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Opening
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Opening Music
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Music is "Say Anything" by Manda and the Marbles
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Band's MySpace page
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Sponsor
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Smile
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DiscLabel
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Personalized Photo CD and custom DVDs with slide shows and movies make great holiday gifts.
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Design your own label from scratch, use the great built-in templates, or even import art from iDVD themes to match
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A holiday mix CD is great to bring to a party and DiscLabel will even automatically put in the artist and track info.
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Supports direct to disc printers and Lightscribe.
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Special offer: $24.95. That's 30% off the regular single user license price of $35.95.
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Go to smilesoftware.com/maccast
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News
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Verizon iPhone. No, they mean it this time.
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Most believe AT&T exclusivity will end at the end of December and a Verizon iPhone deal will be announced in January.
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AT&T CFO Richard Lindner commented at the UBS Media and Communications Conference that there is no such thing as a "permanent exclusive".
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Gene Munster says the AT&T exclusivity is what's giving Android the edge in the US market
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Was Apple's second mistake in launching the iPhone. First the lack up subsidy at launch.
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Apple is only losing market share to Android because customers are loyal to their carrier.
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Munster claims Apple outselling Android in markets where iPhone is on multiple carriers
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Kaufman Bros.' Shaw Wu says Androids appeal for Verizon might be wearing off
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Apple sold 14.1 million iPhone last quarter and AT&T still took share from Verizon
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Verizon is now worried Apple will open up to more US carriers and is willing to deal from "exclusivity" with AT&T
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The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Apple beat Nokia out for the Australian smartphone market.
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iPhone has 36.5 percent while Nokia's account for 30.5 percent.
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iOS web share grows 200% in November
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According to latest data from NetApplications
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Browser share was at 1.36% up 216% from a year ago.
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Android devices came in at 0.31%, but grew 108% in November.
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Mac App Store soon?
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AppleTell says an inside source claims Apple will open the Mac App store on December 13th
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Reportedly they told developers to have lunch apps ready by 12/6
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Will not allow betas, trials, or timed versions
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Telling developers to distribute those versions via their web sites
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Many demo apps offer in-app purchase of the full edition. Apple could lose sales?
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Also recommend developers use built-in set of standard controls as part of OS X’s Aqua user interface or if using custom controls they consider Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines.
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Warned against apps that don't store files in appropriate locations.
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e.g., storing databases in the user's Documents folder or storing files in the user's Library folder that are not recognizably associated with your application
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A build of 10.6.6, labelled 10J537 was pushed to developer on 12/2
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Was a whopping 1GB in size and contained no know issues
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developers are asked to focus on testing printing, spotlight, bonjour, OpenGL and the Dock
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An update with Mac Apps Store support was released on 11/4
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Apple discontinues compact wired keyboard
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Now you can only get the wired version with number pad
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Or the compact BT version.
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Apple and Mag pubs at stalemate
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Despite the arrival of Virgin's Project and the rumors of "The Daily"
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Still at odd over the terms
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Apple reportedly offering
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The ability to sell app subscriptions through iTunes.
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70 percent of the revenue from each sale.
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The ability to offer an opt-in form for subscribers, which would ask them for a limited amount of information: Name, address, e-mail address.
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Publishers want subscriber information for marketing and editorial purposes
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Couldn't they do in Mag surveys?
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New iPads in April?
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According to DigiTimes
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Originally said production would start in December, but reportedly a firmware delay has pushed the start back to January
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Initial Foxconn order said to be as high as 600,000 units for delivery to Apple in as early as the end of February
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Don't expect sales to begin until April, 1 year after initial iPad lunch.
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I have an source who claims to have inside info from one of Apple's board suppliers who says there would be "significant" change to the design
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My guess is these would be to accommodate the camera module
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I still don't think the "dual" dock port design is likely.
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DigiTimes is also reporting new moels will not use AMOLED displays
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Apple has reportedly ordered BLUs (back light units) which will be combined with LCD displays built by LG and Chimei Innolux.
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Hopes that the LCDs will feature "Retina Display" type resolutions and pixel densities.
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At least on analyst, Robert Cihra with Caris & Company, expects iPads to drive 50% of Apple's growth in 2011
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Expects sales of 32 million iPads in fiscal year 2011
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Predicts an explosion toward 'thin-client' access computing, a category he says din't really exist a year ago and feels the iPad will continue to lead in.
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iOS 4.2.1 reduces Camera Connection Kit power?
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Down to 20mA according to some reports
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Prevents some accessories, like keyboards and powered mics from working.
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I tried a mic that requires 90mA and it worked
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You can check devices power requirements by connecting to your Mac and using the System Profiler
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Go to the USB section and look at the 'Current Required' value.
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"Apple City" in development
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A website in Spain is reporting that British architect Norman Foster is hard at work designing Apple’s new campus in Cupertino.
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Apple recently acquired a 98-acre property in Cupertino formerly owned by HP in addition to a 50 acre site they also acquired from HP about 4 years ago.
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Foster is known for the 30 St Mary Axe, also known as "the Gherkin" (after the pickle, yes). A a skyscraper in London's main financial district.
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The rumors site make it sound like Apple and the designer will build an eco-friendly version of a Wonka factory
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City with underground tubes and transportation system
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Leaving big open green spaces under glass and steel
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Use renewable energy sources
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House areas for engineers, R&D, and multi-functional areas
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Changes to some Apple accessories
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iLounge reported that Apple recently changed it's Apple Universal Dock kit.
