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    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  Apple finally releases 10.4.2 Update
    OS X 10.4.2 delivers bug fixes to the following areas of the Tiger system: file sharing using AFP and SMB/CIFS network file services; single sign-on authentication and reliable access to Active Directory servers; autologin for managed user accounts; AirPort and wireless access; and synchronizing your iDisk with .Mac
    Improvements to Address Book, Automator, iCal, iChat, Mail, Safari, Stickies, the Finder, installation reliability, Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, and ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers.
    Widget Manager. Can disable and remove widgets.
    There was also an update to iSync 2.1
  ArsTechnica claims to know real reason forApple's Intel switch
    Claims Apple makes it hard for chip vendors to deal with them, and supply issues are caused by Apple not the vendor
      Ask for custom chips and then only order minimal initial (launch) quantities.
    Apple is more concerned with scoring Intel's famous volume discounts on the Pentium. Plans for XScale's in their iPods.
    Claims Apple is shifting focus from performance to features and functionality. Actually entire industry is doing so.
  Reports of iPod Shuffle's not playing some iTMS tracks
    There is an active discussion thread on Apple's support site
    Tracks play on Mac and PC in iTunes, but not on Shuffle
    In some cases they cause the Shuffle to need to be turned off and back on to resume operation
  Apple quietly steers Cocoa developers away from JAVA
    Report on OSNews points out, the latest technical documents on the Apple Developer Connection (ADC) site, explain that, ""Features added to Cocoa in Mac OS X versions later than 10.4 will not be added to the Cocoa-Java programming interface."
    Polite way of warning developers to start moving to Objective-C
  MacCast One Minute Tip #3: Mac Mail
    Play tip from John
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  Changing your home folder name in OS X
    Listener Ben changed his home folder name and it caused issues on his Mac
    If you change the file name of your Home folder while using your account, it will immediately appear as if all of your preferences, Mail, Address Book contacts, iCal calendars, iPhoto pictures, iTunes music, Dock customization, and other items have either vanished or been reset to default values.
    Article on XLab on how to recover
    If you want to change it follow these instructions from Apple.
  iBook Battery no longer holding a charge
    Play question from Simon
    Reset the power management unit (PMU)
    Buy a new battery
  Quickly discover which groups a contact is in in the Address Book
    Tip from listener Paul
    In Tiger, when an address is selected in the main address book list hold down the alt key. All groups with that address will be highlighted in yellow.
  Looking for a true 3-button mouse
    Play question from Bill
      Kensington 3-button Studio Mouse
      3 mouse button a bit small
  Viewing iTunes .pcast RSS files
    Tip from listener Matt
    Drag podcast from iTunes 4.9 on to the desktop or directly into a text editor, like BBEdit, TextWrangler or TextEdit
  Great RSS tutorial on the MacCast forum
    Listener Jayson posted a great RSS tutorial on the MacCast forums
  A Podcast for OS X Developers and Power Users
    Check out Blake Burris' CocoaRadio Podcast
    Behind the scenes interviews with OS X developers
    Play opening segment
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  "The Blame Game" by Rory Breaker
    Band Web Site
    Their "Peep Show" CD on iTunes