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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 174. The British invasion of “Get a Mac”. iTunes movies coming to EU, well… iPod Shuffle is now more colorful. Apple 802.11n Enabler now available. Apple pays bloggers legal fees and then some. Creative reports big profits, thanks Apple. New Intel tech to boost Mac performance later this year. Vista EULA may be trouble for Mac owners using Parallels.Tip: Better control of Exposé hot corners. Backup your iTunes purchases, please. iTunes phone support number revealed. Making and recording phone calls with your Mac. iTunes using another language, how to fix it.

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New music, Come on Let’s Go by Sound of a Revolution.

College is like high school with ashtrays. — She’s Having a Baby (1988)

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OWC is on a roll. It wasn’t enough to drop the price of a 500 GB HD to a mere $139.99 they had to go on. This week they are doing huge price cuts on their Mercury On-The-Go external HDs. They are cutting the prices on the higher end ones (the ones with Firewire 800+400+USB2) that are over 80 gigs. The speed demon of the group is the 100GB 7200 RPM one which was about USD$250.00 and now is USD$219.99. The price cuts on the other drives are as follows*:

100GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB Buffer was $249.99, now $219.99 ($30 Drop)
120GB 5400RPM w/ 8MB Buffer was $199.99, now $179.99 ($20 Drop)
160GB 5400RPM w/ 8MB Buffer was $269.99, now $229.99 ($40 Drop)
200GB 4200RPM w/ 8MB Buffer was $379.99, now $339.99 ($40 Drop)

These drives are very highly acclaimed with a Macworld 4 Star rating, MacSola and Photoshop User ratings of 5 stars, and a MacAddict Editor’s Choice award, along with accolades and awards from many other publications. They are very small, portable, and 100% bus powered.

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*all prices are in US dollars (USD)

If you were planing to buy a new hard drive for you Macintosh, now is a great time. OWC (Other World Computing) has just announced a huge price cut on their 500GB SATA Drive. In case you did not know, 500 GB is a lot. By a lot I mean about 500 hours of SDTV or about 89 hours of HDTV. This drive is made by Maxtor and has SATA I/II 3.0G, a 16 MB buffer, a 5 year warranty, and is 7200 RPM. They are now selling for a mere $133.99 which makes it about $.25 per gigabyte. It can be found at http://macsales.com. (Limit of 2 per customer.) Link updated

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Editor’s note: This PR came in from OWC and I am a huge fan of their products and service. That said, I am traditionally not a big fan of Maxtor drives. They were recently purchased by Seagate (who’s products I love) and these Quickview drives are brand new, plus backed by a full 5-year Seagate fulfilled Maxtor factory warranty. So, when you add the awesome prices, OWC sales and support, and a Seagate backed warranty, these drives may be worth at least looking into.

This is an old ad for the original Apple Lisa, and yes that is Kevin Costner.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 173. Apple first fiscal quarter 2007 results, Jobs not out of stock options woods yet. Apple charges 2 bucks if you want 802.11n. Norway says iTunes DRM is illegal. Apple Security update 2007-001. Apple Store loses 42 iPod Nanos to thieves. Apple planning a Super Bowl event? Best upgrade? More Memory. More than 2GB of RAM in a Core Duo? Cracked Macbook made new again. The pre-AppleCare checklist. Review: Slingbox TUNER. Thanks to Alex Lindsay and Pixel Corps. Where to buy Samson products.

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New music, Little Boy by Once Just ( iTunes )

Promos: The Illustrative Designer Podcast, Dan’s Mathcast, and Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE)

Liverpool can be a lonely place on a Saturday night, and this is only Thursday morning. — Yellow Submarine (1968)

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There is a huge new update to the award-winning application EarthDesk. EarthDesk is a program that lets you replace your normal desktop with a 3D map of the world that shows current sun, moon, and city illumination as well as real-time global cloud coverage. This software is sort of like having a screensaver for your desktop background combined with Google Earth. With this latest update of EarthDesk it becomes a Cocoa application and has moved from being a stand-alone application to a Preference Pane. It has an icon in the menu bar for quick and easy control of EarthDesk and the user interface has received a complete overhaul. EarthDesk is $19.95 and can be found at http://www.xericdesign.com. Upgrades are either $9.95 or $12.95 depending on which version you have.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Macworld 2007 Part 4. A collection of interviews from on and around the show floor at Macworld. I have chats with MacLife, Storyist, ArtRage, Boinx Software, TeachMac, and Other World Computing (ModBook).

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Mac Podcaster Meetup 2007 Part 2. A live recording of the Mac Podcaster Meetup recorded at the Apple Store in San Francisco on Thursday January 11th 2007. A special thanks goes out to the podcasters, Apple, Inc. and the Apple Store, and all the people who attended the event. Also, a very special thank you to Alex Lindsay and the Pixel Corps for recording the event.

Podcasters:
Adam Christianson, Maccast, Mac Roundtable (https://www.maccast.com)
Leo Laporte, Mac Break, TWiT (http://www.twit.tv)
Ken Ray, Mac OS Ken (http://www.macosken.com/)
Alex Lindsay, Mac Break, TWiM (http://www.macbreak.com/)
Scott Bourne, Mac Break, iLife Zone (http://www.ilifezone.com/)
Merlin Mann, TWiT, 43 Folders (http://www.43folders.com/)
Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun Times, MacNotables (http://www.suntimes.com/)
Derrick Story, O’Reilly, The Digital Story (http://www.thedigitalstory.com/)
Dave Hamilton, Mac Observer, Mac Geek Gab (http://www.macobserver.com/)
Chris Christensen, Amateur Traveler (http://www.amateurtraveler.com/)
Bill Palmer, iProng Radio (http://www.iprong.com/)
Shelly Brisbin, Blogger & Podcaster Magazine (http://brisbin.net)
Stuff, Pomcast (http://www.pomcast.com/)
Don McAllister, Screencasts Online (http://www.screencastonline.com/)
Tim Street, French Maid TV (http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Mac Podcaster Meetup 2007 Part 1. A live recording of the Mac Podcaster Meetup recorded at the Apple Store in San Francisco on Thursday January 11th 2007. A special thanks goes out to the podcasters, Apple, Inc. and the Apple Store, and all the people who attended the event.

Podcasters:
Adam Christianson, Maccast, Mac Roundtable (https://www.maccast.com)
Leo Laporte, Mac Break, TWiT (http://www.twit.tv)
Ken Ray, Mac OS Ken (http://www.macosken.com/)
Alex Lindsay, Mac Break, TWiM (http://www.macbreak.com/)
Scott Bourne, Mac Break, iLife Zone (http://www.ilifezone.com/)
Merlin Mann, TWiT, 43 Folders (http://www.43folders.com/)
Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun Times, MacNotables (http://www.suntimes.com/)
Derrick Story, O’Reilly, The Digital Story (http://www.thedigitalstory.com/)
Dave Hamilton, Mac Observer, Mac Geek Gab (http://www.macobserver.com/)
Chris Christensen, Amateur Traveler (http://www.amateurtraveler.com/)
Bill Palmer, iProng Radio (http://www.iprong.com/)
Shelly Brisbin, Blogger & Podcaster Magazine (http://brisbin.net)
Stuff, Pomcast (http://www.pomcast.com/)
Don McAllister, Screencasts Online (http://www.screencastonline.com/)
Tim Street, French Maid TV (http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Macworld 2007 Part 3. A collection of interviews from on and around the show floor at Macworld. I have chats with Plasq, equniux, MacBak, Humble Daisy, mStation Audio, Austin and Peter from AppZapper and iClip.

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