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-Brandon Walter, a relatively new listener to the show (thanks Ty Romstadt!), provides a couple of tips, including an alternative adhesive kit for the 21.5" and 27" iMacs:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/202357271099
-Brandon also mentions a great vCard export option within the Contacts app
-Jerry mentions an excellent tip he heard on Mac Geek Gab, which is to open a desktop version of a website on a mobile device (think iCloud.com on an iPhone/iPad)
-Joe's disappointing 15" MacBook Pro story continues as he finds he cannot have the battery replaced at the Apple Store. Jerry suggests a "Mac Drop".
-We have the pleasure of welcoming Jeff Porten, author of Take Control of your Productivity, available from Take Control Books -
Jeff Porten has 25 years of experience as an independent consultant to small businesses and nonprofits, concentrating on information technologies, business planning, and personal and organizational workflow management.
Being productive is never as simple as putting items on a calendar or to do list and checking them off. Most of us struggle with too much to do, too little time, and only a vague idea of how to plan each day so we can achieve the best results with the least stress. If that sounds like you (and especially if you’ve tried a bunch of productivity systems and found them lacking), Jeff Porten’s expert guidance may be just what you need.
-Listeners of the show can receive a special 30% off the book price by going to http://takecontrolbooks.com/ccpower. ACNs can also receive a sample copy for evaluation.
-You can reach Jeff at takecontrol@jeffporten.com
Zvon Petric - At Your Server
-Joe continues to name drop as he is near Point Reyes National Seashore at the time of recording
-Jerry suggests a drinking game for all of Joe's California location mentions
-As some follow up to Jerry's Drobo fan story, he finally had to bite the bullet and move to a new enclosure
-Cellular modem troubles became an issue for Joe so he spins a yarn about the steps he took to troubleshoot
-Restoring a configuration file became a topic of discussion and a word of caution
-Joe talks about the logistics of shipping equipment for "general delivery" or using an Amazon Locker when on the road
-Now that Joe has a fancy cellular modem/router, he discusses his wish list for things like prioritized traffic
-Seeing a business opportunity, the group starts talking about options for working with RV and boat owners
-Billing for the aptly named "fuzzy slippers approach" comes up. Sam contemplates making it a line item on his invoice.
-Quoting for those jobs is also something that becomes a talent over time
-Joe has some follow up for same from Episode 223 "It's not you, it's me" about Mail notifications
-Sam follows up on his experience at the ACN Road Show in Santa Monica, CA
-Sam shares a story from one of our listeners that recovered a stolen MacBook Pro with assistance from the police department
-In working with a client, Joe discovers that Find My iPhone was off. He also discussed enabling show last location, which is a handy feature.
-Sam tries to inject a new segment in the show, "Sam's travel corner"
-Jerry reminds us about taking a few moments to ask clients for an online review
-Jerry talks about an experience with a client that had a failed High Sierra upgrade - "macOS could not be installed on this computer" and used terminal to correct it:
diskutil list
diskutil umount force /dev/disk1
(Take note of your disk id. disk1 in my case)
diskutil apfs convert /dev/disk1
-We reference Mike Bombich from Carbon Copy Cloner and an APFS issue that was found when dealing with sparse images:
https://bombich.com/blog/2018/02/15/macos-may-lose-data-on-apfs-formatted-disk-images
-Not to be outdone, Joe introduces yet another segment, "Joe's Kuriosity Korner"
-A client that politely declined Joe's monthly services plan ends up with an issue with data loss after a liquid spill and the Apple Store replaced hardware. PsiMac to the rescue: had her order the hard drive from Backblaze. It contained a full copy of her home folder, which brought her data back. Two fallout issues were Keychain related and the Photos library.
-Sam has an issue with spotlight and Outlook 2016 and found a more recent support article to deal with the issue using the mdimport command. This was a welcome new approach to removing and rebuilding the spotlight database:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2741535/outlook-for-mac-search-returns-no-results-and-task-items-are-not-displ
-A story you have to hear to believe - Joe's client has an issue with sending emails from Outlook and coming out as gibberish to receivers. After upgrading from Outlook 2011 to 2016, the issue remained. In the end, an errant carriage return in one of her contact names caused this formatting issue to occur.
