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EPISODE · Apr 30, 2012

MGG 394: Hard Drive Maintenance, Mail Tweaking, Home Servers & More

from Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting · host Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

John and Dave are back from their week off, and came home to a mailbag overflowing with your questions! With that, your two favorite geeks will dive in, see what they find, and get you their very best answers to your Mac and iOS questions and problems. Press play and enjoy! Sponsor: VMWare Fusion 4 makes it a breeze to run Windows and Mac Applications side by side. Use coupon code MGG to get 10% off at vmware.com/mac. Show notes are complete! Stuff mentioned: Sophos Free AntiVirus for Mac VirusBarrier Express Piezo OSX/Flashback.K Description Preference and Settings Programming Guide Chris’ launchd scripts to set permissions and ownership (2 in ZIP archive) Mac OS X Lion Server iMac Intel 20” EMC 2133 and 2210 Repair Manual from iFixit S.M.A.R.T. Load/Unload Cycle Count Description SMARTReporter 3 smartmontools OS-X-SAT-SMART-Driver – S.M.A.R.T. Driver for External OS X Drives (nice find, John!) Monitor Your Hard Drive With Drive Pulse® iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics iOS Setting Toggles on Your Homescreen without having jailbreak ASUS WL-330N travel router Segway i2 Commuter Robinson R22 Beta II – 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).

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