Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Making your new Apple TV work for you, Migrating iPhoto and Photos libraries, crashing Finders, Terminal tips and making sense of your swap space are the questions your two favorite geeks address and answer for you today. On top of that, some listener-submitted Cool Stuff Found rounds out the show! Sponsor: Gazelle is the fast and easy way to get cash for your used iPhone, iPad, and more. Sell your used Apple products at Gazelle.com and make it easier to trade up to the latest devices! Sponsor: Carbon Copy Cloner has been helping you create bootable backups of your Mac since 2002. Now with SafetyNet, Carbon Copy Cloner ensures you never lose files during a clone. Use coupon code MGG10OFF to save 10% today. Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Apple TV (2:05) Plex for Apple TV Plex Media Server for NAS Devices Synology Video Station Roku New Apple TV incompatible with Apple’s own Remote app for iOS and watchOS (8:20) Harmony Ultimate Home Remote Debookee Wireshark Get started with Photos for OS X (21:12) Powerphotos Mac: Desktop icons disappear and reappear, Finder crashes repeatedly (or use Onyx) (35:49) ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports and /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports (directories which contains crash and other logs) OS X El Capitan: Start up in safe mode FastMail (46:11) Yahoo Email Microsoft reneges on ‘unlimited’ OneDrive storage promise for Office 365 subscribers This Deal’s Getting Worse All The Time | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim Speck CandyShell Card iPhone 6s & iPhone 6 Cases (52:47) Sena Heritage Wallet Book Sena Lugano Wallet AppleCare+ for iPhone (57:42) The Small Business Show – Dave's small business podcast with Shannon Jean (and guests) Gig Gab, The Working Musician's Podcast – Dave's podcast with Paul Kent Kii (1:04:52) Basics Wallet iSCSI Aerial screensaver for Mac (1:11:12) Peak Hour (1:13:02) TripMode (Data management app) (1:13:40) Taming The Terminal (1:16:08) OS X Command Line Reference (1:17:07) OS X Terminal Marks (1:17:56) Fish Shell (1:18:48) 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.

Surviving Halloween yet again, your two favorite chocolate-fueled geeks set off on yet another episode of helping you solve your problems and learn new stuff! Deleting El Capitan's SystemMigration folder is covered, as is fixing its Wi-Fi. Mystery disk usage is solved, duplicate apps are crushed and Dave is finally able to share his full thoughts on the brand new Sonos PLAY:5. All of this and more! Sponsor: Lynda.com is the place to learn software, creative, and business skills from in-depth and easy-to-follow video tutorials taught by industry experts. And get a 10-day free trial through our special MGG deal by visiting lynda.com/mgg. Sponsor: TextExpander: The customizable typing shortcut utility – if you're not using it, you're wasting time. Sponsor: Harry's provides guys a great shaving experience for a fraction of the price. High quality blades, shave cream and accessories shipped to your door on your schedule. Visit Harrys.com and use coupon code SHAVE5OFF to save $5 off your first purchase! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Día de los Muertos Trick-or-Treat on Safety Street Oct. 30 FAQs about moving from the Dropcam app to the Nest app (3:49) Mom Takes Candy From Kids – Halloween 2015 Nest Cam D-link HD Wi-Fi Camera DCS-935L (Dave’s Wi-Fi Camera) Surveillance Station Dropcam and Surveillance Station OS X 10.11 El Capitan: The Ars Technica Review – System Integrity Protection (9:00) Edit your Bash profile with Text Edit (or or nano). (12:23) Fixing Wi-Fi Issues in OS X El Capitan (21:06) Fix Wi-Fi Problems in OS X Yosemite TP-LINK AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (Archer C9) Mac Geek Gab Facebook Post Regarding Editing AirPort Configuration File Solution for apps showing up twice in Notification Center (25:32) Onyx mdfind man page. As a tip and example, enter kind:application in the spotlight window to search for apps or mdfind kind:application form the terminal to search for all apps TextWrangler Command-Line Tools Installer, use “edit” command to open and save text files. Run OmniDiskSweeper as root (to find all the files taking up space) (30:18) Find and delete the MobileBackups.trash folder Movember Sonos PLAY:5 Review (47:24) Audioengine A5 Find a service point nearest you, Apple Store or Apple Authorised Service Provider (1:03:32) Facebook discussion: Replacing an SSD on 2009 iMac (1:10:23) Macs Fan Control HDD Fan Control Firmware update enables 6Gbps in 2011 iMacs 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.

