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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;"/>
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Faronics">
        <outline text="Deep Freeze" MediaLinks="faronics.com &lt;http://www.faronics.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Free trial available"/>
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    </outline>
    <outline text="News">
      <outline text="New Core i7 iMac posts good numbers">
        <outline text="Numbers from Geekbench and Cinebench from MacRumors and Barefeats" MediaLinks="barefeats.com &lt;http://www.barefeats.com/imi7.html&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Most numbers coming in just under the 2.93GHz quad-core Mac Pro and flattening the Core 2 Duo iMacs"/>
        <outline text="As Barefeats points out, the iMac Core i7 2.8GHz with 8GB of RAM, 1TB HDD, Radeon HD 4850, and 27&quot; LED comes in at $2399.00. The similarly config'd quad-core Mac Pro 2.93GHz with a 24&quot; LED Cinema display will run you almost twice that price.">
          <outline text="Of course you don't have the expandability of the Pro enclosure, but with the iMacs specs, many won't need it."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="The Core i5 iMac seems to clock in about 30-35% lower than the Core i7 and as Barefeats out it's only 10% lower in price, so the i7 iMacs are a good price to performance value."/>
        <outline text="Now keep in mind these are 64-bit numbers and running multicore benchmarks. Real world apps and performance differences will be more varied."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Holidays looking good for Apple and Consumers">
        <outline text="up to 25% savings on some Macs according to &quot;leaked&quot; Black friday ads?">
          <outline text="up to 30% on all iPods (excluding iPhone or iPod shuffle), up to 25% on all Macs, and up to 15% on all accessories."/>
          <outline text="The &quot;up to&quot; being the key word here. Don't get suckered."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Gene Munster thinks December sales will fill Apple's stocking">
          <outline text="Looking at NPD group's October data which indicates a 7% Mac Sales growth, he predicts a 14% year over year growth for December."/>
          <outline text="That would mean 2.9 million Macs in December, which could happen with the new iMacs, Macbooks, and Mac Minis lining the tables."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="The coal in Apple fans stocking could be the rumored dealt of the Mac Tablet">
          <outline text="DigiiTimes (classically inaccurate) is reporting Apple is going to wait on a 10&quot; LG OLED touchscreen for the new device."/>
          <outline text="Pushing the release date to the second half of 2010 to wait for component costs to fall."/>
          <outline text="The report says pricing between $1,200 and $1500 if Apple waits. Crazy."/>
          <outline text="Would also give Apple more time to do content deals?"/>
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      <outline text="Apple working on  &quot;Concierge&quot; app">
        <outline text="AppleInsider and MacRumors both reporting on sources who say Apple is planning to release a  &quot;Concierge&quot; app"/>
        <outline text="View memberships, make appointments for services at retail stores, like the Genius Bar or One to One"/>
        <outline text="Recently at my Apple Store an employee did use his iPod Touch to check me in for an appointment"/>
        <outline text="iPodNN reports there may be a couple other apps as well">
          <outline text="App to allow iPod Touch and iPhone replacements from the floor rather than at the Genius Bar"/>
          <outline text="iPod app for managing inventory in the stockroom."/>
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      <outline text="Frustrated Devs flee App Store">
        <outline text="Joe Hewitt, Facebook.  Justin Williams, Second Gear. Paul Kafasis, Rogue Amoeba"/>
        <outline text=" I mentioned these fears before that App store opened and some devs are starting to agree. Apple deciding what is allowed or not allowed is not always a good thing.">
          <outline text="OS X on iPhone is a double standard."/>
          <outline text="Where apps are malicious or might break Apple's service or EULAs they have the &quot;kill switch&quot;."/>
          <outline text="Media and users would be all over bad apps. And it's not like the review process has stopped them.">
            <outline text="Review doesn't go deep into source code"/>
            <outline text="have had approved apps that mine phone numbers, etc."/>
          </outline>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Williams concerns over small developers apps not getting approval after months of work.">
          <outline text="Also had a hard time selling his apps when he wanted out. No way to transfer in Developer Connection."/>
