A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 044. I tried out ABC’s new interactive “My Generation” iPad app. The app was developed along with the ratings folks over at Nielsen to add interactivity to ABC’s new show by the same name. I’ll give you my thoughts on leveraging the power of iOS to bring more convergence to our entertainment and our iDevices.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 043. In this episode we take a look at the contents of OS X Library folders. I’ll point out what the different Library folders are for and highlight some common files and folders you might find in the Library.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 042. Having just returned from my trip to St. Louis I share my thoughts and experiences taking a trip with just my iPhone 4 and my iPad.
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Trip It
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 041. My review of the Apple Battery Charger.
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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 040. How to hack your dock to operate in single-application mode. Plus, some additional commands and modifier keys you can use with OS X’s Dock.
Command to enable single app mode using the Terminal:
1) Type defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool true
2) Press Enter
3) Type killall Dock
4) Press Enter
Command to disable single app mode using the Terminal:
1) Type defaults write com.apple.dock single-app -bool false
2) Press Enter
3) Type killall Dock
4) Press Enter.
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Mac OS X: Additional features of the Dock
Secrets
A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Episode 039. iTunes is approaching it’s 10th birthday and this week Apple gave us the 10th version of the venerable music management app. Trouble is that iTunes isn’t just about the tunes anymore and our almost 10 year old may be suffering from it’s own bout of childhood obesity.
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Wade Roush’s piece on Xconomy.com
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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SuperDuper
Carbon Copy Cloner
USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter
Voyager Hard Drive Dock
StoraDrive Cases
WiebeTech Protective Hard Drive Cases
Hudzee Hard Drive Cases (Think Geek)
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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1Password
Wallet
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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