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  Opening Music
    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  New Mac Mini and iBook Part Numbers
    New part numbers are reported showing up in Apple's database
    Suggest 3 Mac Mini models. priced at $499, $599, and $699. The $699 model could possibly mean larger disk and more memory.
    iBook shows a $999.00 and $1299 model with the $1499.00 model being dropped. Best guess is the SuperDrive will become a build to order option only.
  Photos of Widescreen iBooks on Apple's web site? I think not.
    There are screenshots floating around the net today allegedly from a slip up on Apple's web site last night.
    Shows a new 12" standard screen iBook and a 14" widescreen. The widescreen however is in a non-standard ratio (approx. 14:9).
    I'm thinking these are fakes.
  iPods at RadioShack for the Holidays
    AppleInsider reports that Apple and RadioShack have sealed a deal for the retail to carry the full line up of iPods in time for the holidays.
  Delicious Library Co-Founder to work for Apple
    Mike Matas has accepted a position to design icons and user interface for Apple.
    Began working for OmniGroup during high school and founded Delicious Monster with Wil Shipley (also from OmniGroup).
  Latest Safari updates seeded to developers
    Safari 2.0 Update 1 for Mac OS X 10.4.x and Safari 1.3 Update 6 for Mac OS X 10.3.9 are identical, correcting a number of small bugs that could crash the browser and other small anomalies.
    Also pre-release builds of Mac OS 10.4.3 are said to be ready to go out to developers. The update is expected to be released around mid-September
  Apple does not appear on new Microsoft mapping software
    Monday Microsoft launched the beta of it's new mapping software, MSN's Virtual World.
    There is mostly a vacant lot displayed at One Infinite Loop
    Nothing nefarious here, apparently Microsoft's satellite images are just very very old.
  MacCast One Minute Tip #4 - Photos and DVD
    Play Tip
    "Mandelbrot Set" by Jonathan Coulton (MP3)
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  Stuffit no longer included with OS X
    Listener Alex was having issue opening the Windows Media Player install which is in Stuffit format (.sitx)
  Widows Media Player crashes under 10.4.2
    Listener Thi was having issues where Windows Media Player would crash everytime he launched it.
    Trouble seems to be the "Modern" skin and an incompatibility with OS 10.4.2
    Need to do a complete reinstall (also trash preferences) to get it resolved.
    Alternative to Windows Media Player, Video Lan Client
  Turn external hard drive to a network drive
    Listener Chris wants to know how to share an external USB drive over a network wirelessly
    Connect drive to a network Mac or PC and then share the drive.
    Linksys Network Storage Link
  -36 error when syncing iPod in iTunes
    Listener Aaron is getting an error, "Attempting to copy to the disk 'My iPod" failed. An unknown error occurred (-36)".
    Many causes and resolution in this tech article on Apple.com
    Most likely can be fixed via a restore of the iPod using the iPod Updater
  Mac Bootup options
    Play question from Jay
    Good information on how OS X boots on kernelthread.com
    Boot keys:

      Command-S Boot into Single User Mode
      Command-V Boot using "Verbose" mode (shows all kernel and startup console messages)
      X Reset startup disk selection and boot into Mac OS X Server
      Shift Boot into "Safe Boot" mode, which runs Disk First Aid. A reboot will be required afterward.
      Option Boot into Open Firmware to select a boot device
      Command-Option-Shift-Delete Bypass internal hard-drive on boot
      T Boot into Firewire target disk mode
      C Boot from the internal optical drive
      N Start from the Network (NetBoot)
      Command-Option-P-R Reset Parameter RAM (PRAM) and non-volatile RAM (NVRAM)
      (mouse button) Eject (internal) removable media

  The Apple Store experience from a new switcher
    Play comment from George.
  Showmacster offer for listeners
    Showmacster add on for iChat to send video, pictures, sound and screenshots
    The first 100 MacCast listeners can purchase ShowMacster for only 5 Euro (around $7), that's a 10 Euro (~ $12) discount!
    Use the coupon code 'MacCast'
    Thanks to the developer, Eberhard Rensch.
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  MacCast under attack by hackers. Again.
    Attempted to put some sort of OLE object (Active X) on the maccast.com site
    Not sure what they were trying to accomplish.
    Offending code has been removed and I upped security to try and make sure it doesn't happen again.
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  "Polyvinyl" by Aratone
    On iTunes "Lemonade Electrica"
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