Upgrades, Slow Internet, Hard Drives, and More – Mac Geek Gab 802
How’s your Catalina installation behaving? Have any Macs left to upgrade? Your two favorite geeks talk through it all. Then it’s time to diagnose the cause of slow internet, always a pesky one to diagnose! Add in some hard drive diagnostics, follow-ups on your subscription tracking, and John and Dave have a show chock-full-of-infotainment goodness to share with you!
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Show Notes
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- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 802 for Monday, February 17, 2020
- 00:03:37 Dudley-Bootable APFS/Catalina Backup Recommendations
- OWC ThunderBay 4 - New version
- OWC Mercury Elite Pro
- 00:10:42 Felipe-Catalina Upgrade Best Practices
- 00:16:31 Mike-Hard Drive Condition
- SMARTMonTools - Available with homebrew:
brew install smartmontools - SMARTReporter
- DriveDx
- TechTool Pro
- SMARTMonTools - Available with homebrew:
- 00:22:50 Wilko-GC-Auto-mounting External Encrypted Volumes
- 00:29:38 SPONSOR: SimpliSafe. Enterprise-level security for your home, but with no wires to install, no long-term contracts, and just fifty-cents a day. Visit SimpliSafe.com/MacGeekGab to get free shipping and a 60-day money-back guarantee.
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- 00:34:17 Allison-801-Use TrackMySubs to Track Subscriptions
- 00:35:03 Joe & John & Gary & Guido & Scott & Adam-801-Use Bobby App to Manage Subscriptions
- 00:35:39 Ben-801-Truebill to Manage Subscriptions
- 00:37:24 DLH-Tracking Shows You’re Watching
- 00:48:23 Joe-797-Software Subscriptions vs. OTP
- 00:54:32 Bob-Still using IPv6?
- 01:06:45 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones Software is now back in the Mac App Store or Online at BareBones.com
- 01:08:35 SPONSOR: LegalZoom – Join the over four million happy customers in LegalZoom’s family this year, and use promo code
MGGto get additional savings. - 01:10:14 Mark-Troubleshooting Slow Internet Speeds
- 01:18:01 David-Best Use for Old AirPort Extreme Routers?
- 01:22:21 MGGF-MilesSawyer-Why is my Bluetooth Headset Audio Low Quality?
- 01:27:21 MGG 802 Outtro
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So far, I managed to go though only some of the posts you have here, but I find them very interesting and informative. Just want say thank you for the information you have shared.
If you want you can also read this blog which talk about Microsoft Windows Error in a very easy way.
A comment on subscriptions versus one time pricing. I am surprised that a pricing model that is common with enterprise software is apparently unheard of with consumer desktop software.
A common model with enterprise software is the customer buys the software for a one time fee. That includes the right to use the software forever and one year of support. Support after the first typically costs 20% of the purchase price per year. As long as the customer keeps buying support they receive security fixes, bug fixes and new major feature releases. If the customer doesn’t buy support they can keep using the software but receive no fixes at all after the first year. If they have stopped paying support and want to get a newer version of the software they have to buy it again, although some software vendors will let them have it if they just pay their back support fees.
This model gives the developer an ongoing revenue stream and the customer perpetual rights to the software.
I don’t believe the Mac app store supports this but I am surprised that applications that aren’t sold through the app store don’t offer a model like this.