MGG 544: Backup To The Future

Your geeks return on yet another sunny-in-New England Monday to deliver the most chipper of pre-Spring-beginning Mac Geek Gab episodes possible. iOS Hotspot security concerns, slowing backups, 5GHz WiFi channel advice and much more are discussed. Download today and enjoy!

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Note: Shownotes are complete!

Stuff mentioned:

• Ides of March
• Equinox
• Dynamic Frequency Selection Part 3: The Channel Dilemma (7:30)
• iStumbler
• OS X Continuity (19:28)
• Little Snitch
• Mail (Yosemite): Rebuild mailboxes (34:54)
• How to Clean Up and Rebuild Apple Mail Data
• Yasu (47:09)
• OS X: Repair Home Folder Permissions
• OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock
• OWC’s Newertech Keypad
• How to create a password-protected (encrypted) disk image (57:27)
• Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac
• Crashplan
• BitTorrent Sync
• 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.

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