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    <outline text="Opening">
      <outline text="Opening Music">
        <outline text="Music is &quot;Say Anything&quot; by Manda and the Marbles"/>
        <outline text="Band's MySpace page" MediaLinks="myspace.com/mandathemarbles &lt;http://www.myspace.com/mandathemarbles&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Their limited edition 7&quot; is back up on Interpunk.com. There you'll also find &quot;Angels with Dirty Faces&quot; which has the full &quot;Say Anything&quot; track." MediaLinks="interpunk.com &lt;http://interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=56311&amp;&gt;"/>
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Smile on My Mac">
        <outline text="TextExpander Touch for iPhone and iPod Touch. August 26th." MediaLinks="smileonmymac.com &lt;http://smileonmymac.com/&gt;">
          <outline text="Compose area, with Send to Mail, Copy all, and send to Twitter"/>
          <outline text="Can have multiple compose areas"/>
          <outline text="Sync clippings over wi-fi fro your Mac to the iPhone app."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="USD$4.99, but on sale for $1.99 until September 9th."/>
        <outline text="To celebrate TextExpander is available at the special price of $14.98 until September 9th."/>
        <outline text="Free 30-day trial"/>
      </outline>
    </outline>
    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="Snow Leopard coming this Friday">
        <outline text="Apple updated it's site Monday morning with a August 28th Leopard release date."/>
        <outline text="Packaging was the leaked packaging. Confirmed just prior to Monday's announcement by a Maccast tipster.">
          <outline text="I still don't like it BTW. The literal use of a &quot;Snow leopard&quot; just seems obvious and not hip to me."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="The main focus is on stability and speed enhancements, but there are some nice new features in there as well.">
          <outline text="Intel-only."/>
          <outline text="Nearly all system applications — including the Finder, Mail, Safari, iCal, and iChat — are now built with 64-bit code. One version that runs both 64-bit and 32-bit applications."/>
          <outline text="Grand Central Dispatch, OS handles threads for the apps which makes it easier for developers to take advantage of multi-core processors and architecture."/>
          <outline text="OpenCL, developer can code their apps to use idle GPU cycles for processing."/>
          <outline text="Faster bootup, shutdown, and wake from sleep. Faster Time Machine backup, up to 80% faster."/>
          <outline text="Remember, no significant new features. HAH!"/>
          <outline text="Including one that may help B.C. - Play auto correct question">
            <outline text="Auto correction and text replacement built-in."/>
            <outline text="Could also get TextExpander and then download their Auto Correct snippets, TidBits Autocorrect Dictionary Snippets, Accented Word, and Symbol Snippets. All from the preference pane, just click the + to add and select from the predefined groups."/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="Expose in the dock, click+hold. Stacks with subfolders."/>
          <outline text="iChat video chats will use 1/3 the bandwidth for same 640x480 resolution."/>
          <outline text="Quicktime X">
            <outline text="QT Pro features built-in. Almost like getting the upgrade for free."/>
            <outline text="All new UI with overlay controls and a &quot;borderless&quot; window."/>
            <outline text="Trimming controls, like on the iPhone 3.0 OS"/>
            <outline text="Screen capture, GPU acceleration, HTTP streaming support"/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="Services menu is contextual, so it shows just the services appropriate for the application you’re using or content you’re viewing rather than all available services."/>
          <outline text="Automatic time zone setup, using wi-fi detection to determine location."/>
          <outline text="ActiveSync and Exchange Server 2007 support in Mail, iCal, and Address Book"/>
          <outline text="Universal Access, VoiceOver trackpad support, more braille device support, including Bluetooth braille display support.">
            <outline text="Mac-cessibility Network" MediaLinks="Maccessibility.net &lt;http://Maccessibility.net/&gt;"/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="Date in the menubar with the time. Woah, let's not get crazy."/>
          <outline text="Full list and details on Apple's site" MediaLinks="apple.com/macosx &lt;http://www.apple.com/macosx/&gt;"/>
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        <outline text="Mac Observer reports that Mac Security software firm Intego may have uncovered a hidden Leopard feature">
          <outline text="It appears to detect Malware, or at least the RSPlug Trojan horse in a downloaded disk image."/>
          <outline text="Snow Leopard popped-up a security warning, &quot;install.pkg will damage your computer you should move it to the trash&quot;."/>
          <outline text="They had a screenshot, but were unsure how the detector works."/>
          <outline text="Looks similar to the &quot;This installer/app was downloaded by Safari.app&quot; messages. Has date and timestamp + the additional info identifying the specific malware."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Getting a lot of questions about Snow Leopard">
          <outline text="Kevin wanted to know about family-pack licensing. Play comment."/>
