MGG 209: The Long and Short of Mac Questions & RunCore SSD

Dave and John answer reader questions about b/g clients degrading 802.11n networks, hard drive troubleshooting, ExpressCard slot uses, stalling downloads, virtual memory on the iPhone, and Dave talks about his experience using a RunCore SSD drive on his MacBook Pro. Subscribe today for free and enjoy!

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Stuff mentioned:

• RunCore Pro IV SATA drive


• SuperDuper!


• SSD (via Wikipedia)


• SLC (single level cell)


• MLC (multi level cell)


• INITIO (warning, web page audio)


• lsof


• SMART


• SMARTReporter


• Apple Discussions about Safari Spinning up external drives


• Mac OS X Snow Leopard


• Western Digital Power Supplies


• Wall wart


• Radio Shack Regulated and Filtered Universal 300mA AC Adapter


• Apple to Support EU Micro-USB Standard for iPhone


• 7-in-1 Media Reader for ExpressCard slot


• ExpressCard 32GB SSD Drive


• iStat for iPhone


• Virtual memory


• Content Management System


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