MGG 328: Mac Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Cool Stuff Found
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
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Show Notes
John and Dave join up yet again for you, answering your Mac questions and solving your problems! Topics today include starting up after a power failure, renaming extensions, choosing processors, killing the Dock icon, and more. It’s quite a range of subject matter, but all related to your daily computing life. Download (it’s free!) and enjoy!
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Stuff mentioned:
- Mac OS X: About file system journaling
- Drive Genius
- Disk Warrior
- fsck_hfs
- One-line batch file renamer
- A Better Finder Rename
- Word 2011: More on ‘This is not a valid file name’ error message
- TiVo Kickstart Codes and Information
- Newer Technology USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter
- mfstoolDEBUG (downloads program)
- MFS Tools
- Acorn
- Filer
- KisMAC
- Gum Plus
- Awareness! The Headphone App
- Jump Desktop
- CloudApp
- Eye-Fi Direct Mode
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