Nemo’s 2012 Holiday MyMac Gift Guide for Techies
Backup and archive. Daily. No exceptions.
If you are reading this and you are not fully backed up using Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper, stop immediately and order a new external multi-interface bus-powered backup drive or two. Keep one drive handy for daily updates, and the other offsite for safety and security. Email the G-Men on the MyMac Podcast if you need advice on how to use Time Machine and the other two backup applications.
I have been using and testing OWC’s Mercury On-The-Go Pro Triple Interface acrylic-encased FireWire 800/400 + USB 3 SSD and HDD solutions for several months, and I recommend them highly. They are versatile, sturdy, affordable, efficient, fast, and have the best guarantee in the business. Obtain an OWC unit with more storage than you think you need, because soon you will be glad you have the extra capacity. Get an SSD if max speed is your top priority, or choose an HDD if cost and max GB are paramount.
Nomad 7 Portable Solar Panel
Goal Zero
$100
Gum Thumb-Sized Battery Backup
Just Mobile
$50
How much will you pay to have power to your portable devices, everywhere and anywhere? If the answer is “Not very much,” you have never been stuck someplace with a dead gadget battery in a crucial situation.
I’m fortunate to live in Tucson, Arizona, where it is sunny almost every day of the year, when it comes to using solar-powered chargers and batteries. If you live in a gloomy place should you stop reading now and turn on more lights? No. Keep reading.
Just Mobile Highway
Company: Just Mobile
Price: $34.99
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Just Mobile Highway is a car charger for iPhone, iPad and other USB-powered devices. The Highway plugs into the cigarette lighter, delivering 2.1A output to rapidly charge your mobile devices and a fuse to protect from power surges.
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Peter commandeers App Folder to talk about Bookman, Scott and Tim talk about the mythical Fire Phone, and whether or not it might someday be revealed, and John Nemo brings the Just Mobile AluPen + AluCube and the Bracketron Style-iT 2-in-1 stylus and ballpoint pen. Scott also talks briefly about the new iTunes Match service.
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iPad Accessories Roundup — STANDS — simple, elegant, or elaborate?
By Guest Reviewer Jackie Richards, and John “Nemo” Nemerovski
Loop Stand for iPad
Company: Griffin Technology
Price: $30
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By Guest Reviewer Jackie Richards, and John “Nemo” Nemerovski
Stylus for iPad
Company: Griffin Technology
Price: $20
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AluPen
Compan: Just Mobile
Price: $25
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Jackie loves her Griffin iPad Stylus, with its short stub length and round shape. She wouldn’t use the pocket clip, but she thinks many men and some women will be glad to have the clip. Jackie threaded a thin pink ribbon through the lanyard loop end, to help her keep track of the stylus.
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