          <outline text="64-bit mode, last builds to devs didn't seem to have 64-bit on by default unless it was Server. Had to hold 6+4 key on bootup.">
            <outline text="Makes no sense because Snow Leopard can run 32 and 64-bit side by side."/>
            <outline text="My guess is it was just a development thing."/>
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          <outline text="Support for Rosetta apps, apps that only have PPC code, not Universal. Word is now that Rosetta will auto load under Snow Leopard the first time you run an app that requires it."/>
          <outline text="Installing from Tiger vs. Leopard">
            <outline text="If you buy the &quot;upgrade&quot; I have been told you need to have Leopard installed first">
              <outline text="I would assume you can just install Leopard 10.5.0 and then 10.6 without doing updates."/>
            </outline>
            <outline text="The Box Set supposedly has a &quot;full&quot; installer."/>
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      <outline text="Apple's looks for slight growth this quarter">
        <outline text="AppleInsider says Gene Muster has mulled over the recent retail store numbers from NPD group and thinks Apple will see a 3-7% growth on year over year Mac sales for the quarter">
          <outline text="The July number look like Mac sales are up 2% over the same period last year."/>
          <outline text="The pundit notes it may be too soon to tell since 50% of quarter sales happen in September, but Back to School offers should help"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="NPD notes iPod year over year sales down 17% for July.">
          <outline text="Consumers moving to iPhones and iPod Touches"/>
          <outline text="A cast noted by Apple Executives in the last Apple quarterly sales call"/>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="iTunes tops music sales charts">
        <outline text="Maketwatch cites numbers, also from NPD Group, that say iTunes now accounts for 25% of all music sales in the US. That's up 4% from 2008."/>
        <outline text="10% more than Walwart which is the next largest reseller at 14%"/>
        <outline text="iTunes sell 69% of all digital music and digital music sales now account for 35% of all US music sales up 5% from 2008."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Continued speculation on September 9th music event">
        <outline text="Maccast listener Sutter pointed out that Apple's free iPod Touch Back to School promo ends on September 8th."/>
        <outline text="9/9/09 digitally remastered versions of the entire Beatles library drops along with The Beatles: Rock Band. Maybe an iTunes release announcement also?"/>
        <outline text="Next gen Apple TV">
          <outline text="Our own friend Victor Cajiao may have beat Gene Munster by a year."/>
          <outline text="Munster claims he expects the next Apple TV to be a full blown set with DVD, DVR, gaming, and of course iLife media integration.">
            <outline text="Expects it to be a high-end product releasing in 2 to 5 years"/>
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          <outline text="Before that Muster thinks there may be a new version of the set top box with a subscription service behind it">
            <outline text="Designed to compete with Hulu, Netflix, and cable"/>
            <outline text="$30 to $40/mo would get you access"/>
            <outline text="Timing depends on deals with the studios and content distributors."/>
          </outline>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Apple responds to FCC">
        <outline text="Did it openly on their site" MediaLinks="Apple FCC Responses &lt;http://www.apple.com/hotnews/apple-answers-fcc-questions/?sr=hotnews.rss&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Said they hadn't rejected the Google Voice app and are still reviewing it.">
          <outline text="Current issue is replacing/duplicating functionality. Phone, Voicemail, SMS"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Confirmed AT&amp;T had no involvement in GV rejection"/>
        <outline text="Apple denies apps, but has to meet AT&amp;T contractual obligation. i.e. not apps the redirect live TV streams over 3G network, no VoIP"/>
        <outline text="20% of apps rejected on 1st try, most approved with changes/fixes."/>
        <outline text="Approval &quot;stats&quot;">
          <outline text="40 full-time trained reviewers"/>
          <outline text="at least two different reviewers study each application"/>
          <outline text="95% of applications are approved within 14 days"/>
          <outline text="8,500 new applications and updates every week. Have reviewed more than 200,000 applications and updates in a year."/>
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      <outline text="Tablet reportedly under the Eye of Sauron Steve">
        <outline text="Electronista says the WSJ has sources that claiming that since his return Steve has spent the majority of his time overseeing the rumored Mac tablet project"/>
        <outline text="They also confirm two false starts for the project">
          <outline text="Killed once for poor battery life and a second time for lack of memory"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Apparently the report also says Steve sent an email to the paper saying, &quot;&quot;much of your information is incorrect&quot;."/>
        <outline text="Not sure what features the WSj has claimed, but rumors are">
          <outline text="10&quot; multi-touch screen"/>
          <outline text="Extended version of iPhone OS"/>
