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    <outline text="Opening">
      <outline text="Opening Music">
        <outline text="Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles"/>
        <outline text="Band's MySpace page" MediaLinks="myspace.com/mandaandthemarbles &lt;http://www.myspace.com/mandaandthemarbles&gt;"/>
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Cocoatech">
        <outline text="Pathfinder 5" MediaLinks="cocoatech.com &lt;http://www.cocoatech.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Snow Leopard has no Finder updates beyond Cocoa, so here is your update."/>
        <outline text="Cool extras like the Size Browser window. Navigate through your files and folder by size to find the items using up the most disk space."/>
        <outline text="Download a demo from the web site and try it yourself."/>
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    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="WWDC Aftermath">
        <outline text="All the items that have occurred after we recovered from our WWDC keynote haze."/>
        <outline text="Safari 4">
          <outline text="Top tabs were removed. Why can't this be a user controlled setting?"/>
          <outline text="Safari 4.0.1 Update">
            <outline text="Addresses compatibility Safari and iPhoto ’09, fixing issues with Places and publishing pictures to Facebook."/>
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        <outline text="Snow Leopard">
          <outline text="No ZFS support? ArsTechnica noted that Apple removed all references to ZFS in Snow Leopard from it's site. Before the keynote the preview page for Snow Leopard specifically mentioned ZFS support."/>
          <outline text="Up-to-date program. Customers who purchase a qualifying new Mac computer or a qualifying Apple Certified Refurbished computer on or after June 8, 2009 that does not include Mac OS X Snow Leopard can upgrade to Snow Leopard for $9.95 plus tax." MediaLinks="Snow Leopard Up-to-Date &lt;http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/&gt;">
            <outline text="Listener Mike took advantage of this when he purchased a new Mac and got a ship date on his confirmation from Apple. Shipping Sept, 25th arriving Sept, 30th."/>
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          <outline text="Open CL, Listener Micke says the ATI 3870 is not supported. Emailed Rob at Bare Feats and ATI is not supporting it on the 3870. Contact then if you want it."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Macbook Pros, 13&quot;, 15&quot;, and 17&quot;">
          <outline text="SD Card slot can be used to boot a Mac (ArsTechnica). Formatted as Mac OS Extended using a GUID partition map. Bootable emergency SD with tools like Disk Warrior, Drive Genius, and Cocktail."/>
          <outline text="As noted by MacNN and others, Apple has replaced the 3Gbps SATA in the 13&quot; and 15&quot; with 1.5 Gbps SATA. The drives shipping with Macbook Pros can't use more than 1.5 Gbps, but could impact users wanting to upgrade, especailly with SSD. Even with SSD the change may have very little real-world impact for most users.">
            <outline text="The NVIDA 9400M chip can go up to 3.0 Gbps, so what's the deal?"/>
            <outline text="Turns out it was a bug and Apple released the MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 to correct the issue."/>
            <outline text="They also released the iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.4">
              <outline text="Fixes intermittent system freeze issues for iMac computers with ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics and fixes wake-from-sleep issues in Boot Camp."/>
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          <outline text="Early tests from AnandTech and others are reporting battery times of over 7 hours. More like 8."/>
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      <outline text="Software Updates">
        <outline text="Java updates fro Tiger and Leopard">
          <outline text="Improves the reliability, security and compatibility of Java"/>
          <outline text="Shuts down that nasty Java security hole."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Bluetooth Firmware Update 2.0">
          <outline text="This update provides bug fixes and better compatibility with the Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse and Apple Wireless Keyboard."/>
          <outline text="This update is only for some Mac models, if you don't get it in via Software Update then it's one you can probably skip."/>
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      <outline text="iPhone 3.0 OS in the wild">
        <outline text="Features to upgrade for?">
          <outline text="Search - Contacts, e-mails, Apps, music, podcasts, audiobooks, video, calendar events, notes"/>
          <outline text="Cut, Copy, Paste -"/>
          <outline text="Find My iPhone - Great if you have Mobile Me. Works for iPod Touch."/>
          <outline text="Buy Movies and TV - 10 Mb limit, so basically Wi-fi only."/>
          <outline text="Landscape keyboard - In most built-in apps."/>
          <outline text="Notes sync and SMS forward &amp; delete"/>
          <outline text="Tethering and MMS, maybe?">
            <outline text="A rumor surfaced that AT&amp;T would have a plan charging $55/mo for the service. At&amp;T later said it wasn't true"/>
            <outline text="A statement on their Facebook blog denied the rumor, but left a couple things to question">
              <outline text="&quot;There are a lot of reports out there, but wanted you guys to know that rumors of $55 tethering plan on top of an unlimited data plan are false. We’ll have more news to share when the iPhone tethering option is closer to launch&quot;"/>
