On The Mac Attack's 5th Anniversary show I answer questions that were tweeted to me. This show was also recorded in front of a live uStream audience so the format is a little different the usual.

If there is a specific Mac Tech topic you would like me to discuss on a future episode send me a tweet at tmasteve.

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Visit the show web site at themacattack.tv for show notes and links to the software, hardware, and products mentioned during the podcast.

Thanks for all of the anniversary wishes!

 

Mac maintenance The Mac Attack episode #106

 

Recommended steps:

 

Software - MainMenu or Onxy

 

General Mac House cleaning
- reboot every couple of days if you keep you Mac on 24/7
- keep your software up-to-date (Mac OS and applications)
- back up before performing any maintenance
- before performing maintenance quit all applications

 

Recommended monthly maintenance

- repair system/disk file permissions
- manually run daily, weekly & monthly maintenance scripts

 

Recommended six month preventative maintenance 
- zap parameter ram (PRAM) - hold down Command, Option, P, and R
- rebuild LaunchServices
- rebuild or delete System, User, Internet, and font caches

 

Listen to this episode for more details about each of these steps.

 

'Time Machine Frequently Asked Questions' list

 

Back up, back up, back up The Mac Attack #101

 

Mac Power Users Mail shows (part 1, part 2)

 

Undoing a "never for this website" accidental selection for auto fill in Safari.

open Keychain Access (in the Utilities folder), then look in the login keychain and find the site you tried to visit. Somewhere in the list, you'll see an entry that reads

www.website.com (Passwords not saved) in this example

Delete that item from the login keychain, restart Safari, and Safari will prompt you to save usernames and passwords when logging in to that site. 

 

Thanks again for listening to the show. Talk to you soon!

 

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Internet safety tips on this episode of The Mac Attack. This is another episode of the "Care and feeding of your Mac" series. If there is a specific Mac Tech topic you would like me to discuss send me a tweet at tmasteve or send an email

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Cyber security and internet safety tips:

• Install all system updates from Apple
• Never shop online, unless you are familiar with the retailer you're dealing with
• Avoid Phishing scams by simply not trusting any financial advice or warning sent in e-mail form. If your bank needs information from you, they will call you, not ask you to e-mail them or fill out an online form
• Don't: create passwords using personal information or information someone could guess
• Don't: create a password using words in a dictionary, no matter the language
• Never use the default password or a common password
• Talk to your children about their use of the computer and discuss any possible dangers they may encounter online
• Discuss and set guidelines or rules for computer use with your children. Post these rules by the computer as a reminder
• Keep the computer in a common area of your home, so that children’s activities can be easily monitored
• Limit time allotted on the computer - watch to see if your child is withdrawing from friends and family
• Use the Internet with your children
• Know who your children's online friends are and supervise their chat areas
• Consider routing your child’s email into your own email account first in order to screen any unwanted email messages
• Mac OS X parental controls let you manage your child's use of the computer, the applications and the Internet. - parental controls can be found in system preferences.
• Back up important files and store them in a secure place in a different location than your computer

1Password

getnetwise.net

AVGfree (Windows anti-virus)

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There was some 'behind the scenes' work done at the company where I host the show and corresponding RSS feed. You may be seeing all shows showing as new in iTunes and/or RSS aggregator. I apologize for the inconvenience and working on fixing this issue (if there is a fix).

There will be a new Mac Attack episode out this week.

This week I join Gaz and Guy on the MyMac Podcast. Thanks for having me on, it was a blast! We talk about backing up your computer, when we switched from the Classic Mac OS over to OS X, what the heck ever happened to Mac User Groups, and iPhoto.

MyMac Podcast 294: A MyMac Attack

p.s. there is a new Mac Attack episode in the works... :-)

 

While you're waiting for the next Mac Attack...

I expose myself to the the MacCraic guys this week (hmm, that doesn't sound right. MacCraic Episode 77 

"Rip It- Rip It Good" on the Typical Mac User Poidcast. Victor and I talk DVD ripping and go deep into the workflow. TMUP #205 

Enjoy! 

Basic troubleshooting on this episode of The Mac Attack. This is another episode of the "Care and feeding of your Mac" series. Thanks for all of the great feedback on the last couple of episodes. If there is a specific Mac Tech topic you would like me to discuss send me a tweet at tmasteve or send an email

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Visit the show web site at themacattack.tv for show notes and links to the software, hardware, and products mentioned during the podcast.

