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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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Circus Ponies
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Notebook
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Making summer vacation plans.
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Free trial.
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News
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Apple finally responds to Locationgate
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Apple was collecting anonymous data to try and build up a location database for a potential future traffic service
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Collected even when location services was off. Apple says that was a bug.
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Cached a history up for up to a year
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Apple said that was a bug too
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What Apple is changing
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Shorten the cache to 7 days
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the cache was a subset of Apples aggregate data compiled based on locations you been in and apple had set a 2MB size limit for that file. That's why it had up to a year of data.
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will not be backed up and is deleted if you turn off Location services
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Apple will encrypt the cached data on the device.
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Schiller equated the data to similar data that gets tracked when you make purchases in retail stores.
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Why Apple cached the data
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GPS can take to 12 mins to acquire data
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With assisted data it can be seconds
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Apple and Google will testify at federal privacy hearings.
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I think I would want my iOS devices reporting their location for Find My iPhone. I think that actually happens via the Push of data from Mobile Me, since push needs to be active of that to work. If I opt out of location after the update will Find My iPhone no longer work?
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Apple spends 11B to shore up supply chain
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From Apple's 10-Q filing
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That's up from 7.9 billion spent in December quarter
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It's believed by analysts that at least some portion of the 11B spent is being used for long term commitments which block competitors and keep Apple in good supply.
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The 10-Q seems to indicate at least 2B is being used for long term commitments, but we also know Apple had a 3.9B billion strategic investment in components they made back in January.
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Apple has also had long term deals for Flash in play for a long time which is why I believe they are the only tablet with a 64GB model. Competitors could produce 64Gb models by combining smaller chips, but that would reduce the number of 16GB and 32GB models they could produce.
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Apple Updates
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Mac OS X v10.6.7 Snow Leopard Font Update
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Fixes for Mac OS X v10.6.7 that address issues displaying and printing OpenType fonts.
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Address an issue in which some OpenType fonts don't display correctly in certain applications
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Resolve issues printing from Preview
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Address an issue with PDF files not opening in third-party PDF viewing applications
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Resolve invalid font errors when printing to PostScript printers
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iPhone '11 updated
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iPhoto 9.1.2 update for iPhoto '11
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Addresses an issue that prevented the Zoom slider from being accessible in Magnify (1-Up) view
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Fixes an issue where Toolbars were not auto-hiding in Full Screen view
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Search field now correctly performs an “includes” search when searching by text string
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Fixes minor formatting issues with book, card and calendar themes
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Message Size of emails now correctly updates when changes are made using the Photo Size menu
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Addresses an issue that prevented some iPhoto 5 libraries from upgrading correctly
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Multiple book pages can now be drag-selected when in All Pages view
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Design tools in print project panels are now accessible via separate Layout and Options buttons
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Photo backgrounds applied to a book are now preserved when book type is changed
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Tab key can now be used to navigate through all text fields in a book project
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iMac Hard Drive Firmware Update 1.0
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Specifically for the new mid-2010 iMac models
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Fixes a hard drive issue that may prevent some iMac (21.5-inch and 27-inch, Mid 2010) systems from booting properly.
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New iMacs on May 3rd
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Rumors late in the week that Apple will release new versions of the iMac on Tuesday
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Updated to new "Sandy Bridge" core i5 and i7 processors
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Get Thunderbolt ports.
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Reports say the Apple retails store employees have been advised of a "visual night". Staying late and switching over displays, signage, etc.
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New iMacs would be on display the day of release.
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Apple developing iCloud
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Services beyond music storage locker
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Includes video and photos
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Also storage and sync of bookmarks, email, contacts and iCal
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Rumored to have purchased iCloud.com for 4.5 million according to gigaOM.
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From Sweden-based desktop-as-a-service company, Xcerion.
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Xcerions existing iCloud service was just rebranded to CloudMe
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Using it in internal builds of iOS 5 and OS X Lion
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Unclear if it will be made free.
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My guess it will be free basic features with add ons.
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Service would be shown at WWDC and probably release in the Fall with new iPhones and iOS 5
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Give developers time to integrate the service.
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Apple more profitable than Microsoft
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Apple posted profits of 5.99 billion in 2Q. Microsoft just reported net profit of 5.23 billion for it's last quarter
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Tech Crunch has an interesting timeline
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May 2010 Apple's market cap surpasses Microsoft's making apple the most valuable tech company
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October 2010 Apple beats Microsoft in quarterly revenue
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January 2011 Apple becomes 2nd most valuable US company behind Exxon.
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April 2011 Apple beats Microsoft in net quarterly income.
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White iPhone arrives, really
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Went on sale on Thursday
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Sold out in China
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Shipping times extended to 5 days in parts of Europe. 3-5 days in the US.
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Black iPhone still 24 hours
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Design changes
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Proximity sensor 'slot'
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Thicker. 0.2 mm
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Sounds like the reason fro the delay was color issues over time and possibly issues with the sensor
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Jobs told D all things Digital, "It's not as simple as making something white. There's a lot more that goes into both the material science of it - how it holds up over time... but also in how it all works with the sensors."