          <outline text="Customers get no future updates. Have to re-buy apps from the new developer."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Kafasis' AirFoil Speakers took 4 months (3 rejections) to get a bug fix pushed.">
          <outline text="Update rejected for inappropriate use of &quot;Apple-owned Graphic Symbols.&quot;"/>
          <outline text="Images were from OS X and in the originally approved app."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="New automated first process to screen for use of private APIs.">
          <outline text="Typically Apple just warns devs to avoid private APIs as they may change. On the iPhone they are banned from use."/>
          <outline text="Hewitt developed an iPhone framework used by some developers called Three20 that uses a private API call. ArsTechnica confirmed that had nothing to do with Hewiitt transferring Facebook iPhone app development."/>
          <outline text="iPoddNN says the developers Rogue Sheep warn that just using the API, even referencing the API even without calling the banned API can get the app rejected by the automated system."/>
          <outline text="Using the wrong category name might trigger a false rejection."/>
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      <outline text="Is Apple getting more serious about gaming?">
        <outline text="AreTechnica notes a recent Apple job posting calling for a &quot;Game/Media Software Engineer&quot;"/>
        <outline text="Description says, &quot;to work on interactive multimedia experiences on the iPhone and iPod Touch.&quot;"/>
        <outline text="Also calls for">
          <outline text="3-4 years of video game development experience, shipped at least one AAA title"/>
          <outline text="passionate gamer"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Nintendo is worried about the iPhone and games and entertainment are huge categories on the App Store"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Updates, fixes, and hacks. Oh my!">
        <outline text="Snow Leopard updates for Canon, Brother, HP, and Lexmark printers"/>
        <outline text="LED Cinema Display iSight Firmware Update 1.0">
          <outline text="Fixes the iSight on the LED Cinema display not being recognized in some applications"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Server Admin tools 10.6.2">
          <outline text="Updates, fixes, and improvements to iCal Server Utility, Podcast Composer, Server Admin, Server Monitor, Server Preferences, System Image Utility, Workgroup Manager, and Xgrid Admin"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Boot Camp Drivers Update 2.2">
          <outline text="Addresses issues with the Apple trackpad and turns off the red digital audio port LED on laptop computers when it is not being used"/>
          <outline text="Includes support for the Apple Magic mouse and wireless keyboard."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Hackers get back Intel Atom support in 10.6.2">
          <outline text="Complex hack using terminal commands and replacing the OS X kernel"/>
          <outline text="Will allow netbook &quot;hackintoshers&quot; to run the latest Snow Leopard update."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Error message in the &quot;launch deamon&quot; (launchd), seems to reference a possible build of 10.7 (11A47)">
          <outline text="via AppleInsider &amp; MacRumors."/>
          <outline text="10.6 builds started with '10A' and 10.6.2 builds '10B'. First number indicating the major version."/>
          <outline text="No word on it's feline codename though."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Macs rank 4th in build quality">
        <outline text="Numbers from an extended warranty provider, SquareTrade, based on 30,000 consumer experiences. (via ArsTechnica)"/>
        <outline text="Macs failed just over 10% of the time in 2 years and 17.4% over 3 years."/>
        <outline text="Asus, Toshiba, and Sony ranked higher, but Asus' number were just barely better than Apple's. Just under 10% in 2 years and 15.6% in the 3 year number."/>
        <outline text="SquareTrade also found that netbooks are 20% more unreliable than other laptops."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Don't let you Mac inhale">
        <outline text="&quot;The Consumerist&quot;, blog posted a story about two different people getting denied AppleCare coverage because their Macs were exposed to second-hand smoke"/>
        <outline text="There is nothing in the AppleCare warranty that says smoking around the Mac would void AppleCare"/>
        <outline text="Apple claims the contaminated Macs fall under a 'bio-hazzard' classification by OSHA and therefore can't force it's technicians to work on the machines."/>
        <outline text="Seems ludicrous to me. I could see not replacing components if the smoke caused the damage."/>
        <outline text="Have you or someone you know been denied AppleCare on your Mac due to second-hand smoke?"/>
