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    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  Steve Jobs personally calls stabbing victims family
    Steve Jobs has personally called the family of a 15-year-old New York resident who died during a fight over an iPod
    Steve spoke with Errol Rose, the victims father, and asked how Rose was doing and conveyed his sympathies.
  IBM's new PowerPC Chip
    The PowerPC 970MP (running up to 2.5GHZ) is a dual-core version of the PowerPC 970FX, which is commonly found in Macintosh computers running G5 processors.
    Apple declined to comment on whether the company would use the PowerPC 970MP in any of its products.
    Each of the two 64-bit cores has its own dedicated 1MB of level-two cache memory. That means that either side of the chip can be powered down to a state IBM calls "doze" while the other core continues to work. Helps save power and extends the life of the computer.
    Also announced a new low-power 970FX PowerPC G5 processor.
      A 1.2GHz version and a 1.4GHz version believed to be cool enough to operate inside a PowerBook enclosure with an advanced cooling system.
  Forbes speculates on Apple becoming a wireless carrier
    Since Disney announced they are entering the wireless game, why can't Apple
    Becoming a "mobile virtual network operator," or MVNO. They use other cel networks, like Sprint to offer custom targeted services. Like iTunes.
  July 7th Apple event did happen in France
    Very few details, but there was an Apple iPod event held on a boat in France and attended by a majority of the Apple France management team.
  Apple lowers iPod replacement battery cost
    Apple has quietly lowered the price of its iPod Battery Replacement Program from $99 to $59.
  Apple has released DVD Playback Update 4.6.1
    The update for Apple's OS X built-in DVD Player "addresses a disc validation issue some users may encounter when attempting to play a disc for the first time with DVD Player 4.6."
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  Followup on Mac journal software
    Steve looking for journal software with audio capabilities
    A number of people recommened Journaler from Phildow.net
    NoteTaker from Aquaminds
    NoteBook from CircusPonies
  Using Mics with your Mac
    Marklab having trouble using a headset or computer mic with a PowerBook G4.
    You Macs port is a line in port and requires a preamplifier to work.
    Can use a Griffin iMic to connect via USB
  Getting caught up in the next great thing
    An email from Richard made me feel philosophical about the topic of waiting for the next great Apple product.
    The laws of technology say that every 3-6 months there is a new upgrade coming, but if your always looking to the future your going to miss the present.
  Unable to create user account after Tiger upgrade
    Play question from Jonatan
    Boot from OS X DVD and run repair permissions from Disk Utility
  Slow motion Aqua tricks
    Listener Richard pointed out an old easter egg that works with almost all of OS X's cool visual effects
    Holding the shift key will put all effects into slow motion. Expose, Finder, Dashboard, etc.
  Automating folders with AppleScript
    Play question from Lance
    Folder Actions
    Example script to auto compress files placed in a folder
  Creating compatible DVDs
    From the forum, Serpico:
      I had to use MagicISO to create an ISO from the IMG file iDVD created. Then opened NERO and tried to burn it. I used a small file first on a CD-R, then a DVD-R. It played on the PC notebook using WinDVD, but not on the Mac Mini or any of the home dvd players I own. I really need to complete a project and this would be very helpful. I really like iDVD.
    VideoHelp.com
  Creating a Podcast RSS feed
    Play question from Matt
    Understanding RSS news feeds, Podcasting News
    Software tools
      Feeder
    Blog software
      Blogger + Feedburner
      Wordpress
      Moveable Type from Six Apart
  eMacCast is Launched
    The enhanced version of the MacCast
    Thanks to Mitch for doing the production
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