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            <outline text="TUAW says Rogers in Canada is allowing free tethering through the end of 2009 if you subscribe to a data plan which includes at least 1GB of data transmission. Of course these are the more expensive data plans."/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="Exchange and Active Sync"/>
          <outline text="Parental controls - uses  iTunes ratings."/>
          <outline text="Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) - on iPhone 3G and 3GS and the second-generation iPod touch"/>
          <outline text="Podcasts - 30 sec skip back and email to a friend"/>
          <outline text="Music and Video - control scrubbing speeds."/>
          <outline text="Share contacts - attaches vCard to email can receive and add on iPhone."/>
          <outline text="YouTube account sign-in and comments."/>
          <outline text="Push notifications."/>
          <outline text="Auto AT&amp;T hotspot logins - Mac NN says AT&amp;T is using the 802.21 protocol for the seamless wi-fi handoff"/>
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        <outline text="Unlimited apps, or up to storage limit. 11 pages on the springboard, but MacRumors says you can have more you just won't see them. You can use search to launch."/>
        <outline text="Hacks have surfaced to enable tethering and MMS on AT&amp;T"/>
        <outline text="Security">
          <outline text="Peter Cohen, Macworld.com note there are numerous security updates in the new OS">
            <outline text="6 in Core Graphics alone, improved Exchange server security, 2 in Mail, and over a dozen in WebKit."/>
            <outline text="In total it patches 46 potential security vulnerabilities"/>
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      <outline text="iPhone 3GS in the wild">
        <outline text="iPhone 3GS speculation on the specs">
          <outline text="Electronista says RapidRepair has done a teardown and discovered:">
            <outline text="a 600MHz ARM processor, Samsung's S5PC100 based on the 65 nanometers ARM Cortex A8">
              <outline text="Spec say that chip is native at 667MHz and could go as high as 833MHz."/>
              <outline text="Apple likely is cripping it for heat and or battery reasons."/>
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            <outline text="256MB of RAM"/>
            <outline text="Capable of 720p capture and playback, but Apple limits it to 640x480 at present."/>
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        <outline text="Keeping green, packaging was smaller than the 3Gs."/>
        <outline text="New features I like:">
          <outline text="Speed, speed, speed."/>
          <outline text="Camera &amp; Video">
            <outline text="Some issues were reported by iLounge with uploading video to Flickr and Vimeo. No sound and upside-down after the services process the raw camera video. Possibly due to the orientation data the iPhone adds which confuses the converters."/>
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          <outline text="Search"/>
          <outline text="Fun to play with:">
            <outline text="Maps with GPS and compass"/>
            <outline text="Voice Control"/>
            <outline text="Find My iPhone"/>
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        <outline text="Most Accessible iPhone to date">
          <outline text="Voice Over, Zoom, White on Black (high contrast), Mono Audio, Speak Auto-text (corrections)."/>
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        <outline text="Opening day">
          <outline text="Overall I think it went better than past launches."/>
          <outline text="Pre-orders and early opening may have kept lines down."/>
          <outline text="Were still some activation issues with some taking 48 hours.">
            <outline text="Apple issues a $30 iTunes credit via email to some customers impacted by the delays."/>
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        <outline text="Predictions and realities on opening weekend numbers">
          <outline text="MacNN said Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster was looking for between 500,000 to 700,000 units.">
            <outline text="Mike Abramsky of RBC Capital Markets also predicted between 500,000 to 700,000"/>
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          <outline text="Apple reported selling over a million iPhone 3GS' in the first 3 days.">
            <outline text="In just 8 countries vs. the 3Gs 21"/>
            <outline text="No price reduction like we saw from the 1st gen to the 3G"/>
            <outline text="In their announcement Apple removed the 'space' between the G and S. It has been changed throughout Apple's website as well."/>
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      <outline text="What's next for iPhone?">
        <outline text="Electronista thinks multi-core is in iPhone's future 45 nanometers Dual-core ARM Cortex A9."/>
        <outline text="Will Apple's next mobile chip be their own design instead? PA Semi can design custom design ARM chips."/>
        <outline text="4G LTE support?"/>
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      <outline text="Apple warns Pre customers about iTunes integration">
        <outline text="Daring Fireball unearthed a recent Apple support document (6/16/09)" MediaLinks="support.apple.com &lt;http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3642&gt;">
