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Talkcast tonight at 10 pm -- Parenting and the Mac
Filed under: TUAW Business, Podcasts
Mac-loving moms and dads, unite -- you have nothing to lose but your sanity... oh, yeah, probably too late for that. Dave Caolo and I + some special guests will be discussing Macs and child-rearing at 10 pm on TalkShoe. If you're wondering how to introduce your tots to computers or whether content filtering/parental controls really work as advertised, call in and we'll talk.
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AppleScript: Control iTunes with an e-mail
Filed under: Features, How-tos
Last week I talked about controlling your Mac with an e-mail; this week, as promised, I am going to show you how to apply this same idea to iTunes. So, without further ado, let's get started with writing some AppleScripts.

Continue reading to learn how to control iTunes.

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Mac 101: fine tune your Mac's volume
Filed under: Mac 101

More Mac 101, tips for Mac beginners. Sure, you can use the volume key on your MacBook or Apple keyboard to do quick volume changes, but that doesn't adjust the volume that precisely. If you want to fine tune your volume, you have to either open System Preferences or click on the volume icon in the menu bar. However, you can also tweak the volume by holding down the option + shift keys and tapping the volume up/down keys on your keyboard. Note that this is a Leopard-only trick, as pointed out by our commenters.

As an additional note, you can also hold down the shift button while pressing the volume keys to mute the "pop" that you hear when pressing the volume key. If you want to permanently silence the volume-adjust beeping, uncheck "Play feedback when volume is changed" in the Sound Effects preference pane and it won't bother you again (helpful for podcasting or other situations when you might need to adjust your volume on the fly).

[via Tekzilla]
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MacHeist retail bundle now available
Filed under: Software, Deals
Today MacHeist revealed their newest bundle of software for sale. This new software bundle is being billed as "12 Top Mac Apps" and includes the following pieces of software:
- Awaken
- Cha-Ching
- CoverSutra
- DEVONthink Personal
- iClip
- Overflow
- Wallet
- WriteRoom
- XSlimmer
- Enigmo
- Bugdom 2
- Nanosaur 2
The bundle remains the same $49 (US) price and is now on sale through the end of the month online. Macheist also has plans to release the bundle as a boxed version in stores later this year.

[via MacHeist Forums]

Thanks, Chris and Alex!

[Update:] Please do not post MacHeist referral codes in the comments. All comments with referral codes will be deleted.
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Caffeine control
Filed under: Freeware
We're once again talking about Caffeine from lighthead Software (makers of Papaya), the freeware menubar app that keeps your screen awake. It's now at version 1.0.2 with one new feature that makes it even more useful: time-limited activation.

A command-click on the coffee cup icon in your menubar presents a menu that allows you to set a variable duration for Caffeine to be activated. Got a 10 minute video to show a friend, but your screen is set to dim or go into Screensaver before the end? Set Caffeine for 15 minutes and forget about it.

We covered Jolt a while back, and this feature was available... for a small, $5 fee (of course, it's worth mentioning that half of those five dollars are donated to charity). But Caffeine has caught up and it remains free. Update your copy or take it for a spin at lighthead's website.
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Ask TUAW: recording online radio, screenshots, rescuing a Performa, restoring a Time Machine backup and more
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
In this round of Ask TUAW we'll be considering questions about recording online radio, making screenshots, rescuing an old OS 7.5 Performa, changing a Time Machine backup to a larger disk, editing mp4 metadata, doing a sync when plugging in an external storage device and more.

As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you're running and which version of OS X, as certain answers will vary between different Macs and Tiger vs. Leopard, etc. (we'll assume you're running Leopard if you don't specify). And now, on to the questions!
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