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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="Faronics">
        <outline text="Deep Freeze" MediaLinks="www.faronics.com &lt;http://www.faronics.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Keep personal data, browser history, caches, etc. off public computers. Great for small businesses that want a hassle free community computer."/>
        <outline text="Still define external volumes, folders, or even the Home directories as &quot;Thawed&quot; spaces for users to save files or permanent data."/>
        <outline text="Free trials are available."/>
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    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="Line forms at NYC Apple Store">
        <outline text="Activists (TheWhoFarmers) and now Waiting for Apples saying they hope to break a Guinness record for most time waiting in line to buy a product." MediaLinks="waitingforapples.com &lt;http://www.waitingforapples.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Also reports of early lines forming in New Zealand and Japan. Maybe other locations as well."/>
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      <outline text="No iPhones at Apple Stores outside the US">
        <outline text="If you plan to buy an iPhone outside the US you will need to avoid the Apple Store"/>
        <outline text="Earlier in the week blogger Daniel Smith claimed he had sources who claimed Apple was diverting shipments of iPhones from Canada to the UK as a protest against Rogers high rate plans.">
          <outline text="Incidentally (according to   ) Rogers just announced a limited time offer where if you activate by Aug. 31st you can get a 6Gb/ mo. data package added to any any in-market voice plan for CAN$30 with a 3 year contract. This can be added to any voice/data offerings (not just the iPhone plans) and existing customers can keep their current plans and just add the data package."/>
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        <outline text="What is true is that Apple Stores outside the US will not be carrying the iPhone 3G, you will need to visit a carrier store or authorized retail location in your respective country. You can get details on where to buy from Apple's web site."/>
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      <outline text="Preparing for the iPhone launch">
        <outline text="iPhone 3G will go on sale at 8:00 AM on July 11th.  New Zealand should be 1st in the world with a 12:01AM iPhone 3G launch, prompting rumors that the App Store may be on-line on the 10th to accommodate the NZ launch."/>
        <outline text="Apple has posted several videos and sent emails to get customers ready for launch day.">
          <outline text="What you need to bring to the store: Credit card, Social security number, Valid government-issued photo ID, Current wireless account number and password or PIN (if you’re new to AT&amp;T)."/>
          <outline text="If you already own an iPhone, remember to sync it with iTunes one last time before you get your new iPhone 3G."/>
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        <outline text="AT&amp;T also has their own get &quot;iReady&quot; videos. Very corny, but some valuable information in them">
          <outline text="Go in to your local store now and get your credit check done."/>
          <outline text="What to do if you plan to hand down your old phone."/>
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        <outline text="O2 offered pre-orders, but quickly sold out.">
          <outline text="Macworld UK reports that O2 claims the system buckled when at some times orders reached 13,000 per second."/>
          <outline text="I had reports of many customers who couldn't access the site to put in their order only to find out when they finally could get in that were all gone and told to check back on the 10th."/>
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        <outline text="Apple is getting ready in store as well">
          <outline text="Using the slogan &quot;Get ready, get set, go...&quot;"/>
          <outline text="They will have EasyPay handhelds ready to process orders on the floor and additional staff is being added"/>
          <outline text="Will need a credit card and a US ID."/>
          <outline text="Activation looks like it will happen while attached to a Mac running a modified version of iTunes and seems similar to the original at home activation process with AT&amp;T and Apple employees being told (warned) not to proceed past the &quot;Set Up Your iPhone&quot; screen which syncs data, contacts, etc. How many will mess this up?">
            <outline text="As for time in a Bloomberg.com interview Apple's retail chief, Ron Johnson said, &quot;Apple stores will handle about 30 customers at a time. While the company will make sure the activation process is quick,&quot;."/>
            <outline text="Stating that activating an iPhone 3G will take around 15 minutes, including credit check and activation. That means a store staffed with 15 people selling iPhone could process 60 customers per hour."/>
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        <outline text="If you were hoping to post the first unboxing pics you are already too late. The images were posted on iPhonePortugal, not sure how the guy got the iPhone, but I would assume he works at a Vodaphone store." MediaLinks="iPhone 3G Unboxing &lt;http://iphoneportugal.com/index.php/topic,2897.0.html&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Early iPhone 3G reviews are in">
        <outline text="Reviews in from Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, David Pogue of the New York Times, and USA Today's Edward Baig."/>
        <outline text="They generally liked the new features, but knocked the device for battery issues and the higher rate plans."/>
        <outline text="Goods">
          <outline text="Browsing speed at 3-5 times faster if you can get on 3G">
            <outline text="In 16 states, only three cities or fewer are covered; 10 states have no coverage at all"/>
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          <outline text="Games and apps!"/>
          <outline text="GPS (see bads)"/>
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        <outline text="Bads">
          <outline text="No copy-paste, MMS photo support, or instant messaging built-in."/>
          <outline text="You can have both personal and Exchange email accounts on the new iPhone, if you synchronize with Exchange calendars and contacts, your personal calendar and contacts are erased"/>
          <outline text="Pouge says that, according to Apple, the iPhone’s G.P.S. antenna is much too small to emulate the turn-by-turn navigation of a G.P.S. unit for a vehicle"/>
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      <outline text="Segway exec scoots over to Apple">
        <outline text="Segway CTO and Engineering team leader Doug Field will be scooting his way over to Apple's campus."/>
        <outline text="Field will join Apple as a vice president of product design likely working closely with  Jonathan Ive and the rest of Apple's design team."/>
        <outline text="Apple Insider points out a funny quote from Steve Jobs in 2003 when asked about the design of the original Segway, &quot;&quot;I think it sucks, Its shape is not innovative, it's not elegant and it doesn't feel anthropomorphic.&quot;"/>
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      <outline text="10,000 new switchers in Europe">
        <outline text="Citing a Fortune piece, The Mac Observer reports that one of Europe's largest newspapers, Axel Springer AG, will move 10,000 of it's employees in 30 countries over to Macs over the next 5 years"/>
        <outline text="In a YouTube video Axel CEO, Mathias Döpfner cited several reason for the switch">
          <outline text="Most of the company's layout work was already being done on Macs"/>
          <outline text="Macs are more user friendly than other computers"/>
          <outline text="Apple creates the most elegant computers"/>
          <outline text="Macs are cheaper to buy and easier to maintain than they were in the past"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="This is a nice boost for Apple's enterprise Mac profile and will make Axel Apple's 2nd largest customer after Google."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Mobile Me makes it's appearance">
        <outline text="By the time you hear this chances are Mobile Me will be live and ticking"/>
        <outline text="Apple sent out notices to .Mac subscribers that the service would be unavailable from 6:00 PM to midnight Pacific time on July 9th while they rolled out the new service."/>
        <outline text="Existing subscribers will get a new .me email address, but can also keep their old .mac email."/>
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      <outline text="Macbook Pro case redesign rumor">
        <outline text="Apple Insider claims to have confirmed images of a new 15&quot; Macbook Pro case which surfaced on a Taiwanese blog."/>
        <outline text="Still AL but taking some design cues from the Air being thinner and having more tapered edges. It's also speculated that it will get the larger multi-touch trackpad."/>
        <outline text="The battery will be narrower, but take up the full length of the case on the rear long edge."/>
        <outline text="Under the battery compartment will be access to the memory and the hard drive."/>
        <outline text="Launch dates are unknown and its also expected that the MacBook will get an AL case redesign sometime soon as well."/>
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Audible">
        <outline text="Free audiobook with 14-day Listener Gold trial" MediaLinks="audiblepodcast.com/maccast &lt;http://www.audiblepodcast.com/maccast/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="I am sure many have already signed up but if you have been holding out give it a try. Summer is a great time to enjoy audiobooks."/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="3G iPhone what we aren't talking about">
        <outline text="The software update? What is that experience going to be like? Will there be any hiccups with the App Store?"/>
        <outline text="The flood of iPhone apps. I am seeing tons of PR. Will our home screens be overwhelmed?"/>
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      <outline text="1 iPhoto Library multiple user caveats">
        <outline text="Tip on how to move the iPhoto library to the Shared directory and connect multiple user accounts to it."/>
        <outline text="Wesson points out that 2 instances of iPhoto won't be able to access the Library at the same time. Like if you use Fast user switching."/>
        <outline text="Gary points out that iPod/IPhone syncing to more than one device is hampered. Especially if you want to sync different Albums on different iPods or iPhones."/>
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      <outline text="Don't disconnect Super Duper drive in middle of backing up">
        <outline text="Play story and warning from Douglas"/>
        <outline text="Super Duper from Shirtpocket" MediaLinks="shirtpocket.om &lt;http://www.shirtpocket.om/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="/Volumes has placeholder directories with names of mounted volumes. These directories are called &quot;mountpoints&quot;, and are created &quot;on-the-fly&quot; by Apple's autodiskmount utility."/>
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      <outline text="A little protection (power-wise) goes a long way">
        <outline text="Listener Dave Z accounts on his block a harrowing tale of a narrow escape from death of a bunch of Apple gear including an Apple MacBook Pro, a MacBook,a LaCie external hard drive , and an Apple TV among a Wii and other home electronics as well." MediaLinks="zaikos.com &lt;http://www.zaikos.com/blog/2008/07/04/apc-saves-the-day-from-a-shocking-experience/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="The source of this destruction a severe storm and resulting power surge."/>
