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Mac Security Table of Contents Masthead ___________________________________________________________________ 4 About that Apple Optical Output Port – It’s a TOS up________________________________ 5 Apple’s Software License Agreement vs. Microsoft’s Vista License Agreement __________ 10 Rants, Raves and Revelations __________________________________________________ 19 According to Hoyle... _________________________________________________________ 22 Cross-Platform Software Development from a Macintosh Perspective: C++ Application Programming with REALbasic _____________________________________________________ 22 The European Perspective_____________________________________________________ 27 Geek Speak: Random Mac Stuff You Need to Know ________________________________ 31 Using the Growl Notification System _________________________________________________ 31 Ivory Tower - November 2006 __________________________________________________ 34 MacFevre __________________________________________________________________ 37 How to Make an AudioBook, Part 3 _________________________________________________ 37 The Northern Spy____________________________________________________________ 39 Think Upon a Thunk ______________________________________________________________ 39 doc_Babad's Software Review Overview - An Introduction___________________________ 42 Mac Security 101 ____________________________________________________________ 44 Why Do I Need Anti-virus Software? What You Should Know ___________________________ 44 Doc_Babad's Macintosh Tips - A Macintosh Tip or Three…__________________________ 48 Book Reviews _______________________________________________________________ 53 Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB and WordPress _______________________ 53 On Digital Photography by Stephen Johnson __________________________________________ 55 Enemy at the Water Cooler: Real-Life Stories of Insider Threats and Enterprise Security Management Countermeasures _____________________________________________________ 57 The Magic of Thinking BIG ________________________________________________________ 64 How to Cheat at Managing Information Security ______________________________________ 65 Music Projects with Propellerhead Reason ____________________________________________ 67 Secrets of Podcasting: Audio Blogging for the Masses, 2nd Edition ________________________ 69 Smarter, Faster, Better: Strategies for Effective, Enduring and Fulfilling Leadership ________ 71 World of Warcraft Dungeon Companion _____________________________________________ 73 Hardware Reviews ___________________________________________________________ 75 Disco iPod case for the iPod Video ___________________________________________________ 75 EyeTV Hybrid ___________________________________________________________________ 77 MPN, LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 2 of 130 November 2006, Volume 4 Issue 11 Graphire4 _______________________________________________________________________ 80 ICY DOCK MB559UEA-1S ________________________________________________________ 82 Intuos3 6x8 Pen Tablet ____________________________________________________________ 84 Slimline 8x Dual Layer SuperDrive Upgrade __________________________________________ 87 iPod Video case by WaterField Designs_______________________________________________ 89 WiebeTech ToughTech XE _________________________________________________________ 91 Shareware Reviews __________________________________________________________ 93 FolderControl 1.60 — So you can automatically size and arrange the Finder's folder/directory windows into a configuration you define ______________________________________________ 93 FontNuke 1.0.5 — Zap your font cache, free your fonts _________________________________ 98 ToDo X 2.1 and more — Thoughts on ToDo and other useful tools for stashing and accessing stuff I use while I work ___________________________________________________________ 101 Software Reviews ___________________________________________________________ 105 Accio 1.0 and Ultralingua 6 English Language Dictionaries — With Additional Thoughts on other Dictionary and Thesaurus tools _______________________________________________ 105 AKVIS Chameleon ______________________________________________________________ 111 CoverScout 2.2 __________________________________________________________________ 113 iSpeak It 3.0 ____________________________________________________________________ 116 Spamnix 3.0.28 for Eudora — Out Darned Spam!