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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">
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    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="As the App Store Turns">
        <outline text="The SOAP opera with developers continues"/>
        <outline text="More apps turned down for things like &quot;not broad enough appeal&quot; and &quot;duplicating Apple functionality&quot; (extremely anti-competitive IMHO)."/>
        <outline text="In the case of Podcaster, started blocking Ad Hock licenses. Devs can create these 100 at a time and use the IMEI numbers to create iPhone specific copies. Supposed to be used for BETA testing, review copies, etc."/>
        <outline text="Rejection letters are under NDA"/>
        <outline text="Apple needs to be more transparent and open with developers about the rules."/>
        <outline text="The anti-competitive stuff could come back to bite them."/>
        <outline text="As open options, like the Google Android phone, become available Apple might start to lose developers."/>
        <outline text="Or not with stories like the $250,000 made by the Trism developer."/>
        <outline text="While the App store is good for Apple and for most developers, I still worry that it is too much control in the hands of one company. It's one thing when they want control for the stability and security of the platform, but another when it they tell me the apps that I want on my device and that for some Apps I can only get Apple's version."/>
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      <outline text="Apple updates Java">
        <outline text="Apple released Java updates for Tiger and Leopard last week"/>
        <outline text="Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2 “delivers improved reliability and compatibility for Java SE 6, J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.4 and later."/>
        <outline text="Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7 “delivers improved reliability and compatibility for Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 and Java 1.4 on Mac OS X 10.4.11 and later. This release updates J2SE 5.0 to version 1.5.0_16 and Java 1.4 to version 1.4.2_18."/>
        <outline text="Both updates also include security updates and enhancements, including issues where visiting maliciously crafted Web sites could lead to arbitrary code execution, and issues where certain Java applets could gain elevated privileges."/>
        <outline text="The updates are available via Software Update or from the download section of Apple's support web site."/>
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      <outline text="iTunes rocks unsigned artists">
        <outline text="According to Mac NN Apple has made a deal with Pure Play Music to bring their roster of over 6,000 unsigned artists from 42 countries around the world to iTunes."/>
        <outline text="Pure Play's pool of talent operates operate under a set of non-exclusive rights agreements and could bring as many as 1.5 million new songs added to the iTunes Store."/>
        <outline text="Traditionally Apple has had deals with many independent labels and both TuneCore and CDBaby have allowed for unsigned acts to get into iTunes."/>
        <outline text="But the Pure Play is deal is expected provide the artists more exposure sine Pure Play will have it's own space within iTunes and a drop-down category on the front page of iTunes."/>
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      <outline text="Would Apple shutter iTunes with royalty hikes?">
        <outline text="This Thursday the Copyright Royalty Board will make a ruling on a proposal from the National Music Publishers' Association to raise the rates on royalties collected from individual tracks sold online, from 9 cents to 15 cents."/>
        <outline text="In a statement to the Royalty Board, Apple's iTunes VP, Eddy Cue, said, &quot;If the [iTunes music store] was forced to absorb any increase in the ... royalty rate, the result would be to significantly increase the likelihood of the store operating at a financial loss - which is no alternative at all. Apple has repeatedly made it clear that it is in this business to make money, and most likely would not continue to operate [the iTunes music store] if it were no longer possible to do so profitably.&quot;"/>
        <outline text="It is assumed that currently 70 cents of the 99 cents Apple gets for iTunes songs goes to the record companies and they pay the current 9 cent royalty rate. It is assumed the labels would not absorb the royalty increase themselves."/>
        <outline text="Apple also doesn't believe consumers would be open to higher track pricing on iTunes."/>
        <outline text="There is no way Apple could or would shut down iTunes."/>
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      <outline text="Macbook and Macbook Pro rumors linger ">
        <outline text="Reports from Apple Insider and Mac Rumors are still claiming the new models will take design cues from the Al iMacs and Macbook Air. With all aluminum cases and black bezels around the displays along with more tapered edges."/>
        <outline text="Macbooks and MBPs would be less distinct from each other, with the 13&quot; vs. 15&quot; and 17&quot; screen sizes being the main distinguishing factor."/>
        <outline text="Macbook Pros will lose Firewire 400 ports and full DVI in favor of FW800 (require an adapter for 400) and Mini-DVI."/>
        <outline text="Later in the week O'Grady's Powerpage refuted the claims of a tapered MBP design. But did say new Pro models would be as much as a half an inch narrower (reduced bezel) and thinner. They also claim new models will have &quot;full&quot; multi-touch support trackpads."/>
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      <outline text="New iPhone software on the horizon">
