Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

MGG 613: Deep Dives Into APFS, Synology, Powerline & More

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Dave's traveling, so when he and John pre-recorded this one they decided to take a bit of a different direction and do a bit of a deep dive into one of their favorite topics: Synology DiskStations. But don't worry, they also answered a few of your questions and shared a couple tips. It's still your two favorite geeks, after all!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Stuff mentioned:

  • FLING’s Bovine Abduction (1:18)
  • Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac (3:16)
  • Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
  • Carbon Copy Cloner – Advanced Settings – Find and Replace Corrupted Files
  • Introducing Apple File System (WWDC 2016 Video)
  • Introduction to Apple File System (APFS)
  • APFS Links
  • A ZFS developer’s analysis of the good and bad in Apple’s new APFS file system
  • Synology
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • RAID Levels
  • Synology Multimedia (Audio, Video, Photo)
  • Link Aggregation
  • OS X El Capitan: Combine Ethernet ports
  • Plex Media Server
  • Synology Dynamic Domain Name Service (DDNS)
  • Synology VPN Server
  • OpenVPN Connect (iOS)
  • Tunnelblick (OS X OpenVPN Client)
  • Crashplan
  • Notes gets sharing in iOS 10 (and macOS Sierra)
  • Solwise PL-1200 AV2 HomePlug Powerline Adapter (1:09:49)
  • ActionTec ECB6200 Bonded MoCA 2.0 Network Adapter
  • Actiontec Bonded MoCA 2.0 Ethernet to Coax Adapter, 2 Pack (Amazon)
  • 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 The iOS Show and Applr.
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