MGG 209: The Long and Short of Mac Questions & RunCore SSD
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
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Show Notes
Dave and John answer reader questions about b/g clients degrading 802.11n networks, hard drive troubleshooting, ExpressCard slot uses, stalling downloads, virtual memory on the iPhone, and Dave talks about his experience using a RunCore SSD drive on his MacBook Pro. Subscribe today for free and enjoy!
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Stuff mentioned:
- RunCore Pro IV SATA drive
- SuperDuper!
- SSD (via Wikipedia)
- SLC (single level cell)
- MLC (multi level cell)
- INITIO (warning, web page audio)
- lsof
- SMART
- SMARTReporter
- Apple Discussions about Safari Spinning up external drives
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard
- Western Digital Power Supplies
- Wall wart
- Radio Shack Regulated and Filtered Universal 300mA AC Adapter
- Apple to Support EU Micro-USB Standard for iPhone
- 7-in-1 Media Reader for ExpressCard slot
- ExpressCard 32GB SSD Drive
- iStat for iPhone
- Virtual memory
- Content Management System
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