        <outline text="Rumors that Apple has seeded iPhone OS 2.2 beta 1 and the iPhone SDK (build 9M2611) to developers"/>
        <outline text="This is the first stage of testing and developers are being asked to test compatibility."/>
        <outline text="There are reports that background push notification is back in the build, along with the improved GPS functionality to allow apps to track speed and direction. Both these features were reported dropped from the 2.1 release."/>
        <outline text="According to ArsTechnica there are also some tweaks to the Safari address bar. Moving the refresh icon inside the URL area and adding a Google search box (I assume next to instead of under the URL area)."/>
        <outline text="Also an App Store refresh with category icons, &quot;more generous spacing&quot;, and modified Application information pages."/>
        <outline text="2.1 Jailbreaks have been confirmed to still work on the 2.2 beta 1, but it's still early."/>
        <outline text="Adobe Sr. Director of Engineering, Paul Betlem, at a conference said that Adobe has been working on Flash for the iPhone and could have it ready in a very short time if Apple would give approval for it on the iPhone."/>
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      <outline text="Apple stock takes a dive and rebounds">
        <outline text="Apple stock (and the rest of the market) took a huge hit this week."/>
        <outline text="Apple shares hit a 52-week low trading at around $105 per share on Monday."/>
        <outline text="The drop was fueled by analysts from Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital Markets downgrading the stock. Citing concerns over consumer spending, reduced interest in new Mac purchases, and the rise in popularity of sub-$1,000 laptops (which Apple doesn't currently make)."/>
        <outline text="Most other analysts disagree and the stock was up 8% on Tuesday with AAPL getting strong buy ratings and target prices still between $170 and $200 per share."/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Immutable flag prevents changes">
        <outline text="Dean had a big issue. After doing an Archive and install of OS X he could not longer read or write to his 5 external volumes."/>
        <outline text="In Get Info, he could click the padlock and change permissions, but they changes wouldn't &quot;stick&quot;."/>
        <outline text="The owner and group were set to &quot;custom&quot;. The &quot;Ignore ownership on this volume&quot; flag was even set, but made no difference."/>
        <outline text="Running repair permissions, also didn't make a difference."/>
        <outline text="Turns out that some how the user &quot;immutable&quot; flag got set on his volumes."/>
        <outline text="This is set from the command line (Terminal) and once it's set the file, directory, or volume (in this case) cannot be modified regardless of the permissions."/>
        <outline text="Any drive you have mounted will get an alias in a special hidden folder off the root of your drive called 'Volumes'. In the Finder under the Go menu, select 'Go to Folder...', and type /Volumes and you can see it. Also cd from the Terminal. "/>
        <outline text="To see if the user immutable flag is set on a volume you can type 'ls -alO' (Leopard) or 'ls -alo' (Tiger). This will show the flags, like 'hidden'. A flag of 'uchg' means the item is user immutable."/>
        <outline text="You set the uchg flag with the terminal command 'chflags uchg [filename]' and remove it with 'chflags nouchg [filename]'."/>
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      <outline text="External hard drive and freeing up space at Home">
        <outline text="Several questions about buying an external drive">
          <outline text="Interface, firewire 400 or 800, USB 2, eSATA. Consider multiple for upgradeability and backup (bad port)."/>
          <outline text="Storage size, 500GB, 750GB, TB, etc."/>
          <outline text="RAID and network storage. Drobo."/>
          <outline text="Brand, design, form factor."/>
          <outline text="Drive size 2.5&quot; or 3.5&quot;, bus powered. Will on off cycles hurt a drive?"/>
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        <outline text="Most of these decisions come down to how you want to use the drive."/>
        <outline text="Formatting and partition maps.">
          <outline text="GUID vs. Apple Partition Map. Boot Master (Windows). Under Partition tab --&gt; Options... in Disk Utility."/>
          <outline text="Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or FAT 32. Covers 90% of users."/>
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        <outline text="Saving space in your Home folder.">
          <outline text="A couple simple tips. Not covering sharing media, moving entire home folder, etc."/>
          <outline text="Move iPhoto Library to an external.">
            <outline text="1) Back-up."/>
            <outline text="2) Connect the external drive"/>
            <outline text="3) Copy your iPhoto Library to the desired location on the external (don't delete yet)."/>
            <outline text="4) When it finishes copying, launch iPhoto while holding down the option key."/>
            <outline text="5) Select Choose Library...."/>
            <outline text="6) Locate the iPhoto Library folder on the external drive, select it, and click open."/>
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          <outline text="Move iTunes Library">
            <outline text="PREP. First make sure that the &quot;Keep iTunes Music folder organized&quot; option is checked in iTunes Preferences:">
              <outline text="0. Backup."/>
              <outline text="1. From the iTunes menu, choose Preferences."/>
              <outline text="2. In the resulting window, click the Advanced button."/>
              <outline text="3. Select the &quot;Keep iTunes Music folder organized&quot; checkbox."/>
              <outline text="4. Click OK."/>