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Now $10.00 more at USD $59 vs. $49
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Includes the Universal Dock, Apple’s new aluminum Remote, Dock Adapters to fit the iPhone 4, iPhone 3G/3GS, iPod touch 2G/3G, iPod touch 4G, and iPod nano 5G, a USB power adapter and USB cable.
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They note the USB charger is a new addition and may be the reason for the price bump.
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Seemingly related Apple dropped the price of the Component and Composite AV Cable packages down $10 USD, but removed the included USB Power Adapter from those kits. They are now USD $39.
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Quicktime 7.6.9 update
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A bunch of security fixes addressing holes that could have been exploited by "maliciously crafted" file formats
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For Leopard and Windows.
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Sponsor
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Faronics
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Deep Freeze
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Deep Freeze, a reboot-to-restore solution
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Significantly reduce IT costs at your school or organization
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Thaw Spaces provide persistent areas you define for user files, but allow you to protect the rest of the system
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Can still do it without restricting the users in a negative way
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Protect user privacy on shared computers
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A hotel chain in the UK uses it on iMAcs provided for customers in each room
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Personal files and history are wiped away after each stay with a simple reboot.
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Feedback, Comments and Commentary
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Combining PDFs in Snow Leopard
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Play audio question from Jon
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Confusing because the sidebar lets you now work with multiple PDFs in 1 window
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Drop one page onto another
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Can also expand out the document
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Looks like a spiral bound notebook when you have more than 1 page
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"open it" up using the "round arrow"
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add in pages
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Keeps them separate when you save.
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Need to select the PDF in the sidebar you wish to save and then do a Save or Save as (or save all)
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Physical offsite backup strategy
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Play comment from Theo
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Sentry makes "fire" and "water" resistant HDs
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Trouble is in the details
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1500 to 1700 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 mins to 2 hours and then they mostly mention solid state and physical media like CDs and DVDs
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Hard disks have complex components
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Better to just keep the HD out of fire, but the strategy is great alternative to "cloud" backup
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Take the extra HD to the office, bank safe deposit box, friend or relatives house.
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Crash Plans software can be used for free to backup to a friends over the internet.
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Solves the remote recovery issue
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Sharing photos via email
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Play comment from Gary
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Play comment from Martin
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Mail-->New Message-->Photo Browser (in toolbar) or Window--> Photo Browser
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In the top portion of the 'Photo Browser' window you can drag in folders to add your own "custom" locations to browse
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Also when attaching File-->Attach Files…
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Scroll down to the media section in the left column and choose photos
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In mail once you've added photos you get the 'Image Size' options down at the bottom
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small, medium, large, actual size
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If you use Stationary in Mail you can't attach the photos
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iPhoto does let you attach the photos
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There is a 10 photo per message limit
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Select the photos and choose Share-->Email
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In the info panel on the right at the bottom, under the layouts, check the 'Attach Photos to Message' option
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Size can be 'Optimized' or 'Actual Size' and you'll see the Message Size displayed
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Remember some email providers limit sizes on outbound email
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Photos come attached in a ZIP file.
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Accessing iTunes on Shared mac
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Play question from Eric
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The Apple way
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Basically move the iTunes Media folder to a central 'shared' location that all accounts have permission to access and then point iTunes to that.
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Move just the 'Media' folder, not the iTunes folder, the iTunes Library file or the iTunes Library.xml file
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Need to update anytime someone adds new music to their account
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Preferences --> Advanced.
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Deselect the option to "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library file." Click OK.
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File-->Add to Library
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In the window that opens, navigate to the location where the other user's music is saved (the iTunes Media folder in this example).
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Click Open.
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Also if two people rip the same CD you can end up with duplicates in the Library
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Probably easier to use Fast User Switching
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System Preferences-->Accounts
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Click the lock to make changes. Enter admin password
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Click Login Options…
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Check the option 'Show Fast User Switching' menu…
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Now use that when the kids want to log in, but keep iTunes open in your account.
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Mac uninstallers
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Play question from Joe
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There are a ton of options
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I use AppZapper
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Also AppDelete, AppTrap, AppCleaner, and TrashMe. Probably more.
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2 basic strategies
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Search
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Watched installs.
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None of them seem to get 100% of the files
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Using Spotlight
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Finder. File-->Find…
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Click the "plus" to add criteria
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Choose 'Other≥' and then select 'System Files'. I also click the 'Add to menu' checkbox
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Then you can set the value drop down to 'are included'
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Common location to check
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~/Library
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/Library/Preferences and ~/Library/Preferences
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/Library/Application Support and ~/Library/Application Support
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/Library/Caches and ~/Library/Caches
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Closing
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Podcast Marketplace
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Thanks to my sponsors
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Circus Ponies
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Smile
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Faronics, Deep Freeze
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Cocoatech, Pathfinder 5
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Keep emails coming. Audio comments.
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281-622-4269 or 281-Mac-I-Am-9
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PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
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MacCast Forum
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Follow me on Twitter
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New Music
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"Christmas Time Is Here" by Admiral Twin
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From Music Alley
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Artist's site
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Buy on iTunes
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EOL: Rare Transparent SE
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A report by Cult of Mac says that there are only about 10 of these transparent Mac SE's know to exist, but even that didn't help it sell for the $25,000 USD reserve price on eBay recently.
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