"Just re-index it dude"
-Apparently Sam
-Joe has some follow up on the Gmail Bcc mystery
-A talk about the latest ACN announcements, including the ACN Roadshow. Joe will be attending in NYC on March 13th and Sam will be in Santa Monica on February 21st.
-Jerry has a very odd story about ordering an Echo for a customer via his Amazon account
-A macOS Server PSA from Joe - Apple Support article about changes coming in macOS Server
-Sam hasn't had a lot of affection for Airport Extremes but this latest issue with firewall settings and port forwarding not working doesn't give him the warm & fuzzies
-Jerry has an issue with a possibly bad Samsung Evo 850 and ends up replacing it within another with success
Etrecheck.com is a handy tool he has used to detect software & hardware problems on Macs
-Have you heard Jerry mention Occam's Razor on show's past. Curious as to what the reference is?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor
-220/221 Volts Whatever it takes? - YouTube (Mr. Mom reference!)
-Joe attempts a pop quiz about Photos and the All Photos vs Photos view
-Sam has to secretly Google "how to pair Air Pods" while at a client
-While Jerry is on-site to work on a Synology, he is asked to assist with a problem iMac. As it turned out, he was sending them Watchman alerts all along about a drive failure.
-Joe has some follow up on MacBook Pro uptime; MacBook Pro with slow wake from sleep after closing lid? Try restarting! Slow changing network interfaces? Try restarting!
-Encryption a Fusion drive with FileVault was proving to be a long and arduous process for Jerry. Only periodically moving the mouse would force it to progress again. Jerry found a free app called "Jiggler" to keep the mouse active periodically.
http://www.sticksoftware.com/software/Jiggler.html
To see the status of the encryption process, he used this command:
diskutil cs list | grep “Conversion Progress”
Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology joins us for another episode
https://rewindtech.com
-Weldon asks the crew about New Year's resolutions and the conversation immediately delves into a discussion on Wi-Fi
-Eero is a recommendation Weldon has been using in a lot of residential environments. Joe & Jerry have similar positive experiences:
https://eero.com
-Cisco Meraki is what Rewind Tech usually turns to for continued management of a network:
https://meraki.cisco.com
-Weldon discusses his 1, 3, 5, 7 plan (Software - every year, endpoint equipment (laptops) - 3, servers - 5 years, networking equipment - 7 years)
-Sam is starting to evaluate Daylite as a CRM and sees many possibilities for use within his organization. Still, the discussion of a good old fashioned spreadsheet comes about.
https://daylitemac.com
-Weldon discusses the future of his training and MSP business as well as his role within the organization
-2018 goals for Weldon: creating and utilizing custom DEP deployment solutions since the future of imaging is changing. Ultimately he wants a great experience for the customer. Here are some of the tools that he is looking into:
The ability to create macOS packages to deploy user accounts
https://github.com/gregneagle/pycreateuserpkg
DEP deployment tools:
https://github.com/Shufflepuck/SplashBuddy
https://gitlab.com/Mactroll/DEPNotify
https://github.com/erikng/installapplications
-Tim Perfitt from Two Canoes discusses acquiring a new iMac Pro and the changes that come with it: https://twocanoes.com/secureboot-imac-pro/
-Another great resource mentioned from Scripting OS X called NetInstall Is Dead, Too: https://scriptingosx.com/2017/12/netinstall-is-dead-too/
-Weldon takes a few moments and acknowledges the fellow members of the Mac community
-Have a great 2018!
