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Show 36. Tiger in April? New iMacs and eMacs coming too, Wisconsin wants iPod Tax, Microsoft discontinues MSN for Mac, Everybody Dance Again an Apple Pro article on Scott Weintrob, MacRumors eludes to PowerMac future, Jobs net worth on the rise and Issues with new PowerBook Trackpads. The first ever Mac HitTest. Listeners have issues with Airport and Linksys Router, questions about charging iPod via USB, but not syncing, answers on how to print selected text using OS X Services, question on Mac Secruity and Maintainence. Thought Out offers exclusive iPed Discount for MacCast listeners and new music from Geoff Byrd. Listen in. Shownotes in HTML or OPML

Featured Music: Elusive Butterfly, Geoff Byrd

In a question left at the MacCast Feedback site, http://mcfeedback.blogspot.com listener Shayne wanted to know about backing up OS X. There are several options available depending on what level of backup you want.

1) If you have a .Mac account you can get Backup2 from Apple for free. It allows you to backup to disk or removable drives and can be scheduled.

2) SilverKeeper is a free backup utility from LaCie and does basic incremental syncing of files and can be scheduled.

3) Dantz Retrospect Desktop is a commercial app ($99.00 USD) that should meet most backup needs.

4) Carbon Copy Cloner is a utility that will create a complete bootable backup image of your entire drive. It also offer syncronization and scheduling of backups. It is also free.

Another MacCast listener, Paul, recommeneds using the UNIX command line utility rsync. He even provided this link to an article he wrote on the topic.

Listener Lim let me know about 7-11 stores in Singapore that are now selling iPods. He included an ad from a local paper. I think it is great that 7-11 is now a “Apple Authorized Reseller”. Notice the logo in the ad.

Lim says:
Seven-Eleven Singapore is working with Apple Singapore to sell iPod products in Seven-Eleven Stores in the island. Soon you can walk into Seven-Eleven and get your iPod!

Here is a picture of another get Mac setup from Randy. Looks like a nice place to work. Randy’s comments are below.

Randy says: Enclosed is a photo of my “playroom” at home. Next to my dual 2.5 G5 is an empty G5 box I bought off of Ebay and filled it with 250 gig drives. So, there are 2 – 250 sata drives in the g5, 6 firewire enclosed 250 gig drives in the empty G5 box and there are also anoth 2 250 gig drives on the top counter (yes, 10 -250 gig drives) All for my HOBBY of Photography!

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A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 35. CherryOS G4 emulator for PC launched, Linux creator uses a Mac, but not OS X, Terrasoft offers Yellow Dog on bootable iPod/Firewire drives and Sony takes on the Shuffle. Listeners want to know about iGeeks, how to keep PodcastAlley voting on the up and up, how to burn Mac DVDs on a PC, using bookmarkable AAC files for podcasts, how to print only selected text in OS X, checkout the MacDad Blog and backup options for OS X. Listen in. Shownotes in HTML or OPML

Featured Music: Sunrise, Alex McLeod

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A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 34. Apple sues for patent infringement, iTunes phone due out Thursday, the worlds first iPod retail store opens, bloggers file to dismiss Apple lawsuit, Microsoft Office update, more retail store news, is Tiger coming soon and iPod Shuffles are now readily available. Listeners have questions about CD/DVD burning and SGI monitors. We clarify FireFox not quitting issue and how to do show notes. Also announce new audio feedback service. Enjoy. New music from Robert Wade, visit him at his official website. Shownotes in HTML or OPML

Featured Music: Monkey Cymbals, Robert Wade

Here is the Silicon Graphics monitor adapter that was mentioned on the Monday March 7th show.

On my March 2nd show I made a BIG mistake and gave out incorrect info on Camino, the Cocoa native Mac browser based on the Mozilla GEKO engine. I incorrectly said it was no longer in development and that FireFox had replaced it. We’ll nothing could have been further from the truth. Since then MacCast listeners have been sending me all kinds of info on Camino so I am going to use this area to give you updated links and info.

Adam

Camino Project Page
From Robert, info on Camino’s upcoming 0.9 release

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A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 33. Apple’s with Intel inside? Intel Mini mock up is just a MOCK up. New iPod chips and how to share iTunes over the Internet. iPod replacement batteries for longer life. Want a Shuffle? Get one from the local library. May the Force be around your iPod and iMacs are hot, but not in a good way. We answer listener questions and help some PC friends. Enjoy. Shownotes in HTML or OPML

Featured Music: Let the Motor Run, Mark Woznicki

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A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 32. Since I missed Modays show due to illness, this show is double featured so it’s really all to much to cover here. You’ll just have to listen. Enjoy. Shownotes in HTML or OPML

Featured Music: You’re a Friend, The Flying Public