Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Join your two favorite geeks for this festival of questions, answers, tips and tricks! And the best part is… it happens every week! You don't need to wait a year for this party to get started each time! This week your geeks answer questions about network switches, securely storing data in the cloud, managing Apple's new two-step authentication and much, much more. Download today (it's free!) and enjoy. Sponsor: TextExpander: The customizable typing shortcut utility – if you're not using it, you're wasting time. Sponsor: CrashPlan: Automatic, offsite, data backup. You're data's protected and accessible by you – anytime, anywhere. Use our special MGG link and get 15% off your CrashPlan unlimited subscription! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Stay Stay (3:10) Display Maid (3:20) NTFS (New Technology File System) Free method of enabling NTFS-writing in Mountain Lion (7:10) Paragon NTFS-write software (8:20) ($20, but fast) Paragon HFS+ for Windows (11:10) Reset SMC (28:30) (if/when you need to) Mountain Lion: About Power Nap (30:00) Dave’s review of the Buffalo 802.11ac router Change your Mac’s sleep mode (31:30) Troubleshooting a Mac that only sleeps (33:15) SmartSleep (33:50) URL Manager (36:50) Pins Bookmark Manager (37:10) Webbla (37:30) Google Bookmarks (38:05) Delicious (38:12) SFTP server in OS X (47:19) Cyberduck (49:52) Transmit (51:55) LogMeIn (52:50) TeamViewer (53:10) BitTorrent Sync (54:25) Automatic (57:30) – A “fitbit for your car” SNL ‘Makin Copies’ Skit (1:00:15) How to create a password-protected (encrypted) disk image (1:01:20) Want to Secure Your Data Across Platforms? Check out TrueCrypt! (1:02:05) Convert & Export from iTunes (1:12:40) 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 looked at the mailbag, and you're either going to love or hate what they found: so much Cool Stuff that they just couldn't not do a Cool Stuff Found episode this week. Yes, we know you say they're expensive to listen to, but don't worry: your two favorite geeks have made sure to include a healthy dose of free stuff in here this time around, too. Tune in, press play, and enjoy! Sponsor: Go to Squarespace.com/mgg and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code MGG4 for this week's show. Sponsor: Transporter is an off-cloud social storage drive for sharing, accessing and backing up your files in real time. Works with Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Windows. Use coupon code 'MGG' for 10% off! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: FileChute (3:20) Dropbox SugarSync AirBnB HomeAway TrendMe (8:31) Strava (10:18) ForecastiO (11:26) Yahoo Weather App (13:20) EveryTimeZone (14:55) KitCam (18:54) Adobe Photoshop Express (20:53) SnapSeed (21:15) PhotoWizard (24:18) OlloClip (26:22) ImageBank 4 iOS (29:11) Gallery Project (30:30) iExit (41:43) Triage (42:50) About link for Mozilla (Firefox) browsers (46:47) Lord of the Rings calendar on your Mac (50:00) Eliza on your Mac (51:00) DraftCode (52:02) ChargeDr USB Charge Booster (1:01:25) 5000 mAh Battery (1:03:57) Richard Solo 1800 (1:05:40) MonoPrice 9000 mAh Battery (1:06:30) 10,400 mAh Battery (1:07:40) Coffitivity (1:08:38) Apple Serial Number Info (1:12:08) Mactracker (1:13:48) My Support Profile (1:14:38) Find My Car Smarter (1:15:30) ScottEVest Tropiformer (1:17:08) 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 Saturday edition of Mac Geek Gab answering your questions and solving your problems. Topics this week include removing Mail attachments, converting your AACs to MP3 for your car, differences in maintenance utilities, migrating from POP to IMAP, and more. Download, listen, and enjoy. Why wouldn't you? It's free, after all! Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone! Sponsor: Audible: Get a 14-Day FREE Trial of AudibleListener® Gold And 1 Free Download only with this, special MGG link Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: 10.4: Remove attachments in Mail to save disk space (2:19) Skeuomorphic Design Batch Rename Multiple Files With This Simple Automator Workflow (15:10) Sound Converter (16:15) XLD (17:05) afconvert (17:30) Fink (18:25) ctivo (19:55) Fission (20:38) CleanMyMac 2 (25:35) Onyx (25:44) How To Setup Gmail, IMAP, and Mail.app? (41:30) Monoprice 27” Monitor (57:03) Monoprice iPad Folio Keyboard Case About RAID Sets Synology Diskstations (1:04:10) Drobo (1:04:11) QNAP NAS Units (1:06:01) 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 are back, as usual, for this Sunday evening show, helping you answer your pesky Mac and iOS questions as well as using their own experiences to teach valuable lessons. This week Dave spent far too much time troubleshooting a crashing iPod. He even got it replaced and it was still crashing, which got very interesting. Dave finally figured it out and will share the solution in the show. All that and more in this week's Mac Geek Gab! 