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MGG 591: If You Had a JBOD Would You Hold It Against Us?


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JBOD, Airtime Fairness, Quality of Service (QoS), and RAID are just a few of the mysteries your two favorite geeks help you unravel this week. Add to that some answers about resetting pesky OS X passwords and photo storage plus a few Geek Challenges and a cornucopia of Cool Stuff Found and you've got Mac Geek Gab 591. Enjoy!

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Stuff mentioned:

  • Narro (1:58)
  • Copied (3:01)
  • Duet (3:52)
  • Bartender
  • Jumpcut
  • Keyboard Maestro
  • f.lux
  • Amazon Gold Box Deals (7:12)
  • Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 for Mac
  • Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 for Mac (Amazon)
  • Yandex Translate (11:07)
  • Ultralingua Dictionary Bookshelf (11:52)
  • Coach’s Clock (12:20)
  • MobileDay
  • Airmail
  • Helix
  • NovaMind
  • Merlin
  • Mail Plugin Manager (14:21)
  • MoCA (15:55)
  • MAPS.ME (17:32)
  • EARIN (19:18)
  • JBOD (27:30)
  • Sans Digital 4 Bay SATA to USB 3.0 JBOD USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure
  • RAID (35:16)
  • OWC Thunderbay 4 RAID
  • How to Create RAID Volumes in OS X El Capitan
  • SoftRAID Lite
  • Drobo
  • Synology
  • What is airtime fairness and why do I need it? (50:32)
  • How MU-MIMO Wi-Fi works to improve the speed and capacity of home networks (58:00)
  • Quality of Service (QoS) (1:00:05)
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  • MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.
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    Mac Geek GabBy Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson