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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="Notebook" MediaLinks="www.circusponies.com &lt;http://www.circusponies.com/&gt;"/>
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    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="Apple number 2 music seller in US">
        <outline text="According to the latest NPD Group’s MusicWatch survey."/>
        <outline text="Apple surpassed Amazon to become the number 2 music reseller in the US."/>
        <outline text="Includes against CD sales."/>
        <outline text="One analyst predicts they will pass Wal-Mart by the end of the year."/>
        <outline text="Overall sending on music was down 10%, could be somewhat due to the economy?"/>
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      <outline text="Apple updates Macbooks and Macbook Pros">
        <outline text="Using the latest Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processor"/>
        <outline text="Macbook Pros">
          <outline text="Processors up to 2.6GHz with 6MB of shared L2 cache"/>
          <outline text="Hard drive options up to 300GB"/>
          <outline text="All come standard with 2GB of RAM"/>
          <outline text="NVIDIA graphics processors with up to 512MB of video memory."/>
          <outline text="Multi-touch track pads"/>
          <outline text="Pricing starts at USD$1,999.00"/>
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        <outline text="Macbooks">
          <outline text="Two white models now come in 2.1GHz or 2.4 GHz versions with 120GB or 160GB hard drives."/>
          <outline text="The black Macbook is offered up with a 2.4GB processor and a whopping 250GB hard drive."/>
          <outline text="The 2.4 GHz models come with 2GB of RAM and the machines are upgradeable to 4GB"/>
          <outline text="Prices start at USD$1,099.00"/>
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        <outline text="What else is different?">
          <outline text="Apple has removed the included IR remote. Will cost you USD$20.00"/>
          <outline text="Reduced bater life? Should go up and according to Apple PR it did. They are changing the way they market battery life.">
            <outline text="According to Ars Technica Apple used 3 types of battery tests, a DVD playback test, a wireless productivity test, and a &quot;highway test."/>
            <outline text="Apple used to market the &quot;highway&quot; test number which was the best battery life, but almost unreproduceable in real world conditions"/>
            <outline text="They now use the wireless productivity test number which they say falls right in the middle of typical real world usage."/>
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          <outline text="Macbook Pro keyboard no longer have numeric number pad functionality."/>
          <outline text="Only 15&quot; Macbook Pros have LED backlighting standard, not available on Macbooks and 17&quot; MBP is a $100 BTO option"/>
          <outline text="17&quot; MBP has a 3rd USB port."/>
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        <outline text="Already rumors surfacing that we can expect the next notebook updates in June as Intel transitions from the Santa Rosa platform to Montevina and the 2nd generation of the Penryn processors">
          <outline text="Also being referred to as Centrino 2 the platform will feature 45-nanometer notebook processors, running at speeds between 2.26GHz - 3.06GHz, with a 1066MHz front-side bus."/>
          <outline text="The current Penryn offers speeds up to 2.6GHz and operate on an 800MHz bus"/>
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      <outline text="Apple getting greener">
        <outline text="They have a site set up to explain their environmental initiatives" MediaLinks="www.apple.com/environment &lt;http://www.apple.com/environment/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Recently expanded their iPod recycling program to include all models of cell phones."/>
        <outline text="Two options for taking advantage of the program:">
          <outline text="1) Take your iPod or cell phones into an Apple retail store"/>
          <outline text="2) Go to www.apple.com/environment/recycling/ipodrecycling/ &lt;http://www.apple.com/environment/recycling/ipodrecycling/&gt; and use the form to get a pre-paid printable label. If you want you can also request a free pre-paid mailer (takes 7-10 days to get it)."/>
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      <outline text="iPhone firmware 1.1.4 released">
        <outline text="Offered &quot;bug fixes&quot;."/>
        <outline text="Possible preparation for SDK and apps or just to break Jailbreaks?">
          <outline text="Nope, same old jailbreaks worked on new firmware?"/>
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        <outline text="Rumors of added support for T-Mobile in Australia and O2 in Ireland.">
          <outline text="According to iLounge, the O2 Ireland launch is confirmed for March 14th, but there are no &quot;tariffs&quot; (plans) with unlimited data. 1GB usage cap and no visual voicemail support."/>
          <outline text="The device will cost €399 (USD$605) for the 8GB, €499 (USD$757) for the 16GB. Owch."/>
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        <outline text="O2 UK claims the iPhone is their &quot;fastest selling&quot; device and has high marks for customer satisfaction."/>
