MGG 578: Like Darth Vader, He’s Altering The Deal

Making your new Apple TV work for you, Migrating iPhoto and Photos libraries, crashing Finders, Terminal tips and making sense of your swap space are the questions your two favorite geeks address and answer for you today. On top of that, some listener-submitted Cool Stuff Found rounds out the show!

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Stuff mentioned:

• Apple TV (2:05)
• Plex for Apple TV
• Plex Media Server for NAS Devices
• Synology Video Station
• Roku
• New Apple TV incompatible with Apple’s own Remote app for iOS and watchOS (8:20)
• Harmony Ultimate Home Remote
• Debookee
• Wireshark
• Get started with Photos for OS X (21:12)
• Powerphotos
• Mac: Desktop icons disappear and reappear, Finder crashes repeatedly (or use Onyx) (35:49)
• ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports and /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports (directories which contains crash and other logs)
• OS X El Capitan: Start up in safe mode
• FastMail (46:11)
• Yahoo Email
• Microsoft reneges on ‘unlimited’ OneDrive storage promise for Office 365 subscribers
• This Deal’s Getting Worse All The Time | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim
• Speck CandyShell Card iPhone 6s & iPhone 6 Cases (52:47)
• Sena Heritage Wallet Book
• Sena Lugano Wallet
• AppleCare+ for iPhone (57:42)
• The Small Business Show – Dave's small business podcast with Shannon Jean (and guests)
• Gig Gab, The Working Musician's Podcast – Dave's podcast with Paul Kent
• Kii (1:04:52)
• Basics Wallet
• iSCSI
• Aerial screensaver for Mac (1:11:12)
• Peak Hour (1:13:02)
• TripMode (Data management app) (1:13:40)
• Taming The Terminal (1:16:08)
• OS X Command Line Reference (1:17:07)
• OS X Terminal Marks (1:17:56)
• Fish Shell (1:18:48)
• 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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