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TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #31: What To Do When Your Mac Won't Boot

by , 12:55 PM EST, December 26th, 2005

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For December 26th, 2005

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When your Mac won't boot, Dave and John have some of the answers! This week's show finds our hosts talking through all they steps they would take to revive a sick Mac, including different troubleshooting utilities, tips and tricks, plus where to send it when all else fails.

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Close Name:stuartea Posts: 327 Joined: 08 Aug 2005
Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:40 pm Subject: Audio

Playing from the iTunes addition of this weeks gab. At 5:11 the audio breaks up 'till 5:21.

Might just be me of course.


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Close Name:Dave -   TMO Staff Posts: 226 Joined: 11 Jun 2001
Tue Dec 27, 2005 5:55 pm Subject:

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stuartea wrote:
Playing from the iTunes addition of this weeks gab. At 5:11 the audio breaks up 'till 5:21.


Yeah, actually, what you're hearing is a (recurring!) issue with Audio Hijack Pro where my (Dave's) audio gets delayed for some reason (i just sent them a note asking why). That little breakup between 5:16 and 5:21 is exactly that, so you really didn't miss anything -- it just delayed for some reason and then, unfortunately, got John and I out of sync (which you can hear) for the next 5 or 6 minutes, until we realized it and re-sync'ed. SOrry 'bout that!


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Close Name:stuartea Posts: 327 Joined: 08 Aug 2005
Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:40 am Subject:

Thanks Dave, I'm just so picky, as long as I'm not missing anything. I'd try bashing it!

Glad to hear you're on the mend, and happy new year (in a few days)

Cheers


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Close Name:Guest
Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:32 pm Subject: Disk Utils

Cant believe you guys havent tried "iDefrag" the only defragger I trust. The company also has a boot cd maker (not BootCD) that runs with Tiger, but its only available to their customers.

Also somewhere in the late 10.3.x or 10.4 release, I believe an fsck is done when you do a SafeBoot (booting with shift key down), obviating the need for booting into single user mode. My memory is hazy on this but I think this is now the case.


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