Topics:
-To start the new year, we are very pleased to be joined on our first live show of 2018 by Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology in Denver, CO. Weldon hangs with the crew as another host in case Sam goes missing again.
https://rewindtech.com
-Some things never change, the old HCS land grab jokes are in full swing
-Joe discusses the first zero day exploit of 2018, actually launched via tweet on New Year's Eve. Check out the IOHIDeous narrative on GitHub, kind of interesting! The vulnerability exists in a process called IOHIDUserClient which the macOS limits to having only a single instance at any given time, which happens to be spawned by WindowServer. So in order to exploit the vulnerability, we need to kill the WindowServer process. But terminating it requires admin privileges and essentially reboots the GUI, so this is not a viable mode of exploitation. But it turns out that by logging out the user, WindowServer releases its IOHIDUserClient temporarily, giving the exploit enough time to spawn its own instance of IOHIDUserClient and leverage it to compromise the system. The exploit can use "launchctl reboot logout" which does not display a warning dialog. The exploit can also use an AppleScript command to send loginwindow an event called "AppleEventReallyLogOut" (osascript -e 'tell application "loginwindow" to «event aevtrlgo»'), and loginwindow apparently doesn't care who sent the event, but it does display a dialog box as if the user selected "Log Out" from the Apple menu.
-Jerry wonders if this will be on the CCP test
-Sam recalls a story working after hours at a client when the alarm goes off
-Weldon shares his story of a Promise RAID gone wrong. Friends don't let clients pull drives out of RAID drive bays. It also leads to a further discussion about how to handle RAID solutions and future expansion.
-A handy virtualization app for Synology, which Sam has used in conjunction with CrashPlan, is Docker: https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/feature/docker
-Jerry is busy building Minecraft worlds on Synology. He ends up needing a volume formatted as Btrfs. Read more here: https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/Btrfs
-Time Machine and Synology has had a spotty past
-Sam discusses a Wi-Fi upgrade in NYC and replaced aging equipment with Ubiquiti Unifi. He also has some advice on utilizing a Cloud Key.
-He also mentions a handy workaround to test network settings remotely while still needing to reconnect to the remote computer. Joe recalls a similar solution for another problem.
-Jerry talks about the Unifi In Wall units that he has set up recently: https://inwall.ubnt.com
Thanks as always to our Patreon sponsors!
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- Joe's switch to Google G Suite: BusyCal list view, 9999 days, sort by repeating events, calendar, etc.; Google Calendar: how are the interface arrows still not Retina?!
BusyCal took about 5 hours to delete all calendar events on Google G Suite, to reset calendar database (to resolve duplication without having to delete recreate all calendars and reconfigure all sharing settings)
Empty Trash in each of Google Calendars
Two Options in BusyCal: Option 1) File: Import (imports to a new local calendar), can be adjusted, reviewed, split, etc. locally and then events dragged and dropped into calendars on server; or Option 2) Drag and drop .ics file onto BusyCal icon in Dock, choose existing server calendar to import into
Google Calendar adds gross text to the end of the Notes field on every calendar event by default, unless you turn off this feature first:
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Please do not edit this section of the description.
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Gmail can only delegate the entire email account, rather than specific mailboxes (maybe because there's no concept of "Mailboxes", only "Labels"?). Does it even show in IMAP?
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Joanna Stern - Day with Apple Watch 3
Apple Watch Series 3 Review: No iPhone, No Problem?
http://macs.ws/2x5y8UN
Prioritize WiFi Networks on Your iOS Device
https://pxlnv.com/blog/prioritize-wifi-ios/
Filemaker Tips
Configuring security for FileMaker Server 14 and earlier
https://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14169/
https://support.code42.com/CrashPlan/5/Troubleshooting/Stop_and_start_the_Code42_app_service
List of supported email clients for Sending Mail
http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15667/~/list-of-supported-email-clients-for-sending-mail
This episode is sponsored by Kalos Consulting, specialty recruiter and business partner of the Apple Consultants Network.
The Kalos team has over 20 years of combined experience in recruiting, and they made in a big splash in the IT space 18 months ago by becoming the only recruiter specializing in Apple’s FileMaker software. Kalos has since placed 17 developers in full-time roles, mostly with companies in the FileMaker Business Alliance. Good news travels fast, and Kalos was asked to extend its services to members of the Apple Consultants Network.
Their goal is to assist you in growing your business by finding the people you need to make that a reality. If your company specializes in Apple IT and you need help growing your team, or you’re an Apple consultant who wants to learn about new opportunities, give Kalos a call at 630.746.5626 for a free consultation. Find out more at KalosConsultingInc.com.