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      <outline text="iPhone SDK event scheduled for March 6th">
        <outline text="Apple sent invites to the press for a special “iPhone Software Roadmap” event to be held on Apple’s campus in Cupertino, CA on Thursday March 6th."/>
        <outline text="The invite says, “Please join us to learn about the iPhone software roadmap, including the iPhone SDK and some exciting new enterprise features.” "/>
        <outline text="Images on the invite shows a map with signs labeled “Enterprise,” “SDK” and “Software Update.”"/>
        <outline text="Speculation on what &quot;Enterprise&quot; features are included Microsoft Exchange server support, Blackberry RIM support (least likely, most impact), Lotus Notes, 3G?"/>
        <outline text="Speculation that the event will only be a &quot;roadmap&quot; discussion and release of a BETA SDK with the final release targeted for WWDC?"/>
        <outline text="Looks like Apple will control distribution of apps and apply restrictions as to what developers can do. Free apps may not have the same restrictions. Also it does look like some developers have early access to the SDK."/>
        <outline text="Sidenote: Apple COO Tim Cook also said this week that Apple is &quot;not married to any business model&quot; in reference to exclusive carrier deals."/>
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      <outline text="Other random news">
        <outline text="Apple started airing a new &quot;Everybody Touch&quot; ad for the iPod Touch"/>
        <outline text="Apple is now shipping the Time Capsule."/>
        <outline text="iPhoto 7.1.3, &quot;...Addresses issues with wire-bound books and cards.&quot; Wow actually something specific."/>
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Certified Training Alliance">
        <outline text="The CTA is a nationwide organization of independent Apple Authorized Training Centers offering advanced Macintosh IT Training and Apple certification testing." MediaLinks="certifiedtraining.com &lt;http://www.certifiedtraining.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="If you want a certification in Leopard Support, Leopard Server, Pro Applications, or as an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician."/>
        <outline text="Even if you don't need the certification, classes like &quot;Supporting Mac OS X for Windows Administrators&quot; may help you if you are an IT Pro supporting Macs."/>
        <outline text="Crywolf is the location here in San Diego and they are awesome."/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Shortcut for quoting in Mail.app">
        <outline text="Many suggestions were offered, including the one I covered selecting the text you wish to quote before hitting reply."/>
        <outline text="Nat had the answer we were looking for. Play clip."/>
        <outline text="Type Command+Option+I while composing the reply will insert the quoted text."/>
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      <outline text="Extending Wi-fi using WDS reduces performance">
        <outline text="Last week I recommended using a wi-fi &quot;bridge&quot; to extend the wireless range. John points out a potential side effect of that feature I wasn't aware of."/>
        <outline text="The feature is called Wireless Distribution System (WDS). Apple calls it &quot;range extending&quot; in the Airport Express."/>
        <outline text="Trouble is devices connected through an WDS connected basestation lose 1/2 the throughput for each WDS device they travel through.">
          <outline text="So if you have an N basestation getting a typical 74 Mbit/s throughput, and you connect a N bridge (WDS) any device connected directly to the main basestation would continue to get 74 Mbit/s, but devices connected to the bridge device would only get ~37 Mbit/s throughput."/>
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      <outline text="Technical explanation for the 20&quot; iMac LCD issue">
        <outline text="Listener Peter pointed out that &quot;Apple switched from using S-IPS panels to TN panels, which are much cheaper, on the 20&quot; Intel iMacs"/>
        <outline text="S-IPS, stands for Super-In Plan Switching displays. They are widely used in LCDS above 20&quot; and offer better color reproduction, but lower contrast ratios (deep blacks)."/>
        <outline text="TN panels, are twisted nematic + film displays. They are cheaper, offer fast refresh rates, often use 6-bit color instead of 8-bit and suffer from restricted viewing angles. "/>
        <outline text="Keep in mind all of this ends up being subjective. Most lower priced LCD displays you are going to see these days are TN displays and most people are happy with their performance."/>
        <outline text="Trouble is at 20&quot; you can really see the anomalies from the top to the bottom of the panel. It's just too big. I have a 17&quot; and I hardly notice the issues."/>
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      <outline text="Removing archived photos from iPhoto">
        <outline text="Peter had backup up a bunch of iPhoto images to disk and now wanted to remove them to free up space.">
          <outline text="Should he just delete the folders in ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/ where there are folders organized by year. iPhoto 6"/>
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        <outline text="Need to delete them in iPhoto, not in the Finder. iPhoto 7 in iLife '08 hides these folders in the Finder now to prevent this."/>
