MGG 376: Managing iCloud Backups, Graphics Cards, Batteries, & LaunchAgents

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

Tech News, Technology, How To, News, Education

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2012

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Today’s show features your two favorite geeks, Dave Hamilton & John F. Braun, first sharing some tips about managing your iCloud backups (and how to exclude items from them) and seeing - and controlling - which graphics card your Mac uses. Then it’s on to ansewring listener questions about manipulating hidden startup items, iWeb hosting alternatives, battery issues and much, much more. Support your two favorite geeks’ efforts and subscribe to Premium today! It’s just US$25 for 6 months, getting you two extra episodes permonth. Subscribe, download, press play and enjoy.

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0:00.0	The Mac Geek and Good readings folks and welcome to the Mac Observer's Mac Geeka premium and thank you very much for subscribing to our premium. And thank you very much for subscribing to our premium episodes.
0:35.8	We do really appreciate it here from Durham, New Hampshire.
0:38.6	I'm Dave Hamilton.
0:40.6	Here in Fairfield, Connecticut, John F. Braun, and then back up there.
0:46.8	In Durham is Pilot Pete.
0:48.6	Thanks for having me, guys.
0:49.6	Thanks for coming back, Pete.
0:51.0	Yeah.
0:52.0	Hey, I just want to say that intro was flawless.
0:53.1	It was like you practiced it a couple times.
0:54.8	Yeah, you know, I gotta start using the mute button to get you guys to shut up before I
0:59.4	start recording.
1:00.4	Don't flame us.
1:01.4	You flubbed it all. Oh no I flubbed it only because I had to jump the
1:06.9	gun on starting to talk because you other guys otherwise you guys would have filled
1:10.5	it with space but I'm gonna start using the mute button from now on.
1:13.7	That's right.
1:14.7	Greetings folks, welcome to how the sausage is made.
1:18.6	All right, let's, you know, let's, we've got lots to go through and then next week is Mac World Expo.
1:25.0	You know what Mac World Expo coming up a couple of things I know several many of you
1:30.8	especially our premium listeners are heading out to MacWorld Expo.
1:34.5	So a couple of things, let's go through real quick.
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