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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

MGG 390: Tweaking Address Book, Auto-Mounting Disks, QuickTime & More

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

Tech News, Technology, How To, News, Education

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2012

⏱️ 69 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

John and Dave are here with April’s first Premium Mac Geek Gab episode, and it’s one you won’t want to miss. Following up on a previous show, they start by discussing an automated solution for keeping your disks mounted, then share some juicy details about how QuickTime processes plugins on your Mac. A few additional tips are shared and then it’s off to the mailbag chock full of your questions. Learn how to tame Address Book and its crazy groups, follow along with the geeks as they explain the difference between bad blocks and file system corruption, learn about Inactive vs. Free memory and much, much more. Download today, support your two favorite geeks, and enjoy!

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Mac GeekCat Cup number 390 Premium for Thursday, April 5, 2012. Oh, So, it's all, folks, and welcome to the Mac Observers, Mac Geek, a premium. The show where you send in your questions, premium questions.

0:34.0

You send in your tips. Premium tips.

0:37.0

We try to provide some premium tips of our own.

0:40.0

We certainly provide premium answers to you our premium listeners and here in the premium

0:46.3

suburb of Durham, New Hampshire. I'm Dave Hamilton.

0:49.2

I'm just in the run of the mill suburb here.

0:54.4

I don't think so.

0:55.4

It's Fairfield, Connecticut.

0:56.7

I think Fairfield, Connecticut might qualify as being far more premium than Durham, New

1:01.2

Hampshire here.

1:02.4

No cheap coach class regular tips and questions going on here today.

1:06.0

That's right.

1:08.0

Every seat here is first class.

1:11.0

You're not in seriousierge today folks.

1:13.0

That's right.

1:14.0

So that's pilot.

1:15.0

John F-Fry.

1:17.0

Fairfield Connecticut.

1:18.0

Had you already introduced yourself?

1:20.0

I don't think you did.

1:21.0

I think I just stepped on him.

1:22.0

Oh, okay. I stepped on him first, certainly.

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