Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #160: Digging into MobileMe, UPSs, Audio Outputs and Listener Tips

by , 10:40 PM EDT, July 21st, 2008

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Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For July 21, 2008

Using multiple audio jacks, understanding the nuances of multiple users using MobileMe, backing up without Time Machine, the benefits of Apple Service Professionals, and a DHL warning are all part of this week's Mac Geek Gab. Subscribe today -- it's free!

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Stuff mentioned:

• XBattery
• AppleCare Protection Plan
• TOSLINK (and Mini-TOSLINK)
• Digital-Analog Converter
• Toslink Digital Audio Splitter
• TOSLINK TO OPTICAL MINI ADAPTER
• iMic
• MobileMe
• Pilot Pete Twitter
• Data Backup 3 - Mac
• Carbon Copy Cloner
• SuperDuper!
• WebDAV
• Massive Fail
• Mac N Old Farts (MNOF) Podcast
• How to find your nearest Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP)
• TEKSERVE (NYC Area)
• OnyX 1.9.5
• Cocktail
• MacJanitor
• Secrets
• United States Postal Inspection Service
• Mac MagSafe
• New Media Expo
• - You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network
• BackBeat Media Podcast Network
• MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed - Thanks to .

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This podcast is recorded on a Mac using Audio Hijack Pro. As for equipment, John is using a Heil PR-40 microphone going through a Behringer Eurorack UB1222FX-PRO mixer, monitored with Etymotic ER-6i Isolator earphones, then straight in to his Mac. On Dave's end, a Heil PR-40 microphone is also used, and the whole show is mixed "live" through a Mackie Onyx 1220 FireWire-enabled mixer before being pumped back into the Mac (via FireWire, of course), and is monitored with Westone ES2 custom-fit earphones. Each microphone is run through a channel on a Behringer Autocom Pro-XL MDX1600 compressor, a touch of reverb is added with an ART FX-1 processor, and the whole thing is then compressed in software on the Mac. The show is recorded to AIFF, and then converted and uploaded with an Automator script. Michael Johnston from iPhone Alley then goes through and enhances the show to provide you with the AAC version. You can hear more details of the setup and how it's mixed on Episode #32.

Theme Music: "The Answer", written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. "Made On A Mac" bumper by Mark Fleser

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