          <outline text="&quot;Apple is aware that some third-parties claim that their digital media players are able to sync with Apple software. However, Apple does not provide support for, or test for compatibility with, non-Apple digital media players and, because software changes over time, newer versions of Apple's iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with non-Apple digital media players.&quot;"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Lynn Fox, a spokesperson fro Pre, told &quot;All Things Digital&quot;">
          <outline text="“If Apple chooses to disable media sync in a future version of iTunes, it will be a direct blow to their users who will be deprived of a seamless synchronization experience. However, people will have options. They can stay with the iTunes version that works to sync their music on their Pre, they can transfer the music via USB, and there are other third-party applications we could consider.”"/>
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        <outline text="Listener Thomas pointed out something I had thought about too. This is more fuel for the iTunes monopoly fire.">
          <outline text="Could argue that it is anticompetitive, especially now that iTunes is all DRM free for music at least."/>
          <outline text="Would be a weak argument, but could it open the door for the DOj to take a look?"/>
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      <outline text="Checking in on Apple's latest numbers">
        <outline text="AppleInsider reports on May numbers from Gene Minster based on NPD Group reports">
          <outline text="Mac sales were down 3% from May 2008. Expects 2.2 to 2.4 million units sold in Apple's 3rd fiscal quarter of 2009."/>
          <outline text="That would put unit sales down -12 to -4% year over year, but June numbers should be good due to new Macbook and Macbook Pro line-ups launch prior to and at WWDC."/>
          <outline text="iPod sales were down 18% in May and the average unit price dropped 7.5%, likely due to new Shuffles."/>
          <outline text="Munster predicts iPod quarter numbers of  9.5 to 10.5 million units, down -14% to 5% year over year."/>
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      <outline text="Steve Jobs coming back soon?">
        <outline text="There have been a number of rumors concerning Steve Jobs leave of absence and his health. Tuesday with Steve Jobs permission Methodist University Hospital in Memphis released a statement confirming that he did receive a liver transplant there.">
          <outline text="The hospital claims their, &quot;one-year patient and graft survival rates are among the best in the nation&quot; and indicates that is a primary reason Jobs chose their hospital."/>
          <outline text="There has also been speculation he choose Tennessee because the state has one of the shortest waiting periods in the US for liver patients. The hospital said that Jobs had to be the sickest person on their list to be eligible to receive this transplant."/>
          <outline text="They also say his is recovering well and his outlook is excellent."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Another rumor this week from Reuters says he was spotted on the Apple campus on Monday and that would seem to coincide with a late June 2009 return to Apple."/>
        <outline text="Even if he isn't back on campus he is at least back in quotes from Apple PR. In the press release about Apple selling 1 million iPhone 3GS' over the opening weekend Jobs is quoted as saying, “Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,”."/>
        <outline text="Let's hope for the best. There was speculation that there may be a special event to herald his return to Apple."/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Some One-to-One corrections">
        <outline text="There are 1 hour individual sessions with 1 to 1, or 3 hour sessions that are 1-to-3. The 3 hours sessions are meant to be &quot;project&quot; sessions with trainers watching participants do their projects and helping/ answering questions."/>
        <outline text="Can only get one-to-one when you buy a new Mac at an Apple retail store or on-line."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple Store correction">
        <outline text="Sacramento store was in Roseville, not Rosewood."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Finer fiddling with function keys">
        <outline text="Tony points out a neat 3rd party system preference pane that lets you choose which FKeys to have standard and which ones to keep their special Apple keyboard control."/>
        <outline text="FunctionFlip, &quot;individually controls your MacBook or MacBook Pro's function keys, turning special keys back to regular F-keys, or vice-versa&quot;." MediaLinks="Functionflip &lt;http://kevingessner.com/software/functionflip/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Snow Leopard is for Intel only.">
        <outline text="This release will leave PPC behind and listeners seem to have mixed feelings. Some PPC users have told me they are feeling abandoned too soon since their PPC Macs are still running and performing fine for them."/>
        <outline text="My thoughts">
          <outline text="It was announced at WWDC in June of 2005 that Apple would go Intel. 4 years seems reasonable.">
            <outline text="No doubt though that PPC machines will continue to be around and viable for years to come."/>
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          <outline text="No &quot;real&quot; new features in Snow Leopard. Most are take advantage of new hardware advances."/>
          <outline text="No way to focus the OS core and keep PPC support"/>
          <outline text="Leopard updates will continue to be released into the near future."/>
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      <outline text="New Macbook SD slot debate">
        <outline text="I have heard from a few people who questions Apple's move to SD"/>
