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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 145. Apple conducting audit of Chinese “iPod City”. iPhoto update adds new card templates. Rumors of Apple iTunes movie deals abound. 50 Cent wants affordable Macs for inner-city residents. MacCast One Minute Tip #16 – Google Sketchup. Warning about Monolingual on Intel Macs. More tips on restoring user accounts. More ideas for keeping your Mac clean. Apple may be secretly recalling discolored MacBooks. What a “Green Roof” really is. Using keywords to determine which iPhotos are in which albums. Files won’t stay put when dropped on second desktop. Speed up saving in GarageBand 3. How to manage network connections and locations. ProfCast software help you to Podcast PowerPoint and Keynote presentations.

New music, Badlands by Ross Neilsen

We really shook the pillars of heaven, didn’t we, Wang? — Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 144. Bill Gates will step down in 2008. Apple lowers iPod Nano and other pricing in the UK. New iPods you won’t touch. Is Apple going to make an ultra-portable? Boston may be getting the next Apple Flagship store. Users reporting stains on white MacBooks. How to clean your Mac. Response to Norway and EU iPod/iTunes complaints. An application for helping manage multiple iWeb sites, iWebSites. Additional tools for freeing up OS X disk space by removing extra languages. How to find and use special characters and bring back the lost KeyCaps utility. How to turn your spare change into iTunes music. How to determine which pictures are in which albums in iPhoto. New MacCast widgets now available on MacCast.com.

UPDATE/ WARNING: I have been made aware of a potentially BIG issue with Monolingual if you own an Intel Mac. By default Monolingual is set up to remove the PowerPC “architecture” on Intel based Macs. Removing this architecture will cause Rosetta applications to no longer run. So if you use Monolingual make sure to uncheck all the options to remove architectures. If you have already been effected by this issue I have heard you need to do an Archive and Install of Tiger to get Rosetta functionlity back.

New music, Electric by Slim

I am a baaaad man. — Gone in 60 Seconds (200)

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Jon from The Flip Side (widgetshow.com) has been hard at work creating a new MacCast RSS Widget for Dashboard and it is now available for download. Get it here. This one provides some great options for keeping up to date with the MacCast. Choose from 3 different feeds (Podcast, Blog or Comments), set your desired article length, perform quick MacCast searches right from the Dashboard and more. All this and it look great too. And in case you missed the “Original” MacCast RSS Widget make sure to checkout the one created by Joe “The Dead Herring” Sayer and Matt Hoult. It’s still available here.

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You may have already noticed that as of today the MacCast MacGeek Cam is back! Now you can once again keep an eye me as I go about my daily biz prepping the show and what not.

I know, you are all thrilled.

To add to the excitement of this momentous occasion MacNeo, has updated the MacCast GeekCam Dashboard Widget for OS X Tiger. Click here for screenshots. So now you can have my ugly mug just a F12 keystroke away.

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So grab it now and I promise I will try to avoid computing in my underwear.

Looks like Apple is continuing to expand their “Get a Mac” TV campaign. They just posted 3 new ads to the http://www.apple.com/getamac site.

I have to say I think they may even be better than the first round of ads. These seem to really focus on the concept that using a Mac will help you get things done, a concept I always felt Apple had a hard time expressing in their advertising. One of the ads even highlights the Macs new ability to run OS X and Windows XP (notice the legal line about needing to buy Windows). Overall I think these ads are a nice addition to Apple’s marketing blitz. They also seem slightly more compelling for switchers than the last batch, but are probably still a little more for Mac fans than potential PC defectors. Of course, I am still waiting to see those Gisele ads.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 143. Norway and other EU countries not happy with Apples iPod. iPods more “in” than beer on college campuses. Apple lowers Canadian iPod pricing. Apple offers new CBS content on iTunes. Rumors of new Leopard features. Will new Mac Pros offer “Quads”. MacCast One Minute Tip #15: Desktop Printing. MacBook Pro kernel panics from Airport issue, plus MacBook also suffer Airport woes. Fix strange characters when publishing iWeb sites to your own server. Restoring user account after a fresh install of OS X. Managing 2 iWeb sites from one Mac. The story behind iCal and July 17th icon.