Cocktail

Onyx

Alsoft's DiskWarrior

Tech Tool Pro from Micromat

Prosoft's Drive Genius

TMA episode #106 - Mac OS X system maintenance

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Basic Troubleshooting (quick list)

Listen to the show for details!

• Shut your Mac down, wait 10 to 15 seconds and restart.
• Try a safe boot - hold down the shift key after hearing the start up chime.
• Try disconnecting all peripherals connected to your computer. Boot with just your monitor, keyboard and mouse attached.
• Create a new user account, and see if the problem persists there.
• A keyboard or mouse gone bad can make it appear that your Mac is frozen.
• If an application stops responding you should force quit it.
• Relaunch the finder.
• Check free space on the system volume.
• Repair disk with Disk Utility.
• Use Cocktail, Onyx, or MainMenu to to repair disk permissions, run maintenance scripts, clean the user and system caches.
• Download and reinstall current Combo update.
• Is your computer acting up after a RAM upgrade? Remove RAM upgrade.
• Get yourself a commercial drive tool - DiskWarrior, TechTool Pro, Drive Genius.
• If all else fails reinstall the system from scratch or do an 'archive and install'.

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Part 2 of my discussion with Tim Verpoorten (Surfbits blog / Mac Reviewcast podcast) about must have tools, utilities, and applications for your Mac. This episode is part of the "Care and Feeding Your Mac" series

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Mac Reviewcast podcast

Surfbits blog

Flip4Mac

Perian

iStat Menus

iStat Pro widget

SteerMouse

TextExpander

QuickTime Player X Prefs Pane

Anxiety

Remember the Milk

HandBrake

NetNewsWire/a>

Instapaper

iStumbler

Quicksilver

Google 'Quick Search box'

Skype

VLC

Dropbox

Evernote

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The "Care and Feeding Your Mac" series continues on The Mac Attack. Tim Verpoorten (Surfbits blog / Mac Reviewcast podcast) joins me to discuss mostly low cost or no cost must have tools, utilities, and applications for your Mac. This is part 1 and Tim will be joining me again in a few weeks to continue our discussion.

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Mac Reviewcast podcast

Surfbits blog

AppCleaner

AppZapper

Carbon Copy Cloner

SuperDuper

CoconutBattery

other Coconut-Flavor applications

DejaMenu

SecondBar

Disk Inventory X

Pathfinder

TrueCrypt

Transmission

iStumbler

KisMac

OnyX

Rember

Senuti

TinkerTool

Docker

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On this weeks The Mac Attack it's the beginning of the "Care and Feeding of your Mac" series. On this episode I take a look at Mac OS X system maintenance - Keeping it simple!

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MainMenu

Onxy

General Mac House cleaning
- reboot every couple of days if you keep you Mac on 24/7
- keep your software up-to-date (Mac OS and applications)

 - back up before performing any maintenance

 - before performing maintenance quit all applications

Recommended monthly maintenance

- repair system/disk file permissions

- manually run daily, weekly & monthly maintenance scripts

Recommended six month preventative maintenance

 - zap parameter ram (PRAM) - hold down Command, Option, P, and R

- rebuild LaunchServices
- rebuild or delete System, User, Internet, and font caches

Listen to this episode for more details about each of these steps.

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Photography and the Mac (part 2) on this episode of The Mac Attack. Victor Cajiao (Typical Mac User / Typical Shutterbug) joins me to discuss sharing and printing your photos and some addition tools (HDR and geotagging) and web resources that we both find helpful.

(behind-the-scenes show note: I apologize for how fast I was speaking during some parts of the show. That might of been a two coffee morning.)

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Digital photography workflow:
import - moving photos from your camera to computer
manage - tag, rate, and organize
process - edit and enhance
share - printing and publishing online

flickr

SmugMug

flickr Uploadr

PictureSync

Flikeryapp

Qtpfsgui

Photomatix

Hydra 2

Trails (iPhone/touch app)

Make Magazine's "How-to" article on geotagging

Digital Photography School

Stuck In Customs

Kelby Training

Strobist

Typical Shutterbug (podcast)

PhotoFocus (podcast)

This Week In Photography (podcast)

With in the frame (podcast)

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