Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

John and Dave kick off the week with a Monday show (after kicking back all weekend) and start with what they do best: answering your questions and sharing your tips. Today they dig into which encryption makes sense for you, some tips on copying/pasting and learning about your Mac; wrangling Time Machine under control, and more. Download today and enjoy! Sponsor: EverWeb. Quickly and easily build a beautiful website just by dragging and dropping with EverWeb. Check out Rage Software's iWeb Switchers Guide to migrate – and upgrade – your web-building experience. 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 7-day free trial through our special MGG deal by visiting lynda.com/mgg. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: FileVault 2 (3:43) Hider 2 How to create a password-protected (encrypted) disk image OS X Mavericks: Require a password after waking your Mac OS X: An Easier Keyboard Shortcut for Paste and Match Style (13:14) OS X Server (15:58) Mactracker (19:24) Mac Pro (Early 2009) Manual (includes Backup Battery replacement instructions) Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) Time Machine (28:48) Hard Links iOS AirPlay Mirroring (40:28) Nest Thermostat Apple TV Adds A&E/History/Lifetime Plex aTV Flash (black) OS X: About Finder Tabs (52:06) Transporter Sync My Support Profile (55:37) Print n Share (1:00:39) AirPrint Basics Merge Your Local Contacts to iCloud (1:02:53) Optimizing Wireless Networks (1:04:43) iStumbler NetSpot 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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

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! 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: Yojimbo: Your effortless, reliable information organizer for Mac OS X. It will change your life, without changing the way you work. Note: Shownotes are complete! 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) 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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

John and Dave are back from Macworld with lots of things to report on for you. And, of course, they have your questions to answer, as those piled up while they were away, too. Your two favorite geeks are busy this week, and you've got a front row seat. Download, press play, and enjoy! Sponsor: PDFpen for iPad from Smile: Don't wait to get back to the office to edit your important PDFs! Sign contracts, make changes, fill out applications, and more. Sponsor: iFixit: Check out iFixit.com/MGG for all the free repair guides you’ll ever need. And when you find that perfect part or tool, use coupon code MGG at checkout and get $10 off your order of $50 or more. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Macworld/iWorld 2014 airbnb (6:00) UBER (10:50) Lyft Sidecar tmutil (15:30) Shared Photo Stream Limits (21:40) BitTorrent Sync OS X Mavericks: Require a password after waking your Mac (33:25) Unmount Volumes (35:45) NewerTech AdapaDrive 2.5” to 3.5” adapter AirPort Extreme 802.11n (4th Generation) – Technical Specifications (41:00) BearExtender Turbo DiskMaker X (useful for making a Mavericks USB installer) (51:50) OS X Mavericks: About Activity Monitor (58:35) iStat Menus 4 lsof Sloth – list open files in a GUI Generate Application-Specific Passwords for Google (1:04:15) 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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

Dave and John … and Pilot Pete … appear live in public together for the first time to record Mac Geek Gab 495 on stage at Macworld/iWorld 2014. They play a little “Stump the Geeks” with the crowd, they go through some of their favorite Cool Stuff Found from the show floor, and they also give Mavericks a 6th month report card. All this and more… for free! Just download and enjoy. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Nosillacast MyMac Prong PocketPlug Allows iPhone Charging Nearly Anywhere Emulsio – Stabalize your iPhone & iPad Videos MacHider Adds Powerful Encryption, More with Hider 2 OS X Mountain Lion: Set up Photo Stream on a Mac Plex Flickr Dropcam Petcube Watches and Plays with Your Cat Fujitsu Introduces Mac Support for ScanSnap SV600 Chore-inator Crash Reporter Archived – OS X: About kernel panics OS X: Using multiple displays in Mavericks BearExtender Turbo Gives Your USB Mac 802.11ac Speeds BearExtender Edge Kamino My Talking Pet Whoosh 3D 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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

