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February 15, 2005
Filevault and moving the iTunes music library
Filevault encrypts one's entire user directory - at least as of OS version 10.3.7. It makes little sense to encrypt the entire music library, not to mention it probably slows down your machine. If you want to move your music library outside of your user directory, say to /Users/wilk2/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music, you need to tell iTunes under Preferences->Advanced and then choose Advanced->Consolidate LIbrary. This will copy (not move) all the music to the new location. If you skip either of the two steps and move the library by hand, iTunes will not be able to find your music. If you do not have enough room on your harddrive for two copies of your entire music library, I suggest you use an external harddrive. Not a bad idea anyway, to make a copy of your user directory incase of a malfunction during the initial Filevault encryption.
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February 03, 2005
Avantgo 5.7
Did anybody notice that there is finally a new version of the Avantgo palm client? It is version 5.7 b35 and it supports the T3's full screen. I use it with the MAL conduit and it works beautifully on the Mac. It fully rocks. I am intrigued by Plucker, but AFAIK there is no conduit that approaches the functionality of the Avantgo conduit. There are ads, but I find them reasonable considering the cost of this software (free).
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