Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

John and Dave are back from Midwest Mac BBQ and MacStock and have some stories to tell. Then, of course, it's off to answering your questions about living with less storage, iCloud Photo Library (and how to disable it!), how to find old iTunes purchases and more. Enjoy! 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: Other World Computing provides innovative, high-quality performance upgrades for nearly every Mac, backed by incredible warranties and expert support. Pre-order your USB-C Dock today for just $129. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: The Midwest Mac BBQ 2015 (1:00) Macstock Conference and Expo 2015 Reset OS X DNS Cache (11:48) How to Flush DNS Cache in OS X Yosemite with discoveryutil Why Does My iPhone Turn Off When I Still Have Battery Life Remaining? Here's The Real Fix! (20:50) CoconutBattery (will read your iPhone battery as well as your Mac) iPhone 5 Battery Replacement Program Omnistat iOS app Manage your iCloud storage (28:55) iCloud Photo Library FAQ (37:41) How to Safely Disable iCloud Photo Library and Reclaim Space for iCloud Backups My Apple ID – Reset Your Password (48:00) iMazing (for iOS music import) Screens (52:00) Apple Remote Desktop TeamViewer Deep Freeze (1:00:00) Carbon Copy Cloner OS X Server System Imaging 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.

Back from WWDC, Dave and John talk through the geekier side of Apple's news and what it means to you. Then they open the mailbag and answer your questions about virtualization, long trash empties, running Automator workflows from email and much, much more! 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. 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: 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. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: BBEdit 11 (3:11) Excel for Mac 2011 Numbers for Mac WWDC 2015 Keynote (16:49) System Activity Monitor (iOS app) OS X El Capitan Preview iOS 9 Preview Apple Music Phil Schiller joins John Gruber for an interview on The Talk Show JetBlue FlyFi (44:43) Apple Watch (47:37) Speck CandyShell Fit (for Apple Watch) Addonics ADSAIDE SATA to IDE-ATAPI Converter (50:52) Install & Run Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in a Virtual Machine on top of OS X Lion (51:38) Apple’s Snow Leopard License Agreement Unlock Snow Leopard for VMWare (and the MacRumors Article about it, too) MGG Episode 1 (1:08:38) MGG 357: Geek Memories of Steve Jobs MGG 300: A Celebration Among Geeks! How to Run Boot Camp in a Virtual Machine (1:15:00) Trash It (1:16:06) Running Automator Workflows from Mail Rules (1:20:57) Run Automator from AppleScript Mail Act-On Keyboard Maestro 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.

Recording hours before the WWDC 2015 keynote, John and Dave answer your questions, as per usual! How do you detect and deal with duplicate files? What about a failing hard drive with some important data? What's the right – and wrong – way to clean dust out of your Mac? And have you ever wanted to enable perma-verbose mode? Find out all this and more on today's Mac Geek Gab! Sponsor: Meet the PDFpenPro 7: easy editing of OCR text from scanned documents as well as export in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and PDF archive formats. 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: 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: Little Kids Rock (2:45) Mac Roundtable 2015-06-08 #227 WWDC (5:05) AltConf Apple Tells AltConf No WWDC Keynote or Session Streaming TidyUp (16:55) Path Finder 7 TotalFinder Locate and organize your iTunes files (22:57) Silicon Roller (34:57) Onyx Boot Arguments in OS X Perian Flip4Mac VLC Infuse ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ (Location of many iCloud files, Terminal may be required) (48:47) Allison Sheridan’s S/MIME EMail Tutorial on Mac and iOS (1:02:41) GPGTools AppleScripts for Marking Mail Messages as Read (1:14:04) 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.

An iPhone that won't play songs, an SSD that shows mismatched free space, Time Machine that won't backup to another Mac and AppleCare with a cracked iPad. All of this – and more – SOLVED on today's Mac Geek Gab. 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. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: 555 Timer IC MacStock in Chicago – Coupon code MacGeekGab10Off saves you ten bucks! (2:18) iTunes Match (6:30) The (hard) link between Photos and iPhoto (10:35) Why you shouldn’t store photos for OS X Libraries on Dropbox Powerphotos Duplicate Annihilator About Time Machine local backups (17:44) About Time Machine local backups discussion df and du command line utilities use ‘df -h’ from Terminal to see free space Use ‘du -sh *’ gives space usage from directories or individual items How do I set up Time Machine to a shared drive on another Mac or NAS (35:11) Google Photos gives users more choices Flickr Creative Commons License Artist sells screenshots of other people’s Instagram photos for $90,000 Flickr Uploader for Mac AppleCare Products (50:28) Speck Durafolio (and how it survived the crash when falling) LA Computer AppleCare Packages Safari 8 (Yosemite): Clear your browsing history (57:18) Safari 8 (Yosemite): Manage cookies and website data Onyx to clear your cache’s Mercury Legacy Pro SSD Shootout – PowerBook G4 17″ HDD vs SSD Wi-Fi base stations: Extending the range of your wireless network by adding additional Wi-Fi base stations (1:07:33) Ubiquiti UniFi Long Range Access Point BearExtender Turbo for Mac 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.

