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    Music is "Say Anything" by Manda and the Marbles
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  iOS 5 moved to fall
    Rumor from Techcrunch
    Will show off at WWDC
    Features would reportedly include
      iTunes cloud
      Coincide with new iPods and possibly new iPad
        Unclear if new iPad would be new design or revamp
      Find my friends (social)
      New and improved notification system
        Last June, it hired Palm's webOS notification designer and former Apple employee Rich Dellinger
      Upgrade to maps
        could possibly be move to Apples own system?
        Apple acquired Placebase and Poly 9
      Improved voice control system wide
        Not just new commands, but smarter AI for things like search
        Also improved voice recognition in assistive technologies.
        Could open voice control to developers via APIs
        Apple acquired Siri back in April of 2010
    Rumors from the hardware side
      Dual core A5
      Metal back plate
      LTE support via new Qualcomm chips due in the fall (maybe part reason for the release date move?)
        Better battery performance
        More time for LTE roll outs
        AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile by that time?
  WWDC sells out in hours
    Planning on going and didn't get a ticket? Check eBay.
    Event is June 6th to the 10th in San Francisco at Moscone West.
    The event which typically hosts 5,000 developers sold out in 8-10 hours depending on the source.
    Tickets can be bought by one person and activated by others so scalping has begun
      Tickets are on eBay for over $2,500 (Original price was $1,599)
  International ipad2 launch
    repeat of the US launch
    long lines reported and sell outs in most places
    US prices adjusted for average taxes and exchange rates appear to be 100 to 200 cheaper than in many Euro regions.
  iOS 4.3.1 update
    Fixes an occasional graphics glitch on iPod touch (4th generation)
    Resolves bugs related to activating and connecting to some cellular networks
    Fixes image flicker when using Apple Digital AV Adapter with some TVs
    Resolves an issue authenticating with some enterprise web services
    Reportedly fixes battery issues from 4.3 update
    The update isn’t available of Verizon iPhone 4 users who remain on iOS 4.2.6.
  New iMacs soon?
    Rumors are starting to heat up
    Nothing major here, just a bump
    Dual and quad core Sandy Bridge processors
    Updated GPUs, Intel Integrated HD and AMD processors
    Thunderbolt ports
    Late April or early May release
  Mac 10.6.7 OpenType font bug
    A bug is being reported by some users
    Can impact printing with certain fonts from come apps, like Pages and Office
    Also seems to impact PDF generation, especially with Adobe apps.
    View of PDF with the fonts generated outside 10.6.7 seems to be OK.
    The issue impacts Mac apps that use Apple's OS X PDF rendering engine
      Preview doesn't use the whole PDF specification, so seems to be immune.
      According to TidBits PDF's have a definition of how glyphs are encoded and a change 10.6.7 resulted in PDFs ending up with an incorrect encoding definition.
    It only effects OpenType Postscript fonts
      Workaround is to use non-OpenType Postscript version of a font
      Roll back to 10.6.6
        Use original install disk
        Apple the 10.6.6 combo updater
      If you rely on OpenType Postscript fonts you may not want to upgrade just yet.
    Apple also released a patch for a 13" Macbook Air bug
      Mac OS X v10.6.7 Supplemental Update for 13" MacBook Air (Late 2010)
      This update addresses an issue that makes the system unresponsive when using iTunes. It is recommended for all 13″ MacBook Air (Late 2010) users running Mac OS X v10.6.7.
  iPad 2 glass stronger
    Even though it's 27% thinner it seems to be stronger
    FixYouri did some torture testing and found it very flexible.
    Seems to support theories that Apple is using Ashai "Dragontrail" glass which is a competitor to Gorilla glass
  Lion Developer Preview 2
    Apple released the latest developer build of Lion.
    Developer Preview 2 build 11A419
    iCal has been given the leather bound facelift, like the Address Book. More closely matches what we've seen in the iPad and Mobile Me versions
    iChat reportedly give a single view of chats from multiple services
      Yahoo Messenger support was added in the first Beta
      Also supports Bonjour, AIM, and Jabber
    FTP has been removed as an option from the System Preferences-->Sharing-->File Sharing options
      Still can connect and download from the Finder 'Connect to Server' options and can enable FTP from the command line
      WebDAV sharing has taken FTPs place in the GUI based interface. Should work well with iOS devices as many apps can connect to WebDAV servers.
    Despite what some blogs are saying, this doesn't come close to a GM build.
    Still a healthy list of items for developers to test and check.
    A new version of Xcode, 4.1 Developer Preview 2 was also released.
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  Voice Control on the Mac
    Play question from Phil
    cover built-in options, how to enable
      System Preferences and navigating to Speech > Speech Recognition
      Turn Speakable Items on
      Adjust settings, like listening key, keyword command, etc.
