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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;   "/>
      </outline>
    </outline>
    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Faronics">
        <outline text="Deep Freeze and Power Save Mac" MediaLinks="faronics.com &lt;http://www.faronics.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="They also make products for Windows and Linux. Mixed labs with the same software."/>
        <outline text="Free 30 day trials available"/>
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    </outline>
    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="Rumors of new iMacs and Mac Minis on the way">
        <outline text="MacNN reported earlier in the week that one of their sources pointed to a November 10th update of the iMacs and Mac Minis">
          <outline text="No technical details, but they claim Mac Pro (also due for an update) don't have enough new chips ready for large scale production."/>
          <outline text="Pushing Mac Pro announcement to Macworld in January"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="This one was squashed quickly by Apple">
          <outline text="Commenting to Macworld, Apple spokesman Bill said, ““Our holiday line-up is set,” . "/>
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      <outline text="Mac share down in October">
        <outline text="Electronista reported on latest figures from Net Applications, which looks at browser statistics">
          <outline text="According to their figures Mac browser usage fell 0.24% in October to 8.21%"/>
          <outline text="iPhone usage was up 3.12% to represent 0.33 % of the market."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Of course Net Applications just looks at browser traffic and there are many factors that could impact their stats. The report would also be in contracts to Apple's recently announced sales number which showed very strong increases in Mac market share."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple lowering iPhone production in the quarter">
        <outline text="A post on MacRumors claims that Friedman Billings Ramsey analysts are reporting that iPhone production could fall &quot;more than 40%&quot; in the 4th Quarter of 2008."/>
        <outline text="Historically Apple would normally cut production in the fourth quarter by about 10 percent."/>
        <outline text="Some feel the reduction is due to lowered expectations considering the economic crisis, while others point to a production surplus generated in the 3rd Quarter."/>
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      <outline text="More new Macbook &amp; Macbook Pro issues">
        <outline text="Issues with the new glass trackpads not registering clicks sometimes for some users.">
          <outline text="One user claims to have been called back by Apple after emailing Steve Jobs (sjobs@mac.com &lt;mailto:sjobs@mac.com&gt;) and been told Apple is aware of the issue and researching it."/>
          <outline text="According to Apple Insider another customer experiencing the same problem mailed Jobs at a slightly later date and was told that a patch is forthcoming."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="New hinge not tight enough?"/>
        <outline text="AppleInsider also has word of several threads on Apple's support forums where new Macbook Pro 15&quot; owners are reporting unreliable and flaky wi-fi connections">
          <outline text="The issue is not easily repeatable and seems to vary from hot spot to hot spot."/>
          <outline text="It's not related to WEP or WAP security and seems to be an issue between the latency of the Mac and the wi-fi base station."/>
          <outline text="Users seem to think the issue was triggered in the latest OS X or Airport Extreme software updates."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="AppleInsider reported that entry level Macbook Air orders are being delayed. Customers who ordered the revamped models received emails from Apple telling them the new ship date is late instead of early November. The unit are now supposed to ship around Nov. 24th."/>
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      <outline text="Apple staff is going, coming, and told to go">
        <outline text="Tony Fadell, Apple's senior vice president of the iPod Division, and his wife Danielle Lambert, vice president of Human Resource are reducing their roles at Apple to spend more time with their family."/>
        <outline text="Fadell, who is considered to be the &quot;Father of the iPod&quot;, will remain on as &quot;an advisor to the CEO&quot;. His wife will remain on until the end of the year after her successor is in place."/>
        <outline text="Fadell's replacement is supposed to be former IBM executive Mark Papermaster. He will be joining Apple as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering, if IBM and the courts let him.">
          <outline text="His hiring triggered a lawsuit by IBM because of a non-compete contract which prevents him from working for any competitors for at least a year after leaving IBM"/>
          <outline text="Late this week a New York judge did order that Papermaster must &quot;immediately cease his employment&quot; with Apple pending a hearing which is scheduled for November 18th."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Papermaster is not Apple's only new hire">
          <outline text="Their 10K filing shows that they have increase full-time staff by over 48% this year, adding about 10,400 new employees according to a MacObserver article."/>
          <outline text="They also increased their number of temp employees by about 1,000 from 2,100 in 2007 to 3,100 in 2008. An increase of  about 48% also."/>
          <outline text="Most of the employees were likely hired at Apple's retail store which Apple continued to expand vigorously throughout 2008."/>
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      <outline text="Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 2.3">
        <outline text="Adds iPhoto and Aperture support for 4 new cameras. The Canon EOS 50D, the Nikon D90, the Sony DSLR-A900, and the Nikon Coolpix P6000."/>
