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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="Intro stuff">
        <outline text="eMaccast response and comment that chapters help with the long (50+ minute) shows"/>
        <outline text="Switching to UberCaster for this episode to try and streamline the workflow." MediaLinks="UberCaster &lt;http://www.ubercaster.com/&gt;"/>
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    <outline text="Sponsor/Promo">
      <outline text="Audible.com">
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    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="MacBooks updated, barely">
        <outline text="The MacBooks received a very minor speed bump on Tuesday"/>
        <outline text="Models feature faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors (not Santa Rosa)"/>
        <outline text="1GB of memory standard"/>
        <outline text="Plus, larger hard drives across the board."/>
        <outline text="Other spec remain the same. 13.3in LCD display, Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, integrated iSight, etc."/>
        <outline text="Models and pricing:">
          <outline text="2.0GHz Intel Core 2, 1GB of RAM,a 80GB drive, combo drive (CD-RW/DVD) for USD $1,099.00"/>
          <outline text="2.16GHz Intel Core 2, SuperDrive, 1GB of RAM, 120GB drive for USD $1,299.00."/>
          <outline text="2.16GHz Intel Core 2, Black, SuperDrive, 1GB RAM, 160GB drive for USD $1,499.00."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="The UK also saw a MacBook price drop of 70 Euros down to 1,049, 1,249 and 1,449 Euros respectively">
          <outline text="Side note: iPod Shuffle price was also lowered from 55 Pounds to 49 Pounds."/>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="More info suggests LCD backlight displays">
        <outline text="A report from DigiTimes say that Taiwanese manufacturers AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) are reading 13.3&quot; and 15.4 inch LCD backlight panels for testing"/>
        <outline text="Two other backlight unit (BLU) makers, Coretronic and Kenmos, are also said to be sending samples for use in panels"/>
        <outline text="Jobs recently said in an open letter that Apple plans to ship iMacs with LCD backlighting before the end of 2007."/>
        <outline text="The 13.3 and 15.4 inch panel sizes however suggest that maybe the MacBooks might see the LCD backlight treatment as well. Larger LCD backlight panels could be cost prohibitive."/>
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      <outline text="New Intel Santa Rosa feeds rumor sites">
        <outline text="Intel unveiled their latest Core 2 Duo mobile chips, 'Santa Rosa&quot;. The chips are officially called Centrino Duo and Centrino Pro. In addition to improved performance the new chips offer better power management, longer battery life, faster boot times, and new computing chipsets."/>
        <outline text="Apple insider has some theories about the new chips and LCD Backlight displays">
          <outline text="No Santa Rosa update or LCD update in the MacBook soon"/>
          <outline text="15.4&quot; LCB backlight displays with 800MHz Backside bus 2nd gen core 2 Duo Santa Rosa chip in MacBook Pro"/>
          <outline text="So what about those 13.3&quot; LCD displays. Apple Insider says, &quot;ultra-portable&quot;">
            <outline text="No optical disc drive"/>
            <outline text="On-board NAND flash for faster application launching and boot times"/>
            <outline text="Built-in iSight webcam"/>
            <outline text="Thinner and lighter than existing MacBook offerings"/>
            <outline text="AirPort Extreme 802.11n enabled"/>
            <outline text="MagSafe power adapter"/>
            <outline text="Target launch late '07, early '08"/>
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      <outline text="New McCartney Album exclusive to iTunes">
        <outline text="From MacNN, Apple today announced that Paul McCartney's new album, &quot;Memory Almost Full&quot; is available for digital pre-order beginning Tuesday exclusively on the iTunes."/>
        <outline text="Pre-order customers will get the single &quot;Ever Present Past&quot; immediately upon pre-order. When the full album is delivered they will also get the video &quot;Dance Tonight&quot; as a bonus."/>
        <outline text="Later this month McCartney's entire solo catalog of 25 albums will be made available for digital download on iTunes and other services."/>
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      <outline text="Jobs entices labels to go DRM free">
        <outline text="Apple enters talks with the labels this month"/>
        <outline text="Jobs is offering to sell tracks at higher prices if the labels agree to make those tracks available DRM free."/>
        <outline text="According to an AP report two labels are expected to ask Apple to sell more digital bundles of music, videos, and other multimedia."/>
