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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 delays Leopard. iPhone on schedule">
        <outline text="Apple made a statement Thursday that OS 10.5 Leopard would not be released at WWDC as originally planned"/>
        <outline text="The date slipped according to an Apple statement because, 'we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team&quot;"/>
        <outline text="Gruber says his inside sources say the PR spin is true and Mac OS X developers have had to shift focus to iPhone OS X development. And don't forget they were likely on Apple TV OS X development prior to that."/>
        <outline text="Just seems to me, Apple could have pre-planned the projects better and brought new developers to their OS X team in the infant stages of iPhone OS X development. My bigger concern is Apple's apparent shift in focus from Mac OS X development to pushing their consumer electronics projects."/>
        <outline text="I can understand Apple's financial incentive for the iPhone focus">
          <outline text="Had Apple released Leopard in June Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster predicted Apple would have sold 9 million copies in 2007, bringing in $456 million in revenue. (I get 1.16 billion for 9mil times $129)."/>
          <outline text="By contrast if Apple can sell just 3 million iPhones in 2007 (they are forecasting 10 million by 2008) the could potentially realize earnings of approximately  1.5 billion"/>
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        <outline text="BootCamp Beta expires on September 30, 2007 and Boot Camp assistant would no longer work, meaning you couldn't install Windows, resize the Windows’ partition or remove a Windows installation from your system. I would expect a Boot Camp update from Apple that extends the Beta expiration date."/>
        <outline text="MacUser asks the obvious question... what about iLife '07? Rumors are that it will have many Leopard dependent features."/>
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      <outline text="The Octo Mac has arrived">
        <outline text="The specs">
          <outline text="Two Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Clovertown” processors running at 3.0GHz. Rumor has it that these chips, Xeon X5365, are exclusive to Apple for now."/>
          <outline text="Other specs remain more or less the same"/>
          <outline text="Up to four drives and 3TB of storage"/>
          <outline text="Eight DIMM slots for up to 16GB of RAM"/>
          <outline text="Two drive bays for SuperDrives"/>
          <outline text="Four PCI Express slots."/>
          <outline text="3 Graphics card option">
            <outline text="NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (standard)"/>
            <outline text="ATI Radeon X1900 XT"/>
            <outline text="NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500"/>
            <outline text="With four PCI Express graphics cards the Mac Pro support for up to eight displays simultaneously"/>
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        <outline text="Performance may be hindered by limited memory bandwidth. In a Macworld article they quote Photographer Lloyd Chambers, &quot;Memory copy speed is at best 2.9GB/sec on the Mac Pro, in spite of Apple’s highly misleading claims of 21.3 GB/sec&quot;"/>
        <outline text="It's currently uncertain if the bottle neck is a symptom of Intel's current Xeon 5100 (dual-core) and 5300 (quad-core) platforms or a flaw in Mac OS X memory handling. Let's hope for the latter."/>
        <outline text="BareFeats did their tests against the quad-core and found similar issues" MediaLinks="Octo Speed Tests &lt;http://www.barefeats.com/octopro1.html&gt;">
          <outline text="Their results backed up Lloyd's findings that, &quot;OS 10.4 (Tiger) does not know how to deal with so many cores. The problem is that the OS does not know that it should keep a thread on the SAME core instead of swapping it around to any one of the 8 cores. When a thread moves to a different core-group, the cache has to be reloaded on the new core.&quot; ... &quot;When this thread/core shift happens repeatedly, it makes the cache ineffective and floods the memory bus with activity.&quot;"/>
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      <outline text="The 100 Million iPod March... ok April">
        <outline text="Apple hit a major milestone for iPod sales on the 9th announced they had sold the 100 millionth unit"/>
        <outline text="The feat was achieved in just 5.5 years making the iPod the fastest selling music player in history"/>
