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    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
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News
  iTunes 4.9 launches today?
    Dave Winer thinks so.
    The other expected announcement date is July 7th.
    He also says they will announce a “big corporate content partnership.” Maybe Sirius?
    ITunes movie store with Sony has also been speculated
    Also rumors of new iPods 2nd Gen Shuffles and 5th Gen iPods.
  French Paper reports iTunes Phone launch today
    French newspaper Le Figaro is reporting the iTunes-compatible phone being developed by Apple and Motorola will finally launch Tuesday June 28th.
    Apple has been rumored to be in talks with Cingular to carry and provide service for the phone.
  Latest Tiger Builds add better widget management
    Think Secret is reporting the latest build of OS 10.4.2 includes a Widget Manager
    The "More widgets..." link in Dashboard has been replaced by a "Manage widgets..." button that launches the manager in dashboard.
    Release of 10.4.2 was reportedly delayed by several bug found in the last build, including problems with AirPort, Directory Service, permissions, mailboxes, and iTunes artwork
  Apple prepping Backup 3
    Apple is developing a major update of it's Backup software, code-named Predator.
    New version will be able to create and customize multiple "plans" (sets) for each backup destination. Current version only allows one.
    Also features incremental backups with the ability to retrieve any older version of a backed-up file -- not just the most recent backup.
    Update currently slated for an August 2005 release.
  MacCast One Minute Tip #2 - Application CPU Usage
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  Record all Mac audio
    Play question from Scott
    Audio Hijack Pro from Rogue Amoeba
    WireTap Pro from Ambrosia
    Jack OS X (free)
  Saved mail not showing up in Tiger
    Play question from Adam
    Fixed, Play follow up.
  PHPICalendar is available
    Listener Tom pointed out the site is back up
    Version 2.0 BETA looks nice.
  Another GarageBand fix, plus MUG feedback
    Play comment from Daniel
  What to do if iPod does not mount
    Keith, 60GB iPod error message: "Disk could not be read by computer".
      Disk Utility could not repair. Did a reformat as HFS+
      Did a reset while connected and then mounted.
      Restored the iPod, but took 2 times.
    Wants to know possible cause and what to do in the future.
    Could it be related to iTalk?
  Preparing a Mac to sell
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