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Apple reportedly added a UV coating to avoid discoloration over time. Something they have had issue with on other products like the white Macbook (reaction with skin oils?).
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OS X Lion preparing to pounce
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We expect to see a lot about Lion at WWDC and hope to get a release date. Summer is likely, but could be Fall
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Apple seeded a third beta build os Lion Developer Preview 2 to developers.
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There were no release notes and only minor UI tweaks being reported.
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Changes to the 'tab' buttons in preference panes. Darker more 'sunken' look.
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Prior vision had a "slider" way of highlighting tabs that was confusing when you only had 2 tabs.
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Signs of a 'Find My Mac' feature according to 9 to 5 Mac
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An icon and something call 'Find my Mac messenger' and FindMyMac framework.
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Macrumors reports a 'Reading List' feature has been discovered in Safari in Lion.
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Allows you to add links to a list for viewing later
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Not active, but seems similar to Instapaper or ReadItLater
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Could be sync'd between devices via Mobile me.
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Feedback, Comments and Commentary
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Host iWeb on Dropbox
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Play comment from Tim
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Basically you publish to a folder in the Public folder on your Dropbox (~/Dropbox/Public)
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The right-click the index.html file in the published iWeb folder and share that link
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You can even go further and use your own domain with a domain forward with masking to get your own URL.
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Trouble will be that for free Dropbox accounts there is a daily 10GB data transfer limit. 250GB for Pro accounts
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How to share iWeb sites file between 2 Macs via DropBox
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Quit iWeb
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Move the 'Domain.sites2' file found in '~/Library/Application Support/iWeb/' to a folder on the Dropbox that is shared with all the Macs you wish to be able to access that file
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Re-launch iWeb and you should be prompted to create a new domain or locate an existing one. Select the moved 'Domain.sites2' file.
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A word of warning… Accessing the 'Domain.sites2' file from 2 Macs in iWeb at the same time will likely corrupt the entire file, so be careful. Remember to wait for Dropbox to complete it's sync too.
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Saving iOS files to Flash Drive
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Ric asked if you could use the Camera Connection Kit to save files directly to a Flash or USb drive from the iPad
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Short answer is no.
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There are some interesting things you can play around with
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The Camera App will see some files in a DCIM folder at the root of a FAT32 formatted drive.
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Use Disk Utility to format a USB stick in FAT 32
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Create a folder names DCIM at the root of the disk
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Connect the USB Stick or SD card via the Camera Connection kit.
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Any iOS supported image or movie files will be seen by the Camera app and you can import them
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Camera connection kit reportedly also works with some USb multi-card readers
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Writing to a connected drive is not possible without 3rd party hardware
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Most of this is kludgy at best
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HyperMac HyperDrive (read only?)
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$99.95 (case only), also with drives.
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Connects to iPad via USB and Camera connection Kit
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Creates on the fly 32GB image folders that the iPad can see in the Camera app
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Only supports image and movie formats supported by the iPad
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AirStash
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$99.99 USB SD adapter with WebDAV support
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Put a SD card into it and it will create a webDAV share
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Can use iOS apps that support webDAV transfers, like Pages, Numbers, Keynote, GoodReader.
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I would use GoodReader and the Open in... feature as a conduit to other apps.
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ZoomMediaPlus, ZoomIt
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Proprietary SD adapter. $40.00 USD on Amazon
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They have their own free iOS app for transferring files
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Mixed reviews, most negative related to watching video off the card.
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Will let you write files and supports 'Open In…'
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Bottom line is most of the options are "hack arounds", AirStash seems like the most reliable.
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Web based services like DropBox and DropDAV are probably a better bet.
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For the record I don't use DropDAV personally, but know those who do and swear by it.
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Review: CalDigit USB 3.0 AVDrive
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External dual interface hard drive. 2 FW800 and USB 3.0
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Solid aluminum housing with ambient temperature-controlled smart fan.
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Software and hardware to support USB 3.0 on the Mac
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Express/34 or PCI card
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Drivers software
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Also, Carbon Copy Cloner, RAID Tools, etc.
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One hiccup was I have a DOA Express Card with the review unit they sent me. A replacement fixed the issue.
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Speed tests
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Tried both timed copies and AJA System Test tools
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On AJA transferred a 1GB file
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Macbook Pro Internal (5400 RPM)
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19.5 MB/sec write
16.0 MB/sec read
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FW 400 - Seagate Free Agent Pro (7200 RPM)
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30 MB/sec write
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32 MB/sec read
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FW 800 - OWC Elite AL Pro (5400 RPM)
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57.7 MB/sec write
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68.8 MB/sec read
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FW 800 - CalDigit AVDrive (7200 RPM)
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58.5 MB/sec write
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71.9 MB/sec read
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They claim a 30% better FW performance than other FW 800 drives. confirmed in my read tests.
