Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Your two favorite geeks celebrate this day where they get to do one of their favorite things: geek out about all this Mac, Apple and Tech! There might be something else happening afterwards, but to start this day, Dave and John answer some of the most important questions of the week: what is memory compression? How to run OS X from The Terminal?  All this and much more. Download and enjoy today! Sponsor: PDFpenPro 7 brings new professional features to Smile's versatile PDF editor for OS X, including the ability to edit OCR text from scanned pages; export to Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF Archive (PDF/A) formats and create PDF forms with interactive signature fields. Download your free trial today from smilesoftware.com/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. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Super Bowl XLIX OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 With WiFi Fixes Apple Support Featured Downloads OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Combo Update Safari 8 (Yosemite): Manage cookies and website data ExpressionEngine Polycom Communicator for Skype (10:09) USB 3.0 Hard Drives Can Cause Wi-Fi Interference I sometimes have difficulty with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth devices when USB 3 devices are attached to my computer. What could be wrong? Onyx (18:25) Cocktail TinkerTool DrivePulse Prevent Mac Disasters plutil (PList Utility) Use the plutil program to test for corrupt preferences Preferential Treatment DiskWarrior Auphonic Lynda’s Unix for OS X Users course (37:52) Terminal (OS X) (41:57) OS X Advanced Technologies (including Compressed Memory) (46:32) Transporter How to use Activity Monitor Amped TAP-EX (1:06:57) Netgear Nighthawk Wi-Fi Range Extender AC1900 (EX7000) I-Blocklist Star Trek “Home Soil” Episode Electromagnetic Hypersensitity Can you Hear the Difference between 16-bit audio and higher? 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.

Thunderbolt booting, repair pricing/strategies, unreliable Apple TV connections, Skype microphone recommendations and monitors that make your Mac crash. All of this and more in this week's episode of Mac Geek Gab. Have a question or tip of your own? Send it in and your two favorite geeks will cover it! 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: Connecticut Mac Connection YoruFukurou (NightOwl) Twitterific Tweet Marker Twitter Official Client Tweetbot Twittelator Mac Geek Gab Facebook Group Apple TV replacement program (9:26) Apple TV problem fixed SnagIt (15:02) iPhone and iPod: Liquid damage is not covered by warranty (16:28) Revisiting RAM Disks with the 2013 Mac Pro and 2014 MacBook Pro (18:21) Photoshop Help / Optimize performance | Photoshop CS4, CS5, CS6, CC Drive Genius 4 (22:45) Kanex Thunderbolt Ethernet/USB3 adapter (25:54) Lacie 500GB SSD Rugged LastPass Now has Mac Client (34:08) MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) (41:10) OS X Yosemite: Change the priority of your network connections Confirmation bias Blue Yeti (55:16) AT2005USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone ATR2100-USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone About AirPlay Mirroring in OS X (1:05:55) Apple Hardware Diagnostics (1:10:30) LA Computer AppleCare AppleCare Protection Plan for Mac Laptops 15 Inches and Above (NEWEST VERSION) 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.

John and Dave are here to help. First it's Rob with his over-coffeed MacBook Air (hold the sad trombones!), then Kaz with screen capture advice, helping Wilko avoid data duplication backing up items in OS X's sandbox, and Andy adding an SSD to a 2011 iMac that never had one. And more. And more, and even more than that. Today your geeks talk about the why behind their whats! Download today, enjoy and learn simultaneously! 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: Refurb Retina iMacs are available in Online Store (2:21) BackupLoupe (4:51) OS X Yosemite Server /Library/Server/Wiki/Database.xpg consuming huge amount (~300 GB) of disk space. Time Machine Editor iFixit MacBook Air Repair (8:14) Mac Basics: QuickTime Player creates, plays, edits, and shares video and audio files (14:02) iMazing YouTube Video Downloader Snapz Pro X ScreenFlow Camtasia iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) – Technical Specifications (31:06) How and Why to Defragment Your Mac’s Hard Drive TeamViewer 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.

