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			<title>iTunes artwork BS</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Maybe someone here can help me out... 
 
I have my top gear collection that I've converted into .mp4's and .m4v's and is in my iTunes library. I've...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Maybe someone here can help me out...<br />
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I have my top gear collection that I've converted into .mp4's and .m4v's and is in my iTunes library. I've always had custom artwork for the series, and recently I got a hair up my hind side and decided to change it. Low and behold 39 of the episodes up and refuse to change their artwork. Period, no questions asked, will not change.<br />
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So I give up...<br />
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A little lated I start noticing that the files are showing up in Front Row under the Movies section as well the TV Shows section... WTF?<br />
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So yesterday, due to some other wonky business, I offloaded my data onto an external drive and reinstalled Snow Leopard. Then, I re-imported everything onto the fresh OS. I was hoping that in addition to giving a nice, fresh machine that I might also get the 39 Top Gear episodes fixed, but absolutely no dice...<br />
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Has anyone ever seen this before? Anyone have any idea what to try?<br />
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Right now I am experimenting with one episode by re-converting it to .mp4 with HandBrake in some crazy attempt to get it to let me edit the artwork.<br />
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Does anyone know of an app that lets you manipulate the metadata (other than iTunes, of course)?</div>

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			<title>How to repair permissions on Mac OSX.</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:02:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[If you're like me and have your iSight on your MacBook Pro stop working, in most cases repairing permissions will fix it instantly.  Repairing...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>If you're like me and have your iSight on your MacBook Pro stop working, in most cases repairing permissions will fix it instantly.  Repairing permissions is also used in many other situations, but here is how to repair them!<br />
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First, open up Disk Utility by going to Applications -&gt; Utilities -&gt; DiskUtility.app<br />
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Or by using spotlight.<br />
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click on the drive that OSX is installed on.<br />
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Now click on first aid.<br />
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Click on &quot;Repair Disk Permissions&quot;.<br />
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Now we wait.<br />
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Once it's finished, you should know as it will say....<br />
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			<dc:creator>MasterDev</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[OK geeks, here's the ultimate units conversion reference]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:29:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Worthwhile downloading to your / iPad / misc. device / brain! 
 
http://futureboy.us/frinkdata/units.txt 
 
And all in old skool ascii! 
 
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<a href="http://futureboy.us/frinkdata/units.txt" target="_blank">http://futureboy.us/frinkdata/units.txt</a><br />
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And all in old skool ascii!<br />
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(Courtesy @yongfook)</div>

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			<dc:creator>firestarter</dc:creator>
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			<title>OWC Offers first eSATA solution for iMacs</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:27:14 GMT</pubDate>
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As promised in our post last Friday and in our official news release, owners of the new Mid 2010 27&#8243; iMac can begin &#8220;hot rodding&#8221; their...]]></description>
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			As promised in our post last Friday and in our official news release, owners of the new Mid 2010 27&#8243; iMac can begin &#8220;hot rodding&#8221; their machine with performance upgrades like the first eSATA port ever to be offered on an iMac.<br />
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We already have our first orders arriving for our certified technicians to turnaround in less than 48 weekday business hours.<br />
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Here&#8217;s a suggestion if you&#8217;re contemplating ordering this service&#8230;don&#8217;t just limit yourself to the eSATA port upgrade. Have us replace the factory hard drive with one of our award-winning SSDs, and then &#8220;retask&#8221; that existing drive by having us install it into our highly acclaimed Mercury Elite-AL Pro &#8220;Quad Interface&#8221; enclosure.<br />
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You get an internal drive that offers the fastest boot and app load times not to mention the highest degree of consistent speed and reliability&#8230;and can experience the difference other Mac model owners are enjoying. Then, to handle all your big data storage/transfer needs, just offload them to your new eSATA equippped external solution!<br />
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Of course, having us add more lifetime guaranteed OWC brand memory is a must as well.<br />
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So internally and externally, we can help you obtain the highest performance setup available for an iMac.<br />
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But as you&#8217;ve likely heard me say before in other posts, high performance doesn&#8217;t mean a thing unless it&#8217;s backed by service and warranty programs that deliver the highest level of confidence and convenience. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re taking the responsible path and covering the labor, upgrade program components, AND even factory components for up to one year.<br />
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If that wasn&#8217;t enough, for just $169, we&#8217;ll extend that coverage for up to three years.<br />
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While a warranty program like that allows us to arguably claim we offer the best warranty coverages in the industry, we create these kinds of comprehensive programs with one goal: to ensure you continue to have the utmost trust and peace of mind you&#8217;ve come to expect from OWC for the past 22 years.<br />
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To order your upgrade or for additional program details, including warranty information, just check out our easy explanation page.<br />
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Then, get ready to act like a kid with the fastest (insert favorite memory here) around and enjoy all your bragging rights!
			
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This is rather interesting. I've been following it since OWC noted (somewhat obviously) that by offering the HDD+SSD option in the iMac, Apple had added a third SATA port to the logic board.<br />
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They've come up with a neat(ish) solution to add an eSATA port. It's $169 and includes a one year warranty for the whole Mac, with the option (for another $169) to upgrade said warranty to three years.<br />
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eSATA on the Mac isn't very hot-swappable, but that doesn't matter. With an SSD you'll see a <i>huge</i> increase over FW800 or USB2 rates.<br />
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Obviously this isn't absolutely perfect in terms of another port, but locating it down there (apparently due to space, the only place it <i>could</i> go) kind of helps with the temptation to pull a cable out, IMO.<br />
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But, as you can see, the performance speaks for itself.<br />
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I'm very interested to see if this will come to the UK as they've mentioned. The Modservice (Modbook thingy) didn't work out too well over here. Fucking Square Group.</div>


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			<dc:creator>andy</dc:creator>
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			<title>A great article about iOS backups</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Just saw this article linked from a twitter posting (http://twitter.com/fraserspeirs)... it's Apple's help document describing iOS backups. 
 
Really...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Just saw this article linked from a <a href="http://twitter.com/fraserspeirs" target="_blank">twitter posting</a>... it's Apple's help document describing iOS backups.<br />
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Really interesting stuff, and probably required reading if you want to be on top of how the backup/restore process works and what actually gets backed up.<br />
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<i>Interesting fact: Any passwords stored on the iOS device are only stored in the backup file if you choose encrypted backups.</i><br />
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Anyway, <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766" target="_blank">here's the link</a>.</div>

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