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    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  New iMacs
    Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth and 802.11g wireless networking. ATI Radeon 9600 graphics processor and 128MB of video memory.
    17" ($1299 USD), features a 1.8GHz chip, 512MB of memory, a 160GB hard drive and a combo drive that can burn CDs and play DVD.
    17" ($1,499), adds a 2GHz processor and a 8x SuperDrive
    20" ($1799), 2GHz 512MB memory, a 250GB hard drive and an 8x SuperDrive.
  New eMac
    $799 USD, A faster 1.42GHz chip with 256MB of memory, an 80GB hard disk and combo drive.
    $999 USD,1.42 GHZ with 512MB of memory, a 160GB hard disk and an 8X SuperDrive.
  Apple offers Free songs with AirPort Express
    When you order from Apple online store get a coupon in your shipment for 30 Free iTunes when you buy an AirPort Express
  Apple security update 2005-005
    For Mac OS 10.3.9 not Tiger
  Tiger Issues with Networking Software
    Causes problems with VPN networking software
      Alleges bug in the Kernel of Tiger that Apple was told about
    Also effects Thursby's DAVE and AdmitMac (for connecting to Windows ActiveDirectory)
    VirtualPC issues as well
      Virtual Switch networking, zero-configuration printing and ability to launch PC programs via the dock
      They are working with Apple on a patch
  Apple Being Sued by Tiger Direct
    A trademark infringement lawsuit
    OS X Tiger lowered their search results
    Bob Young, founder of Red Hat, also owns a Canadian Footbal team , Hamilton Tiger-Cats, supports Apple saying the lawsuit is "a load of cods-wallop."
Special Report: Using Tiger
  In the Box
    Tiger DVD including Developer Tools
    iWork Trial
    Welcome to Tiger Guide and Installation Guide
  The Install
    I had a full backup so I inserted the install DVD, ran the installer and rebooted.
    Ran Disk Utility. New features, need to choose Security options to do zero all data. New options for overwrite.
    Did a new install. Took approx. 30 mins.
    Product setup and registration. Set up my .Mac account.
    Used the Apple Migration Assistant to restore data from my Carbon Copy Cloner backup.
      Brought over all my documents, preferences, iPhoto Library, iTunes, Mail, Bookmarks, etc.
  Using Tiger
    Spotlight
      Took a while to index. About 30 mins for my 30GB HD
      Fast, almost instantaneous results. Drop down displays the top 20 results most recently opened.
      Searches everything. Including inside documents, PDFs, MP3 ID3 tags, etc.
      Organized in categories. You can turn them on or off.
      Remembers the last search.
      If you use the window you can click the "info" button and get more details on the file.
      Image files can be displayed as a slideshow. Added to iPhoto viewed as thumbnails.
      Save searches as Smart Folders.
      Spotlight everywhere in the Open and Save Dialogs, system preferences, etc
    Dashboard
      In the dock, you can also press F12 to display. Can be changed in the Expose & Dashbord system preferences.
      Calendar, clock, yellow pages, weather, etc.
      Can add as many as you want and can have multiples open.
      Set preferences on Widgets
      Get More..
    iChatAV
      Visually not much different.
      Bonjour instead of Rendezvous
      My groups were a little messed up
      Audio chats with up to 9 people. New icon to show who can do multiple audio chats
      Video chat with up to 4 people
        To join a multiperson video conference, you need any G5 computer, or a 1 GHz single processor G4, or a dual processor 800 MHz G4, and a broadband connection to the Internet.
        To host a multiperson video conference, you need any G5 computer, or a 1 GHz dual processor G4. In addition, you need an Internet connection that supports a minimum download bandwidth of 384 Kbps, and a minimum upload bandwidth of 384 Kbps.
    Safari RSS
      Add RSS feeds as bookmarks. When in bookmark bar shows the number of unread articles
      Display PDFs in Safari
        Ctrl-Click for more options, including Open in Preview
        Had to delete the AdobePDFViewer.plugin in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins
      Private browsing
        Sites are not added to history, AutoFill info is not saved, Google search box terms are not saved.
        Reset or empty Safari cache from the Safari menu
    My favorite feature... New Dictionary App.
      Turn on contextual menu Open Dictionary in Panel in preferences.
    What I hate
      The new trash sound.
    More on Friday....
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