- iPhone 6 Plus Replacement - Touch Disease
http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-plus-touch-disease-what-is-it-and-what-can-i-do-2016-10
- Max Headroom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom
https://youtu.be/cYdpOjletnc
- Apple Magnetic Adapter Patent - USB-C To Magsafe
http://macs.ws/2h6oMAF
- Important changes to the Dropbox public folder
Effective September 1, 2017, Dropbox Plus and Business users can no longer render HTML content, and the Public folder and its sharing functionality have been disabled
https://www.dropbox.com/help/files-folders/public-folder
- Amazon Web Services - S3
https://aws.amazon.com
AWS Free Usage Tier*
As part of the AWS Free Usage Tier, you can get started with Amazon S3 for free. Upon sign-up, new AWS customers receive 5 GB of Amazon S3 storage in the Standard Storage class, 20,000 Get Requests, 2,000 Put Requests, and 15 GB of data transfer out each month for one year.
- Connected Data Transporter Private Cloud File Sync and Share Appliance, Named Computer Technology Review Most Valuable Product (MVP) 2015 Award Winner
http://macs.ws/2h8Gjov
Support for all of the consumer-class Transporters ended on September 01, 2017.
https://helper.nexsansupport.com/tfc_support
Thanks again to Kalos Consulting for sponsoring Command Control Power!
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Jerry & Joe revisit Circle by Disney - https://meetcircle.com . An issue issue with a test device still sending messages even after it was reset.
Circle Go https://meetcircle.com/circle-go/ - "works anywhere" has lowerd its subscription price to $4.99 per month for up to 10 devices
Joe discusses offering to upload and merge client photos as a service.Her references an original Macworld article about using iCloud Photo Library to merge photo libraries; and a newer article .
Jerry talks about using iPhoto Library Manager and PowerPhotos from
Joe wheels and deals with his cable provider, Optimum for faster broadband rates.
Joe contacts Verizon to add a second static IP to cellular SIM for free. PEP Wave device automatically acquired the static IP and reconnected, amazingly; doubled cellular data from 8GB to 16GB+2GB free for $5 more per month; can switch to business plan when using more than 5 lines, with discounts starting around 8%;
Joe contacts AT&T to drop an old iPad line that was costing $10 per month; spoke with retention department and was offered 20GB data for same price as previous 10GB price; they offered to send free Samsung Galaxy Classic Watch (retail: $350) for free to use the with iPad line in the interest of keeping the line active; no commitment or contract; I can set up the watch and then if I don't like it I can keep it, give it away, or sell it and still cancel the line with no penalty; wonder what they'll offer me when I call back to cancel it a second time!
Jerry talks about his first failure with a Samsung EVO 850 SSD. The drive tested fine with an open source tool https://www.smartmontools.org along with other more familiar utilities.
- Joe chats about a recent upgrade To SoftRAID 5.6 that will support running a SMART test on both USB and FireWire disks.
OS 10 SAT Smart Driver -https://github.com/kasbert/OS-X-SAT-SMART-Driver
-A big thank you to all of our Patreon sponsors!
Meet our guests for the Residential Roundtable discussion:
Adam Rice - With 18 years' experience in IT, web development, and project management, Adam solves technology problems and design technology solutions for home users and small businesses. He also coaches individuals in time & task management and organization.
http://adamrice.org
@adamriceorg
Andy Espo of Call Andy Macintosh Consulting - With small business and high-end residential as their market focus, Call Andy Macintosh Consulting provides strategic technology and process management consulting along with installation and support for Macintosh computers, iOS deployment and networks.
http://www.callandy.com
@andyespo
Remie Cremers of Super Remie - Remie has been using Apple products since 2008 and loved it so much that he decided to make a job out of it. In 2013 he started Super Remie. Whether you need advice, a workshop, or a complete installing of all of your hard- and software, he's your man.
https://superremie.nl
@RemieCremers
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Meet our guests for the Residential Roundtable discussion:
Adam Rice - With 18 years' experience in IT, web development, and project management, Adam solves technology problems and design technology solutions for home users and small businesses. He also coaches individuals in time & task management and organization.
