John and Dave kick off this Sunday's show with a discussion about upgrading your older Macs with SSDs, the first in a series about the topic. Then it's onto sharing advice from your two favorite geeks and your fellow listeners about being a computer consultant in today's world, helping other folks with their computers and technology. Finally, it's the fan favorite: Cool Stuff Found. LOTS here to enjoy. Download now, prepare yourself, and press play!

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Stuff mentioned:

Pepcom
MTA
Solid State Drive (4:58)
I/O Bound
CPU Bound
iStat Menus
HDD Fan Control
SSD Fan Control
Reset SMC on your Mac
Apple Consultants Network (24:52)
HARMAN Clari-Fi (58:21)
Backup Loupe (1:02:01)
Woodcraft
Innergie LifeHub (1:04:14)
CarMD (1:06:12)
Automatic
OS X Server
Solving iOS Battery Drain (1:09:14)
Flashback
Solve Wi-Fi Issues By Killing Bluetooth Prefs (1:16:10)
fseventer (1:17:48)
MobileDay (1:20:16)
Newtrent 10.0 Battery Pack (1:21:14)
Folderol (1:23:05)
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MGG 497: How To Be a Consultant & Cool Stuff Found