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MGG 233: Hackintosh, Page Outs, Shutdown Scripts, IPs
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Dave Hackintoshed a Dell Mini 10v over the weekend, and he and John talk through that process -- it's easier than you might think! Then he and John answer some of your questions and share your tips with topics including swap files, pageouts, shutdown scripts, finding IP addresses and much, much more!
Show Notes and Items Mentioned:
Note: Shownotes are complete!
Stuff mentioned:
- Dell Mini 10v NetBook
- How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 10v Into the Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook (via Gizmodo)
- Downgrade your Mini 10v to BIOS A05 without a USB Drive (Using Windows)
- NetbookInstaller
- Enable mounting of remote CD/DVDs on any Mac (via Mac OS X Hints)
- Hyper-Threading
- Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
- "Shutdown Items" replacement for OSX (via Mac OS X Hints Forums)
- Running shell scripts at login and logout
- iHook
- StartupSound.prefPane
- nmap
- Broadcast IP Address
- IPNetMonitorX
- iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Music folder
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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
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