MGG 619: Security Breach!

Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

How To, Technology, Education, News, Tech News

4.8 • 977 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2016

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Listener Jason had a security breach on his home network. Learn what he did that allowed this to happen, and what you can do to prevent it. Lots of other tips in this episode, too, like removing phantom app storage, enabling iCloud for iBooks after the fact, starting up in Safe Mode with a wireless keyboard, and much more.

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0:00.0	The Mac Geekab episode 619 for Sunday August 21st, 2016. Oh, Thanks folks and welcome to the Mac Observers Mac Geek Cab the show where you send
0:29.4	in your questions tips and cool stuff found We answer your questions and share your tips
0:34.0	and all of that fun stuff, with the goal of all of us
0:37.6	learning at least four new things each and every time
0:41.1	we get together, sponsors for this week's episode include
0:45.0	other world computing at max sales.com and barebones software at barebones.com
0:50.4	we'll talk more about them in a little bit and here for the moment in Durham, New Hampshire. I'm Dave
0:55.1	Hamilton and here in Connecticut, John F. Braun. Good morning John F. Braun.
1:03.0	Yeah, that's what you think.
1:04.0	It is a good morning.
1:06.0	You know, I got some travel coming up this week.
1:08.0	Maybe for you.
1:09.0	Yeah, it's been a little crazy getting everything straightened out.
1:12.0	In fact, it's been a crazy week. So I'll talk about my
1:13.7	travel just in case anybody in the Bay Area. I don't want you folks to feel like you missed out. I'm
1:18.1	going to be in the Bay Area and I have heading out there.
1:25.0	I'm heading out there, you know, I'm a drummer too,
1:28.5	and I'm heading out there to play a couple of gigs
1:30.4	with Paul Kent, who you all may know as the guy who used to head up Macworld
1:37.0	Expo and so his band is playing a couple of gigs at the Good guys West Coast National Car Show next weekend and so
1:48.0	his drummer couldn't make it so there was enough money on the table to pay for flights and it was like,
1:53.4	perfect, I'll come out. Wow. I'll sub for you. Yeah. So I'm subbing for him, that's
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