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    <outline text="Sponsor">
      <outline text="Circus Ponies">
        <outline text="Notebook" MediaLinks="circusponies.com &lt;http://www.circusponies.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Free trial available"/>
      </outline>
    </outline>
    <outline text="Feedback, Comments and Commentary">
      <outline text="Free OS X virtualization">
        <outline text="On the last show I left out Sun Virtualbox" MediaLinks="virtualbox.org &lt;http://www.virtualbox.org/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Play comment from Jason."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Free Office alternative from Lotus">
        <outline text="Listener Todd told me about, IBM Lotus, Symphony." MediaLinks="symphony.lotus.com &lt;http://symphony.lotus.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Based on older OpenOffice 1.0 and running on JAVA. Built on Eclipse."/>
        <outline text="The download process is kind of a pain"/>
        <outline text="Tabbed interface could open Microsoft XML formats, but don''t think it can save them. Supports Office 97-2003 formats."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Hardware change bypasses firmware password?">
        <outline text="According to listener Jason, if you remove RAM from your Mac it will negate the firmware password"/>
        <outline text="Apparently if you add or remove RAM and zap the PRAM it removes the password."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Piracy can also give your Mac scurvy">
        <outline text="As Daniel pointed out, pirated apps also sometime come with viruses and Malware. iWork and CS4 recently had trojans."/>
        <outline text="Also, you often can't get support or updates for pirated apps."/>
        <outline text="Beware of aftermarket copies of OS X too">
          <outline text="Not really piracy, but buying OS X second hand can be tricky"/>
          <outline text="Disks bundled with Macs are very often machine specific, so make sure you are getting a retail copy."/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="The ins and outs of Mini Display Port">
        <outline text="Lot's of confusion over the Mini Display Port connector. All depends on if you are going in or out."/>
        <outline text="27&quot; iMac supports Mini Display Port in, but only for Mini Display Port Connections">
          <outline text="Input is only supported on the 27&quot; models and not the 21.5&quot;"/>
          <outline text="Can for example go from a DVD player with HDMI out into the 27&quot; iMacs Mini Display Port in connector."/>
          <outline text="Can use a device like ElGato's EyeTV (USB) to input analog devices like a DVD player."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Mini Display Port out can connect to other digital inputs, like HDMI, VGA, and DVI with a simple adapter cable.">
          <outline text="From Apple. About USD $30"/>
          <outline text="MonoPrice, Mini Display Port to HDMI USD $9.75. Mini Display Port to DVI, $9.75" MediaLinks="monoprice.com &lt;http://www.monoprice.com/&gt;"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="To connect older Macs that have DVI-out to a new LED Cinema Display (Mini Display Port in) you need a converter box">
          <outline text="Gefen DVI to Mini Display Port Converter. USD $149.00" MediaLinks="gefen.com &lt;http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=8913&gt;"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Audio can be analog or digital in. For digital you need a TOSLink cable."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Adding keyboard shortcuts to everything">
        <outline text="Seems like I covered this recently, but let's update it for Snow Leopard"/>
        <outline text="In System Preferences--&gt;Keyboard. Click the 'Keyboard Shortcut' tab">
          <outline text="Left column lists the categories and the shortcuts are displayed in the right column"/>
          <outline text="To set up your own, click the &quot;+&quot; icon near the bottom of the right column. To remove them, click the 'Application Shortcut' category, select the shortcut in the right column, and click the '-'."/>
          <outline text="Adding a shortcut">
            <outline text="Click the &quot;+&quot;"/>
            <outline text="In the dialog, choose the specific application, or choose &quot;All&quot;"/>
            <outline text="Type the menu title EXACTLY as it is written in the menu. You can also type sub menu items."/>
            <outline text="Assign the shortcut. Make sure to choose something unique and not already assign to another item in that app."/>
            <outline text="Click 'Add' and your done."/>
          </outline>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Maccast One Minute Tip: iPhoto Places">
        <outline text="Play tip"/>