        <outline text="Can sort main library by date and then select and delete photos"/>
        <outline text="Use Smart albums to narrow date ranges. 1/1/2007 - 1/1/2008. Select all (Command+A) and then Command+Option+Delete to remove them from the album and the main library."/>
        <outline text="Deleting in iPhoto just moves them to the trash in iPhoto after you will need to empty the trash. Control+Click (Right+click) the trash and choose empty or use Command+Shift+Delete hot key."/>
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      <outline text="Office 2008 installation and support issues">
        <outline text="Play feedback from David of the Fredcast Cycling podcast" MediaLinks="thefredcast.com &lt;http://www.thefredcast.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="LDAP, lightweight directory access protocol">
          <outline text="from Wikipedia: &quot;is an application protocol for querying and modifying directory services running over TCP/IP&quot;"/>
          <outline text="For Exchange and Entourage it allows access to the addresses in exchange server."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Office 2008 also had a potential security issue with ownership permissions on MAcs with multiple users. Set them incorrectly in some cases allowing access to Microsoft application installer files from non-admin accounts."/>
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      <outline text="What's that grey spiny wheel at startup?">
        <outline text="Play feedback from Trevor"/>
        <outline text="We need a name for this thing, is spinning gear it?"/>
        <outline text="We have pinwheel of death, so grey cog of delay? spinning gear of sloth? white wheel of waiting?"/>
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      <outline text="Auto-mount shared volumes">
        <outline text="John wants to do Time Machine backups to a shared drive connected to a Mac, but is tired of having to manually mount the volume on his iBook."/>
        <outline text="Set the drive up to auto-mount at startup:">
          <outline text="1) Connect to the shared drive and mount it in the Finder.&#10;2) Open system preferences&#10;3) Open the Accounts preference&#10;4) Select your wife's user account&#10;5) Click on the &quot;Login Items&quot; tab in the right pane&#10;6) Click the little &quot;+&quot; icon to add an item, select the shared volume&#10;from the Finder, click the 'Add' button. Instead of clicking the &quot;+&quot;&#10;to add, you could have simply drug the mounted volume from the Finder&#10;into the Login Items window.&#10;7) Exit system preferences and restart.&#10;&#10;Now when you re-boot it will ask you to authenticate the volume and it&#10;will mount automatically. You can choose to save the login to the&#10;keychain which I think will by-pass the prompt."/>
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      <outline text="Remote control your iPhone">
        <outline text="Play review from David"/>
        <outline text="Belkin Sports Command for iPod" MediaLinks="Belkin Sports Command &lt;http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=298896&gt;">
          <outline text="1st &amp; 2nd Gen Nano, iPod Mini, iPod Click Wheel, iPod Color, iPod Video"/>
          <outline text="Does NOT say it supports 3rd gen, iPod touch, iPod Classic, or iPhone."/>
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      <outline text="One tool to clone Mac and Windows partitions">
        <outline text="Lance had a question I get asked a lot from listeners looking to backup their Mac and Bootcamp volumes with one tool"/>
        <outline text="The only app I am aware of for this is CopyCat X from Sub Rosa Soft" MediaLinks="Copy Cat X &lt;http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=7&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Clearing up the Time Machine Air Disk confusion">
        <outline text="Time Machine cannot backup to an Air Disk"/>
        <outline text="Time Machine can backup to a shared network drive connected to a Mac"/>
        <outline text="or you can get the new Time Capsule, which will allow you to connect an external USB drive and back up to that from Time Machine."/>
        <outline text="Air Disk support for TimeMachine was in early BETA builds of OS X Leopard, but removed. No word on if it will ever return."/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Podcast Marketplace">
        <outline text="Thanks to my sponsors">
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          <outline text="Smile on my Mac, textexpander, PDFpen" MediaLinks="www.smileonmymac.com &lt;http://www.smileonmymac.com/&gt;"/>
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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;Yellow Buddha&quot; by The Puffins">
        <outline text="I'm feeling nostalgic and in an 80's new wave mood"/>
        <outline text="Off the Podsafe Music Network" MediaLinks="music.podshow.com &lt;http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=d1ee50421288af7741efeb4a785fcfcc&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="EOL: iPhone stopwatch hits 1,000 hours">
        <outline text="What will happen when the iPhone's stopwatch counts up to 1,000 hours? Only time will tell." MediaLinks="1,000 hours? &lt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke9kxb_H-ac&gt;"/>
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