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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="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Circus Ponies">
        <outline text="Organize your life. Just try it, great for notes, brain dumps, research, web clippings, etc."/>
        <outline text="Check-out the video tour."/>
        <outline text="Notebook, free 30-day demo. Just get it." MediaLinks="www.circusponies.com &lt;http://www.circusponies.com/&gt;"/>
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    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="No cash for iPhones">
        <outline text="Apple stores are now requiring a credit card if you want to buy an iPhone."/>
        <outline text="Also a 2 unit limit."/>
        <outline text="Apple estimates about 250,000 iPhones have gone unactivated so the assumption is those are hacked phones. Want to stop the issue."/>
        <outline text="Gene Muster is estimating that Apple gets $18/mo in rev share from AT&amp;T for the life of the 2 year contract."/>
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      <outline text="Leopard a success">
        <outline text="Reviews have been overall very positive with only a few complaints."/>
        <outline text="Apple sold 2 million copies by Tuesday. Tiger took over 5 weeks to sell 2 million."/>
        <outline text="PC users already want in. A hacked has surfaced to allow Leopard to run on a PC."/>
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      <outline text="Security firm questions Leopard Firewall">
        <outline text="MacNN is reporting on a post from Heise Security where they say Leopards built-in firewall is seriously flawed."/>
        <outline text="Not on by default, but worse when enabled some services seem to be always accessible, ntpd (time server) and NetBIOS for example. Even when set to &quot;block all incoming connections&quot;."/>
        <outline text="The post notes that while the behavior is strange is is not 100% clear what or if any security risks exist.">
          <outline text="&quot;Although the problems and peculiarities described here are not security vulnerabilities in the sense that they can be exploited to break into a Mac, Apple would be well advised to sort them out pronto.&quot;"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="According to Macworld other security experts are saying some of the new security features, Sandboxing and Library Randomization, are not implemented well.">
          <outline text="Don't effect all applications or all parts of the OS."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Also complain that the Firewall interface is confusing."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Possible bad Macbook Drives">
        <outline text="According to a Gizmodo report, Retrodata, a data-recovery company, has just issued a warning for Apple owners with any Apple product that contains a 2.5&quot; Seagate SATA hard drives that was manufactured in China and have a firmware version of 7.01."/>
        <outline text="They claim the drives have a fatal mechanical flaw that causes the read/write heads to fail and scratch the surface of the disk."/>
        <outline text="If you have a Macbook with the Seagate drive don't panic, just make sure you are doing regular backups. If you have a drive fail make sure you contact Apple so they know of the issue and will possibly offer a fix in the future."/>
        <outline text="How to determine your drive and firmware version">
          <outline text="Under the Apple menu choose &quot;About this Mac&quot; and then click the &quot;More Info...&quot; button to bring up the system profiler."/>
          <outline text="Under Hardware click on the &quot;Serial-ATA&quot; item and then click on the hard drive in the Device tree (upper right pane). Below that find the Model number. Copy it and do a Google search to determine the manufacturer. Mine was a Seagate (ST9120821AS)"/>
          <outline text="Look at the revision number. If it says 7.01, you likely have the drive."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Thanks to Jimmy for pointing out this article."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Mac trojan in the wild">
        <outline text="This is being reported all over the web and security sites and anti-virus manufacturers are having a field day."/>
        <outline text="Let's get some things straight">
          <outline text="It is being distributed via porn sites and is called the OSX.RSPlug.A trojan"/>
          <outline text="Pretends to be a movie clip, but when clicked tells you you need to download a new QuickTime codec to view it."/>
          <outline text="It then downloads a DMG installer. If you have the Open &quot;Safe&quot; Files After Downloading enabled in Safari. Safari will launch the installer automatically."/>
          <outline text="It will then ask if you want to install and prompt you for your admin password."/>
          <outline text="At this point it modifies your Macs DNS settings to point to phishing sites or ads for other pornography sites."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="So, you try to view porno movie, you desire said movie so badly that you download and willing install software from said porno site. Now you have a DNS hacked Mac. Guess where the security hole is? Hint: it's sitting in front of your Mac, not in it."/>
        <outline text="Macworld has a great article about the trojan and instructions on how to remove it." MediaLinks="macworld.com &lt;http://www.macworld.com/2007/10/firstlooks/trojanhorse/index.php&gt;"/>
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="The Gadget Locker">
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Leopard launch party coverage">
        <outline text="Play interviews"/>
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      <outline text="Upgrading gotchas">