        <outline text="One Minute Tip Podcast" MediaLinks="oneminutetip.com &lt;http://www.oneminutetip.com/&gt;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="iTunes random is random">
        <outline text="Dan noticed that his iTunes 'Shuffle' seems to be repeating some tracks more often than others, and it probably is."/>
        <outline text="Within a true random all variations are possible. That means it could happen that you hear the same track multiple times in a row or a single album could play in sequence. It's improbable, but not impossible."/>
        <outline text="Also the human brain tends to see out and look for patterns even in randomness."/>
        <outline text="What Dan wants is less randomness. You want a system that forces items not to repeat which isn't random."/>
        <outline text="Apple added a way to force non-randomness into the shuffle algorithm, but seems to have removed the feature."/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Secure your PDFs">
        <outline text="Alejandro needed to send a digital document with some sensitive data and wanted to know how to assign a password."/>
        <outline text="This works in Snow Leopard, not sure if it's the same for Leopard.">
          <outline text="From you application choose 'File'--&gt;'Print'"/>
          <outline text="In the lower left, use the 'PDF' dropdown and choose 'Save as PDF...'"/>
          <outline text="In the dialog click the 'Security Options...'"/>
          <outline text="Check the 'Require Password to open this document' option and set and verify a password">
            <outline text="You can also require a password to even copy text, images, or other content"/>
            <outline text="Set a different password to restrict printing."/>
          </outline>
          <outline text="Click OK and then 'Save' to save the PDF"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="If you already have a PDF, you can secure it in Preview.">
          <outline text="Open the PDF in Preview"/>
          <outline text="Choose 'File'--&gt;'Save As...'"/>
          <outline text="In the dialog box check the 'Encrypt' checkbox."/>
          <outline text="When you hit 'Save' you will be prompted to enter a password."/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Make sure you don't email the password with the document and your actually better not to email the password at all."/>
        <outline text="Of course another option is to use an encrypted disk image created with Disk Utility."/>
      </outline>
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    <outline text="Closing">
      <outline text="Podcast Marketplace">
        <outline text="Thanks to my sponsors">
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      <outline text="It's Movember">
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      <outline text="Maccast Nominated for a Podcast Award">
        <outline text="These are people's choice awards, so thanks to all who nominated me" MediaLinks="podcastawards.com &lt;http://www.podcastawards.com/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="I'm in the Science and Technology category with some great shows">
          <outline text="Bwana TV, FLOSS Weekly, Geek Brief TV, Security Now, Skepticality"/>
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        <outline text="iPhone Alley is also nominated."/>
        <outline text="Voting starts the 13th and continues through the end of the month.">
          <outline text="You can vote once a day, so please vote often."/>
          <outline text="Heavy competition and I have never won this."/>
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        <outline text="Vote for your favorite shows in other categories as well">
          <outline text="Some of my friends and favorites">
            <outline text="TWiT, This American Life, Planet Money, The Instance, AppSlappy, Today in iPhone, Amateur Traveller"/>
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        <outline text="You need to verify your votes."/>
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      <outline text="&quot;Should Have Known Better&quot; by Rob Blackledge">
        <outline text="From Mevio's Music Alley" MediaLinks="musicalley.com &lt;http://www.musicalley.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=6c6f2fe1c3e3cf3402cb5b853e862fb6&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Artist's website" MediaLinks="robblackledge.com &lt;http://www.robblackledge.com/&gt;"/>
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      <outline text="EOL: Monkeyboy seeing Aluminum and White">
        <outline text="I'm sure this is just what Microsoft likes to see at one of it's press events. A bunch of journalists using Macs. (via Cult of Mac)." MediaLinks="cultofmac.com &lt;http://www.cultofmac.com/journalists-cover-microsoft-using-macs/21741?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cultofmac%2FbFow+%28Cult+of+Mac%29&gt;"/>
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