New music, High Speed by Tourist [iTunes]

Welcome to the future. — X-Men (2000)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 142. Apple updates the U2 iPod. Apple vs. Creative battle round 2. Apple stockpiling Flash memory… new Nanos? Apple drops plans for India tech support center. New Apple Retail Store in Minnesota. Apple adds new @Work section to US site. Apple back to school promo offers free iPod Nano. New sexy Apple Intel Print ads featuring Gisele. Even more airline power discussion with tips for finding the best seat. What is the best Mac browser? A possible fix for iPod photo sync errors. Finding a good place for iPod repairs. Products for using your iPod to do mobile recording. How to schedule automated tasks using iCal. Remember to vote at PodcastAlley.

New music, See the Sun by Black Lab [ buy now ]

Welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well. To what do I owe the extreme pleasure of this surprising visit? — A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 141. Apple Store 5th Avenue elevator gets stuck. New Apple Product rumors, iPod gaming and new educational Mac. Intel processor roadmap offers clues for upcoming Intel Mac systems. QuickTime 7.1.1 update fixes Intel starup item issues. SuperDrive firmware update for some older Macs finally addresses burn speed troubles. Apple computer computer recycling program begins. Is Apple “punishing” Samsung for their loose lips? SubRosaSoft CopyCatX offers cloning backup for Windows XP BootCamp volumes. An instant sleep display trick. Thoughts on MacBook and Apple from a recent switcher. RoadTools Podium CoolPadoffers great protection from singed thighs. Troubleshooting your iPod using the iPod five’R’s. Using BootCamp and Parallels to solve your VPN connectivity woes. More details on tools for taking advantage of power on airplanes (Kensington 33362 Ultra Portable Power Inverter 150). Tip for saving iTunes Music Store tracks for later review. Great new podcast for tales about the early days at Apple and the birth of the Macintosh, Mac Folklore Radio. Stories also available on Folklore.org and more can be found in Andy Hertzfeld’s great book, Revolution in the Valley.

New music, Stars by Jeremy Kushnier.

I will totally protect you. Yo, I am so buff, I got you covered, girl. — Scream (1996)

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 140. Apple and Nike team up for iPod shoes. XCode 2.3 released to developers. MacBook Developer tools include Widget Maker. PowerMacs lose ‘Power’ when going Intel. Apple Sells PowerSchool to Pearson. Star Wars Clone Wars now on iTunes. Listener review of the MacBook. Tons of Apple Fifth Avenue Store feedback and pictures. Backup strategies and the story of The Lion and Ants. Closed Intel kernel report was just speculation. How to turn off just iMac screen. Review of Podcasting USB microphones. Powering your MacBook on a plane continued. Developers tap MacBook motion sensor. Apple overturned on appeal. Rumor sites are safe. Something missed in iWeb update. Using iWeb on more than one Mac.

New music, Reign of Error by Sudden Death

We are fugitives of the law. Idiocy is our only option. — Outbreak (1995)

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Hey Geeks. Well I know it has been a week now since the last “true” MacCast. I have a show in the works, but it just seems to be taking forever to get it together. As I sit writing this it is 1:00 AM Friday morning and I am now just ready to record. The trouble is when I am this tired it takes me a lot longer to get the recording done (like 3-5 hours). The quality level goes way down and I just seem to mess up a lot more. Funny, you’d think sleep depravation would improve mental awareness. *sarcasm*. Anyway, if you don’t mind I am going to get some sleep. Look for a “Super Sized” MacCast to be out sometime Saturday morning.

If you really need a fix, we finally recorded another episode of the MacRoundtable Podcast, so you can listen to me and the other guys over there.

Nite.