Joe Kissell is back to discuss another in his trilogy of Mac performance books, this time covering the newest revision to Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac. Things keep getting more complex, so your troubleshooting skills have to match. Joe discusses how his own experiences drove this revision, how he selects what topics to cover, and why it is important to learn how to think like a troubleshooter. To get started, Joe talks about corrupt pref files, Time Machine problems and why running Disk Utility isn’t necessarily the second thing to do when a problem arises.
MacVoices #1173: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Speeding Up Your Mac
In what turns out is the third book in a trilogy of Mac performance information, Joe Kissell has released Take Control of Speeding Up Your Mac. While it didn’t start out as a series, this book joins Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac and Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac to help you get and keep the best performance possible on your Mac. Joe explains how he applies the scientific approach to the subject, and makes the techniques accessible to both geeks and non-geeks alike. Hardware, software, defragmentation and off-the-shelf maintenance utilities are just some of the points covered in this discussion, and are only a small sample of what is in what might be Joe’s most important book yet.
MacVoices #1172: Matt Neuburg Discusses The Potential Loss of Rosetta in Mac OS X Lion and How To Prepare
Rosetta, the part of the current version of the Mac OS that lets you run old PowerPC programs is rumored to be going away in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and that has plenty of users upset. Matt Neuburg of TidBITS has been looking in to the situation and has an extended discussion with host Chuck Joiner about the history of Apple system software transitions, and how Apple has managed them. Find out how to determine what programs you have that might not work, why you may want to move away from Rosetta-dependent applications regardless of Lion, and several options and strategies for dealing with legacy hardware and software you just can’t replace.
MacVoices #1171: Mark Fuccio Discusses Start-Ups, Funding and Finding the Tech Market Sweet Spot
Mark Fuccio is off on a new adventure, helping tech start-ups…start up. There are many challenges facing anyone trying to bring a product, hardware or software, to market. Mark discusses some of those, including determining the right price, finding funding through a variety of sources, and some of the pitfalls that are and are not obvious. He shares his thoughts on the Kickstarter model, and covers how his new company, Tactics will offer consulting on all of this and more. If you have a product or even just an idea, you’ll want to hear Mark’s thoughts on your next step.
MacVoices #1170: Jeff Gamet on a Google-Free Lifestyle (Sort-of)
Jeff Gamet caused some confusion during a recent MacJury appearance when he revealed that he had adopted a Google-free lifestyle, and we wanted to get to the bottom of it. Jeff explains what he meant by his comment, what Google apps he has removed from his Macs, and what pushed him to do it. Jeff and host Chuck Joiner also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of keeping your data in the cloud, and whether it is time to start rationing your bandwidth.