MGG 212: Unmounting Disks, Screen Recording, Sync Configuration, Network Settings, More!

July 27th, 2009 at 10:18 PM - Podcasts by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Your favorite Mac geeks, John and Dave, are back with a show chock full of questions, tips, Mac goodness and more! Hear them talk through their solutions for unmounting disks on shutdown, manging network configurations, resolving sync issues, and more. They also share tips and tricks about screen recording, Disk Copying, booting, and, yes, even a mention of the (now staple topic?) SSD drives. Subscribe today for free and you won't miss another episode!

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Show Notes and Items Mentioned:

Note: Shownotes are complete!

Stuff mentioned:

• Verizon’s MiFi: The Best iPhone (and Mobile Mac!) Accessory
• iSync Show Data Change Alert
• iAlertU
• Snapz Pro X
• The Hector Webcam
• ScreenFlow
• HandBrake
• DVD2one
• MacTheRipper
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• At RealDVD hearing, MPAA says copying DVDs never legal
• Removing files from your computer
• Confirmed: iTunes 8.2.1 Breaks Pre Syncing
• Mac OS X 10.5: Resetting the SyncServices folder
• 10.4: Reset the .Mac Sync Server with Syncrospector
• 21IN1 Multimedia Reader/writer Expresscard 34SLOT Mac/pc Sd/mmc/xd
• Secure Digital (includes throughput meaurements)
• Crucial SSDs
• OCZ Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD
• Moving swap file in Mac OS X 10.5
• 10.5: Move swap files to another partition under 10.5
• 10.5: Easily change the location of your home directory
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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