Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

John and Dave are back after a well-deserved one-episode break with all your Mac goodness.  Lots of Cool Stuff Found from both your favorite geeks and all of you listeners, plus we've seen updates to Snow Leopard, iTunes, and even the iPhone deserves a mention. All that and more right here. Subscribe for free today and don't miss another episode! Sponsor: Yojimbo: Your effortless, reliable information organizer for Mac OS X. It will change your life, without changing the way you work. Now version 2.0 includes an improved Quick Input panel, better Drop Dock, and combined tag and label editor. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Submit a Wi-Fi Access Point Snow Leopard iStat Menus MenuMeters iStat Pro Secrets Secrets (source code) Growl Adium Scosche Charging Adapter XP2000 Power Pack Inside Snow Leopard's hidden malware protection Omni Orlando Resort at Champion's Gate indev Software ecamm network – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston.

Snow Leopard arrived for everyone over the weekend and John and Dave go through what they found as well as sharing quite a few things all of YOU found, as well. Subscribe today and don't miss another episode! Sponsor: TextExpander: The customizable typing shortcut utility – if you’re not using it, you’re wasting time. Sponsor: Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Mac OS X Snow Leopard Mac Geek Gab Gang Forums Apple Remote Desktop 3 Mac Roundtable 2009.08.27 Episode #68 Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatibility List SpamSieve Rosetta Cisco VPN Client Fix for Snow Leopard Juniper VPN Client Fix for Snow Leopard MenuMeters (includes link for Snow Leopard update 1.4b1) Mac OS X is 64-Bit, Again Will All My Apps Run OK Under Snow Leopard? Snow Leopard: The Slam-Dunk Case for Upgrading Snow Leopard Microsoft Exchange Support PGP Desktop Support for Snow Leopard Chax 3.0 Alpha Adds Snow Leopard Support, Becomes Standalone App AirPort Menu Improves in Snow Leopard Growl 1.2b1 (Snow Leopard fix) – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston.

John and Dave are back at it.  Snow Leopard WILL be here this Friday, and John and Dave go through some preliminary steps to help you prepare for the move. There's also a new forum for MGG listeners and hosts to hang out here at TMO, plus more Mac geeky goodness all within.  Subscribe today for free and don't miss another episode with your two favorite geeks! Sponsor: Audio Engine: Audioengine A5 and A2—Real speakers designed for portable audio players that deliver astonishing sound (and don’t cost a fortune).  You can’t get better sound for your iPod or iTunes! Get 10% off with coupon code: MGGTEN Sponsor: Path Finder 5: Path Finder is a comprehensive file browser for OS X that combines the best of Apple’s Finder with powerful, integrated utilities and some innovative ways of accessing and manipulating your files. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: MiFi™2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot Mac Geek Gab Squad Support Snow Leopard 64-bit Snow Leopard defaults to 32-bit kernel indev software (Mail Act-On & MailTags) Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatibility List Update: 1Password on Snow Leopard Raging Menace (MenuMeters) News Mac Box Set Pages Scosche Charging Adapter Griffin Charge Converter Evaluation Assurance Level Mac OS X Security Configuration for Version 10.5 Leopard – Second Edition (pdf) – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston.

The topics of this week's episode are wide-ranging, including how to deal with the large files created by Mac OS X's unix underpinnings, preparing a bit for Snow Leopard, digging deeper into Time Machine, and John, Dave and Michael all installed SSD drives over the weekend. Subscribe today for free and never miss another episode! Sponsor: Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Mac OS X 10.5 Help – Preventing information in memory from being read (secure virtual memory) Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation FIPS 140-2 Apple Store Refurbished Mac Section Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) AppleJack Moore's Law Set newer portable Macs' sleep mode (includes sleepimage) SmartSleep Identify causes of large Time Machine backups (via Macworld) Back-In-Time BackupLoupe TimeTracker timedog TimeMachineEditor Order of magnitude Mac OS X: Troubleshooting a cable modem, DSL, or LAN Internet connection (includes Set Service Order) RunCore SSD SolidGO ExpressCard 34 Ultra SSD with Mini USB 2.0 Intel Issues SSD Firmware Fix for Data Corruption Polot Pete's 15″ MacBook Pro is for sale – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston.

John and Dave are at it again, this time discussing boot issues, sleep issues, hardware detection, RAM usage, Network settings, WiFi diagnoses and more.  Subscribe today and don't miss another episode! Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! Sponsor: Warranty Hero: Everything you need in one beautiful & easy to use central. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Amtrak Princeton Macintosh Users' Group Intel I/O Controller Hub 8 (ICH8) Family (pdf) iFixit Repair Macintosh SE/30 (include Torx T-15) Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard Printing Growl HardwareGrowler Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor Using network locations in Mac OS X MacroPolo Wiretap Studio (with LivePreview) About the Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update Mac OS X: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston.

