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    <title>The Mac Observer - Tips</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:33:14 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>BBEdit&#8217;s Command Line Functions</title>
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      <description>With BBEdit 9.3, a new terminal command has been added: bbfind. That&#39;s in addition to the previous commands: bbedit and bbdiff.&amp;nbsp; Here&#39;s a brief introduction on how to use these commands.</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, How&#45;To</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:04:02 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Enabling Two Button Mode on Apple Magic Mouse</title>
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      <description>Out of the box, the Apple Magic Mouse has a smooth surface that hides its two button nature. On top of that, the default in System Preferences is a one button mouse. For those who prefer a classic two button mouse, here&#39;s how to fix that.</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, TMO Quick Tip</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:18:46 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Making 64&#45;bit Booting on a Mac Permanent</title>
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      <description>For those Macs that can boot into the 64&#45;bit kernel, there are several ways to force that to happen. &amp;nbsp;Here are some pointers, and a gotcha, on how to make it permanent.&amp;nbsp;</description>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:09:27 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>iTunes 9.0.2: Return of the Dark Grid</title>
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      <description>The album grid view in iTunes is a popular way for many people to browse their music library, but the white background that iTunes 9 introduced hasn&#39;t been going over so well. Apple listened, and iTunes 9.0.2 added an option to reenable the dark grey grid background.</description>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:43:46 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Playing iTunes LP, iTunes Extras Content on Apple TV</title>
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      <description>The release of the Apple TV 3.0 update added the ability to play iTunes LP and iTunes Extras content on your Apple TV. Any LP and Extras content you&#39;ve already downloaded, however, isn&#39;t compatible with your Apple TV, but updates are on the way.</description>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:45:31 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Snow Leopard: Set Screen Saver Password Delay</title>
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      <description>Mac OS X includes an option to require a password to return to your Desktop after the screen saver activates. In Snow Leopard, or Mac OS X 10.6, you can set how long your Mac waits before requiring that password, and it only takes a couple of steps.</description>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:25:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Easy Appointment Editing with iCal&#8217;s Inspector</title>
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      <description>Editing appointments in iCal turned into something of a hassle when Apple decided we didn&#39;t need that slick little Inspector drawer any more. It turns out Apple left the Inspector in iCal, albeit in the form of a panel instead of the drawer.</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, TMO Quick Tip</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:28:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Snow Leopard Guest Account Wiping Some Home Directories</title>
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      <description>Some Snow Leopard users are experiencing total home directory wipes after logging into and out of their Guest accounts, and the issue is gaining some significant attention in the online world. Affected users find that after logging back into their main user accounts that it has been wiped of all data, an issue that caused no small amount of consternation in affected users.</description>
      <dc:subject>News, Tips, How&#45;To, Reports, Mac OS, Leopard, Snow Leopard</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:52:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Snow Leopard: Seeing Invisible Files</title>
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      <description>The invisible files hiding on your Mac are, for the most part, invisible for a reason. Since there are times when you might need to see those hidden files and folders, Mac OS X 10.6 makes it easy to do &#45;&#45; assuming you are viewing an Open or Save dialog.</description>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:30:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Portwiture: Picture Yourself on Twitter</title>
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      <description>Interested in what kind of image you&#39;re making on Twitter? Portwiture can show you with a little help from Flickr.</description>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:45:05 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Washed Out Display After Your Mac Wakes Up? No Problem</title>
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      <description>Mac OS X can help save a few pennies on your electricity bills thanks to its built&#45;in Energy Saver features, but sometimes it causes unexpected side effects. One that&#39;s especially annoying is seeing washed out colors after waking up your display.</description>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:30:33 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Enabling the Root User in Snow Leopard</title>
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      <description>Apple has, yet again, changed the method for enabling the root user in Snow Leopard. This time, the Directory Utility in Leopard&#39;s Utilities folder has been moved (buried) in the Accounts section of System Preferences.</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, How&#45;To, Reports, Mac OS, Leopard, Snow Leopard</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:00:49 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Setting the Terminal Window Transparency</title>
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      <description>The Terminal app allows UNIX experts to access a UNIX shell and enter commands directly. For those who use this facility frequently, it&#39;s not exactly clear how to set the transparency of the Terminal&#39;s window. &amp;nbsp;Here&#39;s how.</description>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:56:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>iPhone: Emailing Multiple Photos</title>