http://adamrice.org
@adamriceorg
Andy Espo of Call Andy Macintosh Consulting - With small business and high-end residential as their market focus, Call Andy Macintosh Consulting provides strategic technology and process management consulting along with installation and support for Macintosh computers, iOS deployment and networks.
http://www.callandy.com
@andyespo
Remie Cremers of Super Remie - Remie has been using Apple products since 2008 and loved it so much that he decided to make a job out of it. In 2013 he started Super Remie. Whether you need advice, a workshop, or a complete installing of all of your hard- and software, he's your man.
https://superremie.nl
@RemieCremers
Patreon sponsorship is changing
Jerry comes up with a new way for the show to raise money
Our next live show will be at ACEs 2017
Joe has some follow up about Circle with Disney
A discussion brews about virtual & live answering services:
Call Ruby
Sam proctored the Support Essentials exam for Joe & his employees. How did they all do?
We learn even more about Joe's extensive staff
Sam describes an odd permissions issue with Microsoft Office 2016 and an SMB share on macOS Server
Joe has seen some issues with Sophos Home that have affected his client's web browsing experiences
Some follow up for Sam who had strange DNS entries on his computer
Jerry had recent interactions with the always supportive staff at Carbon Copy Cloner
Synology had an issue recently with DSM Update that caused issues for some of their NAS devices
An unfortunate miscommunication caused a mixup for one of Sam's clients
Remote support isn't all its cracked up to be, as Joe reminds us
Elevation Lab created the Battery Pro, a combo iPhone & Apple Watch charger
Thanks to all of our Patrons!
Jerry picked up a USB-C to Ethernet adapter with "groovy" lights
-Anker USB-C Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Some Apple Watch discussion with regards to unlocking your Mac and updating
Sam & Jerry get into some iCloud Family Sharing and Child Apple ID issues
Jerry recommends a couple of apps for extracting data from iOS devices:
-ecamm PhoneView: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
-iMazing: https://imazing.com
Jerry provides live tech support for iOS storage issues due to a large Photos library
Joe demos Circle with Disney and have a successful presentation at a local school
-https://meetcircle.com
-Now they offer Circle Go for outside of the home network: https://meetcircle.com/circle-go/
Jerry recounts a story of a client diagnosing a "rogue IP" on their network
Joe's client has QB issues and deals with phony tech support. It brings up the common issue of fake sites in legitimate Google searches.
The guys talk about the level of FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) amongst people with regards to technology
Aw Snap! - Joe brings up his disdain for Google Chrome's error messages
Our call for feedback about joining the Apple Consultant Network (or not) was answered by our listeners and brings about some discussion
Joe talks up his PsiTool and the benefits of keeping up to date external volumes as a diagnostics drive. He also discusses his use of SoftRAID
To no surprise, Carbon Copy Cloner comes up in the methods of creating the PsiTools partitions
https://bombich.com
Highly recommended: SanDisk SDCZ880-256G-G46 Extreme PRO 256GB USB 3.1 Solid State Flash Drive
http://amzn.to/2oonKjm
Jerry gives us a run down of Volitans Software, used by Watchman Monitoring: https://www.volitans-software.com
We get the history behind Joe's company name!
Kevin Ginger (@kginger_cons) joins us for the second half of the show!
Diving right in, the group discusses Kevin's recommendations on QNAP & Synology
QNAP, Inc. - Network Attached Storage (NAS)
https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/model.php?II=233
-TVS-1282T :: QNAP
-TVS-x82T Thunderbolt 2 NAS supports tiered storage, application-based partitioning and network traffic distribution, provides DAS/NAS/ iSCSI SAN triple solution, and enables 4K 60 fps video transfer and display.
Kevin also had the opportunity to speak at MacTech Pro Seattle in March. Command Control Sponsor is a proud media sponsor of MacTech Pro Events. Look for it at a city near you:
http://pro.mactech.com/go/ccp/
Sharing a war story, Kevin goes into what happens when your main storage device fails
If nothing more it provides opportunity to tell other clients what can happen if you don't plan for the worst
Kevin will be returning to Aces Conference this year, where we will be holding our special live show. There is still time to join us and be a part of it! Click the link below to find out more and register:
Unrelated: If you haven't seen it, take a look at this daughter waltzing in while her dad gives an interview on live TV: http://cnn.it/2mDBkjw
Joe has a great story about a replacement Time Capsule. Jerry and Sam provide their theories. See if you can figure it out before the big reveal!