Dave's back from CES and he & John have an overflowing mailbag to get through. System layout, Mail, SSDs and more are discussed. Download and enjoy! 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: 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: 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: International CES (3:34) Hush – The World’s First Smart Earplugs The FITGuard – Impact Indicating Mouthguard! IO HAWK Smart Wheels Dave riding Smart Wheels Unix for Mac OS X Users on Lynda.com (10:37) Mail (Yosemite): Use a specific mailbox to store messages on an IMAP server (14:10) “rm” command – “Operation not permitted” Mac Developer Library reference page for chflags terminal command Trash It! iTunes 11 for Mac: iTunes in the Cloud overview (23:07) Michael Johnston – The iOS Show Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library (41:39) Duet – Use your Mac with your iPad Air Display Mac OS X: Setting up Login, Startup items (49:05) StartupIzer – Powerful login items handler Drive Genius 4 How to Use Folder Actions in Automator Monitor OS X LaunchAgents folders to help prevent malware attacks Dave The Nerd Mac SSD Drives (1:01:17) ExpanDrive – Seamless Cloud Storage FAA Bans Pilots From Using Cell Phones Federal Register – Prohibition on Personal Use of Electronic Devices on the Flight Deck How to Create a 4GB/s RAM Disk in Mac OS X The Jerk Movie Clip – That's All I Need! (1979) 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 the same week but it's a new year and your two favorite geeks are at it again. Topics in this week's show include changing window size defaults, managing plain text documents (important for passwords!), RF interference with hard drive enclosures, advanced IMAP settings for Mail, managing large Dropboxes and more. Download and enjoy today! Sponsor: PDFpen for iPad & iPhone, version 2, brings new professional-level features including a new editing bar, password encrypted PDFs, auto page-numbering, support for iCloud and AirDrop and much more! 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: John’s Last Day of 2014 Hawk Photos National Geographic Backyard Bird Identifier iCloud: Add an attachment to an email (7:16) Mail Drop limits Thunderbird (9:40) About Wireless Diagnostics (23:32) Apple Pay: a List of Brick-and-Mortar Stores That Accept it (31:26) CurrentC Coin How to Use TextEdit Plain Text Mode by Default in Mac OS X (41:36) How to Store Secure Notes Without Using 3rd Party Apps 1Password LastPass Mac Basics: TextEdit (50:53) Moom Stay How do I move my Dropbox folder to a new location? (57:08) About the Transporter folder and Transporter Library Crucial / Micron 960GB M500 Solid State Drive from OWC Mac OS X v10.6.3: Diagnostic and usage data collection (1:04:03) Safari 8 (Yosemite): View shared links and feeds Jettison (1:11:44) RJ45 Wiring MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) 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.

For this last show of the year Dave and John talk about Dave's iMac repair (it was the graphics card, but took a lot to get there, and Dave benefitted nicely!), then a tip for scanning WiFi networks on your standard (non-jailbroken) iPhone, how to create iTunes Extras, Aperture to Lightroom migration techniques and lots more. Download and enjoy today! 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: Apple 27-inch iMac Radeon 6970M Warranty Extension Program (2:05) Silicon Roller (for dust-cleaning) iPhone 5 Battery Replacement Program (14:55) DFU Update to Restore iPhone Battery Higgs Boson How to choose a startup disk on your Mac (25:30) OS X Server: Creating a single NetBoot, NetInstall or NetRestore image for multiple Macs Ask Ars: The best way to use a lithium-ion battery, redux (30:00) TPS Report Inateck HDD Enclosures (37:33) USB Descriptors (Configuration Descriptor) USB Power Meter Ultraviolet Flashlight iStat Menus HWSensors Apple iOS 8 WiFi Scanning Returns! (49:15) Understanding privacy and Location Services on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iOS 8 (53:07) Skyhook Create iTunes Extras (1:02:10) OS X Yosemite: Set up Bluetooth audio devices (1:04:40) Audioengine B1 Lightroom (1:16:57) Aperture import plugin now available Lightroom Help / Lightroom catalog FAQ 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.

Yep, another one of Dave's iMacs is having boot problems. It's mayhem! That's OK, he and John talk through possible resolution and also when not to assume you know the answer (hint: always!). Then it's on to maintaining your iTunes accounts, finding (and removing) any adware, and an unpublished solution to Yosemite's incrementing hostname issue. All this and more. Download today and enjoy! Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! 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: Drobo: Terabytes of storage and disk failure protection. Use coupon code HOLIDAYGEEK to get $90 off any gen 3 Drobo, Drobo 5D or Drobo 5N at DroboStore.com. That means the brand-new, gen3, 4-bay Drobo is just $259 for you! Offer valid through midnight 12/29/14.  Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Winter solstice (1:58) iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) – Technical Specifications (2:48) Move your data to a new Mac (14:38) OS X Yosemite: Transfer files between two computers using target disk mode Deauthorize all computers from iTunes OS X Yosemite: Set up Family Sharing (26:34) iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer (30:30) Remove unwanted adware on your Mac (39:35) OpenDNS Removing Adware with AdwareMedic AdwareMedic Sparkle OS X: About Gatekeeper Stop Yosemite from Changing your Mac's name (48:03) Techtool Pro (50:28) How to use Activity Monitor (57:51) Parrot Minidrone Rolling Spider TrackR Audioengine B1 Bluetooth Receiver 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.

