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	<title>Kirkville &#187; kirk</title>
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	<description>Writings about more than just Macs, by Kirk McElhearn</description>
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		<title>Cambridge Audio Releases DacMagic Plus</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/02/06/cambridge-audio-releases-dacmagic-plus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/02/06/cambridge-audio-releases-dacmagic-plus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I got a Cambridge Audio DacMagic about two years ago (see my Macworld article about it) I was immediately impressed by how it improved the quality of the music I listened to from iTunes. Even with compressed music, it gives better detail and spaciousness. While I am not an audiophile, the DacMagic is certainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Audiobook: Swann&#8217;s Way, by Marcel Proust, in English</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/02/04/new-audiobook-swanns-way-by-marcel-proust-in-english/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As regular readers of Kirkville probably know, I&#8217;m a fan of Marcel Proust. I recently started re-reading A la recherche du temps perdu, but was sidetracked by moving house. Some time ago, I listened to the entire work, on a French audio recording. But not all Proustians are French speakers. Proust actually has quite a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone Case Review: Otterbox Reflex Series</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/02/03/iphone-case-review-otterbox-reflex-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[iPhone case]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote about the first iPhone case I tried, the Speck Candyshell. Today I&#8217;m going to discuss another, similar case, the Otterbox Reflex Series. Like the Candyshell, this is a light case that protects the iPhone&#8217;s body, and which is designed essentially for shock protection. According to Otterbox: Surrounding each device with a cushion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Free Additional Dropbox Space by Testing New Photo and Video Upload Feature</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/02/03/get-free-additional-dropbox-space-by-testing-new-photo-and-video-upload-feature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellanea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dropbox is testing a new photo and video upload feature, and as looking for people to help. In exchange, they&#8217;ll give you some extra free space: 500 MB just for trying, and up to 5 GB in free space depending on how much you upload. Go to the forum post linked above and download the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone Case Review: Speck CandyShell</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/02/02/iphone-case-review-speck-candyshell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone case]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned recently, I&#8217;m new to the iPhone party. And I&#8217;m not going to take a €629 device and just stick it in my pocket without any protection, nor especially take it out of my pocket without something to cushion any shocks if it slips from my fingers. So I&#8217;ve been exploring iPhone cases, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neil Young Doesn&#8217;t Like Digital Music Files</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/02/01/neil-young-doesnt-like-digital-music-files/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPod & iTunes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Neil Young was interviewed by Walt Mossberg about digital music, and made a number of statements where he expressed a desire to see more high-resolution audio files. He claims that only &#8220;5 percent of the data present in the original recording&#8221; is present in MP3 files &#8211; though he doesn&#8217;t specify what bit rate. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iWant: Automatic Sync for iPods, iPhones and iPads</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/26/iwant-automatic-sync-for-ipods-iphones-and-ipads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/26/iwant-automatic-sync-for-ipods-iphones-and-ipads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPod & iTunes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Doug Adams, who runs Doug&#8217;s AppleScripts for iTunes sent me an e-mail yesterday asking if there&#8217;s any way to have an iPod sync with iTunes automatically. He has one old device connected to a dock that he uses as a clock radio. It made me realize just how useful auto-syncing would be. Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Me Choose an iPhone Case/Protector</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/18/help-me-choose-an-iphone-caseprotector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/18/help-me-choose-an-iphone-caseprotector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple & Mac OS X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just got my first iPhone. Yes, I know I&#8217;m late to the party, but I didn&#8217;t need one, and it was too expensive. I was living in a village in the mountains, and as I work at home, I rarely had use for a cell phone. But I&#8217;ve moved to a larger town, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SafariDAVClient Sucks Up RAM and Does Nothing Useful</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/16/safaridavclient-sucks-up-ram-and-does-nothing-useful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/16/safaridavclient-sucks-up-ram-and-does-nothing-useful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple & Mac OS X]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s enough that Safari itself sometimes uses a huge amount of RAM, along with the WebProcess process, but another Safari-related process, SafariDAVClient is an even bigger memory hog. Currently, on my Mac mini which has 8 GB RAM, it is using 1.36 GB real memory. (Screenshot taken from a display provided by iStat Menus.) I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hear Me Discuss iTunes on the MacVoices Podcast</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/13/hear-me-discuss-itunes-on-the-macvoices-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/13/hear-me-discuss-itunes-on-the-macvoices-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPod & iTunes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To correspond with the release of my Take Control of iTunes 10: The FAQ, Second Edition, I sat down (virtually) with Chuck Joiner and talked about iTunes and music on the MacVoices podcast. It&#8217;s just under an hour, and you can listen here.]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Bad Tracks from iTunes Match: Who Do You Complain To?</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/13/bad-tracks-from-itunes-match-who-do-you-complain-to/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/13/bad-tracks-from-itunes-match-who-do-you-complain-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple & Mac OS X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPod & iTunes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iTunes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iTunes Match]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A number of people have found that iTunes Match sometimes matches incorrect tracks; not that the songs are wrong, but that the versions might be wrong. This seems to happen especially with music that has been remastered. iTunes may match either an original or remastered track, and the user who matched the track may have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Updated: Take Control of iTunes 10: The FAQ, Second Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/12/just-updated-take-control-of-itunes-10-the-faq-second-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/12/just-updated-take-control-of-itunes-10-the-faq-second-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[iPod & iTunes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My ebook, Take Control of iTunes 10: The FAQ was a best-selling compendium of tips, tricks and explanations about how to use iTunes to wrangle your digital media collection. More than a year has gone by since its release, and, even though Apple didn&#8217;t up the version number by an integer, iTunes has undergone enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The iTunes Guy &#8211; That&#8217;s Me</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/10/the-itunes-guy-thats-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/10/the-itunes-guy-thats-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPod & iTunes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iTunes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macworld]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over at Macworld, we&#8217;ve just introduced Ask the iTunes Guy. This occasional column will take readers&#8217; questions and explain how to do what you want with iTunes. I&#8217;m the iTunes Guy, and I&#8217;ll be answering questions over the coming months. So far, response has been well above what we expected, and we have dozens of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DVD Notes: Downton Abbey</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/08/dvd-notes-downton-abbey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/08/dvd-notes-downton-abbey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Films & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DVDs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been especially interested in &#8220;period dramas,&#8221; but I heard about Downton Abbey, and thought I&#8217;d check it out. The first two seasons have already been broadcast in the UK, and are available on DVD. In the US, the second season is starting today on PBS. This is a series about a quintessential British [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My New Year&#8217;s Resolution: Buy Less</title>
		<link>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/08/my-new-years-resolution-buy-less/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mcelhearn.com/2012/01/08/my-new-years-resolution-buy-less/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellanea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m moving house in two days, and in the past week, as I&#8217;ve been packing, I&#8217;ve realized that I&#8217;d accumulated an alarming amount of stuff. I&#8217;m not a hoarder, or a collector, but I read a lot, and listen to a lot of music. The amount of books in the house is astounding, and I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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