          <outline text="Verizon 3G network ready"/>
          <outline text="NVIDIA graphics with an ARM processor, possibly using the Tegra core"/>
          <outline text="1080p HD video capable"/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Macbook to get new look">
        <outline text="AppleInisder reports that their sources say Apple is looking to redesign the Macbook line inside and out."/>
        <outline text="No details on the design or materials, but I assume they will continue to use plastics and possibly add the SD slot and Mini Display Port."/>
        <outline text="Macbook sales continue to be strong and Apple may push Macbook pricing lower">
          <outline text="Lower cost and older gen components, cut high end features like Firewire. Toying with alternative processors like the Intel Atom."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Your expensive. Yeah? You have cooties.">
        <outline text="Apple launched 2 new get a Mac ads that appears to be in direct response to Microsoft's &quot;PC Hunter&quot; ads."/>
        <outline text="&quot;Surprise&quot; with Hodgeman disguised as Mac and &quot;Top of the Line&quot; w/ Sienfeld star Patrick Warburton as a high-end PC"/>
        <outline text="As Macworld points out both ads mention PCs having viruses."/>
        <outline text="Is this is what it's come to? The most intelligent thing we can come up amounts to schoolyard name calling?">
          <outline text="How about doing some &quot;app&quot; ads for the Mac?"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="With the first Mac bot-net and 3 or 4 Mac trojans out there does Apple really want to flirt with raising the ire and attention of the hackers?"/>
        <outline text="Both new ads are posted on Apple's web site" MediaLinks="apple.com/getamac/ads &lt;http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="New Apple retail stores in NY and Germany">
        <outline text="MacNN says Apple retail chief, Ron Johnson confirmed a new Apple store will open somewhere on the upper West Side of Manhattan later this year"/>
        <outline text="Saturday at 10:00 AM Apple will open it's 3rd German store in Hamburg, Germany. If anyone wants to get me a t-shirt I would appreciate it. ;)"/>
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    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="The what and where of hard drives">
        <outline text="Tim wants to know where to get a FW800 drive to make a bootable back-up of his iMacs internal 250GB drive.">
          <outline text="Wants to spend $150.00"/>
          <outline text="Reliable and bootable"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="As far as I know making it bootable is mostly a matter of the drive formatting and partition mapping and your backup software">
          <outline text="Using Disk Utility">
            <outline text="Select the new drive and go to the 'partition' tab"/>
            <outline text="Choose # of partitions and then click 'Options...'">
              <outline text="GUID if you have an Intel Mac"/>
              <outline text="Apple Partition Map if you have a PPC"/>
            </outline>
          </outline>
          <outline text="In your backup software click the option for making a bootable backup"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="I'm a Seagate fan even with some of their recent issues.">
          <outline text="FreeAgent Desk Mac versions have triple interface (400, 800, USB)" MediaLinks="seagate.com &lt;http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/freeagent/freeagent_desk_mac&gt;"/>
          <outline text="Save money with the FreeAgent Desk USB and could go portable and bus powered with the FreeAgent Go"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="For backup you don't need fast interfaces or 7200 RPM."/>
        <outline text="I also am a big fan of OWC" MediaLinks="macsales.com &lt;http://www.macsales.com/&gt;">
          <outline text="OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro have FW 800/400 + USB2, + eSATA 'Quad Interface'. 500GB for USD $129.99"/>
          <outline text="If you go with the FW400/USB interface you can get a 1TB drive for USD $154.99"/>
          <outline text="The also have the OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro line for USB bus powered drives."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="LaCie is another possibility">
          <outline text="I love LaCie's for design and their pricing has come down a bit"/>
          <outline text="Had some reliability issues a couple years ago."/>
          <outline text="LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Disk USD $149.99"/>
          <outline text="LaCie Hard Disk, Design by Neil Poulton, USB 2.0, 1TB USD $129.99"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Bottom line is most drive have at least a 2 or 3 year warranty against failure. Seagate's have a 5-year warranty."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="GPU and heat issues on 2006 iMacs">
        <outline text="Pedro wrote in to point out this 32 page thread on 2006 iMac owners having issues the graphics issues on their 3 year old machines"/>
        <outline text="iMacs effected seem to be the Core Duo (early 2006) or Core2Duo (late 2006) with the  Intel GMA950, ATI 1600 and Nvidia 7300 (or 7600) GPUs. The NVidia's seem to be the most prevalent"/>
        <outline text="Symptoms seem to be horizontal lines (or two) across the screen, and the spinning beach ball that freezes the iMac."/>
        <outline text="Logicboard and GPU replacements on effected units seem to sometime correct the issue for a while, but it can return."/>