        <outline text="They say true &quot;Pro&quot; cameras still use Compact Flash, so SD argument doesn't hold water.">
          <outline text="I say 13&quot; and 15&quot; Macbook Pros aren't probably sold to true &quot;Pros&quot; as a majority segment."/>
          <outline text="FW 800 port could be used for fast CF transfers"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Most would prefer another USB port, which I agree with. Why have a slot at all?"/>
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      <outline text="Determine your IPhone eligibility from your iPhone">
        <outline text="Play tip from Jose."/>
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      <outline text="Remedies for a slowing Mac">
        <outline text="David has noticed that after about a year of steady use is Macbook Pro is slower to boot and he is seeing more and more beach balls. What to do?"/>
        <outline text="What are some causes of Mac crustiness?">
          <outline text="Cache, temporary files, log files. These things can build up and grow over time. Clean them out with a tool like Onyx or Cocktail." MediaLinks="Onxy &lt;http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/download.html&gt;&#10;Cocktail &lt;http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.php&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Repair permissions, the cure all. Not sure why, but it can help."/>
          <outline text="Sleep memory, Virtual Memory - See this a lot with notebooks if you only sleep and never reboot."/>
          <outline text="Stop the apps that you forgot about">
            <outline text="Menu items, all that stuff up in the menu-bar. Do you really use it?"/>
            <outline text="System preferences, old printers and mice drivers can be big culprits here."/>
            <outline text="Login items, these are often enabled without you even knowing it. Clear them out from your Account preferences."/>
            <outline text="Widgets, check your Dashboard (F12 or the F4 (Dashboard key))."/>
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          <outline text="Make sure your apps are up to date.">
            <outline text="Apps sometimes have memory leaks and other bugs."/>
            <outline text="Try an something like App Fresh to see if all your stuff is current." MediaLinks="App Fresh &lt;http://metaquark.de/appfresh/&gt;"/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="If a specific app is giving you fits, try deleting the preference file (PLIST). Look in the ~/Library/Preferences folder and move it to the trash (you have a backup, right?)."/>
          <outline text="Too many items on the desktop (???). I have heard this one but not sure what the cause would be. I keep a clean desktop, so never really impacted me."/>
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        <outline text="Other things to do:">
          <outline text="General house cleaning, remove old apps, files, etc. Archive data and get it off you Mac."/>
          <outline text="Get more RAM."/>
          <outline text="Reinstall OS X. I recommend doing this every 12-18 months. You don't have to, but it keeps you Mac fresh and gets the gunk out at the same time. Like an oil change for your Mac."/>
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      <outline text="Short iPod cables &amp; recording radio">
        <outline text="Play questions from Will"/>
        <outline text="Two seemingly random questions, but ones I have answers for. Yeah!"/>
        <outline text="RadTech, Shortz" MediaLinks="radtech.us &lt;http://www.radtech.us/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Rogue Amoeba, Radioshift" MediaLinks="Radioshift &lt;http://rogueamoeba.com/radioshift/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Why does my app have a crossed out generic icon?">
        <outline text="Scott wanted to know why recently installed apps had that generic icon with the ghostbusters &quot;no&quot; circle slash over it."/>
        <outline text="Part of Leopard's security."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Force a Safari Top Site">
        <outline text="Out of the box Apple pre-populates the tops sites and of course it will customize based on your browsing behavior over time."/>
        <outline text="Rick figured out how to force a &quot;top&quot; site into the wall.">
          <outline text="1) Add the Icon for Top Sites in your toolbar (view menu - customize tool toolbar - drag icon)"/>
          <outline text="2) Go to the website that you want to add to Top Sites"/>
          <outline text="3) Drag the URL from the address bar into the Icon for Top Sites in the Toolbar"/>
          <outline text="4) Open Top Sites page and click Edit to rearrange sites as desired, click Done"/>
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        <outline text="When you are in edit mode you might note that the newly added &quot;top&quot; site has a blue pin icon. With this you can keep sites in your top sites list."/>
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    <outline text="Closing">
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      <outline text="&quot;Hey Kate!&quot; by The Fire Apes">
        <outline text="From the Podsafe Music Network (Music Alley)" MediaLinks="musicalley.com &lt;http://music.mevio.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=00695c72d96a2787270de07d908bb1e9&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="EOL: New iPod RED, red cedar actually">
        <outline text="An iLounge listener created this cool all wooden iPod complete with accessories. (via iLounge)" MediaLinks="ilounge.com &lt;http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ilounge-reader-creates-all-wood-ipod-mini-accessories/&gt;"/>
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