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: Transporter is an off-cloud social storage drive for sharing, accessing and backing up your files in real time. Works with Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Windows. Use coupon code 'macgeekgab' for 10% off! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Tax Day (0:45) iStat Menus (7:09) TechBits Podcast (15:57) OS X: About OS X Recovery (16:30) AppleJack (16:45) SpringBoard (21:15) iOS: Providing Apple with diagnostics and usage information (25:20) iCloud (26:00) Corrupt iCloud Data Causes iOS SpringBoard Home Screen Crash (with Fix!) (29:40) How To Setup Gmail, IMAP, and Mail.app? (42:05) Mac Basics: Font Book (49:00) Shirtagram (52:17) Mac Basics: Preview (54:30) iPhoto for iOS (55:10) Skitch (55:25) Snapseed (57:00) iCloud: Managing your iCloud storage TruConnect (1:02:30) 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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

John and Dave answer your questions about PhotoStrem, Cable Modems, iMessage and more. Dave dug deep into Apple's Two-Factor authentication and shares some surprising revelations about that, too. All this and more for free! Download today and enjoy. 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. Sponsor: CrashPlan: Get the Backup Monkey Off Your Back. CrashPlan award-winning, automated backup. Continuous, silent operation. Mobile apps for anywhere file access. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: iCloud: Photo Stream FAQ (1:40) High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging (5:40) iCloud: Using and troubleshooting Shared Photo Streams (7:40) XProtect Plugin Checker (9:06) Modem Status Web Page (11:30) DocsDiag (16:40) On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) (26:20) The Resource Dave found for Coding his BMW X3 Tap Splitter from Amazon John’s Saturn Coding Resource (30:30) CarMD (30:50) Blinkenlights (34:50) BlueDriver OBD tool for iPhone or iPad (35:35) LastPass (36:00) YubiKey Authentication (36:05) Apple ID: Frequently asked questions about two-step verification for Apple ID Google Authenticator (41:31) Amazon Glacier (44:20) ARQ from Haystack (45:00) iOS Problem Fix: iMessage Not Delivered (1:08:20) How to Unlink files from Apps in OS X (1:12:07) RCDefaultApp (1:13:23) How to manage Multitouch gestures (1:14:40) How to user Siri to read your iBooks (1:15:10) 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.

Join Dave and John on this world-famous podcast recorded on the world-famous Backup Day to hear not only about backups but about LOTS of things, including answering your questions and sharing tips with you to make your life with your Mac and iOS devices better and better. Have a question for the geeks? Send it in and they'll get you straightened out! Download the show today, it's free! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Fun pictures of Dave Hamilton’s studio Easter Yeggs World Backup Day (0:50) How to Store Secure Notes Without Using 3rd Party Apps (4:40) Multi Factor Authentication (5:34) SecurID (8:45) Mark all mail as read on iOS (14:03) Recovering a lost firmware password (19:17) Startup Manager: How to select a startup volume (19:45) Apple Authorized Service Providers (24:00) iClouDrive (30:35) The Gathering Storm: Our Travails with iCloud Sync (34:45) Lexar Echo MX 128GB (37:48) Hardware Growler (40:39) Time Machine (43:00) Will Time Machine work with my Drobo FS/Pro FS/B800fs? (43:10) Dropbox SugarSync CrashPlan (46:45) Synology DS412+ Diskstation (47:35) Carbon Copy Cloner (48:00) SuperDuper! (49:50) Time Capsule Synology Cloud Station (51:50) Transporter (55:00) Airplane Mode DollyDrive (57:30) WD Green 2 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache – WD20EARX (1:03:30) Choose a Drive for your Drobo (1:05:15) Western Digital Red Drives (1:05:35) Install Owncloud on your Mac (1:07:05) Apache (1:09:00) PHP (1:09:03) MAMP (1:09:30) PogoPlug (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 We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr. Related Resources: How to Boot a Windows 7 from a USB flash drive

Dave and John (or is that John and Dave?) come at you with a list of all-new Cool Stuff Found on this Sunday morning show. Yes, they know these CSF shows are expensive to listen to, but we know you love it anyway! Find out all the stuff that John, Dave, and your fellow geeks have found recently. Download today, the show itself is free, and so are a lot of the things on the CSF list this time around! Sponsor: Go to Squarespace.com/geekgab and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code MGG1 for this week's show. Sponsor: Transporter is an off-cloud social storage drive for sharing, accessing and backing up your files in real time. Works with Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Windows. Use coupon code 'mgg' for 10% off! Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: 42 (0:52) Douglas Adams (0:58) Fing iOS App (1:34) Fingbox Feedly (3:50) RSS (4:20) The Mac Observer RSS Feeds (4:42) NetNewsWire (5:12) AirFloat (7:18) Uncool Stuff Found : Connect to iTunes to Use Push Notifications message (8:45) AirFoil (10:45) Command-line Fu (11:27) CooCoo Real-time Public Transit iPhone App (18:56) TripView Sydney – real time public transport in Sydney, Australia DD-WRT for iPhone (21:12) DD-WRT HD for iPad PopClip (22:46) PopClip Extensions (24:00) DAVMail (26:03) iCal Exchange (28:00) SSD Tweaks for Mac OS X (31:58) HDAPM (37:35) Time Capsule Power Supply Repair Kit (43:45) CloudPull (45:49) Found.app (49:00) MacDropAny (50:25) SoundSource (51:31) Instashare (54:02) MoCA Product (58:08) MoCA Adapter Store Powerline Nano AV500 Square Reader (1:02:00) – 2.75% Paypal Reader (1:04:00)– 2.7% What’s Keeping Me (1:07:36) StreakWave Long-Range WiFi (1:08:42) Mark The Spot (1:10:15) Forward SPAM SMS to 7726 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 once again dig deep into the mailbag for you, answering all your questions. This week includes questions from many listeners, all asking about a variety of topics. Learn how to free up inactive RAM, analyze your Mac's crash reports, whether or not you should run as admin and much more! Download for free, press play, and enjoy! Sponsor: CrashPlan: Automatic, offsite, data backup. You're data's protected and accessible by you – anytime, anywhere. Note: Shownotes are complete! Stuff mentioned: South by Southwest 2013 (1:30) CapMac (1:40) Hitachi Travelstar 7K1000 (John’s new Hard Drive for his Mac mini) (4:00) Mac mini 2010: slow Toshiba MK3255GSXF 320GB drive shown as SATA 150? Mac Mini Mid 2010 Hard Drive Replacement (6:35) DrivePulse (part of Drive Genius) (7:15) Article suggesting use of ‘purge’ to free RAM (8:30) Monolingual (11:20) OS X: About Gatekeeper (12:40) Code Signing (13:30) Clean My Mac 2 (16:30) MacKeeper (18:35) Reset SMC (35:25) kextstat command (to see what’s up with your kernel) (38:20) kextstat sorted by size (take it or leave it): kextstat | awk '{printf "%d %sn", $4, $0}' | sort -n | sed 's/^[0-9]* //' | less Drobo Seagate Warranty Validation CrashPlan Linux Headless Client Overview CrashPlan Packages for Synology DiskStation (what Dave uses) Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode (1:09:35) 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, John, and Pilot Pete come together on this Sunday afternoon to chat about wrangling in Notification Center, managing (and deleting!) “recent recipients” in iOS mail, understanding Java versions, managing the Launchpad and much, much more! Sponsor: Transporter is an off-cloud social storage drive for sharing, accessing and backing up your files in real time. Works with Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Windows. Use coupon code 'MGG' for 10% off! 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: Scheduling Software Update (6:45) Get Rid Of Those Pesky Software Update Notifications [OS X Tips] Delete Annoying Recipients from iOS Mail (8:39) Mac OS Leopard/Snow Leopard Fix for timezone settings that keep resetting to the defaults (10:43) What Mac Users Need to Know About the Java Security Update (13:46) Check Java Version Installed in your Browser (19:00) ChromeBook Pixel (31:28) What Does it Take to Update the RAM in a 21.5” iMac (43:41) AyrMesh Hub (58:15) Streakwave WiFi Long Range (59:00) Dave’s Ticket Stub from the Boston show he and John attended in 1987 (1:02:00) Incorrect date or time displayed in various applications in Mac OS X NetSpot (1:04:07) Incorrect date or time displayed in various applications in Mac OS X (1:07:46) A good website for timezone info 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 are back at it again, this time in addition to answering your questions they share some of their own experiences, too. For the first time in a long time Dave defragmented one of his hard drives, so he talks about that experience and how he did it. Question topics include why kernel_task takes up so much RAM, how 802.11n works with more than one frequency spectrum, and much more. Download today and enjoy! 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. 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: Mac Basics: Connect your camera or camcorder (3:10) MouseKeys May Cause Changed Numeric Keypad Behavior (6:32) …and if that doesn’t do it, Numlock might need to be toggled 21.5” iMac RAM Upgrade (13:47) Fusion Drive (24:30) iStat Menus (24:40) Remove Riplock from your iMac to Make DVDs faster (27:45) Drive Genius (for defragmenting your drive) (29:30) Archived – About disk optimization with Mac OS X (34:15) Using a Unified Library with iPhoto and Aperture (45:45) How to use Aperture to merge iPhoto libraries iPhoto Library Manager (52:25) Compare Wi-Fi Base Stations (1:03:53) 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.