        <outline text="Install options are a little hidden. Use the &quot;Advanced...&quot;, &quot;Customize...&quot;, or &quot; Options..&quot; button."/>
        <outline text="Some disks take a long time to be recognized.">
          <outline text="Disk Utility Trick:">
            <outline text="1) Launch Disk Utility (in Utilities menu)"/>
            <outline text="2) Select the drive from the list (no partition listed)"/>
            <outline text="3) Go to the partition tab"/>
            <outline text="4) Under Volume Scheme change the drop down to 1 partition. Wait. DON&quot;T click apply."/>
            <outline text="5) The partition should bee seen and change the Volume Scheme back to 'Current'"/>
            <outline text="6) Quit Disk Utility and proceed with your install."/>
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        <outline text="DVD verification step can take a long time. Long installs especially on older machines."/>
        <outline text="old versions of Application Enhancer (APE)">
          <outline text="APE preceding version 2.0.2 is incompatible"/>
          <outline text="Upgrade or get uninstaller from Unsanity" MediaLinks="www.unsanity.com &lt;http://www.unsanity.com/&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Many 3rd party apps install this, check you System Preferences in Tiger."/>
          <outline text="Fix after the fact is to do an Archive and install."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="There have been a couple upgrades already (Keychian, login, etc), so run Software Update."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Some of my favorite things so far">
        <outline text="Over all UI changes">
          <outline text="rounded corners"/>
          <outline text="enhanced interfaces in print center, mail, etc."/>
          <outline text="window drop shadows"/>
          <outline text="not a fav, but they did deal with the side dock UI complaint."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="QuickLook"/>
        <outline text="iChat tabbed chat, probably won't need Chax anymore."/>
        <outline text="Spotlight in help"/>
        <outline text="Mail">
          <outline text="Status preview window, like iTunes."/>
          <outline text="Stationary.">
            <outline text="Equinux Stationary pack. Over 100 new templates for Mail" MediaLinks="Stationary Pack &lt;http://www.equinux.com/us/products/stationery/index.html&gt;"/>
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        <outline text="FrontRow"/>
        <outline text="Networking that works!!"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="What's missing...">
        <outline text="Curved menubar corners."/>
        <outline text="iChat StarWars Hologram effect and &quot;Conan O'Brian&quot; effect"/>
        <outline text="AirDisk Support in TimeMachine"/>
        <outline text="Sherlock? Why do we care? Watson will run on Leopard I have been told." MediaLinks="Watson &lt;http://www.karelia.com/watson/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Resolution Independence?">
          <outline text="This wasn't promised, but many of you were apparently hoping for it."/>
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        <outline text="Classic. No more OS 9 apps."/>
        <outline text="3rd Party Apps:">
          <outline text="ProTools, Adobe Photoshop 7, CS1, FileMaker."/>
          <outline text="Great growing list of compatible and incompatible apps at Dommy's World (via MacUser)" MediaLinks="Leopard Compatible Apps &lt;http://dommy.media-backup.de/site/blog/index_files/leopard_compatible_applications.php&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Scroll inactive windows in Leopard">
        <outline text="Dan points out that you can now scroll any window or app thats open without actually having to bring that window to the front."/>
        <outline text="Place cursor over the window or app and scroll away."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Quick activate QuickLook">
        <outline text="Select file in the Finder and tap the spacebar."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Move apps and windows between Spaces">
        <outline text="Activate Spaces and click and drag items between Spaces"/>
        <outline text="Listener Sasha discovered this trick:">
          <outline text="1. Take and drag a window to the edge of any side of the screen for a few seconds."/>
          <outline text="2. Spaces will automatically switch spaces to the corresponding adjacent space with your window still being dragged."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="You can also click on a window and start to drag, hold on to it, then activate the Spaces Control+ arrow hotkey. It takes some ninja finger dexterity on a trackpad Mac, but works."/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Podcast Marketplace">
        <outline text="Thanks to my sponsors">
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      <outline text="Keep emails coming. Audio comments.">
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        <outline text="MacCast Forum" MediaLinks="forum.maccast.com &lt;http://forum.maccast.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="New music, &quot;Tricks&quot; by Brakelazy">
        <outline text="Jamie from MedicCast gave me there CD at PME" MediaLinks="www.mediccast.com &lt;http://www.mediccast.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Artist site" MediaLinks="www.myspace.com—brakelazy &lt;http://www.myspace.com/brakelazy&gt;"/>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="EOL: Happy Halloween">
        <outline text="Scary, scary." MediaLinks="My BSoD Costume &lt;http://www.maccast.com/2007/10/31/windows-halloween-horror/&gt;"/>
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