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14 Oct 2009The Podcast Producer service can support different methods of authentication depending on the version of Mac OS X Server. This article explains how to enable or disable specific authentication methods in different versions of Mac OS X Server v10.6. For information about Podcast Producer authentication methods in Mac OS X Server v10.5, see this article.
Citing significant upgrades to the Podcast Producer, Wiki, and Mobile Access components of Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard, reviewer Cameron Sturdevant (eweek.com) recommends that IT managers “put Snow Leopard Server on their short-term evaluation list when considering system updates in creative departments where Mac systems predominate” or in any enterprise “where high-value content is produced.”
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30 Sep 2009The Podcast Producer service can support different methods of authentication depending on the version of Mac OS X Server. This article explains how to enable or disable specific authentication methods in different versions of Mac OS X Server v10.5 or later
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27 Aug 2009After submitting a Compressor encode workflow and logging out of the user, if you execute a compressor encode over SSH, the last encode may not work in some situations. If you submit a workflow that uses Compressor while logged in locally on the Podcast server, and then log out, you may not be able to submit another workflow after logging in remotely via SSH.
Filed under: How-tos , Podcasts , Apple , AppleScript Like milk, podcasts will spoil if left unused for a period period of time — at least in the mind of iTunes. iTunes will automatically unsubscribe from a podcast that hasn’t been listened to within the last 5 updates, and more than 5 days have passed since an episode was played. The rationale, as Apple states in the documentation for podcast providers, is to “minimize unnecessary bandwidth costs for both the user and the podcaster,” as well as making it more likely that episode downloads align with the actual plays of the episode. But I like the option of being current on all my podcasts, as well as being selective about which episode(s) I want to listen to. And being the rebel that I am — using a two button mouse in 2001 while everyone else was still control-clicking — this means that I will sometimes not listen to a podcast within these set parameters.
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21 Jun 2009Filed under: Podcasts , iPhone , iPod touch It’s on the master list of 3.0 features , but we’ve been sent enough tips and suggestions about it to conclude that the advanced podcast/audiobook controls came as a pleasant surprise for lots of iPhone and iPod touch owners who upgraded.
The outside of the box said "Windows base machine or better", so I bought a Mac.