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      <description>Emailing photos from your iPhone isn&#39;t hard to do, but sharing one photo at a time gets old pretty quick. iPhone OS 3.0 added the ability to attach multiple photos to an email message, and save yourself several finger taps in the process.</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, TMO Quick Tip, iObserver, iPhone, iPod</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:30:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>iPhone: Sending MMS Messages</title>
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      <description>Apple&#39;s iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS support multimedia text messaging, or MMS, and now that AT&amp;amp;T has finally activated the feature, iPhone users can start texting photos to their friends. If you&#39;re new to the world of MMS, here&#39;s how to get started</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, TMO Quick Tip, iObserver, iPhone</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:29:58 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>iPhone: Activating MMS</title>
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      <description>iPhone OS 3.0 added support for multimedia text messages, or MMS, but AT&amp;amp;T didn&#39;t turn on the feature for it&#39;s iPhone toting subscribers for a few months. MMS is available now, and it&#39;s easy to add to your iPhone3G or iPhone 3GS.</description>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:32:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Sharing Images with Mail and iChat</title>
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      <description>Nancy Carroll Gravley shares some great tips for sending high resolution images to friends and family, resending email messages, and annotating images quickly and easily so you can get back to checking out your photo collection.</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, How&#45;To, Columns and Opinions, Computing with Bifocals</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:00:34 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>iPhone OS 3.1: Prepping for MMS</title>
      <link>http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/iphone_os_3.1_prepping_for_mms/</link>
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      <description>AT&amp;amp;T is finally rolling out iPhone MMS support on Friday, September 25, so everyone can start sending their friends pictures in text messages. Preparing for the update is easy and requires almost no effort on your part.</description>
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     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:45:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Blu&#45;ray Players Invade Apple TV Turf</title>
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      <description>A few Blu&#45;ray players are adding streaming features, such as Netflix and Vudu, and basically becoming media centers. The combination of capabilities is actually what some Apple TV customers have been eager to have but not found in the Apple TV.</description>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:46:03 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Snow Leopard: Enabling the Built&#45;in Firewall</title>
      <link>http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/snow_leopard_enabling_the_built-in_firewall/</link>
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      <description>Mac OS X 10.6 has several built&#45;in security features including its own firewall to help protect you from network and Internet&#45;based attacks. Unfortunately, the firewall is disabled by default &#45;&#45; and even if you enabled it in Leopard, upgrading to Snow Leopard disables it again. Turning Snow Leopard&#39;s firewall on, however, only takes a couple of steps.</description>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:22:14 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Why You Should Avoid the $99 Blu&#45;ray Players</title>
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      <description>This holiday season, be prepared to see some extravagantly low prices on Blu&#45;ray players. Perhaps even as low as US$99. If you&#39;ve been thinking about making the leap from DVD to Blu&#45;ray, they&#39;ll be a tempting option.&amp;nbsp; However, buyer beware.</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, Reports, iObserver, Apple TV</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:28:03 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>iTunes 9: Syncing Friendly Faces</title>
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      <description>Syncing photos to your iPhone or iPod isn&#39;t something new, but being able to take advantage of the organizational features in iPhoto 09 is &#45;&#45; assuming you also have iTunes 9. Thanks to iTunes 9&#39;s ability to recognize Faces categories in iPhoto 09, you can load up your iPod with pictures of that special someone without having to build a custom album.</description>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:45:36 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Flash Cookies: The Newest, Secret Way to Invade Your Privacy</title>
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      <description>Many users periodically purge their cookies in browser settings to prevent tracking.&amp;nbsp; However, the industry, with the help of Adobe Flash, has found a way to store a new kind of cookie that can&#39;t be managed by a browser.&amp;nbsp; They&#39;re much bigger and can even reconstruct conventional cookies after they&#39;ve been deleted. Here&#39;s the background and how to block them.</description>
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     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:32:55 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Secrets of Internet Forensics, Part II, Snow Leopard</title>
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      <description>Snow Leopard adds a convenient feature, via Core Location, to identify where you are and set your time zone automatically.&amp;nbsp; However, it only works via Wi&#45;Fi, not a wired Ethernet connection.&amp;nbsp; Here&#39;s why.</description>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:00:11 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>iPhone OS 3.1: Genius Apps</title>
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      <description>iTunes&#39; Genius feature in iPhone OS 3.1 makes it easier to find music you might not otherwise stumble across, and now that feature is available for iPhone and iPod touch applications, too. You won&#39;t however, find Genius app recommendations in iTunes. That&#39;s tucked away in your iPhone or iPod touch.</description>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:00:36 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>iTunes 9: Sharing with Twitter and Facebook</title>
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      <description>iTunes 9 took a step towards the world of social networking by adding Twitter and Facebook integration. It isn&#39;t an in&#45;your&#45;face feature, and it&#39;s an easy way to let your friends know about music you think they might be interested in.</description>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:45:40 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Activating Home Sharing in iTunes</title>
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      <description>Prior to iTunes 9, one could have a shared iTunes library; it was read only and required a persistent local network connection. In iTunes 9, there is a second method, called &quot;Home Sharing&quot; that allows the user to simply drag a song or video to another authorized Mac in the home. A new copy is created. This HOW&#45;TO explains how to set it up.</description>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:07:18 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>iTunes 9: Enabling Genius Mixes</title>
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      <description>Apple&#39;s iTunes 9 includes several new features, and Genius Mixes is one that is grabbing lots of attention. The problem is that many users can&#39;t find the option, so it&#39;s a good thing that enabling it takes little more than a mouse click or two.</description>
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     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:22:06 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Snow Leopard: Installing Rosetta</title>
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      <description>Mac OS X 10.6 signals a shift at Apple as the company looks to the future of its operating system, and a clear example of that was the move to offer Rosetta as an optional install instead of including it as part of the default OS installation. For Mac owners that still rely on apps that can&#39;t run natively on Intel processors, Rosetta is still available, and luckily it&#39;s easy to install.</description>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Snow Leopard Installs Insecure Version of Flash</title>
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      <description>Those Mac users who upgraded to the most secure version of Adobe&#39;s Flash player just before the Snow Leopard install will find that an older, insecure version of Flash is back in their system.&amp;nbsp; The latest version of Flash should, once again, be installed.</description>
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     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:48:59 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Open and Migrate Your Old StuffIt Archives</title>
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      <description>If you&#39;ve been using a Mac for some time, you probably have hundreds or even thousands of old files and archives compressed with StuffIt &#45;&#45; even if you no longer use that tool today. Are all those old .sit and .sitx files still readable after years of OS upgrades and StuffIt falling off the radar? What can you do if an archive is corrupted?&amp;nbsp; What are the most modern tools to use? Is it time, with terabyte drives, to unstuff those archives before you lose the technology needed to access them?&amp;nbsp; Here&#39;s what I found out.</description>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:55:09 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>What to do if the Snow Leopard Install Hangs</title>
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      <description>The Snow Leopard install process goes faster than prior versions of the OS because files are transferred from the DVD to the hard drive first. &amp;nbsp;There&#39;s a point where that process has hung for two of us at TMO. &amp;nbsp;Here&#39;s what we did.</description>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:59:07 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Checking 32 or 64&#45;bit Kernel Boot Mode in Snow Leopard</title>
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      <description>By default, even on fully 64&#45;bit Macs, Snow Leopard boots into a 32 bit kernel. This is because not all kernel extensions are 64&#45;bit ready. &amp;nbsp;This short HOW&#45;TO explains how to tell which mode you&#39;ve booted into.</description>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:16:02 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Installing Snow Leopard: The Preparation</title>
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      <description>Your new Snow Leopard DVD will install on your current Leopard system, updating all the system files and preserving your user data, preferences and Library. Except when something goes wrong. &amp;nbsp;Here&#39;s a guide on how to wisely prepare for your Snow Leopard install.</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, How&#45;To, Reports, Mac OS, Snow Leopard</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:00:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ejecting a (Really) Stuck DVD from a Mac</title>
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      <description>There is a standard set of procedures to eject a DVD. But what about one that just doesn&#39;t want to come out of a Mac? When all else fails, here&#39;s a trick that might work for you.</description>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:50:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>MacBook Logistics and Security for the College Bound</title>
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      <description>If you&#39;re planning to take a new MacBook to college this fall, there are some things to be aware of: transporting, backups and security. &amp;nbsp;Here are some tips from the TMO team.</description>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:10:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>OWC Completes MacBook, MacBook Pro Series of DIY Installation Videos</title>
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      <description>OWC announced Tuesday that the company has completed its series of DIY installation videos for Apple&#39;s entire MacBook and MacBook Pro product line. The videos cover all of the DYI options for these laptops, including memory, hard drive and/or optical drive components.</description>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:40:16 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>iPhone OS 3.0: Spotlight, Voice Memos, Notes</title>
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      <description>There are dozens of new features in iPhone OS 3.0. Some major. Some trivial. Some are featured at Apple&#39;s iPhone page. Others are not even mentioned. Today&#39;s column focuses on a trio of new features: Spotlight Search, Voice Memos, and Syncing Notes. I look both at how they work and how they sometimes don&#39;t work.</description>
      <dc:subject>News, Product News, Tips, How&#45;To, Blogs, Ted Landau&#39;s User Friendly Blog, Reports, iPhone</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:40:34 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>iPhone: Smaller Camera Roll, Faster Backups</title>