        <outline text="In a press release from Apple singer John Mayer is quoted as saying, “Without the iPod, the digital music age would have been defined by files and folders instead of songs and albums. Though the medium of music has changed, the iPod experience has kept the spirit of what it means to be a music lover alive.&quot;"/>
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      <outline text="MGM Flicks roar onto iTunes... more like meow">
        <outline text="MGM became the 4th major studio to offer movies for sale on the iTunes store. The others are Disney, Paramount, and Lions Gate"/>
        <outline text="Current titles appear to be older tiles. Apple calls these &quot;library&quot; titles. The initial MGM offerings include, “Dances With Wolves,” “Mad Max,” “The Great Train Robbery” and “Rocky&quot;."/>
        <outline text="iTunes has sold over 2 million movies to-date and with MGM on board they have brought the total number of movies currently available on iTunes up to over 500."/>
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      <outline text="New Apple ads">
        <outline text="New AppleTV ad featuring Jack Black's &quot;School of Rock&quot; being played on a Mac, an iPod, and an AppleTV." MediaLinks="Apple TV Ad &lt;http://www.apple.com/appletv/ads/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="3 new Get a Mac Ads">
          <outline text="Flashback, Mac and PC as kids. Some things never change." MediaLinks="Get a Mac Ads &lt;http://www.apple.com/getamac/&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Computer Cart, 4 &quot;PCs&quot; on an IT cart. DLL error, fatal error, etc."/>
          <outline text="Stuffed, a ballooned Hodgeman (ala Violet Baurgarde) talks about all his useless bundled cripple-ware"/>
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      <outline text="Airport Extreme Basestation Update">
        <outline text="7.1 firmware update for the AirPort Extreme Base Station" MediaLinks="Airport Firmware Update &lt;http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airportextremebasestationwith80211nfirmware71.html&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Includes general fixes, compatibility updates, and security improvements "/>
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      <outline text="More Apple TV Hacks">
        <outline text="RSS and other Plug-ins, apparently surprisingly easy to create. Need a hacked Apple TV to install. Promise in one hack successful in booting an Apple TV from and external USB drive."/>
        <outline text="Video games on Apple TV via video game emulation for NES, SNES, N64, and Sega Genesis game console"/>
        <outline text="Official response from Apple seems to be, &quot;hack away&quot; just don't expect us to support you and you probably have voided your warranty."/>
        <outline text="Sling Media was working to get their SlingBox working with the Apple TV. For Apple TV, you’d use the component pass-thru on a Slingbox Pro with HD Connect to remotely view, or listen, to your content."/>
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      <outline text="Apple may have bigger &quot;media center&quot; plans">
        <outline text="An Apple patent for a, &quot;Multi-media center for computing systems,&quot; has recently been published"/>
        <outline text="The patent is for a module controller element that would act as a conduit between multiple devices and programs, offering a consistant UI experience (FrontRow)"/>
        <outline text="The module controller can be controlled by software on any compatible device -- including computers, remotes, and &quot;media-player with remote control capabilities&quot;."/>
        <outline text="Media playback would be controlled through plug-in software modules"/>
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      <outline text="Rumors of 6G iPods before 2008">
        <outline text="The rumor mills a buzzin' that Apple will bring a full screen, wide screen, wifi enabled video iPod to market just in time for the Holidays."/>
        <outline text="Makes sense as it gives Apple time to">
          <outline text="Let iPhone sales cool off"/>
          <outline text="wait for flash memory prices to come down even further, 16GB or 32GB flash models?"/>
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      <outline text="NAB: Final Cut Studio 2">
        <outline text="NAB has kicked off and Apple announced Final Cut Studio 2 which will be available in May"/>
        <outline text="The package includes Final Cut Pro 6, Soundtrack 2, Compressor 3, Motion 3 and a new application called Color."/>
        <outline text="Highlights include:">
          <outline text=" Open Format Timeline which allows you to mix formats, mix resolutions and even mix frame-rates."/>
