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Listener emails on this episode of The Mac Attack - sharing files between a Mac and PC, what do I keep in my "Mac Toolbox", Mac resources on the web, USB hub recommendations, dealing with duplicate files, switching from PC to a Mac and a whole lot more.

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Mac News Network

Mac Fix It

The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Singular

TidyUp

O2M

Sharing a folder on your PC with your Mac:
You have to go to your PC and right click on the folder you want to share on your PC. Select properties from the pop up menu.  Click on the sharing tab.  Make sure both "share this folder" and "Allow network users to change my files" are checked.  Then check to see at the bottom of the configuration window it says "windows firewall is configured to allow this folder to be shared".

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Direct download: TMA_084.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:39 PM

Leopard friendly applications on this episode of The Mac Attack. I also discuss a few applications that help you be more productive, Dock modification apps, Apple updates QuickTime & GarageBand, I review a new Leopard book & a Photoshop plug-in and David Sparks is back with a new "Sparks on Tech" segment and more.

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How to create custom ringtones in GB 4.1.1

Prism

Fluid

Anxiety

DoBeDo

Main Menu

Cocktail

Onyx

DiskWarrior

AppleJack

Preferential Treatment

Chronosync

.Mac Backup

Carbo Copy Cloner

SuperDuper

Silverkeeper

TinkerTool

MacPilot

Hierarchical Dock

Quay

DragThing DockChanger

Docktopus

HerarcialDock

Quay

Docker

Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide

Alien Skin's Exposure 2

macsparky.com

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Cali Lewis from the video podcast GeekBrief visits The Mac Attack. We have a lively conversation about Cali's recent trip to Cupertino, Macs, barriers within technology, podcasting, and more...

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GeekBrief

GBTV Live

Dear Cali

GBTV Talk

iYule

Drobo

Signal

CamTwist

Mailplane

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Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:21 PM

On this episode of The Mac Attack. Followup from last weeks "Life Hack your Mac" episode, listener emails, Quick Look plugins, a review of the IOGear GearJuice Mobile Pocket Power, TiffanyScreens license winners, David Sparks from macsparky.com joins The Mac Attack, and more.

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tiffanyscreens

macwingnut.com - article about todoist.com

Mac MediaCast

Skype

WhatSize

MainMenu

Folder Quick Look Plugin

Zip Quick Look Plugin

EPSQLPlugIn

iwebapps.mobi

gethuman.com

IOGear GearJuice Mobile Power

macsparky.com

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Life Hacking your Mac on this episode of The Mac Attack. What is Life Hacking? Give a listen and find out. Robert Hazlerigg joins us again to review the Jawbone Bluetooth Headset. I have some give-aways and I discuss the Apple 10.5.1 update, a fix for a missing home folder, some handy keyboard navigation tips and more.

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life hacking

lifehack.org

43folders.com

zenhabits.net

inbox zero

zero to done

how to get things done on your mac

inbox tips

the 7 bad email habits that make people want to kill you

amnesty widgets browser

appzapper

appcleaner

jawbone bluetooth headset

tiffanyscreens

10.5.1 full update download

Mac OS X 10.5: Home directory missing from Users folder

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Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:15 PM

Leopard information and correcting some misinformation, Leopard weirdness, a review of a new computer bag, your emails and a whole lot more on this episode of The Mac Attack.

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waterroof

TMA #41 (firewall info)

Intego's Security Memo

macosxhints.com trojan removal

Time Machine and Aperture "fix"

Spire Computer Bags

Carbon Copy Cloner

SuperDuper!

EyeTV 250 plus

ADVC110

Pinnacle System's Video Capture for the Mac

Safari Extender (I said Enhancer during the show...)

KeySpan USB print server

A Better Finder Attributes

run maintenance scripts -> sudo periodic daily weekly monthly

See when the scripts ran last -> ls -al /var/log/*.out

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Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:46 PM

On this episode of The Mac Attack: The good, the bad, the ugly of Leopard (so far)... What works? What doesn't? What's great? What's not so good? What's in it for you?

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New Mac Roundtable is out

Today in iPhone

MacFixIt.com Leopard install troubleshooting tips

Application Enhancer

MacRumors - List of apps not compatible with Leopard

Path to user created mailboxes - ~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes

3d to 2d dock command (cut and paste in to terminal)
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock

dockswitcher (3d to 2d dock)

Run Leopard on a PC

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Direct download: TMA_078.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:34 PM

Leopard finally has an official release date and I talk about the things you need to do before the big cat pounces, listener emails and more on this episode of The Mac Attack.

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Reducing cable strain on your MagSafe power adapter

How to disconnect the MagSafe power adapter

Mac 10.5: iChat system requirements

SuperDuper

cdbaby.com

tunecore.com

Things to do before the big cat pounces check list:
- Backup and test your backups
- No need to do a clean install
- Do system maintenance (correct permission, run maintenance scripts, etc.)
- Disable any Finder, System, & Safari Add ons
- Take a look at your "Login items" and temporarily disable the apps you added from starting up at boot
- Disconnect any external HDs and other peripherals
- Check developers web sites for shareware/freeware Leopard updates or compatibility
- Does your Mac make you money? Then DO NOT load Leopard onto your production machine until you know you won't run into problems.

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Direct download: TMA-077.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:55 PM

Listener emails on this episode of The Mac Attack. More options for moving your Outlook info to your Mac, dimming Mac screen, boot speed differences between two almost identical Macs, Getting your music on iTunes and more...

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Outlook2Mac

Airset

Thunderbird, export mail to Apple Mail

Caffeine

Getting your music on iTunes

Rember

tutorial - "Yellow Star Wars Opening Crawl"

Apple's Web Apps list

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On this episode of The Mac Attack - A look at Apple's latest software and firmware updates. What happens when you hit the power button on your Mac? Listener emails, Mac tips and more...

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outlook2ical

Joost

move Outlook 2003 contacts to Address Book

SmartDisk FireLite

G-Tech G-Drive mini

LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive

Western Digital Passport drives

SmartDisk ByteSize USB drives

Quicksilver

Quicksilver Google video

SimplytheBest Fonts (free)

Chank fonts (free/pay)

Mac Font Vault (free)

Fonthead (free/pay)

Alien Fonts (sci-fi fonts - free)

Fixing a "stuck" 'Automatically reduce brightness' setting:
1) Manually edit the plist file for PowerManagement.  It’s located at /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist.  Under Custom Profile -> AC Power (and you have to do it under the Battery Power one, too if you have that set up), create a Child (if it doesn’t exist already) named “Display Sleep Uses Dim? and set it to Number and the value to 0.  That seemed to do the trick on my iMac.
2) If you still have issues, the system may be ignoring the plist setting.  You can create a little one-line Applescript and dump it on the desktop to run whenever you need it.  Just put this line in it (but, be aware that even if you save it as run-only, your admin password can still be seen if someone opens up the file as text): do shell script “sudo pmset halfdim 0? password “? with administrator privileges

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Direct download: TMA_075.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:10 PM