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You Scratch Your Head, I’ll Scratch Mine – Mac Geek Gab 643

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Cool Stuff Found kicks off this week's show, with email clients, Wi-Fi Widget(s), combo iPhone/Watch chargers, disk utilities and much, much more. Then, after a few additional tips from you, dear listeners, it's time for your questions. Topics this week include comparing local vs. Cloud storage for things like your music, videos and documents; memory interleaving and when to use it; solving corrupt user accounts that won't login; and solving the issues with web pages that are slow to load. Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 643 for Sunday, February 5, 2017
  • 00:02:13 CSF-Wi-Fi Widget
  • 00:05:13 Alex-CSF-See All of Apple’s Repair Extension Programs
  • 00:06:21 Ken-CSF-Belkin Valet Charger for Apple Watch & iPhone
  • 00:07:47 Alex-CSF-ddrescue
    • How to install ddrescue with GUI
    • 00:10:09 Ed-CSF-EasilyDo Email Client
    • 00:11:06 Robin-642-CSF-SwitchResX
    • 00:12:16 Roger-642-Use Shared Reminders for Grocery List
    • 00:14:00 BusyCal
    • 00:16:31 Ioannis-Time Machine Checksum Verification
    • 00:22:43 Terence-Menus won’t stick 
    • 00:25:48 SPONSOR: Blue Apron – MGG gets you 3 meals free
    • 00:28:50 SPONSOR: TextExpander for Teams
    • 00:31:12 SPONSOR: eero – MGG gets free overnight shipping
    • 00:34:23 Dave-638-Google Voice vs. iOS Voicemail
      • iMazing
      • 00:38:27 Workflow
      • 00:42:58 Graham-641-Memory Upgrades and Interleaving in iMacs
        • Install memory in an iMac
        • 00:50:37 Michael-Slow Web Page Loading After Wake
          • Clear the local DNS cache in macOS Sierra, OSX, Linux and Windows
          • namebench
          • NETGEAR Owners: upgrade your router’s firmware
          • 01:01:45 Brian-NAS vs. Cloud for various types of data
            • SuperSync
            • 01:08:00 Michael-Corrupt User Account won’t Login
              • Fix Corrupt User Accounts in macOS and OS X
              • YASU 
              • 01:14:31 Todd-To xfinitywifi or Not to xfinitywifi
                • Xfinity Home Hotspot FAQ
                • 01:24:56 NEW MGG PREMIUM
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                • MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.
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