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Mac Geek Gab #190: Macs to HDMI, DropBox for Sharing, Syncing Calendars, Migration

February 2nd, 2009 at 11:41 PM - Podcasts by Dave Hamilton & John F. Braun

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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

8 Observer Comments

Regarding your Slingbox AirPort wireless bridge discussion near the end of the MGG#160, Apple shows such a setup in Apple Support article HT2044 “Using the AirPort Admin Utility to create a WDS network with multiple base stations.”

In the article, there are AirPort base stations connecting as clients (AirTunes sharing) and bridges (for a wired client) to an existing AirPort base station network. It does not mention 3rd-party WiFi networks, but a point-to-point bridge setup should work. The base stations can connect to existing WiFi setups like any client and then simply turn on bridge mode. See Apple Support article HT1731 and the AirPort Express Setup Guide: AirPort_Express_SetupGuide_5.1.pdf.

   Quote    Michael A. said on February 3rd, 2009 at 5:12 PM:

Ryan, thanks for setting the guys straight on using HDMI. They needed that.

   Quote    Richard Schink said on February 4th, 2009 at 12:05 PM:

You discussed connection of a MacBook Pro to Wide Screen TV in episode 190.

My MBP only has a DVI plug.  My TV has a computer input area that has a VGA connector and a DVI section shares the audio input.  I connect an adapter from DVI to VGA and use a VGA cable to the TV.

What is signal is my TV operating on, digital or analog.  The picture is great.

Richard:  In that setup, it’s working on analog VGA. The connector on DVI can have a small group of pins that include the analog signal. It’s those 4 pins surrounding the large flat blade-shaped one. All Macs with built-in DVI output include this analog capability, which is why the VGA adapter works. Analog-only is called DVI-A (for analog). The all-digital used on Apple’s displays is called DVI-D (digital), and the both-in-one connector used on your MacBook Pro is called DVI-I (integrated) because it contains the pins for both. Actually, it’s sometimes called DVI-DL because it supports dual-link displays like the 30-inch. Check out the excellent “digital visual interface” article on Wikipedia.

   Quote    Beric Dunn said on February 4th, 2009 at 5:22 PM:

Regarding idisk vs dropbox. I use Windows Live Sync (http://sync.live.com). I know it’s microsoft, but it can sync large libraries among multiple computers. No cloud storage, but fine if you have a computer that’s left on all the time. Can also managed shared folders, so you can share with other users. Has Windows and Mac client software.

   Quote    Richard Schink said on February 5th, 2009 at 11:10 AM:

reznorb5,
Thank you for the excellent explanation of the MBP DVI connection to Flat Screen.  I really appreciate it.

Regarding using an Airport Express as a bridge to a wired device- sometimes ignorance is bliss! I never thought that this would not work, so I just did it. I plugged in my Express near my entertainment center to use for Airtunes and I figured I might as well connect an ethernet cable to my Tivo, too. I works perfectly! I’m not very geeky, meaning I can’t explain anything about why it works, it just does.

   Quote    jetiiblack said on February 12th, 2009 at 8:20 AM:

I have a network of 3 Airport Express routers as part of a WDS originating from an Airport Basestation. One of these is these is used to bridge my TiVo via the Airport Express’s Ethernet port which is active for bridging the network.

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