        <outline text="Most users are pointing to heat issues and some say symptoms can be alleviated by using smcFanControl which allows you to tweak the fan cooling settings. (I don't recommend this if you aren't having issues)." MediaLinks="smcFanControl &lt;http://www.eidac.de/?cat=40&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Apple hasn't officially acknowledged the problem and many of these users are at the end of their Applecare"/>
        <outline text="I always expect a Mac to last at least 5 years of faithful and reliable service."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Time to rethink your Office suite">
        <outline text="Ken had a question about running Office 2004 under Snow Leopard (would require Rosetta optional install)."/>
        <outline text="Didn't want to upgrade to Office 2008 because of cost and 2004 meets his needs"/>
        <outline text="People don't give iWork it's credit">
          <outline text="It's only $79.00 which might be part of the issue. Can't be ONLY $79 and be good."/>
          <outline text="Compatible with Office formats (.doc and .docx)"/>
          <outline text="Does most of what most people need and looks good doing it."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Other option out there too">
          <outline text="Neo Office, Open Office, Mellel, Mariner Write."/>
          <outline text="Bean, had never heard of before, but is fee. Only partially MS Word compatible." MediaLinks="Bean OS X &lt;http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Pasting without formatting">
        <outline text="James uses Evernote, but was having issues editing notes on his iPod after syncing, play comment."/>
        <outline text="Issue is due to the iPhone 3.0 software's built-in editor and inability handling complex formatting."/>
        <outline text="Evernote works around it by allowing you to append to those notes. Then back at your Mac or PC you can clean things up."/>
        <outline text="On the iPod you could also copy all content to a new note (will make it text only) and then edit and save that version."/>
        <outline text="Or when you paste into a note on the Mac, use the 'Paste unformatted text' option (Command+Shift+V). This option is often available in other text and word processing apps as well."/>
        <outline text="Notes sync with Mail.app."/>
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      <outline text="A smarter iTunes delete">
        <outline text="Through a series of unfortunate events, a used iPod (with tracks), and and iPod to iTunes extraction Dave had a bunch of Protected AAC tracks in his library he couldn't use and didn't want."/>
        <outline text="How to sort out the mess? Smart playlists or date added sort."/>
        <outline text="Smart playlists are an often under appreciated feature of iTunes.">
          <outline text="I use them to extract smaller subsets of my library for my iPhone">
            <outline text="Recently added, limited to 4GB randomly selected. Music only"/>
          </outline>
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      </outline>
      <outline text="Adding relationships to your Address Book">
        <outline text="Michael asked about how to create addressbook entries for a family (Dad, wife and 6 kids) all with same address, but 6 phones, emails, etc. Not wanting to have to update the street addresses on 6 cards.">
          <outline text="1) Enter the &quot;main&quot; contact and then create cards for the additional contacts with just the basic info. So for the wife and kids make cards with just the names, mobile numbers, and emails."/>
          <outline text="2) In each of the cards add the related names. If you don't see this field you can add it in the &quot;Template&quot; section of the Preferences. So on the Bob Smith card you can add the related names. spouse: Sally Smith, child: Betty Smith, child: John Smith. These names will then be linked from the main card to the related cards.&#10;3) If you'd rather have everyone's numbers on the Bob Smith (main) card you can use the green + in each section to add entries with custom labels, like &quot;Sally's mobile&quot;, &quot;John's email&quot;, etc."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Could use 'Smart groups' to organize them into a single area/list."/>
      </outline>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Podcast Marketplace">
        <outline text="Thanks to my sponsors">
          <outline text="Circus Ponies" MediaLinks="circusponies.com &lt;http://www.circusponies.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="Keep emails coming. Audio comments.">
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      <outline text="&quot;When You Got A True Friend&quot; by Bert Deivert">
        <outline text="Maccast listener and Blues artist living in Sweden"/>
        <outline text="Artist's web site" MediaLinks="deivert.com &lt;http://www.deivert.com/blues.html&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Buy &quot;Takin' Sam's Advice&quot; Album on iTunes" MediaLinks="Buy in iTunes &lt;http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=268652971&amp;s=143441&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="EOL: DIY Wedding Photobooth">
        <outline text="Using a Macbook, some Automator, a US$99 printer, and some Ikea shower curtains, Mac user David Cline created a fun a memorable way for his sister to get snaps of her wedding guests. (via TUAW)" MediaLinks="tuaw.com &lt;http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/17/found-footage-the-do-it-yourself-wedding-photo-booth/&gt;"/>
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