Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #161: Unlearning Spelling, Cache Sizes, Bypassing Password Security, and Haikus
by , 10:45 PM EDT, July 28th, 2008
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John and Dave dig into topics decided by YOU, the loyal listener. Discussions include bypassing login passwords, quickly restoring a Mac to its pristine software state, UPSs and power strips, and taming Mac OS X's spellchecker. Download now and tell a friend. BOTH are free!
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Stuff mentioned:
- dudette
- y'all
- Entourage 2008 for Mac
- Setting up firmware password protection in Mac OS X
- Mac OS X Parental Controls
- Remove accidental additions to the spelling dictionary
- Useful utilities - GetFileInfo and SetFile
- Add words to the spelling dictionary via AppleScript
- My Backup Strategy
- 10.5: Use Safari's new and improved Web Inspector
- cssedit
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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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Observer Comments
In show #160 I think Dave mentioned that he does not know anyone who has restored with Apple backup. I have to testify that I have used it to restore my music library. It does suck that it does not clean up after it self and manage its own files. So when my backup drive gets full I delete everything, do a full and then let it do its thing from there. Also if I remember correctly John said he wants more granularity, and it provides that. The app is not fast, but its worked so far, but it could use some enhancements. I need to try another backup solution, but Mac Backup works right now, so it has not forced me to go to anything new.
Robert
trebor65@mac.com
Kudos on realizing that it's good to have a BU drive for the garage in the house. A typical wiring fire, etc is not likely to take out both buildings.
You mentioned that it would take something on the magnitude of a meteorite strike to take out both buildings. Something that happened in my city when I was a child was an Air Force tanker plane crashed (clear across the county from the base). Of course this took out a line of buildings a few blocks long and most of a block wide. Even a single engine puddle jumper could take out a pair of buildings 100' apart.
This is not a likely event by any stretch, but it's far more likely than a meteor hitting. As always in risk management one needs to consider both the likelihood of the event and how critical the data is. If the data is truly critical I'd advise the offsite data be further away than the same property. For instance I live in tornado alley where a large funnel could take out both buildings. In the west a large fire could get both buildings. Where you live in the northeast a hurricane could maybe flood or blow away both buildings.
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