Ever have IMAP mail get confused? Ever have your Mac slow to wake up? Ever have your Mac doing something (far too much, in fact) while it's sleeping? All this and more on today's MGG! 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! 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. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Keeping iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch within acceptable operating temperatures We’re gonna be cool… like Fonzie Mail (Yosemite): Use a specific mailbox to store messages on an IMAP server (3:01) Resolving Stubborn Wi-Fi Connection Problems in Mac OS X (9:43) Setting up TP-Link Router with Linux (or OS X, instead of Windows) (17:29) IceFloor sudo pfctl -e (enables pf firewall) Debookee Transporter Link Aggregation Synology Comparison Chart (Dave’s picks) (32:51) Synology DiskStation DS713+ Which Synology DiskStation/RackStation can I use with Synology Expansion Units? Mac computers: Sleep Indicator Light behavior (45:03) About Energy Saver sleep and idle modes in Mac OS X (47:02) pmset -g (current power management settings) Hibernate Mode to configure sleep (“0” is like desktops, doesn’t store RAM image) Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac Resetting Energy Saver Preferences iMovie for iOS (59:47) Workflow iOS app About the Auto-Uploadr in the Flickr app Audioengine D1 (Dave’s mini, off-the-cuff review) (1:06:07) Citrix XenApp (1:13:51) VirtualBox Parallels Desktop VMWare Fusion How to install Windows using Boot Camp Download Windows 10 Insider Preview ISO 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.

Finding what's using your free space, sorting out multi-monitor setups with Thunderbolt, long-term SSD reliability confusion and adding more USB ports to your Mac are just a few of the topics that Dave and John cover in this week's episode of Mac Geek Gab. Download, press play and enjoy! 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: Other World Computing provides innovative, high-quality performance upgrades for nearly every Mac, backed by incredible warranties and expert support. Order your Thunderbolt 2 Dock today for just $239. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: How to Troubleshoot the air conditioner in a Saturn S-Series Macstock Conference & Expo 2015 The Midwest Mac BBQ SEIDIO Obex Waterproof Case (5:00) Lifeproof iPad Air Case – nüüd Ruthless Gatekeeping is the Key to Apple Watch Bliss (13:00) Citi Chip Card How to Find & Recover Missing Hard Drive Space (26:30) Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac (34:46) AirPort Time Capsule Backing up Time Machine with a Quota Limit to Synology Using USB 3 devices on Mac computers FAQ (48:24) IRAPP Satechi 10-port USB hub (7 USB 3.0 ports, 3 charging-only ports) The $40 clone of the above Satechi hub AmazonBasics Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt) to HDMI Adapter iCloud Photo Sharing FAQ (1:08:40) FUD about SSD and heat/time-death (1:10:30) 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.

Ever hear of needing to heat your computer just to get the CPU to fire up? How about wanting to disable one of the radios on your AirPort Extreme? Or what about batch changes to Photos in the new app? All this and more on this episode of Mac Geek Gab. Download and enjoy! Sponsor: Warby Parker: A new concept in boutique-quality eyewear (that's glasses to us geeks!). Browse online, try on at home, select your glasses. Start with www.warbyparker.com/mgg to upgrade to FREE 3-day shipping on your final pair! 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! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Midwest Mac BBQ MacStock Conference and Expo Yosemite Upgrade – iMac mid-2011 – Stuck on white progress bar screen at about 50% (7:55) Onyx TP-LINK TL-SG108E 8-Port Gigabit Easy Smart Switch (10:11) TP-LINK TL-SG108E at Amazon Evernote (22:12) iMovie Dropbox Help Center – Photos and Videos iTunes: Frequently asked questions about viewing and syncing videos Bitcasa – Sending a File or Folder iXpand Flash Drive for iPhone and iPad Infuse 3 VLC Media Player Box Help – What's The Maximum File Size I Can Upload? YouTube Help – Change the privacy settings for your video Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points (34:20) How to get Batch Change in Photos for Mac (48:25) EXIF Photos (52:29) iCloud: Delete email (54:23) Corrupted LaunchServices (58:22) Dropbox – How do I recover previous versions of files? (1:00:32) iFixit’s (awesome!) repair guides (1:04:46) Ruthless Gatekeeping is the Key to Apple Watch Bliss (1:13:02) 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.