        <outline text="Also “addresses issues related to specific cameras and overall stability.”"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="AT&amp;T news might be good for iPhone owners">
        <outline text="Electronista has details on a US$275 million dollar AT&amp;T deal to buy Wi-fi provider Wayport.">
          <outline text="If it goes through AT&amp;T will add about 20,000 more access points in the US."/>
          <outline text="Wayport has hotspots in McDonalds, and in Four Seasons, Marriott Vacation Club and Wyndham hotels."/>
          <outline text="Would bring AT&amp;T hotspot total outside the US to 80,000 locations."/>
          <outline text="Good news since AT&amp;T opened up their Wi-fi hotspots to iPhone owners for free."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="iLounge reports that at the Web 2.0 Summit AT&amp;T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega said and sanctioned AT&amp;T solution for tethering 3G iPhones is coming soon. Tethering would allow you to use your iPhone to give Internet access to your Mac or PC.">
          <outline text="Of course he failed to mention when the feature would be coming or how much extra (if any) they plan to charge you for the privilege."/>
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Audible">
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        <outline text="Areas of My Expertise by John Hogeman (PC)."/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Correction to a story on Kensington locks">
        <outline text="Kensington has said their laptop locks are &quot;100% compatible&quot; with the new MacBooks introduced in Oct."/>
        <outline text="This despite a report that ran on MacNN and I reported on here on the Maccast."/>
        <outline text="Several listeners confirmed the compatibility of their new Macbooks with Kensington locks."/>
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      <outline text="Another way of hiding external drives">
        <outline text="Last show I mentioned some methods by changing permissions"/>
        <outline text="Several people pointed out that you could simply not show the icons on the Desktop or in the Sidebar by using the Finder preferences and adjusting the settings under the &quot;General&quot; and &quot;Sidebar&quot; tabs. Uncheck the external drives for the User account."/>
        <outline text="Of course it could be confusing for that user if they ever did try to connect their own external drive. Say a USB key. Also, it is not very secure and easy to re-enable."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Keeping iPod Touch iCal colors &amp; iPhone word processing">
        <outline text="Play questions from Paul"/>
        <outline text="Listener Jan covered the workaround for iCal color mis match in the 7/24/2008 show." MediaLinks="maccast.com &lt;http://www.maccast.com/2008/07/25/maccast-20080724/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Many was to access and store documents on the iPhone/iPod Touch">
          <outline text="Air Sharing, Discover, Files lite, Data Case, File Magnet."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Editing is a bit trickier.">
          <outline text="Most solution involve emailing results and no app to edit an existing document">
            <outline text="gOffice - web based, confusing inconsistent UI" MediaLinks="www.goffice.com &lt;http://www.goffice.com/&gt;  "/>
            <outline text="MobileFiles from QuickOffice - Access documents in your MobileMe account. Plan on brining Word and Excel editing apps soon."/>
            <outline text="Write Pad - Handwriting recognition. Clunky, accuracy tricky. Do support &quot;graffiti&quot; like gestures."/>
            <outline text="Magic Pad - offers rich text, cut and paste, etc."/>
            <outline text="Evernote - simple text only, but syncs."/>
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      <outline text="Corrupt SyncServices crashes Mail">
        <outline text="I had a couple people run into this issue this week. Chris' Mail would crash at launch."/>
        <outline text="Apple support article pointed to a an issue requiring resetting the SyncServices file" MediaLinks="support.apple.com &lt;http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1627?viewlocale=en_US&gt;"/>
        <outline text="You can verify that this is your Mail issue if you also try to launch iSync and that crashes too."/>
        <outline text="To reset SyncServices the easiest thing to do is:">
          <outline text="Open iSync. (if you can)"/>
          <outline text="Choose Preferences from the iSync menu."/>
          <outline text="Click Reset Sync History."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="If that won't work the TIL article link above has a Terminal command you can run to reset the service."/>
        <outline text="It is NOT recommended to remove the SyncService folder manually."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Get Netflix Streaming on your Mac">
        <outline text="To get into the Netflix &quot;Watch Instantly Program&quot;"/>
        <outline text="Need an Intel Mac and Microsoft Silverlight installed"/>
        <outline text="Go to netflix.com/silverlightoptin" MediaLinks="netflix.com &lt;http://www.netflix.com/silverlightoptin&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Hacking the Apple TV">
        <outline text="Creating a patchstick">
          <outline text="ATV USB Creator - Open Google Code Project" MediaLinks="ATVusb-creator &lt;http://code.google.com/p/atvusb-creator/&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Buy from Apple Core, LLC - USD$49.95" MediaLinks="atvflash.com &lt;http://www.atvflash.com/&gt;"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Why would you want to:">
          <outline text="Expand the capabilities of the AppleTV"/>
          <outline text="Add additional services. Boxee, Couch Surfer, RSS, SSH, other kinds of media sharing and access."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Resources">
          <outline text="AwkwardTV" MediaLinks="wiki.awkwardtv.org &lt;http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/&gt;"/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Review: miniStack v3">
        <outline text="Newer Tech miniStack v3"/>