        <outline text="Amazon announced it's own plans to sell DRM free tracks thorgh deals with EMI and other labels."/>
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      <outline text="New Apple Get a Mac Ads">
        <outline text=" &quot;Choose a Vista&quot;, &quot;Genius&quot;, and &quot;Party is Over&quot;."/>
        <outline text="Another un-aired one, &quot;Knocking&quot; was posted to YouTube" MediaLinks="Get a Mac, &quot;Knocking&quot; &lt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yePwAl_pqMk&gt;"/>
        <outline text="I liked Genius and Knocking"/>
        <outline text="There are also some exclusive ads done just for PC Mag.com" MediaLinks="PCMag Apple Ad &lt;http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2128351,00.asp&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Apple shareholders re-elect Board">
        <outline text="Share holders vote unanimously to re-elect the entire current board, including Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Al Gore, and Jobs himself."/>
        <outline text="In light of the recent stock options investigation, Amalgamated Bank LongView Collective Investment Fund out of NY and the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, of Hartford, Connecticut sponsored a measure to change the way Apple set grant dates. The new proposal would set future grant dates at the beginning of the fiscal year which would avoid the possibility of backdating."/>
        <outline text="The proposal was voted down."/>
        <outline text="In a subtle, but possible bigger story Apple eluded to the possibility of Movie rentals on iTunes. Maybe to compete with Amazon's Unbox TiVo service?"/>
        <outline text="iPhone is on track to sip iPhone in June and revel a feature complete Leopard at WWDC">
          <outline text="Ads in Sacramento &quot;Bee&quot; for iPhone team in Elk Grove."/>
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      <outline text="New Apple stores">
        <outline text="San Francisco, Los Gatos and NY in the Meatpacking District."/>
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      <outline text="Back-side touch iPods?">
        <outline text="Recent Apple patent shows iPods, iPhones and other devices with touch controls on back of the device."/>
        <outline text="Overlay interface controls on the front screen. On screen cursor so you can see your position"/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Review of XtremeMac XtremeHD Cables">
        <outline text="I got a set of these from Apple with my AppleTV and they are great" MediaLinks="XtremeMac HD Cables &lt;http://www.xtrememac.com/audio/av_cables/&gt;">
          <outline text="Low price for good quality cables. USD $15-$20.00"/>
          <outline text="I liked the tapered backs near where the cable enters the connector tip. Makes it easy to grab when next to other connectors."/>
          <outline text="The gold plated connecter fit snugly, but are not too tight like my Monster cables."/>
          <outline text="Good feel with rubberized moldings"/>
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        <outline text="All kinds of cable options">
          <outline text="HDMI to HDMI"/>
          <outline text="HDMI to DVI"/>
          <outline text="Component, TOSLink and Audio"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Also have the XtremeHD HDMI switcher (USD $99.00)">
          <outline text="4-HDMI devices to one HDI port. Connect your AppleTV, game console, HD DVD Player, and HD DVR box all at once. Cool little remote to switch between inputs."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Cables are available at the AppleStore, but if you plan to order online consider..."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Sponsor: GadgetLocker">
        <outline text="The GadgetLocker offers the complete line of XtremeMac cables and sponsors this podcast."/>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="Tip: NAS backup with AirDisk and SuperDuper">
        <outline text="Play tip from Eduardo"/>
        <outline text="SuperDuper" MediaLinks="SuperDuper &lt;http://www.shirtpocket.com/&gt;">
          <outline text="Mount the network volume, and then choose Disk Image... from  the destination pop-up. Then, select the network volume and folder where you want to store the image, and name it appropriately."/>
          <outline text="SuperDuper! will automatically mount the network volume, mount the image, back up to it and unmount it when done."/>
          <outline text="It’s very important that the network drive support files larger than 4GB. FAT32-based servers or NAS devices will not work, and fail pretty spectacularly when this limit is reached. "/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="To create a sparse image with Apple Disk Utility">
          <outline text="Choose File--&gt;New Blank Disk Image..."/>
          <outline text="Select a size, up to the largest size you think you'll need"/>
          <outline text="Encryption, if you want to."/>
          <outline text="Format--&gt;Sparse Disk Image"/>
