger this is a significant chunk of space, 25GB for a 250GB drive. For the truly brave you can find instructions for moving swap files to a different volume."/>
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      <outline text="Zip compression built into OS X">
        <outline text="OS X used to include Stuffit Expander. Now you need to download it from Stuffit.com (SmithMicro/Allume)" MediaLinks="Stuffit Expander &lt;http://www.stuffit.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Select any file or folder in the Finder."/>
        <outline text="Control+Click (Right+Click) the folder and choose &quot;Create Archive of ...&quot;."/>
        <outline text="Useful for sending attachments to AOL and other who don't support multiple attachments in email. Also those who block certain files as attachments."/>
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      <outline text="Confirmation from listeners on MacBook cosmetic issues">
        <outline text="Many people confirm having small cracks on the edge of their MacBooks under the left hand rest area."/>
        <outline text="Also reports of batteries that don't quite sit flush after time (warping or swelling?). Separated edges around screens etc."/>
        <outline text="Black MacBook, paint wear. The AL and Titanium PowerBooks suffered from similar issues."/>
        <outline text="AppleCare does not generally cover what Apple calls &quot;cosmetic&quot; issues."/>
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      <outline text="More iTunes Store &quot;workarounds&quot;">
        <outline text="Play tip from Steve"/>
        <outline text="Be careful on eBay."/>
        <outline text="Should work for any content. Music, movies, etc."/>
        <outline text="I would assume you could also do this &quot;trick&quot; in reverse to get music content from other countries."/>
        <outline text="I assume this would also work in other countries and possibly with iTunes gift cards."/>
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      <outline text="What are permissions and why do we need to repair them?">
        <outline text="This info based on a great article by Dan Frakes at MacWorld." MediaLinks="MacWorld Repair Permissions &lt;http://www.macworld.com/2006/08/secrets/repairpermissions/index.php?pf=1&gt;"/>
        <outline text="You will hear people who overuse it or recognize it as a cure all (myself included) and other who say it is dangerous and potentially damaging."/>
        <outline text="OS X is a multi-user OS and based on UNIX. All files, folders, documents, applications, etc have a set of &quot;permissions&quot;. These define which users are allowed to has access to which item and what types of access those users are allowed to have to those items.">
          <outline text="For example, if you have permission to open and edit a document."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="The OS itself is also governed by permissions and may only have access to certain items and actions. Part of what makes OS X a secure OS."/>
        <outline text="If permissions are not set correctly the operating system may have trouble performing specific tasks and may start to behave erratically. Trouble logging in, trouble printing or trouble launching an application. If permissions on certain files (common or system level) are incorrect it may block access to a 3rd party app. Permissions also protect critical files from modification or deletion."/>
        <outline text="Some causes of permissions changing">
          <outline text="Bad installers: The most common cause. A badly-written installer can change permissions on directories or files."/>
          <outline text="User “fiddling”: Command-line hacks, patch applications to work around an issues, etc."/>
          <outline text="Booting into Mac OS 9:  OS 9 doesn’t support OS X-style permissions so copying or moving OS X files in OS 9 can cause problems."/>
          <outline text="Directory or drive corruption: Permissions data is stored on your hard drive. If you have drive issues or the data becomes corrupt you may have trouble. Power interruptions, system crashes, or heavy directory activity (frequent defragging?) may increase the chances that permissions problems occur. (If you suspect drive problems, you should fix them using Disk Utility or a third-party utility such as Alsoft’s DiskWarrior or Micromat’s TechTool Pro and then repair permissions to fix any related permissions issues.)"/>
          <outline text="Bad backup utilities: If your backup utility doesn’t fully support permissions, or doesn’t itself have the appropriate privileges to write system-level files, restoring files from a backup may result in permissions-related problems."/>
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        <outline text="Running Repair Permissions in Apple Disk Utility examines the files on your system and makes sure they are what OS X expects them to be and if not corrects them."/>
        <outline text="How does it know? Any application or software update that uses Apple’s Installer utility to install software leaves behind a small Receipt (pkg) file (/Library/Receipts). That file includes information about every file installed, including the permissions each file should have."/>
        <outline text="Only apps that use Apple's Install utility and leave a proper receipt package are affected by the Repair Disk Permissions function. Not apps installed via drag and drop, documents or other user-level files. Plus, only certain receipts are referenced (see the article for a list)."/>
        <outline text="The only third-party software affected by repairing permissions is software included with Mac OS X and installed by the Mac OS X Installer. This is good for security, since you wouldn't want a 3rd party app to be able open up access to system level files. Again 3-party apps do assume some things about OS X installed files meaning repair permissions is still may be relevant when installing 3rd party apps."/>
        <outline text="The myths">
          <outline text="You SHOULD repair permissions before any install"/>
          <outline text="You SHOULD repair permissions after any install"/>
          <outline text="Repair permissions should be part of your regular maintenance plan. (it can be but not 100% needed)"/>
          <outline text="Repairing permissions is ineffective or can harm your Mac."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Summary, repair permissions is not a &quot;cure all&quot; but can fix things if you are suddenly experiencing &quot;strange&quot; behavior. Especially if it is with a recently installed app or after running a Apple software update."/>
        <outline text="It is a good first step, because it is easy to do and really can't &quot;hurt&quot; anything."/>
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      <outline text="Formatting an old mac or hard drive for sale">