        <outline text="Sizes from 160GB up to 1TB"/>
        <outline text="Same form factor and styling as the Mini, about 2/3 the height."/>
        <outline text="3.5&quot; 7200RPM SATA drives with 8MB, 16MB, or 32MB data buffer"/>
        <outline text="Ports: 2 FireWire 800, 1 FireWire 400, 3 USB, and 1 eSATA port"/>
        <outline text="Prices range from USD$134.99 to $239.99. Can also get the enclosure for $109.99 and add your own 3.5&quot; SATA." MediaLinks="macsales.com &lt;http://www.macsales.com/&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="MobileMe resetting assigned ringtones">
        <outline text="Jason was running into this issue">
          <outline text="Assigning custom ringtones to people in his address book on the iPhone, but they keep getting reset."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Fond the answer in a thread on the Maccast forum" MediaLinks="forum.maccast.com &lt;http://forum.maccast.com/index.php?s=481da3200d8e9cb92ff273b65f6568c9&amp;showtopic=16305&amp;pid=87347&amp;st=0&amp;#entry87347&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Apple support article">
          <outline text="&quot;The ringtone setting is not synced with the MobileMe servers, so any time your contact data on the phone is replaced with data from MobileMe, this can occur.&quot;" MediaLinks="support.apple.com &lt;http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1948&gt;"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="According to the article is appears that since Mobile Me doesn't contain the ringtone data syncing with Mobile Me could reset the setting. There doesn't appear to be any solution other then to tun off Mobile Me syncing?"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Macbook wakes from sleep">
        <outline text="Play Len's comment about &quot;snoring&quot; Macbook"/>
        <outline text="Apple has a support article on this topic." MediaLinks="support.apple.com &lt;http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776?viewlocale=en_US&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Turns out there are many things that can wake your Mac from slumber or prevent it from sleeping">
          <outline text="Hard drive access (even if you're not using the computer, a running application might be accessing your drive, such as when downloading a large file or listening to music in iTunes)"/>
          <outline text="Moving the mouse or using a portable Mac's trackpad, pressing a mouse button, or pressing a key on the keyboard"/>
          <outline text="Some System Preferences settings (see below)"/>
          <outline text="Open applications. Applications can be designed to keep the system awake and prevent idle sleep indefinitely."/>
          <outline text="Input devices - Bluetooth devices if you have enabled the &quot;Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer&quot;."/>
          <outline text="Expansion cards - PCI and Expansion cards (Express 34?)"/>
          <outline text="Additional drives, such as USB, FireWire, DVD, or CD drives"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Troubleshooting sleep issues">
          <outline text="Sharing preferences: Enabling sharing for any connections can potentially disable sleep. Turn off file sharing if it's not being used."/>
          <outline text="Bluetooth settings: Bluetooth can wake your computer if you set the &quot;Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer&quot; checkbox in Bluetooth System Preferences."/>
          <outline text="Is a keyboard and mouse connected and working correctly?"/>
          <outline text="Do you have any other external USB or FireWire devices connected? Try removing them one by one or disconnect when not in use."/>
          <outline text="Is Spotlight indexing? This can take anywhere from several minutes to several hours after a new installation. Indexing prevents idle sleep."/>
          <outline text="Additional Software: Try a Safe Boot (hold the Shift key on startup) to help isolate a software issue."/>
          <outline text="Sound check: Put your ear near your computer. Do you hear the sounds of hard disk access (a clicking or &quot;clacking&quot;)?"/>
          <outline text="Energy Saver settings: If the computer and display sleep timers are set to Never, the computer will not sleep."/>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="Searching Spotlight for partial filenames">
        <outline text="Marco noticed something annoying about Spotlights default search behavior"/>
        <outline text="Activating via Command+Spacebar or Command+F from the Finder it will search the the whole Mac by Contents."/>
        <outline text="Partial matches work for finding Apps. &quot;P B&quot; for example will bring up Photo Booth. But this doesn't seem to work for file or folder names. &quot;older&quot; for example only returns results that have the word &quot;older&quot; in them."/>
        <outline text="The default searches the file &quot;contents&quot; on the entire Mac."/>
        <outline text="Activate Spotlight search via Command+Shift+F it will add a &quot;filename contains&quot; search filter automatically."/>
        <outline text="Search filters in general are very helpful and can be added by clicking the &quot;+&quot; icon in the search filter bar at the top of the search window. Hold the Option key while clicking the &quot;+&quot; will turn it to an &quot;...&quot; and allow you to add filters that match &quot;Any&quot;,&quot;All&quot;, or &quot;None&quot; of the filter parameters. (basically AND, OR, or NOT)."/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
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      <outline text="&quot;Adoram Flores&quot; by Henrique Amorim">
        <outline text="A track from a Brazilian artists and listener off his new album"/>
        <outline text="Artist's web site" MediaLinks="www.henriqueamorim.com &lt;http://www.henriqueamorim.com/&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="EOL: Reflections of your Mac self">
        <outline text="A Flickr pool dedicated to images reflected off the new Macbooks and Macbook Pros" MediaLinks="cultofmac.com &lt;http://cultofmac.com/glossy-screens-reflect-owners-artistic-whimsy/4604&gt;"/>
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