John and Dave come to you on Friday this week, just to get ahead of their Macworld/iWorld travels for next week. This show sees your favorite geeks answering questions about optimizing your webcam, fixing iTunes messes, plugging a mic into an iPad, and more! Download today (it's free!) 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 7-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 10% off your order. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: iPad Air (2:10) John's $1.97 iPad Air Case Macworld/iWorld 2014 (4:32) Mac Geek Gab Public Calendar (with our Macworld events) iGlasses (14:25) WebCam Settings Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 netstat (19:12) nettop Private Eye iStat Menus Little Snitch (it has a built-in network monitor) DD-WRT iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder (30:29) ResEdit (38:27) Keyboard Maestro OS X Mavericks: Create keyboard shortcuts for apps iRig PRE (43:07) ProJive XLR RØDE Rec RØDE iXY OS X: About FileVault 2 (55:35) AES Instruction Set I need to remove AirParrot (1:01:31) Digital Sentry (1:09:19) Automatically Eject Drives at Boot in Mac OS X with Automator (1:11:05) 1Password Anywhere with Dropbox (1:13:11) Setup BitTorrent Sync on Synology DiskStation (1:15:20) 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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

Dave and John blast off on Sunday morning with a few quick tips and answers, including changing the Finder's default search (to what it should be), setting your Mac's default display, correcting drifting time, and more. Then It's a few questions about automating iTunes and dealing with overlapping WiFi channels. Good, geeky fun for you! Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! Sponsor: Drobo: Mac Geek Gab listeners can get a FREE 120 GB mSATA/SSD accelerator card if they purchase the Drobo 5D and www.drobostore.com using code MGGFREESSD before March 31, 2014. Sponsor: EverWeb – Quickly and easily build a beautiful website just by dragging and dropping with EverWeb. Check out Rage Software's iWeb Switchers Guide to migrate – and upgrade – your web-building experience. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Synology DSM (Disk Station Manager) 5.0 (2:30) OpenVPN (3:15) OpenVPN Connect (4:25) NAT-PMP How to set up the Synology NAS as the VPN Server (5:00) DynDNS (9:55) OS X Mavericks: Narrow down Spotlight search results (16:23) Path Finder (23:04) Total Finder Logout when going to sleep (28:32) Lingon use 'tick.usno.navy.mil' or 'tock.usno.navy.mil' as your alternative time server (33:29) Mac Basics: Using a scanner (45:56) iCloud: Resolving duplicate Contacts after setting up iCloud Contacts (49:39) Contacts Cleaner One button to merge all duplicate contacts Simplenote (56:03) AT&T MobileShare Family Plans (1:10:46) ARS Technica AT&T MobileShare Family Plan writeup Doug’s QuickConvert iTunes Script use 'afconvert' or 'macerror' from Terminal for fun info! iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Bookmarks and Reading List 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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

John and Dave started their Sunday morning recording this show for you. When do you listen? Anytime you like, that's when! In fact, come and post in the comments here and tell us when you listen. Inquiring minds want to know! 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 7-day free trial through our special MGG deal by visiting lynda.com/mgg. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Next to Normal at Player's Ring Theater (Portsmouth, NH) PianoFiles ForScore App unrealBook Carbon Copy Cloner (14:05) OS X: About FileVault 2 AES Instruction Set BoxCryptor (19:45) NoSleep (21:34) SparkleShare (23:06) Git Mercurial Subversion BitTorrent Sync SugarSync Transitions to Paid-Only Service Model (28:16) BitCasa John's BitCasa Signup Link (we both get 1GB Bonus Space) Hubic Synology DSM 5.0 1Password (38:19) LastPass iCloud: Frequently asked questions about iCloud Keychain Security Now Podcast OS X Mavericks: Narrow down Spotlight search results (53:57) Find Any File Why Apple Strays from “Keep it Simple” (1:01:22) CopyTrans How to See Full Cookie Details in Safari 6 (1:07:20) Apple Consultants Network (1:15:29) iOS: Use AirPlay Mirroring (1:18:52) Reflector AirServer Apple 30-pin Digital AV Adapter 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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

