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  Opening Music
    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  Apple Stores "Black Friday" sale
    Apple Retail stores will have in store specials Friday (today)
    Based on past years expect select Apple hardware to be discounted 3-8%
    3rd party hardware and software with bigger savings.
  iPod will be a hot holiday gift item. Shortages expected.
    Businessweek is reporting that many retailers are getting far fewer iPods than they requested.
    Two retailers are reporting getting as few as half of their weekly orders.
    Apple shipped its 30 millionth iPod.
  Apple announce long term agreements for Flash memory
    Apple announced it has reached long-term supply agreements with Hynix, Intel, Micron, Samsung Electronics and Toshiba to secure the supply of NAND flash memory through 2010.
    Apple intends to prepay a total of $1.25 billion for flash memory components during the next three months.
    Thats a lot of memory. How long until we see Flash boot drives?
  Aperture is Gold Master. Should be out next week.
    Rumor is it will include a printed manual and tutorial DVD
    If anyone wants to do a review that would be great.
  Mac OS X 10.4.3 for Intel cracked
    According to the OSx86 Project, Mac OS X 10.4.3 for Intel, released about two weeks ago, has already been hacked to run on Non-Mac Intel hardware.
    Apple uses TPM restrictions which is almost uncrackable, but hackers have figured out how to fool the OS into thinking it doesnt need the authorization.
  Apple ITunes Music Store ranked 7th in US retail sales
    According the The NPD Group, in Q3 2005, Apples iTunes Music store made its way into the Top 10 list of U.S. retailers based on "equivalent number of units (albums) sold".
    Apple ranked 7th. the top 3 were 1. Wal-Mart 2. Best Buy 3. Target
    NPD used 12 tracks per album in order to compare sales between physical CDs and individual tracks
  TiVo will support transfer to iPod
    The New York Times reports that TiVo is announcing both iPod and Sony PSP support for its Digital Video Recorder (TiVo)
    The newest version of TiVoToGo software will allow users to transfer recorded television programming to 5G iPods
    In testing soon. Available to Tivo Series 2 users in the first quarter
  Customers report Issues downloading full album purchases from iTunes
    Also seems to be effecting Podcast downloads.
    Users see errors suggesting that the contents of their shopping carts have changed, that the server cannot be located, or that the album they are attempting to purchase has been modified.
    Many of those affected reside in Canada, and many are using an internet service provider by the name of "Rogers Communications". "Shaw" customers are also reporting issues.
    Listener Jason mentioned this and points to this Apple thread
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  The Snowball Interview
    Thanks to Snowball
  Where in the world is J.H.?
    The winning postcard for the iTunes Gift Certificate was J.H. The email address I had was for jharrison, but was bounced.
    Please email me.
  Warning on Switch Rez tip
    The SwitchRez utility mentioned on the last show allows access to many resolutions, refresh rates, etc. that may not be supported by your monitor or card
    You can select a mode that wont work and be "locked out" of your display. Zap PRAM to get your display back.
    Also can potentially damage your display, so know what you are doing.
  Batteries not covered under AppleCare
    According to the AppleCare rep I spoke with a battery should have 1 to 1.5 years of useful life. (approx 350 charges/discharges)
  Lots of Feedback on moving iLife libraries
    Sheri points out a great how to article for moving iTunes library
      1) Create a new folder for your iTunes on another volume
      2) Change the iTunes music folder location, in preferences Advanced tab, to point at the new location.
      3) Check the "Keep iTunes Music Folder Organized" and "Copy Files to iTunes Music Folder When Adding to Library"
      4) Click OK
      5) From the Advanced menu choose Consolidate Library. When you click Consolidate, iTunes will copy not only your tracks to the destination you designated, but also your library’s playlists (ratings will be maintained as well).
      This article goes further to show you how to have multiple Macs share one iTunes Library
    iPhoto Library is a bit trickier
      The general consensus is that the best way is to use the procedure described where you make symbolic links.
  What to do for OS X Maintenance
    From Listener David
    My opinion on
      Alsoft, Disk Warrior
      ProSoft Engineering, Drive Genius
      MicroMat, Tech Tool Pro 4
    I personally use
      Apple Disk Utility
      Cocktail
    Defragmentation
      Do i need to do it?
      How often? (every 2-3 months)
    Bootable disks?
      Use your OS X CD/DVD
      Use a Firewire Hard Drive
      CharlesSoftBootCD (not Tiger compatible yet)
  Cool trick for sizing list areas in iTunes
    From Jason B.
    Double clicking the little line in between the column tittles like Name, Time, Bit Rate, Artist, Genre, etc, it automatically sizes that column to the right size (size of the longest item). This works in some other programs, but not the Finder strangely.
  Thoughts on 2-button laptops
    Play comment from Brian
    Rumors of new Intel laptop possibly having a second button
    More comfortable for me personally to use the Ctrl+Click, rather than the thumb contortion.
      trackpads are already so unnatural.
      "iPod thumb"
      Better off learning keyboard shortcuts
  PocketMac Review
    Play review from David
    Mixed reviews on both MissingSync and PocketMac
    People report better success with Palm devices. Tiger and iSync offer built-in support for PalmOne (Tungstun, Zire, Treo) devices.
    All work best if you use Mail, iCal and AddressBook. Entourage seems to have the most syncing issues.
  Review of Apples new Concierge service
    Play review from Charles
  How to run FinalCutPro 4.5 on a new G5 Mac
    Play tip from Cailean
    Save yourself $400 to $700
  XBox 360s overheating? Hmmm.
    The XBox uses an IBM PowerPC with 3 3.2GHz cores
    Is any Mac owner surprised the PowerPC runs hot and is overheating?
    Microsoft claims this is a limited number of units and to be expected with any major launch like this.
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