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            <outline text="MOVE. Using this procedure will copy your audio files over and retain your ratings and playlists, etc.">
              <outline text="1.  Open iTunes."/>
              <outline text="2. From the iTunes menu, choose Preferences."/>
              <outline text="3. Click the Advanced button in the Preferences window."/>
              <outline text="4. Click the Change button in the iTunes Music folder location pane."/>
              <outline text="5. In the Change Music Folder Location window that appears, navigate to the location on the external drive where you would like your new Music folder to be created."/>
              <outline text="6. Click the New Folder button in the Change Music Folder Location window."/>
              <outline text="7. In the New Folder window that appears, enter the name of the new iTunes Music folder."/>
              <outline text="8. Click Create."/>
              <outline text="9. Click Open in the Change Music Folder Location window."/>
              <outline text="10. Click OK in the Advanced window."/>
              <outline text="11. From the File menu, choose Library and then Consolidate Library... A message appears that says: &quot;Consolidating your library will copy all of your music into the iTunes Music folder. This cannot be undone.&quot;"/>
              <outline text="12. Click Consolidate. Important: This action copies all of your music files to the new location. There must be enough hard disk space available to copy all of your music files."/>
              <outline text="13. After the folder has been copied, locate your original iTunes Music folder(typically at ~/Music/iTunes Music), and drag it to the Trash or Recycle Bin. Note: Don't remove the iTunes library files that may be in the same location as the iTunes Music folder."/>
              <outline text="14. Empty the Trash. (You still have your backup, right?)"/>
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        <outline text="Use the apps with the libraries in their new locations for a few weeks before removing files from it's old location (iPhoto) or from your backups (iPhoto &amp; iTunes)."/>
        <outline text="After you move libraries make sure the new locations are included as part of any of your scheduled backup plans. Don't forget Time Machine."/>
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      <outline text="Some simple Mac security">
        <outline text="Robert wanted to know a couple things."/>
        <outline text="How do I convert my admin account to non-admin and set up a new admin only account?"/>
        <outline text="Should I secure my wi-fi network?">
          <outline text="Probably, or at least be willing to accept the potential consequences."/>
          <outline text="Can I safely run an open network? Run one open and one closed."/>
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      <outline text="Is it time to finally move to Intel?">
        <outline text="Danny is like many Mac owners with and aging G4 tower and an urge to save some cash."/>
        <outline text="Should he pick a G5 at a great deal or go Intel?"/>
        <outline text="What would need to upgrade and update? Maybe some older hardware, like printers or scanners."/>
        <outline text="Older non-Intel software? Most should run great in Rosetta."/>
        <outline text="Some tricks in the transition. Clean install apps and copy Documents, music, photos, etc."/>
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      <outline text="Eject before disconnect? Living dangerously.">
        <outline text="Rick has a new iPod touch and noticed that, &quot;When iPod syncing is complete, the iTunes windows says &quot;OK to disconnect&quot;.&quot;"/>
        <outline text="Do you still have to click the eject icon under devices?"/>
        <outline text="On older iPods yes. Look at the iPod screen. Newer models, like the Touch and iPhone can be pulled when not being written to."/>
        <outline text="Reality is this is true for all devices, but it's a bit like Russian roulette. That's why you'll see the warning about devices being disconnected improperly and potential data loss."/>
        <outline text="Bottom line is ejecting first ensures the drive is not in use and reduces the risk of data loss or corruption."/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Podcast Marketplace">
        <outline text="Thanks to my sponsors">
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      <outline text="For my German listeners, and non-Germans">
        <outline text="I was on the German &quot;Online Marketing Podcast&quot;" MediaLinks="online-marketing-podcast.de &lt;http://www.online-marketing-podcast.de/?p=60&gt;"/>
        <outline text="It's an enhanced show, so if you want you can jump right to the interview section."/>
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      <outline text="Keep emails coming. Audio comments.">
        <outline text="maccast@gmail.com &lt;mailto:maccast@gmail.com&gt;"/>
        <outline text="281-622-4269 or 281-Mac-I-Am-9">
          <outline text="PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"/>
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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;Fire Away&quot; by Kill the Alarm">
        <outline text="The band Granian (featured on the Maccast) is now Kill the Alarm and they have a new album out"/>
        <outline text="Form moderator Tom sent this in"/>
        <outline text="Band's site" MediaLinks="killthealarm.com &lt;http://killthealarm.com/&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="EOL: Lego Mac Pro">
        <outline text="Check out this time lapse of the build process for a tricked out Mac Pro made from Legos." MediaLinks="Lego Mac Pro &lt;http://www.macuser.com/huh/the_lego_mac_pro_timelapsed.php?lsrc=murss&gt;"/>
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