Dave and John wrangle your messages out of their overflowing mailbag to bring you this, today's show. Topics include some creative ways to purge messages, some creative (and hidden!) ways to purge RAM, skipping mounting your external volumes at login … and more! Sponsor: TextExpander: The customizable typing shortcut utility – if you're not using it, you're wasting time. Sponsor: Air Display is the easiest way to use your iPad as a wireless extra display for your Mac. From Avatron – making sublime Mac and iOS software since 2008. Also, sign up for Avatron's Everydisk Beta test at http://www.avatron.com/macgeekgab. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Reset Apple Account Password (2:08) Apple iForgot Retrieve passwords from keychain access App Store – Unable to Purchase error (Fix) (6:40) iExplorer Brett Terpstra on Automating Dynamtic Date math in TextExpander Using Purge command in OS X Mavericks (14:34) MemoryKeeper How to clear out your iMessages on iPhone; delete text messages on iPhone in iOS 7 (17:08) Clear iMessage Chat History in Mac OS X Command to remove iMessages and Chats from Mac command line: rm -r ~/Library/Messages/chat.* Get iBackupBot (26:19) How to Delete ALL Messages from your iPhone DOCSIS Cable Modem Page (30:37) FAQ: Acceptable cable modem signal levels AirPort Utility 6.x: Set AirPort Utility preferences Wi-Fi base station: Understanding and resolving a blinking amber status light OS X Mavericks: Use Network Diagnostics HardwareGrowler Nagios OS X: About Network Utility Sign up for Everydisk Beta Advanced Searches in the Finder (49:31) ownCloud (57:56) Mac notebooks: How to use your computer in closed clamshell (display closed) mode with an external display Insomnia (keep your laptop running with the lid closed) OS X Mavericks: Choose preferred Wi-Fi networks (1:07:35) Dave's AppleScript for unmounting a volume (at boot or at launch):  try do shell script "diskutil unmount /Volumes/<volumename>/" end try Knox 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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

John and Dave come off the heels of a Cool Stuff Found show (and an interview show!) to get back to answering your questions. First, though, are the results of a bit of testing John and Dave did where they learned some interesting things about the way 5GHz networks perform on first-generation Time Capsules. Then it's onto your questions about email addresses, Time Machine backups and a free VPN for you to use. Sponsor: Go to Squarespace.com/mgg and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code MGG for 10% off of your purchase. 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 7-day free trial through our special MGG deal by visiting lynda.com/mgg. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Buffalo’s WLI-H4-D1300 wireless client/bridge (2:16) [Guide] Recovering a bricked Buffalo Airstation N450 Router (WZR-HP-G450H) USB to Serial Adapter ZOC Terminal Emulator for OS X Common Firmware Environment (CFE) If you can’t update or restore your iOS device Raspberry Pi Arduino John’s Wi-Fi Test Results (10:59) iperf Sanebox Receiving someone else’s mail (32:25) It Just Doesn’t Matter Simpsons episode 209 (Homer’s middle name is “Jay”) Vector 22: How to rip and transcode video for the best quality possible (39:07) PavTube JustFreeVPN (42:19) PhoneView DiskAid Smart Sign on Apple Store iPads (57:23) OS X Mavericks: Verify your backup disk (1:01:47) 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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

Your two geeks are joined by long-time Mac Geek Gab friend, Paul Kent, to talk all about the upcoming Macworld / iWorld 2014 show. Learn how the conference will focus on – and teach you about – the future of technology, iBeacons, Passbook, Bitcoins and, of course, all things Apple and Mac. Plus Dave and John go impromptu at the end to solve John's Google+ issues. All good, all free, all for you. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Macworld/iWorld 2014 Macworld/iWorld 2014 Conference CF842: Managing and Mining Bitcoins with Your Mac CF832: The NSA and You CF894: From Myst to Augustus Gladstone: An Interview with Robyn Miller CF875: Passbook + iBeacons: Much More Than You Think PassJoy iOS: Understanding iBeacon MacIT Conference Main Stage: The State of Apple 2014 MS6: The Age of Context The Hess Events List Macworld/iWorld 2014 Expo Hall Announcing #6ToBreak Competition with SF New Tech! Macworld/iWorld on Facebook Macworld/iWorld on Twitter Macworld/iWorld on YouTube Macworld/iWorld on Instagram Macworld/iWorld on Google+ Special MGG discount for Macworld / iWorld: PCU8ZV – gets you $10 Expo passes and/or $149 conference passes (that's $100 off even the best early-bird pricing!) 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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.