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MGG #201: Cool Stuff Found, Booting, Wireless, Upgrades, USB, and More

May 4th, 2009 at 10:25 PM - Podcasts by Dave Hamilton & John F. Braun

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John and Dave do their best tonight to keep up with the overflowing mailbag by answering your questions and sharing your tips about wireless access, booting from external drives, RAM upgrades, USB devices, and fixing Time Machine bundles. Also some cool stuff found, including Pogoplug, Runcore SSD drives, Fission, Hazel and arsync!

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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

1 Observer Comment

Hi John and Dave-

On Mac Geek Gab #201, you ended the show with a question from a listener who wanted to know if his older Airport Extreme is covered by the Apple Care Warranty. The answer is YES. Just last week I brought my Airport Extreme to the Apple Store because my wireless signal kept dropping, and I wanted them to check it out. Since they no longer make that model, they couldn’t check it, but they did tell me since I have Apple Care they could send it back to Apple and get me a refurbished Airport Extreme. The trade had to be “apples” to “apples”, so to speak wink, in other words, the refurb would be the older model. In the mean time I bought the latest Airport Extreme, and will keep the refurbished unit as a back up.

As a side note, in the summer of 2005 I bought an iBook. In early 2006 the Airport Extreme I had at that time died. I brought it to the Apple Store, and they gave me a NEW Extreme, because it was considered under warranty along with my iBook. I didn’t have Apple Care at that time. So I believe the rule is, if you have Apple Care, the Extreme is covered, or if you purchase a computer without Apple Care the Extreme is covered for the same one year period as the computer.

Thanks for the show-keep up the good work! Glad there was a question I could finally answer!

Elisa

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