John and Dave explain Mac OS X’s password security, decide whether or not .Mac sync is worth it, help an ailing hard drive, and more! Don’t miss this special weekend edition of The Mac Geek Gab.

Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For Monday, September 14th, 2007

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John and Dave explain Mac OS X’s password security, decide whether or not .Mac sync is worth it, help an ailing hard drive, and more! Don’t miss this special weekend edition of The Mac Geek Gab.

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Stuff mentioned:

Embedded Systems Conference
How Mac OS X Implements Password Authentication
How Mac OS X Implements Password Authentication, Part 2
Enabling Firmware Password Protection
Using Workgroup Manager on Mac OS X Client
.Mac Sync
Mac OS X Sync Solutions
Yojimbo
SyncTogether
A detailed look at memory usage in OS X
iFreeMem
WakeOnLan
USB 2.0 Server
AirPort Extreme Sharing
Mac OS X: About file system journaling
DiskWarrior
Drive Genius
Change the Finder’s default name for duplicated files
Podcast and New Media Expo
Culture Catch Salon @ PME 2007
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This podcast is recorded on a Mac using Audio Hijack Pro. As for equipment, John is using a Behringer C-1 microphone going through a Behringer Eurorack UB1222FX-PRO mixer, monitored with Etymotic ER-6i Isolator earphones, then straight in to his Mac. On Dave’s end, a Heil PR-40 microphone is used, and the whole show is mixed “live” through a Mackie Onyx 1220 FireWire-enabled mixer before being pumped back into the Mac (via FireWire, of course), and is monitored with Ultimate Ears UE-7 Ambient earphones. Each microphone is run through a channel on a Behringer Autocom Pro-XL MDX1600 compressor, a touch of reverb is added with an ART FX-1 processor, and the whole thing is then compressed in software on the Mac. The show is recorded to AIFF, and then converted and uploaded with an Automator script. Michael, aka Computernap, then goes through and enhances the show to provide you with the AAC version. You can hear more details of the setup and how it’s mixed on Episode #32.

Theme Music: “The Answer”, written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. “Made On A Mac” bumper by Mark Fleser

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Mac Geek Gab #120: Passwords Explained, RAM Utilization, and .Mac Sync Usefulness