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Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #162: Cool Stuff Found, Hidden Accounts, MobileMe, iDisk and More

by , 11:00 PM EDT, August 4th, 2008

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Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For August 4th, 2008

The show today starts with John and Dave talking through Cool Stuff Found: that's Stuff from them AND from you, and there's some great tidbits in here. Then the conversation turns to revisiting hidden login issues from last week, as well as some MobileMe and iDisk sync explanations. Chock full of great info, you'll enjoy this episode!

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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.

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Observer Comments

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Close Name:Guest
Subject: Making hidden admin account

Hi everybody,
maybe that's a stupid question, but wouldn't be great to hide the admin account in the system? Is it safe to do it? Just to hide the admin home directory and exclude the name at the login screen using the commands explainded on the Mac OSX Hints page? Anybody has ever tried that for an admin account?

Cheers,
Krzysztof Maj

Close Name:mgibeault Posts: 2 Joined: 27 Mar 2008
Subject:

Sorry to be one show late...

mail2web seems to be good but there is another option; using a compatible browser on a USB stick like
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
She will have some other advantages as having her settings and bookmarks nommatter which computer she's using.

-Marc

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