Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

MGG 276: Time Machine, Permissions, Remote Access, More

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Dave and John answer some great questions today, including how best to have Time Machine only backup a fraction of your hard drive, fixing some permissions problems, securely shipping your hard drives and sensitive data, what to disable when you visit a hotel (or public hot spot) and more. Subscribe today, support your two favorite geeks, and enjoy!

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Stuff mentioned:

  • Time Machine
  • OmniDiskSweeper
  • Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner
  • TinkerTool System Release 2
  • LogMeIn
  • Using and troubleshooting Back to My Mac in Mac OS X 10.5
  • 10.5: How to use screen sharing remotely and securely
  • PGP Whole Disk Encryption
  • TrueCrypt
  • How to create a password-protected (encrypted) disk image in Mac OS X 10.3 or later
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