MGG 209: The Long and Short of Mac Questions & RunCore SSD

Dave and John answer reader questions about b/g clients degrading 802.11n networks, hard drive troubleshooting, ExpressCard slot uses, stalling downloads, virtual memory on the iPhone, and Dave talks about his experience using a RunCore SSD drive on his MacBook Pro. Subscribe today for free and enjoy!

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Stuff mentioned:

• RunCore Pro IV SATA drive
• SuperDuper!
• SSD (via Wikipedia)
• SLC (single level cell)
• MLC (multi level cell)
• INITIO (warning, web page audio)
• lsof
• SMART
• SMARTReporter
• Apple Discussions about Safari Spinning up external drives
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard
• Western Digital Power Supplies
• Wall wart
• Radio Shack Regulated and Filtered Universal 300mA AC Adapter
• Apple to Support EU Micro-USB Standard for iPhone
• 7-in-1 Media Reader for ExpressCard slot
• ExpressCard 32GB SSD Drive
• iStat for iPhone
• Virtual memory
• Content Management System
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