Is Photos showing you your phone when you don't want it to? How about when Photos doesn't show you your pictures? IMAP Mail giving you trouble? Mailboxes appearing underneath your inbox? It's these questions – and others like them from listeners like you – that John and Dave answer today, helping you understand your Mac and iPhone even better! Plus, they dig into great package managers for OS X, too. Don't miss it! Sponsor: Crucial: Crucial memory and SSDs are the fastest, easiest ways to increase your Mac® system’s performance. Boot up almost instantly, load apps faster, and multitask seamlessly with a Crucial upgrade. Sponsor: iMazing: iMazing is the ultimate iPhone manager, it lets you take control of your music, apps, backups, contacts and more. Manage Your iPhone Simply, Get iMazing. Coupon code MGG saves you 20%! Sponsor: Drobo: Visit Drobo.com/mgg to learn about the new Drobos and then use coupon code GEEK100 at DroboStore.com to save $100 off of the Drobo Mini, Drobo 5N or 4-bay Drobo (which means the 4-bay Direct-Attached Drobo only costs you $199!). Sponsor: Go to Squarespace.com/mgg and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code MGG for 10% off your first order. Also Tweet your SquareSpace-created site to @MacGeekGab with the hashtag of #squarespaceshoutout and we'll retweet it to everyone we know! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: How to Stop Photos Opening Automatically on Mac OS X when iPhone or Camera Connects (2:38) Get started with Photos for OS X (5:23) PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo (10:10) Lucid (12:42) DxO One Camera for iPhone (14:02) Memento Smart Frame Kickstarter (15:20) Memento Smart Frame Toshiba TransferJet (16:29) IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) (22:56) Mail (Yosemite): Advanced accounts preferences (includes IMAP Path Prefix) (30:52) Mac Basics: Use Mail on your Mac (includes On My Mac mailbox) (37:03) Mac App Store Download Failure – Clear Cache? (42:00) Mission Control in El Capitan (49:47)n Carousel of Progress MacPorts (53:50) Pallet (MacPorts GUI) Fink FinkCommander (Fink GUI) Homebrew Brew reinstall all packages (good for El Capitan OS upgrades): brew reinstall `brew list` Reddit: El Capitan apparently broke Handbrake ripping copy-protected DVDs. Any clue what to do? (1:04:28) Mac Geek Gab on the App Store 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.

Today your two favorite geeks share their own, personal Cool Stuff Found plus answer your questions about syncing contacts locally vs. iCloud, how to restore preview in Mission Control, software vs. hardware RAID, Nuking and paving your Fonts (without disrupting the rest of your system!) and much, much more! Sponsor: Lynda.com is the place to learn software, creative, and business skills from in-depth and easy-to-follow video tutorials taught by industry experts. And get a 10-day free trial through our special MGG deal by visiting lynda.com/mgg. Sponsor: Bare Bones: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone Sponsor: Other World Computing provides innovative, high-quality performance upgrades for nearly every Mac, backed by incredible warranties and expert support. Sponsor: Harry's provides guys a great shaving experience for a fraction of the price. High quality blades, shave cream and accessories shipped to your door on your schedule. Visit Harrys.com and use coupon code SHAVE5OFF to save $5 off your first purchase! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Apple My Support Profile Apple Store Trumbull About backups in iCloud and iTunes About iTunes Encrypted Backups How to use Apple’s Support Profile System AppleCare+ for iPhone (7:44) LA Computer’s AppleCare Deals New 21.5” iMacs have soldered RAM Logic Pro X (14:11) Google 2-Step Verification (15:48) OS X: Using Finder’s Get Info & Inspector Windows (16:57) Command line completion (18:23) Contacts “On My Mac” vs. “iCloud” (25:31) iCloud: Organize messages into folders (35:11) Font Book (40:32) Font Book (El Capitan): Restore standard fonts PlugBug World (51:43) Apple World Travel Adapter Kit Grain Audio In-Ear Headphones (57:24) Tile (59:47) Replace and Recycle with ReTile Anker PowerCore 20100 (battery pack) (1:06:42) Anker PowerPort 10 (1:08:22) SnapPower Guidelight (1:09:53) SnapPower Charger (1:13:17) Fuse Chicken Cables (1:16:06) MyCharge AmpProng+ (1:18:48) Kahoot (1:21:45) Seagate Seven 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.

