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MGG 237: Gmail Browser Issues, Switching to IMAP, Network Drives and More!
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In today's episode of The Mac Geek Gab, John and Dave answer questions relating to Gmail issues, discuss the benefits of IMAP mail servers, network drive usage, RAID storage, extending an ethernet network, connecting your Mac to a projector and more!
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Stuff mentioned:
- Help Haiti earthquake victims - Donate on iTunes
- Want to See What’s on Your TCP/IP Network? Check out IP Scanner!
- PlugINCool
- The WebKit Open Source Project
- Gecko (layout engine)
- WebKit Does HTML5 Client-side Database Storage
- Post Office Protocol (POP)
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
- Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
- RFC 1939 (POP)
- RFC 3501 (IMAP)
- SaaS
- RAID
- Creating a blank disk image
- Mac OS X 10.1.5: Video Mirroring Setting Changes After Upgrading
- Mac OS X 10.4 Help - Setting up multiple displays to show the same image
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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
3 Observer Comments
I also suffer from the Gmail/Safari problem talked about in 237. OK in Firefox and Chrome. Also tried PlugINCool, as well as removing Glims. Sure hope someone comes up with a fix. This is where you cut me off…... heck, I’m so confused)
Google has fixed (at least for me) the problem within Gmail (multiple -Chat items). Upon visiting I found a ‘clean’ menu with the ‘SPAM’ mailbox absent. I added (Show) the Spam mailbox back, and all is fine
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Just a clarification in case any EE users are listening in: the plugin conflict was with MCImageManager by MoxieCode, not EE itself.
I’ve sometimes found that I can access my Gmail IMAP account in Mail.app when the Gmail website has been inaccessible. I would add at least your Business Gmail account to the Mail.app as a backup in case you ever run into Gmail website problems again.