This week a series of seemingly unrelated questions came in all with issues related to bad hardware… or at least seems so on the surface before your two favorite Mac Geeks dissect them and help get to the answer! Then John and Dave have some follow-ups from recent shows discussing screen sharing and DVD ripping.  All this and more in episode 213!  Subscribe today for free! Sponsor: Disc Label: Stretch your holiday budget with a little of your own creativity.  Custom CDs and DVDs of music and photos, with great-looking labels and cases, make wonderful gifts. Sponsor: Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Dave's Interview on Fox Business (be patient waiting for it to download and seek right to Dave's segment) SILK – Super Wideband Audio Codec John's First Mac Roundtable Episode Peripheral Vision (last release) FireWire (IEEE1394) bus interface pinout Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck Startup Manager: How to select a startup volume Macintosh Family: Batteries and Part Numbers, Part 2 Macintosh Family: Batteries and Part Numbers Apple Contact Info (ask for Customer Relations for tough issues) Screenjelly twitpic twitvid 360 Video iShowU HD & HD Pro Drive-In Mac OS X: Do not remove or modify SyncServices folder Fairmount Ripit BusyCal Tuning Adapter for TiVo HD DVRs (via Cablevision/Optimum) Cisco STA1520 Tuning Adapter (pdf) Switched Digital Video – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston.

Your favorite Mac geeks, John and Dave, are back with a show chock full of questions, tips, Mac goodness and more! Hear them talk through their solutions for unmounting disks on shutdown, manging network configurations, resolving sync issues, and more. They also share tips and tricks about screen recording, Disk Copying, booting, and, yes, even a mention of the (now staple topic?) SSD drives. Subscribe today for free and you won't miss another episode! Sponsor: Audio Engine: Audioengine A5 and A2—Real speakers designed for portable audio players that deliver astonishing sound (and don’t cost a fortune).  You can’t get better sound for your iPod or iTunes! Get 10% off with coupon code: MGGTEN Sponsor: Path Finder 5: Path Finder is a comprehensive file browser for OS X that combines the best of Apple’s Finder with powerful, integrated utilities and some innovative ways of accessing and manipulating your files. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Verizon’s MiFi: The Best iPhone (and Mobile Mac!) Accessory iSync Show Data Change Alert iAlertU Snapz Pro X The Hector Webcam ScreenFlow HandBrake DVD2one MacTheRipper Digital Millennium Copyright Act At RealDVD hearing, MPAA says copying DVDs never legal Removing files from your computer Confirmed: iTunes 8.2.1 Breaks Pre Syncing Mac OS X 10.5: Resetting the SyncServices folder 10.4: Reset the .Mac Sync Server with Syncrospector 21IN1 Multimedia Reader/writer Expresscard 34SLOT Mac/pc Sd/mmc/xd Secure Digital (includes throughput meaurements) Crucial SSDs OCZ Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD Moving swap file in Mac OS X 10.5 10.5: Move swap files to another partition under 10.5 10.5: Easily change the location of your home directory – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston.

This episode is chock full of your favorite geeks talking about your favorite topic: the Mac! First they answer some listener questions and share listener feedback about logging in, sleeping, powerline, and activity monitor.  Then it's time to revisit two recent favorites: ExpressCard/34 and SSD.  Yep, there's more to be said on these topics before leaving them to ferment.  Subscribe today for free and never miss another episode again! Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! Sponsor: Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Cessna 172 Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast SmartSleep pmset OmniDiskSweeper Belkin Gigabit Powerline HD iPerf for Mac OS X Thermograph X Temperature Monitor iStat Pro Battery Health Monitor XBattery AMSVisualizer ExpressCard Memory Card Reader eSATA ExpressCard 34 Host Adapters Secure Digital Card (includes Class 6 definition) Spark Wintec FileMate 48GB Ultra ExpressCard Solid State Drive Next Generation Crucial SSDs iPod touch: Voice Memos app is not available on first generation iPod touch – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston.

John and Dave answer your questions and share tips about iTunes libraries, iLife and iPhoto support, Resetting Mac OS X’s Printing System, System Maintenance Scripts, and then a follow-up discussion of SSD drives for your Mac.  John also talks about some Cool Stuff Found at a recent PepCom show.  Subscribe today for free! Sponsor: PDFpen from Smile On My Mac: Effortlessly edit your PDFs. Add text, images and signatures, combine and split PDFs, reorder and remove PDF pages, and fill out and save PDF forms. New in version 4: OCR, MS Word import and more. Sponsor: Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: iLife Support 9.0.3 Rich Text Format Directory (RTFD) RCDefaultApp Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature CUPS SuperDuper! Want to Automatically Maintain Your Mac? Check Out Macaroni! Mac OS X 10.4 or later: How to change the MTU for troubleshooting purposes How to manually detect MTU Path MTU discovery Intel X25-M SSD: Intel Delivers One of the World’s Fastest Drives (part 1) The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs and New Drives from OCZ (part 2) PC Perspective SSD Decoder Ring MCE OptiBay Hard Drive Toshiba Launches First 512 GB SSD Transcend 32GB ExpressCard SSD, MLC 10.5: Move swap files to another partition under 10.5 Menu Meters iStat Menu Pepcom Gigabit Powerline HD Starter Kit XP2000 Power Pack Kingston SSD Drives – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of iPhone Alley.

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! Sponsor: Audio Engine: Audioengine A5 and A2—Real speakers designed for portable audio players that deliver astonishing sound (and don’t cost a fortune).  You can’t get better sound for your iPod or iTunes! Note: Shownotes are complete! 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 – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston.