MGG 580: The Magic of Instant On

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

John and Dave take you through managing your media perfectly for your new – and old – Apple TV, including using a NAS to store it all if you like. Then it's some tips about speeding up Time Machine, speeding up App Store downloads, converting movies and sound issues. Pepper in some additional questions and listener Cool Stuff Found and you've got a full show!

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Note: Shownotes are complete!

Stuff mentioned:

• Verizon Thanksgetting Promotion (+1 GB Data, More) (2:22)
• How to Set Up the iOS Data Meter Widget
• DataMan
• The Black Friday Mac Bundle (Includes Drive Genius) for $39.99 (4:58)
• Zova for the new Apple TV (also iPhone and Apple Watch) (5:57)
• Mackup (7:15)
• Karabiner (8:15)
• Homebrew Cask (10:21)
• Outread (12:31)
• Apple Retail Store Genius Bar (15:42)
• iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Out-Of-Warranty Repairs Cost Up to $299/$329 (17:44)
• TechRestore
• Monoprice 4×1 HDMI Switch with Analog, Digital Coaxial, and Digital Optical Audio Outputs (27:47)
• 20 TVs tested: Which sets can pass surround sound to a sound bar?
• Plex – Frequently Asked Questions – Why is my video stream buffering? (33:26)
• Synology VideoStation (41:09)
• Which NAS devices run Plex? (43:34)
• SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive
• Sandisk Connect Wireless Stick
• Leef iBridge Mobile Memory
• Handbrake
• Don Melton’s Video Transcoding Scripts
• ColorSync (53:56)
• /Library/ColorSync /System/Library/ColorSync ~/Library/ColorSync (Normal ColorSync Profile Locations)
• /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles (Adobe Profile Locations)
• FLING!
• DaveTheNerd.com
• Jason Kimes
• Pixelmator
• Acorn
• GraphicConverter
• GIMP
• OS X El Capitan: Start up in safe mode (1:08:29)
• NameBench (1:09:41)
• Domain Name Speed Benchmark
• AliExpress (1:16:02) – The Chinese shopping site Dave mentioned
• LaCie Rugged 500 GB SSD
• LaCie Rugged RAID 4 TB
• Crucial Factor Recertified SSD Program
• The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
• You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network
• BackBeat Media Podcast Network
• MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.