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		<title>Old Macs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check this out. We have been talking to one of our Mac users about upgrading to a newer Mac. In just a few days word got out that he was going to give up his old Mac and someone was already asking for it. That is always the way with our old Macs, somebody always [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.macessence.com/?p=1185</link>
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		<title>iTunes Icons Hack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not one for hacking things inside of applications, but this fix to restore colorful icons in iTunes looks fairly straight forward. I do not think I will be doing it, but maybe, you never know. Apply at your own risk. Doug]]></description>
		<link>http://www.macessence.com/?p=1184</link>
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		<title>iTunes 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I usually wait to upgrade a program like iTunes, but I had to do an upgrade on my system at work for testing purposes. FYI, the upgrade from iTunes 9.2 went very smoothly. And, likewise at home. I have some initial impressions on iTunes 10. I really like the new icon for iTunes 10. Some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.macessence.com/?p=1172</link>
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		<title>Blogo #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have used Blogo for a few hours now and am getting acquainted with it&#8217;s pluses and minuses. Overall, I really like this application. It just has a more modern interface and generally is a very cool program. That is not to say that it doesn&#8217;t have a few drawbacks. As far as I can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.macessence.com/?p=1151</link>
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		<title>Blogo #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For years I have used Ecto for all of my blog posts. It is good software, but a little buggy at times. Today I am trying something new called Blogo, the new kid on the block. Please be patient with me while I try to learn this new software. I probably will continue to use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.macessence.com/?p=1106</link>
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		<title>Password Reset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This a a great little article on how to reset account passwords in OS X. The key is having the original install disks that came with your Mac. I can&#8217;t count the times while I worked at a Mac Specialist when we needed peoples original disks for their Mac and they didn&#8217;t have them. Amazing. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.macessence.com/?p=1101</link>
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		<title>Cocktail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I use all kinds of Maintenance Utilities for two reasons: I do a lot of maintenance on my Macs and just to see what they can do. One of those utilities which has been around for a really long time is Cocktail. Most of these utilities do many of the same things so you really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.macessence.com/?p=1097</link>
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		<title>Failing HD Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article is a pretty good procedure for testing to see if your hard drive is bad. The main symptom they list is if your HD is freezing periodically. However, it has been my experience that sometimes hard drives just blink out. No warning whatever. Bizarre. The article is worth your time. Check it out. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.macessence.com/?p=1095</link>
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		<title>Migration Heaven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a very fortunate man. I was able to put the dead HD in a sled and use Migration Assistant to move my user account to my new HD. It took about 1 1/2 hours and it came across very nicely. That saved me a days worth of reinstalling and recovering stuff. Very cool. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.macessence.com/?p=1094</link>
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		<title>Hard Drive Failure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, OK I should have noticed it earlier. The HD in my Mac Pro has been acting a little weird the last few days. Today it died. Do you know how much I do with this machine! I knew I should have checked the drive sooner, I should have trusted my gut. But, I just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.macessence.com/?p=1090</link>
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