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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1743161" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p><span style="color: #333333">Join me at 7:00 p.m. Central Time tonight (1:00 Monday GMT) for the </span><a href="https://youtu.be/PTnZjGvHnmo" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf1e2e">Mac-Forums Sunday Video Chat</span></a><span style="color: #333333">. It's the first video chat of 2017. I'll have the usual forum roundup for this week and a tip or two. This week I'll spend some time looking at some of the things to be considered if you're looking to use streamed content to replace/supplement your TV subscriptions.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">The link above will take you to an edited version of the chat. The upload clipped a bit of the show so I uploaded an edited version of the chat. i clipped the very beginning because no one needs to see the state of the broadcast studio at the moment. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><strong>Show Notes</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><strong></strong>Welcome to our newest member 82bluevette</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">This weeks forum roundup and news /tips segment is short. I wanted to devote the bulk of the4 time to a discussion of some things to consider before starting to use streamed content as your primary form of entertainment.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Based on a few threads I've run into here and elsewhere recently I want to remind everyone of two things.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">1. Any time you are considering reinstalling OS X make a backup of your data first.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">2. Depending upon which version of the OS you are using during a re-install you mat be asked whether you want to do a <strong>clean install </strong>or an <strong>archive and install</strong>. The difference is important. A clean install erases everything on the drive -- including your user data. An archive and install preserves your date while reinstalling the operating system.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">If you erase your data while reinstalling OS X recovery is highly unlikely given that at least some of the space where your information was may have been overwritten by the new copy of the OS and any temporary files written to the drive during installation.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">If you don't already own an Apple watch but are considering one, here's <a href="http://www.mcelhearn.com/its-time-to-give-the-apple-watch-a-rest/" target="_blank">a quick explanation</a> of why the iTunes Guy is setting his aside for a while. His needs may or may not match yours. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">In his "<a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/3152853/macs/the-mac-app-store-purchased-list-needs-to-be-more-user-friendly.html" target="_blank">Hey Apple Fix This</a>" column Kirk mentions a few things he'd like to see changed about the way the App Store handles it's list of your previously purchased items. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">This week my initial foray into relying more heavily on streamed content for entertainment led to <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/apple-tv/338564-apple-tv-operations-questions.html?highlight=" target="_blank">several questions about the Apple TV 4</a>. Thanks to all who contributed answers. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">If you're making your initial foray into steamed content you probably need to answer several questions first. I summarized some of those questions in the video chat. I'll probably start a separate thread with those questions as soon as I get them into a coherent written form. I'll start a separate thread and add the link here. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">If you are looking for a streaming media player <a href="https://www.cnet.com/topics/media-streamers/" target="_blank">this series of reviews</a> might be useful. I'm currently using <a href="http://www.hulu.com/welcome" target="_blank">Hulu</a> and <a href="https://www.netflix.com" target="_blank">Netflix</a> but there are a myriad of other services available. Several sites have reviewed these and several; other services. A quick search should get you multiple comparison reviews of some of the more popular services.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2475619,00.asp" target="_blank">Review of Sling TV</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1743161, member: 131855"] [COLOR=#333333]Join me at 7:00 p.m. Central Time tonight (1:00 Monday GMT) for the [/COLOR][URL="https://youtu.be/PTnZjGvHnmo"][COLOR=#bf1e2e]Mac-Forums Sunday Video Chat[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#333333]. It's the first video chat of 2017. I'll have the usual forum roundup for this week and a tip or two. This week I'll spend some time looking at some of the things to be considered if you're looking to use streamed content to replace/supplement your TV subscriptions. The link above will take you to an edited version of the chat. The upload clipped a bit of the show so I uploaded an edited version of the chat. i clipped the very beginning because no one needs to see the state of the broadcast studio at the moment. [B]Show Notes [/B]Welcome to our newest member 82bluevette This weeks forum roundup and news /tips segment is short. I wanted to devote the bulk of the4 time to a discussion of some things to consider before starting to use streamed content as your primary form of entertainment. Based on a few threads I've run into here and elsewhere recently I want to remind everyone of two things. 1. Any time you are considering reinstalling OS X make a backup of your data first. 2. Depending upon which version of the OS you are using during a re-install you mat be asked whether you want to do a [B]clean install [/B]or an [B]archive and install[/B]. The difference is important. A clean install erases everything on the drive -- including your user data. An archive and install preserves your date while reinstalling the operating system. If you erase your data while reinstalling OS X recovery is highly unlikely given that at least some of the space where your information was may have been overwritten by the new copy of the OS and any temporary files written to the drive during installation. If you don't already own an Apple watch but are considering one, here's [URL="http://www.mcelhearn.com/its-time-to-give-the-apple-watch-a-rest/"]a quick explanation[/URL] of why the iTunes Guy is setting his aside for a while. His needs may or may not match yours. In his "[URL="http://www.macworld.com/article/3152853/macs/the-mac-app-store-purchased-list-needs-to-be-more-user-friendly.html"]Hey Apple Fix This[/URL]" column Kirk mentions a few things he'd like to see changed about the way the App Store handles it's list of your previously purchased items. This week my initial foray into relying more heavily on streamed content for entertainment led to [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/apple-tv/338564-apple-tv-operations-questions.html?highlight="]several questions about the Apple TV 4[/URL]. Thanks to all who contributed answers. If you're making your initial foray into steamed content you probably need to answer several questions first. I summarized some of those questions in the video chat. I'll probably start a separate thread with those questions as soon as I get them into a coherent written form. I'll start a separate thread and add the link here. If you are looking for a streaming media player [URL="https://www.cnet.com/topics/media-streamers/"]this series of reviews[/URL] might be useful. I'm currently using [URL="http://www.hulu.com/welcome"]Hulu[/URL] and [URL="https://www.netflix.com"]Netflix[/URL] but there are a myriad of other services available. Several sites have reviewed these and several; other services. A quick search should get you multiple comparison reviews of some of the more popular services. [URL="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2475619,00.asp"]Review of Sling TV[/URL][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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