        <outline text="All gear was saved thanks to adequate APC surge protectors. They have a nice selector to help you determine which products meet your needs."/>
        <outline text="In Dave's case they also replaced one of the damaged protectors."/>
        <outline text="Belkin also has some nicely designed ones." MediaLinks="belkin.com &lt;http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView.process?Section_Id=201475&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Firmware, it's not just for Macs">
        <outline text="Many devices these days have firmware. Software built-in (embedded) in the device. Occasionally this too need to be updated."/>
        <outline text="Robert has a Canon MX700 multifunction printer that advertises Mac support. All features were working except the built-in card reader."/>
        <outline text="Canon's web site lists a new firmware listed on 6/23/2008. Also updated CUPS print drivers.">
          <outline text="CUPS is the standard printing system used on MacOS X and most Linux distributions" MediaLinks="www.cups.org &lt;http://www.cups.org/&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Access the web interface on you Mac by going to http://localhost:631/ &lt;http://localhost:631/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Review: NewerTech NuPower Replacement iPod Battery">
        <outline text="One option is to have Apple replace it, USD$65. Play Greg's comment about the experience." MediaLinks="cornfedtech.com &lt;http://www.cornfedtech.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Or you can opt for the Newer Tech NuPower which will give you up to 114% more capacity depending on your model." MediaLinks="macsales.com &lt;http://www.macsales.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="My 5th Gen 30Gb iPod no longer would hold a charge."/>
        <outline text="The battery for my model was just $19.99 and comes with the tools and instructional videos are on their site. Obviously not for the faint at heart and they recommend their $39.99 installation service for 5th gens. I used that option."/>
        <outline text="Service was amazing. Turned around in less than 72 hours. And they covered to and from shipping and provided packaging."/>
        <outline text="The unit was perfect, even my Invisible Shield was left in tact. Also I don't think it's guaranteed, but my data was all left in tact too."/>
        <outline text="Performance is great an as advertised. For $60 bucks put new life back in my old iPod."/>
        <outline text="They also handle proper recycling and disposal of the old battery."/>
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      <outline text="Lost iTunes files in Media Library">
        <outline text="Listener John was attempting to make a slideshow in iPhoto and couldn't access his Music from the Media Library."/>
        <outline text="The Media Library/Browser can be accessed many Cocoa Apps and gives you a view of Photos, Music, or Movies with thumbnails, etc.">
          <outline text="Side tip: Many apps will have this in the 'Open...' dialog box, Look for the Media section in the left column of the open dialog box."/>
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        <outline text="John's was broken and he knew he had had an iTunes crash that caused iTunes to rebuild it's Library. Which creates a second &quot;iTunes (damaged)&quot; library."/>
        <outline text="He already tried zapping the PRAM and running repair permissions'"/>
        <outline text="I suggested he go in iTunes to the General Preferences and make sure 'Keep iTunes Music Folder Organized' and Copy files to iTunes Music Folder when adding to library' were both checked. Close the preferences. Then go under the Advanced menu and choose Consolidate library...."/>
        <outline text="Also use a tool like Onyx or Cocktail to clear the system and user caches."/>
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      <outline text="Change the mouse cursor in OS X">
        <outline text="Listener Mitchell was wonder if there was a way to customize the mouse cursor in OS X."/>
        <outline text="Mighty Mouse from Unsanity, but it uses APE, which I hate, and it is not Leopard compatible." MediaLinks="unsanity.com/mightymouse &lt;http://unsanity.com/haxies/mightymouse&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Can increase the size using Universal Access">
          <outline text="Open System Preferences, then open the Universal Access pane, and&#10;click on the Mouse [&amp; Trackpad] tab. Then adjust the Cursor size&#10;slider."/>
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        <outline text="Also some great apps for focusing emphasis on the pointer">
          <outline text="OmniDazzle, pixie dust, sonar, bulls-eye, scribble,etc." MediaLinks="omnigroup.com/omnidazzle &lt;http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidazzle/&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Mouseposé, spotlight and show key strokes" MediaLinks="boinx.com/mousepose &lt;http://www.boinx.com/mousepose/overview/&gt;"/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Podcast Marketplace">
        <outline text="Thanks to my sponsors">
          <outline text="Audible.com" MediaLinks="audiblepodcast.com/maccast &lt;http://www.audiblepodcast.com/maccast/&gt;"/>
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          <outline text="Smile on my Mac, Textexpander" MediaLinks="smileonmymac.com &lt;http://www.smileonmymac.com/&gt;"/>
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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="&quot;Free as Air&quot; by Reel">
        <outline text="Off their &quot;Escape from America&quot; album which is on iTunes"/>
        <outline text="Artists website" MediaLinks="reelband.com &lt;http://www.reelband.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="EOL:  Mac OS DS">
        <outline text="Mac OS 6 running on a Nintendo DS (via TUAW)" MediaLinks="tuaw.com &lt;http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/06/flickr-find-macintosh-on-nintendo-ds/&gt;"/>
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