MGG 215: Meaty, Beaty, Big Mac Files
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
August 20, 2009
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Show Notes
The topics of this week's episode are wide-ranging, including how to deal with the large files created by Mac OS X's unix underpinnings, preparing a bit for Snow Leopard, digging deeper into Time Machine, and John, Dave and Michael all installed SSD drives over the weekend. Subscribe today for free and never miss another episode!
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Stuff mentioned:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Help – Preventing information in memory from being read (secure virtual memory)
- Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation
- FIPS 140-2
- Apple Store Refurbished Mac Section
- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
- AppleJack
- Moore's Law
- Set newer portable Macs' sleep mode (includes sleepimage)
- SmartSleep
- Identify causes of large Time Machine backups (via Macworld)
- Back-In-Time
- BackupLoupe
- TimeTracker
- timedog
- TimeMachineEditor
- Order of magnitude
- Mac OS X: Troubleshooting a cable modem, DSL, or LAN Internet connection (includes Set Service Order)
- RunCore SSD
- SolidGO ExpressCard 34 Ultra SSD with Mini USB 2.0
- Intel Issues SSD Firmware Fix for Data Corruption
- Polot Pete's 15″ MacBook Pro is for sale
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