Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

John and Dave are local in New Hampshire, no bandwidth issues to get in the way today! Just a straight-ahead podcast answering your questions, helping you change permissions, re-enable Airport, suss out GigE versus FireWire speeds, and even a follow-up on encrypting your data. Good stuff! Subscribe for free today. 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! Sponsor:Audible: Get a 14-Day FREE Trial of AudibleListener® Gold And 1 Free Download only with this,special MGG link Note: Shownotes are complete! chown (-R <new_name> /path/to/drive) chmod (-R u+w /path/to/drive) update_prebinding (aka update_dyld_shared_cache) syslogd hogging CPU (via Apple Discussions) 10.5: One fix for a runaway syslogd process (via Mac OS X Hints) Resetting your Mac’s PRAM and NVRAM (via Apple Support) PGP Whole Disk Encryption Mac ifixit.com Nondestructively Resizing Volumes (via Mac Geekery) Stateful firewall HotSpotVPN – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to &lt;a href=”/contact.shtml” mce_href=”/contact.shtml”&gt;Michael Johnston&lt;/a&gt;. Podcast Marketplace Sponsors: Audio Engine, Bare Bones, SmileOnMyMac, Circus Ponies, 1 Free Book from Audible and DEVONtechnologies.

John and Dave talk about restoring icons in Finder windows, the merits of OpenDNS, Defragging (and a geeky sidebar!), Leopard’s slow network browse refreshes, software updates, and more! Sponsor:Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Sponsor:Audible: Get a 14-Day FREE Trial of AudibleListener® Gold And 1 Free Download only with this,special MGG link Note: Shownotes are complete. EasyBloom clickfree 3M MPro 110 Projector SRS OpenDNS dotted quad notation DNS Blacklist Drive Genius 2 ThermographX 1.4.0 iDefrag Apple IT Pro How the Grinch Stole Christmas nuvi 360 StreetPilot c330 TomTom – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to <a href=”/contact.shtml” mce_href=”/contact.shtml”>Michael Johnston</a>. Podcast Marketplace Sponsors: Audio Engine, Bare Bones, SmileOnMyMac, Circus Ponies, 1 Free Book from Audible and DEVONtechnologies.

Dave’s doing the show from Austin this week, so he shares his thoughts about some of the new gear he’s equipped for this trip. Then he and John go on to share your tips and answer your questions about printer presets, multiple audio sources, remote controlling Windows computers, Time Machine fixes, and even an interesting PDF conundrum. Subscribe for free and download today! Sponsor:BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! Now version 9, better than ever! Sponsor:DEVONtechnologies: Are you drowning in paper, email, data? Go paperless today and let DEVONthink and DEVONagent do the tedious tasks for you. Try it for free!” Note: Shownotes are complete! Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger Kensington Mini Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone/iPod Mikegyver SoundSource Nature versus nurture Roger Meddows-Taylor LogMeIn WebEx PCNow Overview of Remote Assistance in Windows XP Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2 Under Review in Adobe Acrobat Content Management System Fixing a sparsebundle Basic Traffic Shaping with dummynet Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) Universal Plug and Play NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP) Transmission – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to <a href=”/contact.shtml” mce_href=”/contact.shtml”>Michael Johnston</a>. Podcast Marketplace Sponsors: Audio Engine, Bare Bones, SmileOnMyMac, Circus Ponies, 1 Free Book from Audible and DEVONtechnologies.

 A week off brings your geeks back raring to go, and they chat through some cool stuff YOU found, a possible fix for Time Machine errors, security connecting to public WiFi networks, and more. On top of all that, they announce a contest at The Mac Observer where you can win a free Conference pass for Macworld Expo 2009! 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! ad:tech new york Mini Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod Monday’s Mac Gadget – Want to Automatically Maintain Your Mac? Check Out Macaroni! MarcoPolo The Context-Aware Computing Group Brightkite Loopt Wireshark VPN Macworld Conference & Expo TMO Contest – Get Into Macworld Expo with Your Inner Bard Audio Hijack Pro WireTap Anywhere Fixing a sparsebundle – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to [removed]eval(unescape(‘[removed](‘Michael Johnston‘)’))[removed]Michael Johnston. </body>href=”/contact.shtml”>Michael Johnston. Podcast Marketplace Sponsors: Audio Engine, Bare Bones, SmileOnMyMac, Circus Ponies, and DEVONtechnologies.

You ask, John and Dave answer! This episode includes a discussion about setting up a new Mac, answers about which wireless router is best, options for backing up and migrating iApp data, and listener tips about DNS, selling your Mac, Remote pairing, and more. Subscribe for free today! Sponsor:Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Show notes are complete! PhotoPlus Expo Wi-Fire Eye-Fi Skyhook Wireless Leica Calibrating your computer’s battery for best performance Data Robotics, Inc. Sparse image SuperDuper! Can’t Touch This Crucial OWC Tom’s Hardware AppleJack Onyx Cocktail Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck AirPort Extreme Want A Decent 802.11g Access Point? Try The WRT54G! dd-wrt 1Password ad:tech OpenDNS Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to [removed]eval(unescape(‘[removed](‘Michael Johnston‘)’))[removed]Michael Johnston. Podcast Marketplace Sponsors:Audio Engine,Bare Bones,SmileOnMyMac,Circus Ponies, andDEVONtechnologies.

