A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 038. We take a deeper look at archival storage. How can we protect our data for the long term? What are our options and what kinds of things should we think about when developing a strategy for our archived data.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 037. A few people have asked if I would re-cover my procedure for doing a full erase and re-install of Mac OS X, so in this episode I do just that.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 315. They’re back. My friends Victor Cajiao (Typical Mac User) and Ken Ray (Mac OS Ken) agreed to meet me yet again inside the digital depths of Skype to converse on anything Apple that crossed our minds. This is unrehearsed, unplanned, and unscripted Mac geekery at it’s best. Just hit record and let the bits fly.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 036. In this show we take a look at creating aliases in Mac OS X and how exactly it works. We also explore their advantages and disadvantages over the more basic UNIX (and sometimes more powerful) symbolic link.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 035. Setting up, remembering, and using secure passwords doesn’t have to be hard and is something that we all know we need to do. This episode offers some tips, advice, and tools to help you secure your accounts and your Mac.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 034. We take some time to explore keywording, ratings, and flags in iPhoto ’09.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 314. More on Papergate. 12-core Mac Pros are ready. iDevice Rumor Roundup. Apple licenses Liquid Metal technology. iOS 4.0.2 closes security hole. iMac gets brightness update. Apple exec arrested for taking kickbacks. Applescript UI Scripting. Maximize RAM and performance. Review: Bento for iPad. iPhone Camera Roll numbering. Managing iWeb from multiple Macs.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 033. Been getting a lot of great feedback and questions from you all. In this episode we will cover some of your recent comments, questions, and feedback.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 032. There is a lot of UNIX power lurking under Mac OS X’s hood. All we have to do is pop it open with the Terminal app, but that can be daunting for some. In this show I’ll explain why there’s no need to be afraid of the Terminal and how some commands can even make it downright fun.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 313. Apple sues accessory makers. Apple number 3 in portables if you count iPad. iPhone web jailbreak exposes larger hole. Is the iTunes Cloud just vapor? iDevice future watch. Rumor of Apple ordering CDMA chips. iPad Apps Store gets smart. iPhone 4 customer satisfaction lowers. Antennagate out. Papergate in. Barefeats posts new iMac benchmarks. MMS email address correction and other follow-up. Force quitting iOS apps in another way. Recovering iPhoto data. iTunes update, login, and (5002) errors. Moving TimeMachine to new drive. Clearing iPod Photo Cache.

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