        <outline text="This has come up recently no doubt in part to some users wanting to upgrade their Macs"/>
        <outline text="In OS X Tiger, use Disk Utility to format the drive. Under the Erase tab click the Security Options... button. Then check Zero out data and 7-pass Erase. The 7-Pass Erase option conforms to the DoD 5220.22-M specification. This specification calls for three passes, but Disk Utility performs seven."/>
        <outline text="If you are uber paranoid you can choose the 35-pass. Keep in mind that even a 30GB drive will take several hours (6hrs. or more) to format."/>
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      <outline text="Make album art stick on 4th Gen iPods">
        <outline text="The new 5th Gens if you press the select button and &quot;click through&quot; the views to the album art work. it will stay on the screen until you change it."/>
        <outline text="Listener Ric found this trick to make older 4th Gen iPods behave the same way.">
          <outline text="While on the &quot;Now Playing&quot; screen. Quickly press (with 1-2 sec) Select twice, menu once and select once."/>
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        <outline text="I don't currently have a 4th Gen iPod so I can't confirm the trick, but several people on an Apple discussion thread confirm it."/>
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      <outline text="Advanced subscribing to Podcasts in iTunes">
        <outline text="If you simply know the RSS URL for a Podcast you can use it to direct subscribe in iTunes or other &quot;podcatchers&quot;.">
          <outline text="Look on a site for the podcast RSS link. Usually a orange icon with RSS or XML on it."/>
          <outline text="Control+Click (Right+Click) and copy the link URL"/>
          <outline text="In iTunes go to Advanced--&gt;Subscribe to Podcast..."/>
          <outline text="Paste the URL and click Subscribe."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Steps are similar for other Podcatchers and RSS news readers. Also works for just RSS feeds."/>
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      <outline text="A new store in the UK for Apple products">
        <outline text="Leon Walsh from GBM Digital Technologies Ltd an Apple Centre in Manchester (soon to be Apple Premium Resellers). Basically Apple authorized resellers in the UK and Ireland."/>
        <outline text="They are opening a new retail location called the Apple Digital Store Manchester at One Piccadilly Gardens on November 11th. He didn't say what time, but that is Saturday and the normal hours on the site say they open at 11:00 AM on Saturdays." MediaLinks="Apple Digital Store &lt;http://www.digitalstoremanchester.co.uk/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="They will be giving away lots of cool stuff including iPods, Cases etc"/>
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      <outline text="Speeding up PhotoBooth">
        <outline text="For those to impatient to wait for the 1,2,3... countdown listener Scott has this tip...."/>
        <outline text="Hold down the Option key when pressing the red camera button and it will snap the shot right away."/>
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      <outline text="Remotely accessing your Mac">
        <outline text="Play question from Gavin"/>
        <outline text="2 basic strategies">
          <outline text="1. Make the data available on the web">
            <outline text=".Mac (iDisk), FTP, Webmail, etc."/>
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          <outline text="2. Remote Access">
            <outline text="Command line Geeks can use SSH, SFTP, etc"/>
            <outline text="Software control."/>
            <outline text="Apple Remote Desktop (USD$299) and probably overkill." MediaLinks="Apple Remote Desktop &lt;http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/&gt;"/>
            <outline text="Timbuktu from Netopia (USD$95 or $180 for 2)" MediaLinks="Timbuktu &lt;http://www.netopia.com/&gt;"/>
            <outline text="Free and open source, Chicken of the VNC" MediaLinks="Chicken of the VNC &lt;http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/&gt;">
              <outline text="1. Open Your “System Preferences”."/>
              <outline text="2. Click the “Sharing” utility."/>
              <outline text="3. Place a check mark next to the “Apple Remote Desktop” service. - You will then be shown a list of option to set. Check the &quot;VNC users may control my screen with password:&quot; option and set a password."/>
              <outline text="4. Now you can open Chicken of the VNC and, if you are running a basic network or on an office network, you should see any local Macs with the Remote Desktop service running. If you are going over the Internet your Mac will need a static IP address or need to configure your router to route the traffic to the right machine."/>
              <outline text="5. The final step would be to setup your home router to direct remote desktop traffic to your Mac running the remote desktop service. Its TCP port 3283."/>
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      <outline text="Incrementally backing up iTunes using Smart Playlists">
        <outline text="Something we covered back in July, but worth revisiting."/>
        <outline text="Play tip from Ryan."/>
        <outline text="Also works great for iPhoto."/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Visit the website">
        <outline text="Show notes."/>
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      <outline text="Keep emails coming. Audio comments.">
        <outline text="maccast@gmail.com &lt;mailto:maccast@gmail.com&gt;"/>
        <outline text="206-222-2788 (20-MACCAST-8)">
          <outline text="PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"/>
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        <outline text="MacCast Forum" MediaLinks="forum.maccast.com &lt;http://forum.maccast.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="My other Podcast">
        <outline text="Mac Roundtable" MediaLinks="www.macroundtable.com &lt;http://www.macroundtable.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Joseph Nilo (Mac Pro Podcast), Steve Stanger (The Mac Attack) and Tim Verpoorten (The Mac Reviewcast)"/>
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      <outline text="&quot;Patchwork&quot; by Plank63">
        <outline text="Recommended by listener Andrew"/>
        <outline text="Artist on Garageband.com" MediaLinks="Garageband.com—plank63 &lt;http://www.garageband.com/artist/plank63&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Artists web site" MediaLinks="www.plank63.com &lt;http://www.plank63.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Promos">
        <outline text="Gadgetboyz" MediaLinks="www.gadgetboyz.net &lt;http://www.gadgetboyz.net/&gt;"/>
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