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      <description>The iPhone can take seemingly forever to complete a data backup, especially when you are upgrading operating system &#45;&#45; like to the new iPhone OS 3.0. One way to trim down that backup time is by cutting down the number of photos in your iPhone&#39;s Camera Roll.</description>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:00:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Keeping Track of Mac Keyboard Shortcuts</title>
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      <description>Mac OS X is a pretty efficient operating system, and it doesn&#39;t take much effort to mouse around to get things done. Keyboard shortcuts, however, can give your efficiency a turbo boost by letting you keep both hands on the keyboard nearly all the time &#45;&#45; but remembering all of those key combinations can be a real pain, and sometimes just learning them can be a headache, too. Good thing Apple keeps an updated list of keyboard shortcuts online and ready for your perusal.</description>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:00:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Apple TV: Reset from the Couch</title>
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      <description>Apple TV is a pretty cool device because it lets you view the movies, shows and podcasts in your iTunes Library as well as listen to music from the comfort of your couch instead of in front of your computer. If your Apple TV stops responding and your TV screen goes black, however, it&#39;s not so handy. Luckily, you can reset your Apple TV without moving from your favorite TV&#45;watching position.</description>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:45:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Google: Simple Site Indexing</title>
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      <description>Google&#39;s search algorithms might be shrouded in mystery, but making sure the search engine giant is indexing your Web site isn&#39;t. Aside from your Web browser and an Internet connection, the only thing you need to verify Google is indexing your Web site is Google.</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, TMO Quick Tip</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:00:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Zero Panic Migration to a New Mac, Part II</title>
      <link>http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/zero_panic_migration_to_a_new_mac_part_ii/</link>
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      <description>In part I, techniques for protecting and preserving data prior to a migration to a new Mac were discussed. Then the restore from Time Machine technique was discussed with a mind towards duplicating all the files and settings on the new Mac. In this part II, the post migration tasks, sale of old Mac, licensing and answers to previous reader questions are addressed.&amp;nbsp;</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, How&#45;To</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:35:12 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Zero Panic Migration to a New Mac, Part I</title>
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      <description>In earlier times, migrating to a new Mac wasn&#39;t too hard. Just copy some files over. Today, however, the upgrade isn&#39;t exactly like dustin&#39; crops, as Han Solo might point out. Here are some procedures that will make the upgrade trouble free and painless.</description>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 08:59:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Enabling iPhone Restrictions</title>
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      <description>Trust goes a long way in a relationship, but sometimes it&#39;s best not to tempt fate, especially when that involves managing what gets loaded onto your kid&#39;s iPhone or iPod touch. Knowing that temptation leads down a path to destruction, Apple smartly included a way for for those in charge to control what those under their care can access from their iPhone or iPod touch.</description>
      <dc:subject>Tips, TMO Quick Tip, Reports, iPhone</dc:subject>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:35:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Using Older Apple ADC Displays with Mac Pro</title>
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      <description>Many Apple customers, it seems, are starting to unload their old Power Mac G4s and G5s in favor of the new Nehalem&#45;based Mac Pro.&amp;nbsp;However, for those who are still using a trusty, older pinstripe/plastic Cinema Display (17 or 22&#45;inch), a special converter will be necessary.&amp;nbsp;</description>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:30:46 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Secrets of Internet Forensics, Part I</title>
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      <description>Have you ever wondered how network security professionals sleuth on the Internet? Many of their tools are highly specialized and have special sauce, but there things that you can do right on your Mac to do some sleuthing on your own, especially if you think you&#39;ve been the victim of an Internet attack. This is the first in a series of articles.</description>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:00:37 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Identifying Fonts on the Go</title>
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      <description>Fonts are an important part of any printed message from advertisements and store signs to Web sites, magazines and books. If you happen to see a font you really like when you are out and about, you can use your iPhone to find out what it&#39;s called &#45;&#45; as Apple says, there&#39;s an app for that.</description>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 08:00:23 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Setting a Default News Reader Application</title>
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      <description>Apple included more than one way to keep up on what&#39;s new at your favorite Web sites thanks to its built&#45;in RSS support in Leopard&#39;s Safari and Mail applications. Since life is all about choices, however, you might want to use a different application as your default RSS reader, and the setting to change which app you use isn&#39;t exactly intuitive to find.</description>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 07:30:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>iTunes 8: Moving Your iTunes Library</title>
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      <description>I talked about moving your iTunes Library to a new location in a previous Quick Tip, but times change, and so do the steps you follow to perform certain tasks &#45;&#45; like moving your iTunes Library to a different hard drive.</description>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 07:30:21 -0400</pubDate>
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