          <outline text="Apple's new ProRes 422 format for uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes"/>
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        <outline text="FinalCut Server for digital asset management"/>
        <outline text="Pricing: Final Cut Studio 2: $1,299 or $499 (upgrade). $699 to upgrade from FinalCut Pro. FinalCut Server is $1000 (10-client) or $2,000 (unlimited)"/>
        <outline text="I will have a post NAB wrap-up show with Craig Severson (GruntMedia) and James Alguire (Stuff, Guts and Video)"/>
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Audible.com">
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          <outline text="Audible has over 35,000 titles and the listening experience is just like a Podcast. Listen when and where you want and it adds bookmarks, so great for long commutes."/>
          <outline text="Be sure to use the exclusive links in this podcast and in the shownotes on Maccast.com to get your free book and 14-day trial."/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Let Them Hear You Podcast Promo">
        <outline text="Play promo" MediaLinks="Let Them Hear You Contest &lt;http://dancingwithelephants.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=201946&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Full rules and list of prizes at, dancingwithelephants.libsyn.com &lt;http://dancingwithelephants.libsyn.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="The following are the ground rules for the Let Them Hear You Contest:&#10;1. Enter as many times as you like.&#10;2. Each review must be 20 words or more and end with &quot;R U Listening?&quot;&#10;3. No copy and pasting the same review for multiple shows.&#10;4. No writing multiple reviews for the same show in multiple podcasting directories.&#10;5. Since this is our contest, we have the final say on what we consider to be a legitimate review. Needless to say, &quot;This podcast is really, really, really, really, really, really, really good.&quot; will not make the cut.&#10;6. The podcast directory has to be recognized as a legitimate directory such as iTunes, Podcast Alley, or Podcast Pickle.&#10;7. Each legitimate review counts as one entry in the drawing.&#10;8. Two winners will be selected by random from the pool of legitimate entries. (1) 1st Runner Up and (1) Grand Prize Winner.&#10;9. Entries must get to us no later than Friday, May 11, 2007 at 11:59 PM US Central Time.&#10;10. This contest is open to anywhere you can make use of the prizes.&#10;11. Alternative prizes will not be substituted. "/>
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      <outline text="Corrections and follow-up">
        <outline text="To type ellipsis it's Option+; not Command"/>
        <outline text="EMI DRM Free album will be at the higher bitrate and USD$9.99"/>
        <outline text="Another option for recycling an old mac is Screen Recycler" MediaLinks="screenrecycler.com &lt;http://www.screenrecycler.com/home.html&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Locking your kids to one wi-fi network">
          <outline text="Make sure they have non-admin accounts"/>
          <outline text="The go to the Network section, in System Preferences."/>
          <outline text="Select AirPort and then click &quot;Configure&quot;."/>
          <outline text="In the first tab, named AirPort, click the button called &quot;Options...&quot;."/>
          <outline text="From the pop up dialog check the option labeled &quot;Require administrator password to: Change wireless networks&quot;."/>
          <outline text="Lock the Network preferences."/>
          <outline text="This will now require an admin password in order to switch networks."/>
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        <outline text="My Apple TV Photo Syncing issue discovered">
          <outline text="I wasn't using the device right as pointed out by Derick"/>
          <outline text="In the sources list it starts with a big Apple Logo, under that it lists the Mac authorized for Apple TV on your network. I say the Mac a had chosen for syncing. That is to streaming. The synced content is on the Apple TV and that source is the big Apple logo."/>
          <outline text="It only took me several days to figure that out."/>
          <outline text="You can also put the AppleTV to &quot;sleep&quot; by holding the Play/Pause button down for 5-6 seconds."/>
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      <outline text="Review SRS iWow Plug-in">
        <outline text="First heard of it from Ben, an SRS Product Marketing Manager, at the MacWorld Podcaster meet-up"/>
        <outline text="Comment on the SRS iWow Plug-in for iTunes" MediaLinks="SRS iWow! &lt;http://www.srs-store.com/store-plugins/mall/iwow-plugin.asp&gt;">