Changing Finder view defaults, managing iOS 9 email accounts, RAID in El Capitan and much more are covered by your two favorite geeks today. Subscribe or simply press Play to enjoy! Sponsor: Carbon Copy Cloner has been helping you create bootable backups of your Mac since 2002. Now with SafetyNet, Carbon Copy Cloner ensures you never lose files during a clone. Use coupon code MGG10OFF to save 10% today. Sponsor: Gazelle is the fast and easy way to get cash for your used iPhone, iPad, and more. Sell your used Apple products at Gazelle.com and make it easier to trade up to the latest devices! Sponsor: Casper makes an obsessively-engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Latex foam and memory foam come together to make for better nights and brighter days. Visit www.casper.com/mgg and get $50 towards any mattress purchase! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Apple Support Profile (2:03) How to use Apple’s Support Profile System Dave’s USB Power Meter iPad mini 4 (8:46) AppCleaner (16:42) CleanMyMac 3 (with Uninstaller) Steve Miller’s “The Joker” (or ”Gangster of Love”) View and manage Yahoo search history (20:45) Google search history Safari 9 (El Capitan): Clear your browsing history Duck Duck Go (much more private search engine) How to Delete an Email Account from the iPhone and iPad (35:11) Add an email account on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch OS X El Capitan: Ways to view items in Finder windows (39:54) Apple Beta Software Program – Unenroll (45:39) FSEvents Reference (51:29) Alternative to fseventer for Yosemite? Creating RAID from the OS X Terminal (1:00:09) SoftRAID OS X El Capitan: Set the date and time on your Mac (1:08:36) 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.

Clicking and Clacking is what your two Mac Geeks do when they're not answering questions. Or maybe that's how they answer your questions. Regardless, this is what they do and today is no different. Sharing your El Capitan and iOS 9 tips and questions, this week's episode is sure to inform and entertain! Sponsor: PDFpen from Smile: Effortlessly edit your PDFs. Add text, images and signatures, combine and split PDFs, reorder and remove PDF pages, and fill out and save PDF forms. New in version 7: Edit OCR text from scanned pages. Sponsor: Lynda.com is the place to learn software, creative, and business skills from in-depth and easy-to-follow video tutorials taught by industry experts. And get a 10-day free trial through our special MGG deal by visiting lynda.com/mgg. Sponsor: Go to Squarespace.com/mgg and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code MGG for10% off your first order. Sponsor: Harry's provides guys a great shaving experience for a fraction of the price. High quality blades, shave cream and accessories shipped to your door on your schedule. Visit Harrys.com and use coupon code SHAVE5OFF to save $5 off your first purchase! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Ready Player One Armada Pepcom Holiday Spectacular (1:42) What’s new in OS X El Capitan (3:46) SignatureProfiler (9:05) Skype (10:08) Sonos’s new PLAY:5 (14:30) Sonos’s new Trueplay room-tuning technology uses your iPhone’s mic! How to Update Any Icon on Your Mac (28:13) AirPort Express (including Apple-specific extending info) (31:35) TP-LINK Wi-Fi Range Extenders BearExtender Edge Netgear Extender Powerline Wireless Extension (42:14) DOCSIS cable modem info page (45:08) Apple Training and Certification (1:00:21) A+ Certification Microsoft Certification APC Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) (1:09:22) OS X 10.11 El Capitan: The Ars Technica Review – System Integrity Protection (1:13:48) Homebrew (works fine with El Capitan!) How to enable the three-finger drag gesture in OS X El Capitan (1:20:27) 1Password emergency kit (1:21:50) Mac Basics: Launchpad is the fast way to find and open your apps (1:23:44) 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.

