MGG 216: Snow Leopard Coming, New MGG Forums, Bad DVD Drives, More!

August 24th, 2009 at 10:30 PM - Podcasts by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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John and Dave are back at it.  Snow Leopard WILL be here this Friday, and John and Dave go through some preliminary steps to help you prepare for the move. There's also a new forum for MGG listeners and hosts to hang out here at TMO, plus more Mac geeky goodness all within.  Subscribe today for free and don't miss another episode with your two favorite geeks!

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Show Notes and Items Mentioned:

Note: Shownotes are complete!

Stuff mentioned:

• MiFi™2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot
• Mac Geek Gab Squad Support
• Snow Leopard
• 64-bit Snow Leopard defaults to 32-bit kernel
• indev software (Mail Act-On & MailTags)
• Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatibility List
• Update: 1Password on Snow Leopard
• Raging Menace (MenuMeters) News
• Mac Box Set
• Pages
• Scosche Charging Adapter
• Griffin Charge Converter
• Evaluation Assurance Level
• Mac OS X Security Configuration for Version 10.5 Leopard - Second Edition (pdf)
• - You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network
• BackBeat Media Podcast Network
• MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed - Thanks to of iPhone Alley.

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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