Dave and John offer some advice for folks migrating from one Mac to another, find an interesting solution for remotely configuring network settings, discussing reasons for slow Safari loads and even more! Don’t miss it!   Sponsor:Circus Ponies Notebook: The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Show notes are complete! MacBook MacBook Pro How to use FireWire target disk mode Setting up firmware password protection in Mac OS X 1Password Apple User Groups Shreve Systems Introducing the Mac System Scanner from Crucial Mac OS X: How to Change the Default Printer Use AppleScript to set default printer lpadmin Keyboard Maestro Apple Remote Desktop 3 networksetup Pairing and Unpairing the Apple Remote with Apple TV Apple Remote Monday’s Mac Gadget – Want Full Remote Control Action? Check Out Mira! Network Utility OpenDNS Dave Needs Phish Tickets Twitter Grader Qwitter – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to [removed]eval(unescape(‘[removed](‘Michael Johnston‘)’))[removed]Michael Johnston. Podcast Marketplace Sponsors: Audio Engine, Bare Bones, SmileOnMyMac, Circus Ponies, and DEVONtechnologies.

 John and Dave answer your questions about network backups, drive utilities, crashing preferences, and more. Additionally, they have lots of follow-ups and tips to share on previous topics including shutdown delays and wiring issues. Subscribe for free today! Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! Sponsor: DEVONtechnologies: Are you drowning in paper, email, data? Go paperless today and let DEVONthink and DEVONagent do the tedious tasks for you. Try it for free!” Note: Shownotes are complete! Barbecue Grilling Slow shutdown with Leopard (via Andrew’s Site) SmartSleep Optimize your wiring Princess telephone Twisted pair Cocktail OnyX MacPilot DiskWarrior Drive Genius 2 DroboShare Eye-Fi Explore twitpic What is ITPC? Skyhook Wireless PDN PhotoPlus Picasa MRTG Nagios MacPorts Fink RPM Package Manager RPM for Darwin Archival Gold CD/DVD Twin Tipped Marker – 2 Pack OpenOffice NeoOffice Mac OS Ken Day 6 – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to [removed]eval(unescape(‘[removed](‘Michael Johnston‘)’))[removed]Michael Johnston. Podcast Marketplace Sponsors: Audio Engine, Bare Bones, SmileOnMyMac, Circus Ponies, and DEVONtechnologies.

Your two favorite Mac geeks talk through WiFi issues, Shutdown problems, Safari troubleshooting, and iTunes library dilemmas. Plus, listener tips about recordable-media longevity put a nice cap on that topic of extended conversation. Subscribe (for free!) now and don’t miss another episode. 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: Version 3.0 is out! The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days.   Show notes are complete! BT Home Hub iperf Speakeasy Speed Test iStumbler Monday’s Mac Gadget – Want to See the Wireless World Around You? Check out AirRadar! If your certificate isn’t being accepted Cookie setting for security error? How to re-create your iTunes library Senuti OnyX drobo Spamfire 2 RFC 1939 IMAP – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to [removed]eval(unescape(‘[removed](‘Michael Johnston‘)’))[removed]Michael Johnston. Podcast Marketplace Sponsors: Audio Engine, Bare Bones, SmileOnMyMac and Circus Ponies.

Dave and John share their findings on the expected longevity of recordable CDs and DVDs, then answer your questions relating to all things Mac. Lots of good stuff here, folks. Subscribe for free today! Listen Now: <object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” data=”http://www.macobserver.com/podcast/player.swf” id=”audioplayer1″ height=”24″ width=”290″> </object><br /> Download: or (AAC coming shortly courtesy of Michael Johnston of iPhoneAlley) Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For September 29th, 2008 Dave and John share their findings on the expected longevity of recordable CDs and DVDs, then answer your questions relating to all things Mac. Lots of good stuff here, folks. Subscribe for free today! 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! Subscribe to AAC: or Subscribe to MP3: If you’re using iTunes to download and listen to podcasts, subscribe to the AAC Enhanced iTunes Feed. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs (via NIST) Understanding CD-R and CD-RW Disc Longevity (via OSTA) DVD And CD Longevity Examined (via Science a Go Go) CD and DVD Longevity: How Long Will They Last? (via Audioholics) Lifetime of KODAK CD-R Ultima Media PhoneView FoneLink Brave New World CableJive Drive Genius Erasing free disk space 10.5: One fix for a runaway syslogd process 100% CPU usage caused by syslogd (Leopard) ShowStoppers Autonet Mobile TikiTag Near Field Communication Nokia releases first mass-market NFC handset Schlage LiNK Z-Wave – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to [removed]eval(unescape(‘[removed](‘Michael Johnston‘)’))[removed]Michael Johnston. <!– Related Resources: –> Podcast Marketplace Sponsors: Audio Engine, Bare Bones, SmileOnMyMac and Circus Ponies. Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes! – Show Details – Write a review! PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed] var frappr_mapheight = 210; var frappr_mapwidth = 210; var frappr_mapzoom = 60; var frappr_host = “http://www.frappr.com/”;var gid = 587916;[removed] [removed][removed] [removed]eval(unescape(‘[removed](‘Email John and Dave‘)’))[removed]Email John and Dave (even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! This podcast is recorded on a Mac using Audio Hijack Pro. As for equipment, John is using a Heil PR-40 microphone going through a Behringer Eurorack UB1222FX-PRO mixer, monitored with Etymotic ER-6i Isolator earphones, then straight in to his Mac. On Dave’s end, a Heil PR-40 microphone is also used, and the whole show is mixed “live” through a Mackie Onyx 1220 FireWire-enabled mixer before being pumped back into the Mac (via FireWire, of course), and is monitored with Westone ES2 custom-fit earphones. Each microphone is run through a channel on a Behringer Autocom Pro-XL MDX1600 compressor, a touch of reverb is added with an ART FX-1 processor, and the whole thing is then compressed in software on the Mac. The show is recorded to AIFF, and then converted and uploaded with an Automator script. Michael Johnston from iPhone Alley then goes through and enhances the show to provide you with the AAC version. You can hear more details of the setup and how it’s mixed on Episode #32. Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. “Made On A Mac” bumper by Mark Fleser Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.