Cool Stuff Found returns for a segment, but that still leaves time to prep you for El Capitan's release this week. What are your geek's favorite features in the upcoming OS update? Listen to find out that and some tips for installing, too. Then it's on to your questions, including diagnosing some connection dropouts and advice for a new drive. Listen today! Sponsor: iMazing: iMazing is the ultimate iPhone manager, it lets you take control of your music, apps, backups, contacts and more. Manage Your iPhone Simply, Get iMazing. Sponsor: Crucial: Crucial memory and SSDs are the fastest, easiest ways to increase your Mac® system’s performance. Boot up almost instantly, load apps faster, and multitask seamlessly with a Crucial upgrade. Sponsor: Bushel: Bushel is a cloud-based Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution for the Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod devices in your workplace. It¹s designed to make the complex tasks simple, so you can focus on what matters most. Visit bushel.com/mgg for 3 free devices for life. Sponsor: Go to Squarespace.com/mgg and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code MGG for 10% off your first order. Also Tweet your SquareSpace-created site to @MacGeekGab with the hashtag of #squarespaceshoutout and we'll retweet it to everyone we know! Note: Shownotes are in complete! Stuff mentioned: OS X El Capitan (2:00) Create a bootable installer for OS X Mavericks or Yosemite (and we presume El Capitan) (4:58) DiskMaker X (Now rockin’ El Capitan.) El Capitan : Split View El Capitan : Other Features (includes Find your cursor) El Capitan : Spotlight El Capitan : Notes Disable System Integrity Protection Default Folder X and El Capitan BinaryAge – Update on System Integrity Protection in El Capitan, OSX 10.11 iStatus Menus Version History TMO Daily Observations 2015-08-26: Best Buy’s Apple Watch Sales, OS X El Capitan Permissions iPhone 6s (19:00) Use Touch ID on iPhone and iPad Apple Pay 3D Touch Anker Tempered Glass Shield Usage tips for the Leopard media browser (43:14) Use FaceTime with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch (44:45) Make a call with Wi-Fi Calling iOS 9: The Difference Between Wi-Fi Calling & Wi-Fi Assist Explained Ready Player One (56:26) OWN ThunderBay 4 RAID with SoftRAID 5 (1:02:07) Should You Leave Your Laptop Plugged in All the Time? (1:05:00) Fruit Juice Password Advice from Allison Sheridan (1:07:18) SunJack – Portable Solar Charger 14 W (1:09:23) About Find My Friends (1:11:06) AT&T Consumer Device Unlock Portal (1:13:11) 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.

Getting a new iPhone? Your two favorite geeks talk about the best ways to go through and ensure your settings and apps make it over successfully. Getting hard drive errors? Listen to learn how to tell if they're serious or not. Want to sort out what to do with your unused hard drives? Want to run OS X without that pesky password? John and Dave share listener tips to help you do just that. All of this and more in today's MGG! Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! Sponsor: Lynda.com is the place to learn software, creative, and business skills from in-depth and easy-to-follow video tutorials taught by industry experts. And get a 10-day free trial through our special MGG deal by visiting lynda.com/mgg. Sponsor: TunnelBear provides simple, private access to the Internet you love. Imagine a VPN with one-click on/off connections. That's TunnelBear. Try today, anonymously, for free. Visit TunnelBear.com/mgg to save 20% off of an unlimited connection for just $39.99/year, too! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: TP-LINK AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (Archer C9) (2:00) TP-LINK Archer C9 on Amazon TP-LINK Archer C9 review from SmallNetBuilder GORHER Gopher! Synology VPN Server Options (12:00) BearExtender Turbo for Mac OS X (13:51) BearExtender Turbo on Amazon OWC Voyager (23:57) OWC 3.5″ Drive Enclosures OWC 2.5″ Drive Enclosures How to use the new back button in iOS 9 (20:50) Use Continuity to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac (28:06) EXIF Edit Free (35:46) Mac OS X: sudo command requires a non-blank admin password (40:16) 1Password (45:22) LastPass Spot Maps Life after Death (from a technological standpoint) What to do before selling or giving away your Mac (1:01:25) DiskWarrior (1:06:25) SMARTReporter 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.