      Enable speech recognition and say, Open Speech Commands Window. This will list the available commands.
        Add AppleScripts to '~/Library/Speech/Speakable Items
        The name os the file is the command, I.e. "Hello World.scpt"
    Dragon Dictate can also do commands
      built-in commands and mouse grid voice control
      AppleScriptable
  Offline Mail in iOS
    Gary left a comment on the Maccast site
      Wants to respond to emails on his iPhone in "offline" mode when on the train with no signal
      iPhone keep trying to send Mail and pops up alerts
    Use Settings-->Airplane Mode or Turn off Wi-Fi on an iPod Touch?
    For me Mail only warned me on the launch of Mail. Then I could compose and they saved as draft.
  Gmail, Mail.app, and iOS set-up
    David was having an issue where he would have to go into the 'All Mail' folder for the GMail IMAP account he had set up in Mail.app on his Mac (not in general inbox)
    Gmail is a tricky animal on the Mac and in iOS despite Apple's "support" for it.
      I learned this from Dave and John over at the Mac Geek Gab
    As I can determine there are two main sources of trouble
      GMail's use of "labels" instead of IMAPs system of "folders" (really sort of the same thing with different terminology, but not quite)
      Differences in standard IMAP folder names and directory structure
    How you set up and configure IMAP in Gmail and in your clients is key
      Set-up IMAP support "correctly" in Gmail
        1. In Gmail, go to Settings --> Labs and and click “Enable” next to “Advanced IMAP Controls”
        2. Enable IMAP and Save
      Disable the "All Mail" label from IMAP
        1. Go back to Settings --> Labels and you should now see a “Show in IMAP” column next to the labels.
        2. Uncheck the “All Mail” folder. Also any others you don't want showing up in Apple Mail or other IMAP clients
      Don't use the "Gmail" presets when setting up clients
        Set them up as standard IMAP mail accounts using GMails IMAP server settings
      Fix the folder mappings
        The Sent, Trash folders need to be mapped. Drafts also if you'd like, but I've had duplicate issues there.
        In Mail
          Select the folder under the Gmail folder list (i.e. Sent)
          Go to Mailbox-->Use This Mailbox for and select the appropriate folder
          This will make sure they show up in th appropriate sections at the top of the Mailboxes list
        On iOS
          Settings-->“Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and Select your Gmail IMAP
          Scroll down and choose “Advanced”
          3 items under Mailbox Behaviors
          Select the one you want to map (i.e. "Sent Mailbox")
          choose the appropriate mailbox from the “On The Server” section.
  Backward compatibility and upgrading
    Correction on opening older Office 2004 files in Lion 10.7 (no more Rosetta)
    Installing Rosetta in Snow Leopard
      It's an optional install.
      If you need it it should pop-up an alert asking you to install
    Nothing wrong with NOT upgrading
      Depending on your needs.
      But you may not be able to run the latest and greatest stuff, but if you don't have a need don't.
  Shifting media to apps
    Recently we have been seeing some experimenting by some music and movie studios with distributing movies and albums as apps.
      Universal Music Group and EMI albums as apps for $9.99
      Warner Bros. (Inception and Dark Knight) free apps with $9.99 to $11.99 to open full movie and extras
        Allowed to get movies in iTunes countries that don't have movies yet.
    The apps feature the music, movies, bonus content.
    Does it work?
      iTunes LPs have not done all that well.
      The movie apps were well received by the media, but what about consumers?
    The days of the album are gone, get over it
      Strategy Analytics had a recent study
        CD sales down 40%, digital sales continue to rise, but not to match pace.
        Predict that by 2015 digital sales will break out at 39% singles, 32% albums, and 14% streaming
    Labels and Studios need to adapt to changing consumer dynamics
      Maximize profits on singles
        Also, how about better pricing to reflect lower digital distribution costs (I assume it's cheaper)?
      Artists need to focus on compelling content for album sales.
        For my favorite artists I still prefer albums.
    Air Play and Air Play compatible devices might help
      Get content off the iOS and into a TV or speaker system.
  Duplicate podcasts in iTunes
    Richy sometimes gets duplicate 'groups' of podcasts
    Likely has to due with the podcast metadata, specifically the album title or album title sort fields
    the Podcaster may have made a mistake in entering it before uploading the audio file, or worse not including it at all
    easy to fix by selecting the track in iTunes and doing a get info. Make sure the meta data is EXACTLY the same for the album title and album title sort fields and that should re consolidate them.
  News feeds and the paywall
    Play comment from Tim
    share my thoughts.
    Model needs to change and people additives toward all content on the Internet being free.
    I think more and more we'll see the freemium model expand.
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