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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="MacBooks still plagued by cracks">
        <outline text="New images of a MacBook with hairline cracks have surfaced on Jason O' Grady's ZDNet blog."/>
        <outline text="This time they are near the vents and hinges on the back of the case. I previously reported on cracks under the hand-rests."/>
        <outline text="How large an issue is this? Apple is obviously replacing any cracked cases under AppleCare"/>
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      <outline text="Rumor of Leopard delay">
        <outline text="Digitimes (notoriously bad at rumor prediction) claims Apple will delay Leopard's launch until October to build in Bootcamp support for Windows Vista"/>
        <outline text="The publication &quot;T3&quot; claims apple will release Leopard at NAB on April 15th along with a new FinalCut Studio and 8-core Mac Pros."/>
        <outline text="PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster is also predicting a mid-April Leopard launch"/>
        <outline text="Apple officially says they are on-schedule for a Spring launch. Means end of June at the latest."/>
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      <outline text="10.4.9 not recommend if you use FinalCut 4.5">
        <outline text="MacNN has a report of a reader having &quot;serious&quot; issues trying to run Final Cut Pro 4.5 and Final Cut Express 3.0 on systems running 10.4.9"/>
        <outline text="Apple says they two versions may drop frames when attempting to capture."/>
        <outline text="Final Cut Pro 5 and Final Cut Express 3.5 are not effected"/>
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      <outline text="Elton John expands iTunes offerings">
        <outline text="Sir Elton John is bringing his entire catalog (400 tracks) exclusively to iTunes first. On sale beginning March 26th and exclusive on iTunes through the end of April. The launch is to coincide with the release of a new 18-track compilation album, &quot;Rocket Man The Definitive Hits.&quot;" MediaLinks="Elton John 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%253D54657%2526partnerId%253D30&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Elton already had some albums on iTunes, but this new deal brings more than 30 more albums to iTunes."/>
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      <outline text="Rumors say iMac may be due for a facelift">
        <outline text="Several sites are reporting that Apple has tasked their design wizard Jonathan Ive with trying to &quot;slim down&quot; the look of the current iMac design"/>
        <outline text="The current models are sometime called the &quot;Leno&quot;."/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Follow-up and warning on Save PDF to Web Receipts">
        <outline text="Error discovered in tip from last show"/>
        <outline text="Uses the web page title as the filename, so if you use the same site often it can overwrite older files."/>
        <outline text="Two ways to fix it">
          <outline text="Create a &quot;PDF Services&quot; folder at either ~/Library/ or Volume/Library/, then add an alias in any folder you want to have your PDFs saved to. Name the alias what you want to appear in the Print--&gt;PDF... dropdown. Now files with the same name will have a number appended to them."/>
          <outline text="Edit the Automator workflow that currently exists at Volume/Library/PDF Services to append a date and timestamp to the end of the filename."/>
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      <outline text="Patch available for Stuffit Finder bug">
        <outline text="Listener John points out there is a patch for the Stuffit Expander 11.0.2 contextual menu Finder bug." MediaLinks="Stuffit Patch &lt;ftp://ftp.smithmicro.com/stuffit/stuffitcm.plugin.zip&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Apple TV first impressions, tips, and thoughts">
        <outline text="Apparently works with some SD TV. Mine is on order and should be here this week." MediaLinks="Apple TV &lt;http://www.apple.com/appletv/&gt;">
          <outline text="Support for 480i sets with component video inputs"/>
          <outline text="Apple likely didn't wanted an easy &quot;cut off&quot; spec."/>
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        <outline text="Is running a custom version of Mac OS X. Using an Intel CPU and NVidia GPU"/>
        <outline text="The 40GB HD has 33GB of available space.">
          <outline text="USB Port on the device is confirmed as a &quot;service&quot; port. No HD expansion or iPod connection."/>
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        <outline text="Current iTunes Movies and TV shows are reported to stream great of 802.11G"/>
        <outline text="Can decode 720p and display up to 1080i. Cannot decode 1080p">
          <outline text="Apple's new Export to Apple TV option (Quicktime Pro) or a tool like VisualHub from Textspansion can encode your own content to 2720p H.264." MediaLinks="VisualHub &lt;http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/&gt;"/>
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        <outline text="Apple TV is ultra quiet. In the 7-10db range."/>
        <outline text="Comes with ONLY a power cable. Apple is selling $15.00 - $20.00 XtremeMac cables (HDMI, Component video, TOSLink Audio, etc)."/>
        <outline text="Has software update built in, so Apple can push out software updates in the future."/>
        <outline text="Content is synced in this order of priority: 	Movies, TV Shows, Music, Podcasts, Photos."/>
        <outline text="Playback continuity, just like the iPod and iTunes."/>
        <outline text="Has already been hacked of course">
          <outline text="Playback of XVid files (from iPodNN), involves removing the drive and connecting it to a Mac, installing the SSH server Dropbear, the video container Perian, and a custom script lets the Apple TV play files outside of its normal MPEG-4 and H.264 standards.">
            <outline text="Uses Quicktime reference movies which means the originals are not synced."/>
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          <outline text="Someone reports having done a 120GB HD upgrade.">
            <outline text="Engadget has a how-to. Basically remove the drive (5,400 RPM 2.5&quot; IDE), connect it to a host computer, clone the drive, expand the media partition, remove any Spotlight files (if created), put new drive back in." MediaLinks="Upgrade AppleTV HD &lt;http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/how-to-upgrade-the-drive-in-your-apple-tv/&gt;"/>
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        <outline text="Apple TV is obviously ideal for those who rely heavily on iTunes for their media hub."/>
        <outline text="Play John's review of AppleTV"/>
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      <outline text="Handy iPhoto Maintenance Tip">
        <outline text="Chris suggested using iPhotos built-in option to help optimize iPhoto performance."/>