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USB 3.0 - CalDigit AVDrive (7200 RPM)
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105.0 MB/sec write
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123.0 MB/sec read
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Real world data transfer on CalDigit
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6.75GB to Mac --> 6:25.2
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to CalDigit AVDrive --> 08:27.5
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Real world on OWC Elite AL Pro (5400 RPM)
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6.75GB to Mac USB 2 --> 6:50.7
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to OWC Elite AL Pro (5400 RPM) --> 7:03.4
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So here's the rub (and this till be true for ANY drive). The speed is determined by the slowest player.
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Theoretical Maximums
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USB 2.0 480 Mbps
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eSATA 1.5Gbps or 3Gbps
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USB 3.0 5Gbps
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Thunderbolt 10Gbps (bi-directional)
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If you are going directly to or from the CalDigit Drive you can expect the best throughput. Or if you had 2 CalDigit Drives.
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You're Macs internal SATA maxes out at 1.5Gbit or 3Gbit
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The CalDigit is a really nice external drive and if you have a specific need for the fastest performance on an older Mac with an Express Card slot or a Mac Pro it's well worth checking out.
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Only current solution I am aware for for USB 3 on a Mac (not supported natively yet, nor is there any indication it will be).
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CalDigit only official supports their drive on USB 3.0, but other devices MAY work. I didn't have any to test.
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Pricing
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$258.00 1TB drive, $358.00 2TB, $448.00 3TB with PC card
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$268.00 1TB, $368.00 2TB, $458.00 3TB drive with laptop card
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About $100 more than an external FW 800 drive
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Only has a 1 year warranty which is a bit low in my opinion.
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Error -1407 in Finder
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During testing I was moving a lot of file around between external volumes.
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When I tried to copy and/or delete a file from one of my externals I got a -1407 error.
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It wouldn't let me move files from that drive.
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Fix was to run Disk Utility verify on the drive. Found no errors, but after I could use it again.
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I think because it unmounted and remounted the drive it may have fixed it. A reboot may have done the same thing.
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Measuring Apple's success
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A lot of people, my self included, like to look at stats and numbers and try and use them to measure how successful Apple is, was or will be.
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There is also a fair amount of comparing going on. Recently to figure our who's bigger Apple or Android (Google)
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For example
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Latest Nielsen US smartphone share numbers: 27% iOS, 37% Android, 22% Blackberry
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ComScore recently looked at numbers for ALL mobile phones and connected devices (i.e. tablets, iPods) and found:
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iOS with 16.2% share and Android with 10.2%
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iPads extend beyond iPhone owners
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Only about 10% of iOS users use iOS on more than 1 device
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27% of iPhone owners have an iPad
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17% of Blackberry owners own an iPad
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14% of Samsung owners own an iPad
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12% of LG owners
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not quite the "fanboy" overlap that many predicted.
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A app store analytics provider Distimo forecasts Android apps reaching iOS numbers by mid this year
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Odd since iOS apps top 350,000 and current counts put Android at around 150,000 according to Google
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Android is growing much faster than iOS
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Saturation and Apple is more restrictive
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About 63% of apps on Android are free, about a third of iOS apps are free.
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Evernote CEO, notes that iOS customers are more likely to buy, so worth developers pursuing first.
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The funny thing is for all our 'analysis' I get the distinct feeling at the end of the day a lot people at Apple including Steve Jobs really don't care.
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Not that they don't care about success, or profit margins or growth, they obviously do.
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But I think more importantly they want to just make really great products
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Experience drive the technology and innovation and the profits (obviously) follow.
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Copy & Paste on the iOS is a likely example where an experience decision won out over a technical one.
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The white iPhone is another example
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It's always seemed to me that Jobs has wanted to be able to look back and say " I made really cool stuff that people loved to use and made a lasting impact on the world". More than look how much Apple is worth.
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Airplay to Mac with BananaTunes
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I love Apple's new Airplay Technology.
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Typically you go from a Mac or an iOS device to an Apple TV 2, AirPort Express, or other AirPlay compatible device, like speakers.
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Erica Sudun has been fascinated with the technology too and now has allowed us to reverse the process back to the Mac.
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BananaTunes is a beta app that basically does for audio what her AirPlayer did for video.
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You need to install libao dynamic audio library
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Requires admin privileges
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In Finder choose 'Go-->Go To Folder…' Then type, '/usr/local/'. If you see a 'lib' folder your good, otherwise create it (you'll be prompted for a password)
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Copy the ao folder and the libao.4 dynamic library into /usr/local/lib
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There is a package installer available from a 3rd party. (Untrusted, so use at your own risk)
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Then you can launch the BananaTues app. There is really no UI, but when you play a song or your iOS device or another Mac and access the AirPlay list you should see the Mac running BananaTunes listed.
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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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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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"Love and Tragedy" by Volary
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From MusicAlley
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Buy on iTunes
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EOL - From the Finder with Love
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A truly Mac Geek way of telling your wife happy anniversary. (via TUAW)
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