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Repair Permissions Is Not a Recommended Step When
Applying System Updates

post from Daring Fireball on 03 April 2006 11:05:45 PM. © Daring Fireball

To be clear, perfectly clear: Apple does not recommend that you dothis. All you need to do before applying a system update is followthe steps in the accompanying release notes, and nowhere therein hasit ever been mentioned that you should run Disk Utility’s RepairPermissions feature before or after installing the update, let alonedoing so before and after.

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AppZapper is Almost Free at macZOT!

post from The Apple Blog on 03 April 2006 06:59:48 PM. © The Apple Blog

macZOT! is running a clever deal where for each blog that links to their posting of AppZapper, they’ll drop the price by 5 cents. When it gets to be free, GO FOR IT! As of now, it’s $3.00.From what I can tell, it’s a bargain at it’s normal price. $3 is great. [...]

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Cure for empty .avi movies

post from Mac 911 Weblog on 03 April 2006 02:34:00 PM. © Mac 911 Weblog

.avi file showing nothing but white? The cure is a download away.

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Writers Wanted

post from The Apple Blog on 03 April 2006 10:39:19 AM. © The Apple Blog

So it’s that time of the…year? We’re looking to increase our staff of writers/contributors/reviewers/whatever-you-want-to-call-it. We’re interested in anybody who loves technology, Apple, and snacks.If you’re interested, hit us up on the contact page.Do note that these openings aren’t paid positions but you get your writing noticed by thousands of people each day and there’s a [...]

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Setting the iTunes Bookmarkable Bit via Automator

post from Mac Geekery - Get your geek on. on 03 April 2006 05:00:20 AM. © Mac Geekery - Get your geek on.

How do I use automator or applescript to add an mp3 to the iTunes playlist and also set the "bookmarkable" and "no shuffle" option. The Run Applescript action on automator doesn't seem to work, though the following script snippet works fine in iTunes:tell application "iTunes" set bookmarkable of selection to "True" set shufflable of selection to "False"end tell

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Changing Startup Item Launch Order

How does one change the run order of Login Items under Tiger? Contra this hint, http://www.macgeekery.com/gspot/2005-37/tweaking_login_item_startup_order , I'd like to move high-priority items up to the front of the list so they're ready to go sooner.

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