Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

MGG 460: Drive By Tips


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Dave and John are back from their vacation week off, and boy howdy do they have a show for you! Your questions are answered, of course, and there are some great topics, including tips for copying large files in the Finder, how to make iTunes behave and honor changes you made on your iPhone or iPad, some great Cool Stuff Found (including one set of apps made by a Mac Geek Gab listener!), and a great, geeky discussion where John and Dave try to figure out how to get a USB device to make MIDI signals from your Mac! Download today and enjoy!

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Stuff mentioned:

  • Poltergeist
  • Facebook post about the Woz riding a segway in Harvey’s
  • Polaroid 16-Megapixel Digital Still Camera iS2132 with 21x Enhanced Optical Zoom, Red (4:08)
  • Eneloop (5:00)
  • Nickel–metal hydride battery
  • Smile Software PDFpen
  • iPod Shuffle
  • OS X Lion: Cut and Paste (Finally!) (16:02)
  • TotalFinder (17:50)
  • Archy App – better UI for Google Drive (19:26)
  • NAVIGON (23:00)
  • Optimum Hotspots (24:45)
  • TiVo Premiere DVRs
  • Apple TV
  • AirPlay (27:00)
  • AirFlick Serve files and URLs to Apple TV (27:17)
  • SaneBox – email filter, works across many services (27:50)
  • Chromecast (28:48)
  • CrowdColors App – audience colours on phones/tablets (32:21)
  • Lumenplay – Bluetooth SMART, energy efficient, multi-colored string of lights that you control with your Android or iPhone
  • Vidify App – quick video creation and sharing (35:33)
  • Reliably Erasing Data From Flash-Based Solid State Drives (PDF) (37:27)
  • Transporter from Connected Data – private cloud network drive
  • Mactracker
  • Laptop Solid State Hybrid Drive & Laptop Thin SSHD
  • Wintec FileMate ExpressCard SSD
  • Crucial M500 SSD
  • SB6121 SURFboard eXtreme Cable Modem
  • AirPort Extreme
  • AirPort Express
  • Install Older AirPort Utility on Mountain Lion
  • Setup a roaming network
  • NETGEAR Powerline 500MBps pair
  • The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
  • – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network
  • BackBeat Media Podcast Network
  • MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

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