The Mac Geek app number 4-1 for Sunday August 5th 2012. Oh, I go! Greetings folks and welcome to the Mac Observers Mac Geek Cab the show where you

send in your questions you send in your tips you send in cool stuff found. We share some cool stuff found of our own. We share some tips and your tips. And we try to answer your questions too. And together, we all try to learn a little bit more info about the Mac here on

show 4-11 from Durham, New Hampshire. I'm Dave Hamilton.

And also here at show 411, John F. Ron. But Dave, I just want to take a moment to explain the significance and then maybe move on here. Well, you know, I'm actually wondering how many people that listen to this show even know the significance of

4-1-1. I would bet you that many of the young kids with their fancy eye devices and

stuff have no idea what

4-1 means.

That might be true.

I always thought it was part of the lingo, but maybe not.

Yeah, 4-1-1-1 of course being the thing you used to type on the phone

to get directory assistance.

And you still can type on your phone.

You know, it works with your iPhone.

Sure.

I can't remember the last time I...

I don't know if I know anybody that currently uses it,

but I could be wrong but maybe it is I think it's actually part of the lingo meaning to get information on something that's right right okay that's right

all right so you know what John let John let's start this show with cool stuff found let's go a little bit

Let's go a little bit reverse order tonight and and the first thing I wanted to mention was something that a couple of weeks ago I started using.

It's called Boom from Global Delight.

And I think we'll call this a cool stuff found Reprise because I'm sure I mentioned it about three or four years ago when I first found out about it.

But the problem that it solved for me is when I was up at the lake, Lisa and I had some TV shows we wanted to watch and I had them on my

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