_____________________________________ 118 Advertising ________________________________________________________________ 124 macCompanion Gear Shop ________________________________________________________ 124 Amazon.com ____________________________________________________________________ 125 Apple Store for Individuals________________________________________________________ 125 Apple Store for Businesses in the USA ______________________________________________ 125 Lionshead Studios Limited and Feral Interactive - Black & White 2 & The Movies _________ 125 DigitalMediaTraining ____________________________________________________________ 125 Ominex ________________________________________________________________________ 125 Xooma Extreme – X20 and X20 Blast _______________________________________________ 125 ecamm network _________________________________________________________________ 126 Parallels _______________________________________________________________________ 127 QuickerTek_____________________________________________________________________ 128 Advertising Information _____________________________________________________ 129 Statistical Analysis______________________________________________________________________ 129 Advertising with macCompanion __________________________________________________________ 129 Site Ad Rate___________________________________________________________________________ 129 Affiliations____________________________________________________________________________ 130 Sponsorships __________________________________________________________________________ 130 MPN, LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 3 of 130 November 2006, Volume 4 Issue 11 Masthead Publisher Robert L. Pritchett from MPN, LLC Editor-in-Chief Robert L. Pritchett Consultants Harry {doc} Babad Ted Bade Mike Hubbartt Chris Marshall Advertising and Marketing Director Wayne Lefevre Web Master James Meister Public Relations and Merchandizing Mark Howson Contacts Webmaster at maccompanion.com Feedback at maccompanion.com Correspondence 1952 Thayer, Drive, Richland, WA 99352 USA 1-509-210-0217 1-888-684-2161 rpritchett at macCompanion dot com This month's Authors (Alphabetical Listing): Harry {doc} Babad Ted Bade Matt Brewer (MacFanatic) Kale Feelhaver (AppleMacPunk) Dr. Eric Flescher Eddie Hargreaves Jonathan Hoyle Mike Hubbartt Daphne Kalfon Wayne Lefevre Daniel MacKenzie Chris Marshall (My Apple Stuff) Derek Meier James Meister Robert Pritchett Rick Sutcliffe (The Northern Spy) Tim Verpoorten (Surfbits) Application Service Provider for the macCompanion website: http://www.stephousehosting.com Thanks to Daniel Counsell of Realmac Software Development (http://www realmacsoftware.com), who graced these pages and our website with newer rating stars. Our special thanks to all those who have allowed us to review their products! In addition, thanks to you, our readers, who make this effort all possible. Please support this effort by going to the back of the magazine and to our website and clicking and purchasing from our affiliates and advertisers. THEY WILL APPRECIATE IT EVEN MORE THAN WE DO! MPN, LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 4 of 130 November 2006, Volume 4 Issue 11 About that Apple Optical Output Port – It’s a TOS up by Robert Pritchett, November 2006 I received a call from Micah Sheveloff about Thiel http://www.thielaudio.com/ wanting to get into the computer- based entertainment center business and with the Macs specifically. Their speaker systems require an amplifier between their units and the computers and I instantly thought of that little-used/known port on every Mac built after September 2005, including the Mac minis, MacBooks, iMacs, Mac Pros and even the Airport Express named the “Optical Audio Port”. http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Conceptual/HWTech Audio/Articles/Audio concepts.html So I had to do a little research and thought you might be interested in what I found. Do you know what I’m even talking about? It’s the headphone jack! MPN, LLC 2006 macCompanion Page 5 of 130 November 2006, Volume 4 Issue 11 But you see, Apple didn’t just take the port and make it just for headsets. They took it up a notch, literally. The audio port is a combo port, meaning that it takes copper and fiber type connectors. These jacks provide digital audio out as well as analog audio. So first of all, why fiber? No electrical interference. Audiophiles like that, and so will you. No pops, hiss or jitter. Clear sound. So let’s get geeky for a moment. We’ll discuss the mini-toslink and S/PIDF in a little bit, just stay with us. Each Mac takes the technology just a little bit differently. The Apple Specs provide the following information: The PowerBook G4 has both a combined optical digital input/audio line in (minijack) (17-inch model) and output/headphone out. The Mac mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro duplicates that, but also the headphone/line output jack accommodates digital optical audio output, analog audio output with a 24-bit, 44.1-192 kHz D/A converter, digital audio output up to 24-bit stereo and 44.1-192 kHz
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