Boot failures abound, system fonts go FUBAR, and Wi-Fi has the jitters. Never fear, John and Dave are here to help and talk through all this and more. Join your two favorite geeks for this special, Monday edition of 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. 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: Drobo: Terabytes of storage and disk failure protection. Use coupon code HOLIDAYGEEK to get $90 off any gen 3 Drobo, Drobo 5D or Drobo 5N at DroboStore.com. That means the brand-new, gen3, 4-bay Drobo is just $259 for you! Offer valid through midnight 12/29/14.  Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Mac Basics: Font Book (15:40) OS X Yosemite: Use accessibility features (19:10) Using AssistiveTouch on your iOS device DigiDNA Downloader (22:58) Flash Video Downloader 2 If Woody had gone right to the police, this would never have happened How to manage OS X boot options with wireless keyboards (29:48) Using System Configuration (msconfig) Secrets OS X Yosemite: Reset your computer’s PRAM Apple Adresses WiFi Issues in OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 Update (46:00) 2 Hidden Tricks Reveal Network Info in Apple’s AirPort Utility 6 About Wireless Diagnostics (50:35) OS X Mavericks: Change the priority of your network connections (58:24) Wireshark (1:06:03) Packet Peeper Postal Service to deliver packages seven days a week during holidays (1:15:42) Autolizer’s cheap tempered glass iPhone 6+ screen protector OWC’s Crucial M500 960 GB SSD on Sale Hockey Stick iPhone cases from OriginalStix iFit 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.

Eliminating Yosemite's Incrementing computer names, the real skinny on Yosemite and third-party SSDs, which codecs to use for creating your own streamable movies, advice on clean-installing and much, much more keep your geeks busy throughout this week's Mac Geek Gab episode. Download, press play and enjoy! Sponsor: Smile just released an update to PDFpen Scan+, their app that lets you scan documents, articles, receipts, and more, using your iPhone or iPad camera. Now adds image stabilization and supports iCloud Drive. Get it today! 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 MGGHOLIDAY to save $5 off your purchase of a Winter Winston set! That code is even good if you're already a Harry's customer! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: John’s Yosemite Wi-Fi Drop Fix 0.2 (7:25) Toggle WiFi.applescript at Github How to Use DHCP Reservations for Greater Control of Your AirPort Network (15:50) About Wake on Demand and Bonjour Sleep Proxy Bugs and Fixes: What’s with Yosemite renaming shared computers? Flame for OS X (iOS version no longer available) Rip Blu-Ray Disks on your Mac (34:50) Don Melton’s Handbrake Scripts Vector 22 Podcast with Don Melton Flip Player (free option) (43:43) Flip4Mac Player: Why is Telestream charging for Flip4Mac Player? Perian VLC Media Player Time Machine: How to transfer backups from the current backup drive to a new backup drive (46:42) DiskMakerX (56:20) Move your data to a new Mac AppCleaner (1:00:45) FAQ and support for using Trim Enabler in OS X Yosemite (1:10:50) Use San Francisco Font on Yosemite (1:15:30) Synk (1:17:33) 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.

Dave's fresh off of a cruise ship (RC's Oasis of the Seas) and he and John have a pile of Cool Stuff Found for you today. Let's see how much your two favorite geeks can rock this boat! 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 MGG12 for this week's show. Sponsor: Rachio is your automated, Wi-Fi sprinkler controller. Save thousands of gallons of water every year and have fun doing it! Visit www.rach.io/store and enter MGG as the promo code to get $70 off! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Hector D Byrd on Twitter Netatmo Weather Station (4:53) Ecobee Smart WiFi Thermostat (6:07) WakaWaka Power+ (9:31) PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo WD My Passport Wireless Hard Disk Drive (16:54) Anker Black Friday/Cyber Deals (28:00) Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home (30:06) Narrative Clip wearable camera (32:47) Dubs high-quality earplugs (40:12) Mylio – distributed photo management system (43:35) JBL Cinema Base (47:42) Spark Watch (50:51) SNOWidget Osmo (53:54) Ricoh Theta (1:02:00) Virtual ][ (1:03:50) 5-0 Radio Pro (1:05:15) Emergency Radio (Free) Nudgemail (1:08:27) Sanebox LIFX (1:11:53) Unlock Hidden Settings in many Apps (1:16:06) WALTR (1:17:32) Ventev Glass iPhone 6 (1:22:09) Secrets (1:24:00) Ring – Wi-Fi Video doorbell (1:26:07) 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.