Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

MGG 483: Sometimes Your Mac Lies to You

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Dave's back from CES and he and John have all that to discuss as well as a full mailbag. Want to know about USB ports not being the same? Want to learn more about speeding up Safari? How about an automation tip for iOS that uses Hazel? The common theme? Sometimes your Mac lies to you (and your favorite geeks help you sort that out!). All this and more in today's episode, just for you!

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Stuff mentioned:

  • New Media Expo (NMX) 2014
  • Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
  • About Time Machine's local snapshots on Mac notebooks (6:11)
  • Time Machine Editor
  • DuckDuckGo
  • Enable Time Machine’s local snapshots with “sudo tmutil enablelocal” from Terminal
  • Disable Time Machine’s local snapshots with “sudo tmutil disablelocal” from Terminal
  • Take single local snapshot with “tmutil snapshot” from Terminal
  • OS X Mavericks: Customize formats to display dates, times, and more (19:03)
  • Stone (unit of mesaure)
  • Hand (unit of measure)
  • Apple Computers and Displays: Powering peripherals through USB (26:45)
  • Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
  • Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
  • Anker 5-port 40W Charger (41:44)
  • Anker 6000mAh battery
  • Hazel (50:39)
  • How’s My SSL? (yes, they mean TLS) (53:36)
  • Find Advanced OS X Diagnostics on your Wi-Fi Network (56:28)
  • Buffalo Travel Router (1:05:05)
  • 3D Musical Instruments at CES (1:07:43)
  • da Vinci 1.0 3D Printer
  • 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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