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      <outline text="Save to more places">
        <outline text="Listener Grant was wondering how to save to places beyond your favorites, default locations, etc."/>
        <outline text="OS X's built in save &quot;sheet&quot; is not that obvious.">
          <outline text="Click the little aqua triangle next to the text entry area for the filename. A standard column or list view dialog will expand out. Use the built-in spotlight search to quickly find a specific folder."/>
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      <outline text="Syncing based on events">
        <outline text="Listener Adam wanted to know if there was a way to sync the same directory to PDA and an external USB drive automatically."/>
        <outline text="Use ChronoSync from Econ Technologies" MediaLinks="ChronoSync &lt;http://www.econtechnologies.com/site/Pages/ChronoSync/chrono_overview.html&gt;">
          <outline text="Can schedule syncs to happen on the mounting of a volume"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Write an AppleScript application using the rsync shell command. Then trigger this running of the script with a Folder Action set on the Volumes directory">
          <outline text="Use the Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor to write an AppleScript using the &quot;do shell script&quot; command to run 'rsync' on the volumes and directories you want to sync. To trigger the sync use the 'on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items' handler.">
            <outline text="See AppleScipt page on Apple.com for more details on building Folder Action scripts" MediaLinks="Apple Folder Action Scripts &lt;http://www.apple.com/applescript/folderactions/index.html&gt;"/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="Save the script to the /Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts directory"/>
          <outline text="In the Finder menu choose 'Go'--&gt;'Go to Folder...' and type '/Volumes' to go to the hidden Volumes directory."/>
          <outline text="Control+Click (Right+Click) the Volumes folder and choose 'Attach a Folder Action...'. Select the script you just made."/>
          <outline text="Now when you mount your volume the script should run automatically."/>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="Playing QT movies Full Screen">
        <outline text="Play question from Allen"/>
        <outline text="One way is to use the Movie Properties, Window--&gt;Show Movie Properties, in the 'Presentation' tab check the 'Enter Fullscreen Mode when opened' option.">
          <outline text="Requires you have QuickTime Pro and that you re-save the file."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Full Screen Movie Player from MonkeyBread Software" MediaLinks="Full Screen Movie Player &lt;http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/FullscreenMoviePlayer.shtml&gt;">
          <outline text="Place in Dock and just drop movies on it to play in fullscreen"/>
          <outline text="I had some playback issues with file son an external drive connected via USB2"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Use VLC instead of QuickTime for video playback of all types of video files and it offers a fullscreen mode. To make it default:">
          <outline text="Open VLC and go to VLC--&gt;Preferences, select the video section and check the 'Fullscreen video output' option." MediaLinks="VLC &lt;http://www.videolan.org/&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Now when you launch videos with VLC (put in Dock and drop video on it). they will open and play in fullscreen mode."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Can hack QuickTime standard to play in fullscreen using an AppleScript I found on Chris Breen's great Macworld Mac 911 column" MediaLinks="Mac 911: QT Fullscreen &lt;http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2005/08/fullscreen/index.php&gt;">
          <outline text="1. Launch Apple Script Editor"/>
          <outline text="2. Enter this exactly as follows…&#10;&#10;tell application “QuickTime Player”&#10;      present front movie scale screen&#10;end tell&#10;"/>
          <outline text="3. Save the script as an application (Save on desktop or in dock for easy access)."/>
          <outline text="4. Open the movie you want to view in full screen in Quicktime and then double-click on the apple script application you created."/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Podcast Marketplace">
        <outline text="Thanks to my sponsors">
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      <outline text="New music, &quot;Unfold&quot; by Arorah">
        <outline text="All girl band who rock was recommended by Jack, their booking agent. Ok, he has bais, but they still rock."/>
        <outline text="Artists web site" MediaLinks="www.aroarah.com &lt;http://www.aroarah.com/&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Bonus: To Buy or Not to Buy">
        <outline text="Play piece from Delmar"/>
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