MGG 553: Swiftly Solving Shrinking Storage

Finding what's using your free space, sorting out multi-monitor setups with Thunderbolt, long-term SSD reliability confusion and adding more USB ports to your Mac are just a few of the topics that Dave and John cover in this week's episode of Mac Geek Gab. Download, press play and enjoy!

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Stuff mentioned:

• How to Troubleshoot the air conditioner in a Saturn S-Series
• Macstock Conference & Expo 2015
• The Midwest Mac BBQ
• SEIDIO Obex Waterproof Case (5:00)
• Lifeproof iPad Air Case – nüüd
• Ruthless Gatekeeping is the Key to Apple Watch Bliss (13:00)
• Citi Chip Card
• How to Find & Recover Missing Hard Drive Space (26:30)
• Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac (34:46)
• AirPort Time Capsule
• Backing up Time Machine with a Quota Limit to Synology
• Using USB 3 devices on Mac computers FAQ (48:24)
• IRAPP
• Satechi 10-port USB hub (7 USB 3.0 ports, 3 charging-only ports)
• The $40 clone of the above Satechi hub
• AmazonBasics Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt) to HDMI Adapter
• iCloud Photo Sharing FAQ (1:08:40)
• FUD about SSD and heat/time-death (1:10:30)
• The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
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• BackBeat Media Podcast Network
• MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.

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