Take John F. Braun, Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete and a week’s worth of questions, pack them into one (virtual!) room, and what do you get? MGG 169 is the answer, and packed is the word! Your geeks talk through some printer software advice and Apple Consultant training. Plus, John found some cool new toys, Pilot Pete encrypted his entire hard drive, and Dave continues his lightning saga, all here on this week’s episode of the Mac Geek Gab. Subscribe for free today! Listen Now: <object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” data=”http://www.macobserver.com/podcast/player.swf” id=”audioplayer1″ height=”24″ width=”290″> </object><br /> Download: or (AAC coming shortly courtesy of Michael Johnston of iPhoneAlley) Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For September 22nd, 2008 Take John F. Braun, Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete and a week’s worth of questions, pack them into one (virtual!) room, and what do you get? MGG 169 is the answer, and packed is the word! Your geeks talk through some printer software advice and Apple Consultant training. Plus, John found some cool new toys, Pilot Pete encrypted his entire hard drive, and Dave continues his lightning saga, all here on this week’s episode of the Mac Geek Gab. Subscribe for free today! 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: Version 3.0 is out! The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Subscribe to AAC: or Subscribe to MP3: If you’re using iTunes to download and listen to podcasts, subscribe to the AAC Enhanced iTunes Feed. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Pepcom Holiday Spectacular 2008 LiveScribe Pulse Smartpen FLIR VSR-6 CatGenie ScanCafe Kensington ShareCentral 5 Kensington Media Sharing Cable call2recycle APC ProtectNet Tripp Lite Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature Apple Certified Macintosh Technician (ACMT) Certification Apple Consultants Network Apple – Service Provider Locator Pilot Pete BoxAV8r podcast! New England Patriots About FileVault PGP Whole Disk Encryption (Mac) TrueCrypt – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to [removed]eval(unescape(‘[removed](‘Michael Johnston‘)’))[removed]Michael Johnston. <!– Related Resources: –> Podcast Marketplace Sponsors: Audio Engine, Bare Bones, SmileOnMyMac and Circus Ponies. Podcast-related sites to visit (and vote for us!): Subscribe to the Mac Geek Gab in iTunes! – Show Details – Write a review! PodcastAlley – Vote (please!) Podcast Pickle PodcastingNews [removed] var frappr_mapheight = 210; var frappr_mapwidth = 210; var frappr_mapzoom = 60; var frappr_host = “http://www.frappr.com/”;var gid = 587916;[removed] [removed][removed] [removed]eval(unescape(‘[removed](‘Email John and Dave‘)’))[removed]Email John and Dave (even an audio comment, if you please!), post in the comments below, Skype your message to “macgeekgab”, or call and leave a voice-mail at 206-666-GEEK! This podcast is recorded on a Mac using Audio Hijack Pro. As for equipment, John is using a Heil PR-40 microphone going through a Behringer Eurorack UB1222FX-PRO mixer, monitored with Etymotic ER-6i Isolator earphones, then straight in to his Mac. On Dave’s end, a Heil PR-40 microphone is also used, and the whole show is mixed “live” through a Mackie Onyx 1220 FireWire-enabled mixer before being pumped back into the Mac (via FireWire, of course), and is monitored with Westone ES2 custom-fit earphones. Each microphone is run through a channel on a Behringer Autocom Pro-XL MDX1600 compressor, a touch of reverb is added with an ART FX-1 processor, and the whole thing is then compressed in software on the Mac. The show is recorded to AIFF, and then converted and uploaded with an Automator script. Michael Johnston from iPhone Alley then goes through and enhances the show to provide you with the AAC version. You can hear more details of the setup and how it’s mixed on Episode #32. Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. “Made On A Mac” bumper by Mark Fleser Find more editions at the TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab index.