MGG 328: Mac Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Cool Stuff Found

John and Dave join up yet again for you, answering your Mac questions and solving your problems! Topics today include starting up after a power failure, renaming extensions, choosing processors, killing the Dock icon, and more. It’s quite a range of subject matter, but all related to your daily computing life. Download (it’s free!) and enjoy!

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Note: Shownotes are complete!

Stuff mentioned:

• Mac OS X: About file system journaling


• Drive Genius


• Disk Warrior


• fsck_hfs


• One-line batch file renamer


• A Better Finder Rename


• Word 2011: More on ‘This is not a valid file name’ error message


• TiVo Kickstart Codes and Information


• Newer Technology USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter


• mfstoolDEBUG (downloads program)


• MFS Tools


• Acorn


• Filer


• KisMAC


• Gum Plus


• Awareness! The Headphone App


• Jump Desktop


• CloudApp


• Eye-Fi Direct Mode


• – You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network


• BackBeat Media Podcast Network


• MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast).