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Mac Geek Gab #179: Bridge Mode, Sending Remote Email, 100% CPU usage, and Your Tips!

December 2nd, 2008 at 11:30 PM - Podcasts by Dave Hamilton & John F. Braun

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Back in action before Dave heads on vacation, he and John go through as many of your questions and tips as they can during this action-packed episode of Mac Geek Gab. With topics like Time Capsule bridge mode, sending email from remote locations, finding out - and fixing - those pesky runaway CPU processes and more, this podcast is sure to please! Subscribe today for free!

 

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This podcast is recorded on an iMac (Core 2 Duo Mid 2007) using Audio Hijack Pro and routing courtesy of WireTap Anywhere.  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.  When PilotPete is in the house, he’s usually talking through a Heil PR-30.  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

4 Observer Comments

Hey guys, loved the show as usual.

You guys mentioned menu meters during this show (I think), and I’m just wondering where I can download them. I looked on google, but wasn’t sure which one was the right one.

Thanks a lot,

Arun

   Actions Stephen said on December 8th, 2008 at 11:48 AM (Edited: 12/08/2008 1:10 PM):

Menu Meters http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/

One of the callers on podcast 179 referred to a previous ‘tip’ saying you could improve performance by having iTunes on a separate ‘spindle’. Is this true? I have multiple internal drives in my Mac Pro. Would I really see any benefits from moving the iTunes library to a different drive than the OS lives on?

   Actions brian cometa said on December 16th, 2008 at 2:08 PM:

re: spotlight still indexing drive even though it’s added to privacy list

check out cloneeject:
http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/12/13/manually-stop-spotlight-from-indexing-external-drives/

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