Want help deciding which new router to buy? How about security on your network for those services you use remotely? Is it time to upgrade or replace your Mac? All these questions and more in today's Mac Geek Gab with your hosts, Dave Hamilton & John F. Braun! Sponsor: Gazelle is the fast and easy way to get cash for your used iPhone, iPad, and more. Sell your used Apple products at Gazelle.com and make it easier to trade up to the latest devices! Sponsor: Casper makes an obsessively-engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Latex foam and memory foam come together to make for better nights and brighter days. Visit www.casper.com/mgg and get $50 towards any mattress purchase! Sponsor: Other World Computing provides innovative, high-quality performance upgrades for nearly every Mac, backed by incredible warranties and expert support. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Apple.com shortly before iPhone pre-orders Akamai Verizon to Offer iPhone 6s & iPhone 6s Plus on America’s Largest 4G LTE Network Beginning Friday, September 25 (included trade-in deal) AT&T Device Unlock GigSky El Capitán (14:33) iPhone Messages and Mail (16:08) Bursts in Photos (17:02) Transporter (21:54) Silver Sharpie 4-pack (23:37) What's New in iOS 9 (33:06) The Best Wi-Fi Router (for Most People) (47:17) TP-LINK Archer C7 AC1750 Dual Band Wireless AC Gigabit Router NETGEAR AC1750 Smart Wi-Fi Router, 802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit (R6400-100NAS) DD-WRT Apple’s WiFi Extension Advice (58:55) D-Link AV2 2000 Powerline Actiontec MoCA adapters Allison Sheridan’s Same SSID Conundrum (Dave’s solution is in the show at about the 1hr 9min mark) Subscribe to iTunes Match (1:12:12) 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.

If a paralyzed face isn't going to stop your favorite geeks from podcasting, a wrist-splint certainly isn't going to pose any issues. Indeed, Dave and John are here again today to bring you all the answers to all your technical questions. If you have a question and need the answer, just send it in and they'll make sure to include it in the next show! Sponsor: Smile loves podcasts, and everyone loves a deal, so Smile is offering 20% off new licenses through October 15th purchased directly from Smile. Save 20% on PDFpen, PDFpenPro and TextExpander with coupon code GEEK. Sponsor: Lynda.com is the place to learn software, creative, and business skills from in-depth and easy-to-follow video tutorials taught by industry experts. And get a 10-day free trial through our special MGG deal by visiting lynda.com/mgg. Sponsor: Go to Squarespace.com/mgg and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code MGG for this week's show. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: YMCA Camp Huckins The Use of a Tuning Fork and Stethoscope to Identify Fractures Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points (section on NAT towards the end) (9:32) XFINITY – Enable or Disable Bridge Mode on a Wireless Gateway (15:51) TCP and UDP ports and protocols used by Apple TV (15:51) Gmail Help: Get started with IMAP and POP3 Gmail Help: Recommended IMAP client settings Gmail account cannot get or send email in iOS A few ways Gmail is different – Folders: Actually, Gmail doesn't use folders. To help you organize your mail more effectively, Gmail uses labels instead. Disable All Mail in Gmail to Make OS X happier Mailbox (email client from Dropbox for Mac OS X (beta) iPhone, iPad, Android) Outlook for OS X AirMail Mail Act-On 3 MailTags 4 GPG Suite (includes GPG for Mail) El Capitán VirtualBox Parallels VMware TekRevue’s VMware Fusion 8 Benchmarks DICOM iMac (27-inch) 3TB Hard Drive Replacement Program (59:51) Restriction passcode on iOS (1:06:21) Use iPhone Backup Extractor to get the restriction passcode iPhone Backup Extractor 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.