        <outline text="Hold down the OPTION-COMMAND keys while opening iPhoto until you will see this dialog box offering to: 1. Rebuild the small thumbnails, 2. Rebuild all thumbnails, 3. Rebuild the iPhoto Library database, 4. Recover orphaned photos."/>
        <outline text="Chris says it does all 4 about once a month and it has really sped up iPhoto boot times for his 30,000 plus image library on his 20&quot; Intel iMac."/>
        <outline text="The process is slow, 45 minutes to an hour for Chris."/>
        <outline text="Make sure you have a full back-up of iPhoto before hand, just in case things go bad."/>
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      <outline text="Review: Pioneer DEH-P5900IB">
        <outline text="Play review from Brian" MediaLinks="Pioneer DEH-P5900IB &lt;http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/v3/pg/product/details/0,,2076_310069880_338744290,00.html&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Quality of using iPod dock connector (line out) vs. headphones">
          <outline text="SIK Cables and FlexPed from Thoughtout.biz" MediaLinks="www.thoughtout.biz &lt;http://www.thoughtout.biz/FlexPed.htm&gt;"/>
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        <outline text="Using Smart Playlists for Podcasts. Advantage of continuous playback."/>
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      <outline text="Reverting your installed version of OS X">
        <outline text="Archive and install OS X from original disks"/>
        <outline text="Update to your desired version using the appropriate &quot;Combo&quot; update from Apple's support web site downloads area."/>
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      <outline text="What to do with old Apple hardware?">
        <outline text="Play question from Greg"/>
        <outline text="Repurpose. Media server, file server, child's computer, kitchen terminal, web radio, etc."/>
        <outline text="Re-sell, Craigslist or eBay. Whole systems or as parts. iBook G3s still selling for between $300-$500 on eBay."/>
        <outline text="Museum. Keep for posterity or convert to art. Macquarium, digital picture frame, etc."/>
        <outline text="Donate to school, shelter, etc, but keep in mind they need newer equipment. If you don't have a use for it they might not either. Check with you local User Group to see if they have a donation program."/>
        <outline text="Recycle. Do not trash electronics."/>
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      <outline text="Doing more with words in OS X">
        <outline text="Listener Max pointed out, that if you highlight and drag a word from most documents and apps and drop it on Safari it will do a Google search for that word. "/>
        <outline text="Can also command+click (right+click) to get corrected spelling, look up in Dictionary (change contextual menu setting to launch app or display panel), search in Spotlight, search in Google."/>
        <outline text="Command+Control+D plus hover over word to get contextual dictionary."/>
        <outline text="Tap the Services menu for more">
          <outline text="Send to Mail, create sticky note, speak text. summarize (this is way cool)."/>
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      <outline text="Changing your spell check language">
        <outline text="Antonio uses OS X localized to British English, yet OS X's built in spell check feature and the &quot;check as you type&quot; option (Edit--&gt;Spelling--&gt;Check as you type) would correct against the US dictionary. How do you change that.">
          <outline text="1) In any Cocoa based app, bring up the spell check dialog (Apple+Shift+:)"/>
          <outline text="2) Near the bottom left there is a drop down for language. Change it to the desired language English, Australian, British and Canadian English, French, Spanish, Dutch, etc."/>
          <outline text="3) Close window."/>
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        <outline text="It will stay set to that language for all applications that use the OS X built-in spell check."/>
        <outline text="I recorded this tip as a TeachMac Module and made it available for free."/>
        <outline text="Make a Maccast module for TeachMac and earn double reward points until April." MediaLinks="www.teachmac.com &lt;http://www.teachmac.com/&gt;">
          <outline text="Use the Module Maker and type in 'Maccast' as the source. Also watch the free module on making modules. You can submit module proposals via the Teach Mac website and Byron will help you craft a successful module."/>
          <outline text="This is for you and to help build the Teach Mac Library"/>
          <outline text="You earn money and points"/>
          <outline text="100% of your module price goes to you. 25% of net profit from subscriptions is also shared with module makers."/>
          <outline text="Earn points on the first 2 free modules and paid modules. 1 point per free module and for modules priced up to $10. 1.5 points for $15.00 modules."/>
          <outline text="Teach Mac is a non-profit with proceeds going to Created Equal, main project at the moment is Oasis Project. Self sustaining shelters for victims of domestic violence." MediaLinks="www.createdequal.com &lt;http://www.createdequal.com&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Warning of Apple Store Order Phishing email in the wild">
        <outline text="Listener Joe sent me a copy and I have since had reports of others receiving it."/>
        <outline text="Looks like an order for an 80GB IPod from the apple store, but order status link goes to applestore.ms"/>
        <outline text="OpenDNS.org" MediaLinks="www.opendns.com &lt;http://www.opendns.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Sound Issues after 10.4.9 Upgrade">
        <outline text="System volume for many seems to be &quot;louder&quot; in 10.4.9. So if you were at 50% it is now perceivably louder."/>
        <outline text="Is it a bug or a feature is the debate."/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="My other podcasts">
        <outline text="The Maccast Loop (LIVE)" MediaLinks="Maccast Loop &lt;http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=17436&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Mac Roundtable" MediaLinks="Mac Roundtable &lt;http://www.macroundtable.com/&gt;"/>
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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"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="MacCast Forum" MediaLinks="forum.maccast.com &lt;http://forum.maccast.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="New music,&quot;The Fever&quot; by The Young Immortals">
        <outline text="Band from Portland, OR recommended by Norrene"/>
        <outline text="Available on iTunes" MediaLinks="Buy 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%253D216529874%2526partnerId%253D30&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Bands MySpace site" MediaLinks="The Young Immortals &lt;http://www.myspace.com/theyoungimmortals&gt;"/>
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