It's spring, and that means more time outdoors for a lot of folks, which means we need Wi-Fi. Your geeks talk about various outdoor Wi-Fi solutions, including some long range stuff that won't break the bank! Other questions answered include iCloud Drive vs. Dropbox, iCloud Family Sharing, managing multiple Photos libraries and mixing two channels of audio into one for your web conferences. 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: Smile just released a new app in their PDFpen suite of PDF editing tools. PDFpen Scan+ lets you scan documents, articles, receipts, and more, using your iPhone or iPad camera. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Network Switch D-Link DGS-1008G 8-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch Monoprice 8 Port 10/100/1000 Mbps Desktop Gigabit Ethernet Switch TP-LINK TL-SG1008D 10/100/1000Mbps 8-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch Green Network Switch Features Great Switch from MikroTik – Level 3 Smart Cloud Switch – VLAN OSPF and more. Only £166.80 What cable modem signal levels are considered good? Mac Basics: Use Mission Control to switch between apps or spaces (6:18) iCloud Family Sharing (12:09) Manage your associated devices in iTunes iCloud storage pricing LinkedIn to Acquire lynda.com (16:59) Drag a File to OS X Terminal Window to Get Path, Edit (21:16) OS X: About FileVault 2 (22:52) How to view external disk encryption progress Core Storage A flashing question mark or globe appears when you start your Mac (26:46) iFixit Pro Magnetic Project Mat How to Fix a Stripped Screw with Super Glue on the Head iFixit Screw Extracting Pliers 500 Gloves LOCTITE EPOXY PLASTIC BONDER 2.4GHz Backfire 14dBi WiFi Antenna (42:30) The Best Wi-Fi Extender LINKASE (Wi-Fi and 3/4G Boosting Cases) Get started with Photos for OS X (55:07) Yojimbo Evernote How to Really Use the Magical Option Key on the Mac Flickr Audio Hijack 3 (59:37) Soundflower The DBA Podcast with Shannon Jean & Dave Hamilton Dropbox (1:05:03) Extended Version History is Dropbox's add-on file recovery feature for Dropbox Pro subscribers. This feature preserves up to one year of file history, and replaces the Packrat unlimited version history add-on iCloud Drive BitTorrent Sync The Mac Observer's Mac Geek Gab on iTunes 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.

You have questions about Apple's new Photos app and John and Dave have your answers. The answers are not always easy and not always exactly what you want, but your two favorite geeks will get you there as smoothly as possible. Also some fun (and geeky!) discussion of typing filenames (with spaces, no less) from the Terminal, as well as dealing with pesky WiFi signup screens when traveling. Oh, and Dave got his Apple Watch, too. All this and more! 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! 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: 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: Captive Portal (5:08) OS X Yosemite: Test your DNS server Seagate Wireless – Wirelessly stream media from a tablet or smartphone without wires or web Kingston MobileLite Wireless Readers Reset the DNS cache in OS X Spaces in file and directory names (11:21) Command Line Completion Using and managing the Terminal history in OS X Bandwidth throttling in OS X (16:03) WaterRoof – WaterRoof is an advanced and feature rich IPFW firewall frontend for Mac OS X. Manage rules, bandwidth, logs, statistics Throttled Pro – Throttled Pro optimizes your internet connection and provides “QoS (Quality of Service)” to Mac OS X Apple Watch – Apple’s newest offering, a watch which incorporates fitness tracking and health-oriented capabilities as well as integration with iOS and other Apple products and services (31:29) John F. Braun’s 38mm Stainless Steel Case with Link Bracelet Carbon Copy Cloner 4.0 – Advanced Settings – Find and Replace Corrupted Files (43:20) OS X Yosemite: Verify your backup disk – Verify a TimeMachine Backup Apple Photos: Your entire photo collection. Framed in a whole new way. (51:25) Troubleshooting the Mac App Store iPhoto Library Manager (55:07) Merging Photo Libraries PowerPhotos PixelMator – Full-featured image editing for the Mac Acorn 4 – Acorn 4 is a Mac OS X photo editor and image editor OS X Yosemite: Batch Rename Files in the Finder (1:00:28) Get started with Photos for OS X Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries iCloud storage pricing – iCloud includes 5 GB of free storage Flickr.com – an image hosting and video hosting website acquired by Yahoo in 2005 Become a Premium Subscriber the iOS Show with Michael Johnston 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

It's time for Cool Stuff Found. Your two favorite geeks do their level best to sift through everything they've found and everything you've submitted, pulling out their favorites and trying not to make you spend too much money (there's plenty of free stuff included in here, too!). You know how it goes… listen, then visit the shownotes to hunt down those things you just can't live without! Sponsor: BBEdit: 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. Pre-order your Thunderbolt 2 Dock today for just $249. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Mud Season Spectacle (3:47) OS X Yosemite: All My Files (5:39) OS X Yosemite: Customize the Finder toolbar and sidebar EasyFind (7:31) Mac Basics: Preview app views and edits images and PDFs (9:06) CamelCamelCamel (11:08) LightBlue (12:24) AVG Cleaner (14:38) ClamXav Mac keyboard shortcuts (16:58) Change sounds, ringtones, and alerts on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (17:29) Ringtone Adder Moves (20:34) SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive for iPhone and iPad (26:56) PingPlotter (30:51) tee (pipe fitting) (32:09) Slack (33:58) Vulcan Emoji (35:56) TiVo OnePass (37:55) TiVo Series 3 No Longer has Video Podcasts or YouTube Use Accessibility features in iOS PhotoScore Ultimate (45:09) GE Link Starter Kit (Reduced from $49.99) (50:42) Yamaha AG06 (55:05) Minilock (59:09) Best PGP Tutorial for Mac (ever!) (1:00:16) LaCie Rugged RAID (1:03:45) GeekBench 3 (1:06:37) Parrot Zik 2.0 (1:07:55) Mountain (1:13:31) 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.