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Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #169: ACMT, Lightning, and PGP Whole Disk Encryption

by , 10:30 PM EDT, September 22nd, 2008

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Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For September 22nd, 2008

Take John F. Braun, Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete and a week's worth of questions, pack them into one (virtual!) room, and what do you get? MGG 169 is the answer, and packed is the word! Your geeks talk through some printer software advice and Apple Consultant training. Plus, John found some cool new toys, Pilot Pete encrypted his entire hard drive, and Dave continues his lightning saga, all here on this week's episode of the Mac Geek Gab. Subscribe for free today!

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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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Close Name:Guest
Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:04 pm Subject: Link for digital recycling site?

Maybe I heard it wrong, but I thought you mentioned a site like:

call2digicycle.org

Please add a link to the show notes.

Thanks!


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Close Name:Dave -   TMO Staff Posts: 227 Joined: 11 Jun 2001
Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:37 am Subject:

Hi Guest. It's call2recycle.org

-Dave

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Maybe I heard it wrong, but I thought you mentioned a site like:

call2digicycle.org

Please add a link to the show notes.

Thanks!


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Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:44 am Subject: PGP Whole Disk Encryption not all that it's cracked up to be

I saw a link on my Twitter feed of a guy who did benchmarks of PGP Whole Disk Encryption for the Mac, and he reports that for anything other than the most pedestrian, low overhead computing tasks (ie. checking email, web surfing), the performance results from having PGP WDE installed are "not pretty".

I was just about to buy this product, based on Pete's testimonial on MGG169, but I'm having serious second thoughts now, since I have thousands of mp3s and movies that I'm constantly using on my MBP. I'd hate for PGP WDE to make my Feb '08 MBP feel like my old 12" Powerbook G4.

Here's the link to the review....any thoughts?

http://echeng.com/journal/2008/10/01/pgp-whole-disk-encryption-for-mac-benchmarks/


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