MGG 439: I Defragged My Mac (and I Liked It)

Dave and John are back at it again, this time in addition to answering your questions they share some of their own experiences, too. For the first time in a long time Dave defragmented one of his hard drives, so he talks about that experience and how he did it. Question topics include why kernel_task takes up so much RAM, how 802.11n works with more than one frequency spectrum, and much more. Download today and enjoy!

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Stuff mentioned:

• Mac Basics: Connect your camera or camcorder (3:10)
• MouseKeys May Cause Changed Numeric Keypad Behavior (6:32)
• …and if that doesn’t do it, Numlock might need to be toggled
• 21.5” iMac RAM Upgrade (13:47)
• Fusion Drive (24:30)
• iStat Menus (24:40)
• Remove Riplock from your iMac to Make DVDs faster (27:45)
• Drive Genius (for defragmenting your drive) (29:30)
• Archived – About disk optimization with Mac OS X (34:15)
• Using a Unified Library with iPhoto and Aperture (45:45)
• How to use Aperture to merge iPhoto libraries
• iPhoto Library Manager (52:25)
• Compare Wi-Fi Base Stations (1:03:53)
• The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
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• BackBeat Media Podcast Network
• MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.