          <outline text="Enhances iTunes music"/>
          <outline text="Presets for Rock, Jazz, Classical, etc."/>
          <outline text="Settings for different speaker types and sizes. Adjust bass, does a great job bringing out more range."/>
          <outline text="Only USD $19.99, well worth if if you use small speakers (built-in) or headphones."/>
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      <outline text="720 x 304 Resolution Video on an iPod">
        <outline text="Listener Jeff reports success in getting a handbrake encoded a DVD at 720 X 304 resolution and a 2500 kbps bit rate to sync and play on his 5th Gen iPod."/>
        <outline text="720 x 304 is a Cinemascope  2.35 : 1 aspect ratio"/>
        <outline text="He sent me a sample of his file and it worked on my iPod too. May be  good news for podcasters looking to target Apple TV and iPod with one format."/>
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      <outline text="Active Directory support in OS X">
        <outline text="Listener Daniel is trying to sell bringing Macs into his corporate environment, but has hit a sticking point with IT wanting Macs to me able to interface with their Windows Active Directory server."/>
        <outline text="Use the Directory Access utility. Applications--&gt;Utilities--&gt;Directory Access">
          <outline text="Can bind Mac to the AD domain"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="ADmit Mac from Thursby Systems" MediaLinks="ADmit Mac &lt;http://www.thursby.com/products/admitmac.html&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Apple has helpful info for IT managers in thei IT Pro section, &quot;Integrating Mac OS X and Active Directory&quot;" MediaLinks="OS X Active Directory Integration &lt;http://www.apple.com/itpro/articles/adintegration/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Koloroo iPod &quot;Widgets&quot;">
        <outline text="KolorWheel USD$7.99" MediaLinks="Koloroo iPod Widgets &lt;http://www.koloroo.com/&gt;">
          <outline text="Widget for picking color schemes. Use click-wheel to select a base color and then it suggest 4 additional colors with RGB values to make a scheme."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="TipKalc USD$4.99">
          <outline text="Tip calculator. Dial your bill total in the center and then it will display tip at 15% and 20%. The 4 corners offer bill split amounts with or without tip for from 2 to 5 people. "/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Both widgets are loaded on the ipod as a series of pictures and you then scroll through them to use the &quot;apps&quot;. Very clever."/>
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      <outline text="Quick Tips">
        <outline text="From Max">
          <outline text="Option+Click outside any application to hide it"/>
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        <outline text="From Erik, in Tiger">
          <outline text="Apple+click on any icon in the dock it will do the same as the Show in Finder command."/>
          <outline text="Apple+Option+Click on any Application in the dock, except  iTunes and iPhoto, it will hide all other application windows."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Rick wanted to know how to remove the attachment from an email in Apple Mail so he can keep the message, but save space.">
          <outline text="Select the message and then go to  the 'Message' menu and choose &quot;Remove Attachments&quot;."/>
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      <outline text="Using AirDisk on new Airport Extreme">
        <outline text="Play comments from Jeff."/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Teach Mac">
        <outline text="Make modules, earn double points until the end of April. One listener has already earned an 80GB Video iPod." MediaLinks="www.teachmac.com &lt;http://www.teachmac.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Need content, go back and video cast some of the old tips given out on prior Maccasts"/>
        <outline text="We are at 18 modules and the Mac OS Ken (MOSKpit) is at 25, lets see if we can out module them."/>
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      <outline text="New music,&quot;Heavy Women&quot; by Ray Schinnery">
        <outline text="Recommended by Mike from Thoughout.biz"/>
        <outline text="Ray 'The Blues Man' Shinnery. Play Maccast intro"/>
        <outline text="Artist's web site" MediaLinks="rayshinnery.com &lt;http://rayshinnery.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Promo">
        <outline text="Let's Get Down to Earth... Science Podcast" MediaLinks="Let's Get Down to Earth &lt;http://cvpodcast.blogspot.com/&gt;"/>
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