MGG 474: Tech, Travel and Shopping Tips, Limiting Your Data Usage & More
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Dave and John sync up today, first talking about some cool things your two favorite geeks have been using, enhancing your traveling *and* shopping life – two important things this time of year! Then it's on to your questions with topics including Mavericks and Flash, iPhone battery usage, hard drives that won't mount, and more. Your geeks (and fellow listeners) also share few tips, including a way to use Little Snitch to limit your surprise data usage when traveling, too. Then the tables are turned with a few geek challenges to see if you can help out your fellow MGG listeners. A great show, just download, press play, and enjoy.



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**Stuff mentioned:**

- History of Veterans Day)

- iOS: Using Passbook (2:35))

- Speck CandyShell Card (3:49))

- Automatic (7:40))

- On-board diagnostics)

- CarMD)

- Red Laser)

- ShopSavvy)

- CardStar)

- Amazon App for iPhone)

- Mavericks Advanced Technologies (Including Safari Power Saver) (16:56))

- Carat (23:57))

- Battery Saver)

- External Hard Drive Troubleshooter for Mac OS (31:42))

- Doug’s Scripts – Set Video Kind of Selected (38:23))

- Being There)

- Being There – Bloopers)

- How to Upgrade to a new Mac running Mavericks (51:52))

- Where to Find iPhone Backups (54:40))

- Little Snitch 3 (58:49))

- Can’t Unlock Mac OS X Preference Panes (1:06:44))

- Photo Plus Expo 2013 (1:08:35))

- LaCie USB3 USB Key)

- PNY StorEDGE)

- MacPhun Intensify)

- MacPhun Snapheal)

- WD MyCloud)

- SANDisk Extreme 190MB/s)

- MacTech Conference (1:24:05))

- Star Trek Enterprise Bridge at MacTech)

- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app)

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