Episode Details

Some great tips to start off here, including learning that cut and paste is possible in Finder. We also learn what Time Machine excludes natively, and what the most and least popular 4-digit PINs are. Plus, Apple had an event earlier today … Dave and John had an event right after it, Mac Geek Gab 597. Hear what they have to say about Apple's day, too!

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Note: Shownotes are complete!

Stuff mentioned:

• Apple Special Event – March 21, 2016 (1:57)
• f.lux for Mac
• Swarm
• Mac Mini (refurb) (23:16)
• John’s new (refurb) MacMini
• ProXPN’s Canary Policy
• OS X: 3 Tricks for Moving Files Around (36:25)
• Thunderbolt Display Firmware Update v1.2 (37:37)
• What folders can be safely excluded from Time Machine backup? (38:18)
• Carbon Copy Cloner – Some files and folders are automatically excluded from a backup task
• 4-Digit PIN Analysis (42:36)
• Land of the Lost (From the 1970s)