Mac Geek Gab

MGG 454: Power Interruptus


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Dave's back from WWDC and he and John have a lot of your questions to answer! Discussion includes sending and receiving SMS messages from your Mac, restoring settings for ONE iOS app at a time, creating your own secure, off-site backups, and more. Plus some follow-up discussion about running “flat” Wi-Fi networks and SSD Trim and Garbage Collection, just to round out those topics from last show. Download today (it's free!) and enjoy.

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Stuff mentioned:

  • Chrysler Cordoba (1:35)
  • Set up messages for iCQ (5:29)
  • Verizon SMS Web Gateway (6:50)
  • List of Web to SMS Gateways (for most cell carriers) (8:00)
  • Verizon Messages (8:30)
  • iPhone / iPod Touch Backup Extractor (13:58)
  • DiskAid (14:32)
  • Use Google Sync to xfer Contacts from BlackBerry to iOS (20:47)
  • Sync your contacts using CardDAV with Google and iOS
  • CloudPull (25:00)
  • CrashPlan (27:55)
  • TrueCrypt (35:40)
  • Extended Service Set (38:00)
  • Seagate Laptop Solid State Hybrid Drive & Laptop Thin SSHD (54:34)
  • Home Sharing Support – Getting Started (1:01:17)
  • STTNG: Data finds that a watched pot always boils (1:06:25)
  • iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation (1:07:22)
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