Sam describes an awkward situation where the wrong text went to a client
DND - Does it work for you? Sam talks about how it seems to do nothing for him.
Jerry talks about Wi-Fi Calling with AT&T and how it allowed him to still work while on vacation
Joe counters with the features of Ring Central
Jerry talks about friend of the show David Sparks of the Mac Power Users podcast. He has a great episode with Sal Soghoian that talks about automation and your business.
Joe has to deal with a DOA Time Capsule, indicated by a rapid blinking yellow light
After chiding Joe for ordering his MacBook Pro with 16 GB of RAM, Jerry realizes he is RAM constrained on his 8 GB model. He suggests a utility called Clean My Mac:
https://macpaw.com/cleanmymac
He also has positive experiences with Memory Clean, from Fiplab: https://fiplab.com/apps/memFory-clean-for-mac
Jerry poses the question - would you keep an early 2011 MacBook Pro on El Capitan or upgrade to Sierra?
A handy suggestion from Jerry to deal with potential issues on a Mac is EtreCheck from Etresoft: https://etrecheck.com
Sam talks about his new Hyperdrive by Indiegogo. Purchased in the early bird phase on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2gIfbhg
Command Control Power is sponsored this week by ProSoft Engineering, makers of Drive Genius & Data Rescue. Visit www.prosofteng.com/ccp to save $100 on your professional upgrade license or $50 off a personal license. If you are new to Drive Genius, use coupon code DGDR132 to purchase a new license.
-Sam has been replaced! Kevin Ginger joins the show in an official co-host capacity
-We also welcome Justin Esgar to the show to talk about the upcoming Aces Conference. Justin talks about the lineup and the impressive list of speakers.
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---Proactive certification with Allen Hancock of Watchman Monitoring
-Jerry grills Kevin on how often he is on Slack. He is always there to support his fellow consultants.
-Kevin discusses issues with OWC Aura drives and a viable replacement in a flush mounted SD card carrier. It’s especially useful for additional storage for iTunes or Photos libraries.
-BASEQI aluminum microSD Adapter for MacBook Air 13" and MacBook Pro 13"/15"
http://amzn.to/2oh1YQw
-SanDisk Ultra 200GB Micro SD (SDSDQUAN-200G-G4A)
http://amzn.to/2nT5eyu
-Kevin also discusses his client base, which is mostly full MSP businesses clients.
-Being a one man shop, he is considering hiring and an admin looks to be on the radar for the next hire.
-You can find Kevin and his business at www.kginger.com or on Twitter @kginger_cons
-A big thank you to all of our Patreon sponsors! Listen for an update to how Patreon sponsorship works and how it affects access to the back catalog of show.
On this show, we are very pleased to welcome Neil Ticktin, Editor in Chief and Publisher of MacTech and Host of MacTech Pro Events. These regional events are perfect for the Apple Consultant looking to gain knowledge on important subject matter and network with their peers. Neil joins us for a show focused on MacTech Pro and the amazing line up of topics:
Creating a Storage Strategy: Integrating solutions for Cloud, Local, Network with Access, Archive and Backup in Mind
Deployment Methods: Files, Configurations and Directory Services
Scripting Python: Solo and Playing with the Other Kids
Group Discussion: Limited time, limited resources. Best practices to optimize you.
IoT and Home Automation
Security. Don’t be the low hanging fruit for a hacker.
macOS Troubleshooting. Console is your friend.
The Tools You Should Know
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Join your hosts Joe Saponare of PsiMac, Sam Valencia of HCS Technology Group, and Jerry Zigmont of MacWorks as we discuss Apple, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Server, other hardware and software, best practices, business operations, clients, rates, managed services, mobile device management, troubleshooting, and more.
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Our own Sam Valencia visits the Great Wall in 2023
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Command-Control-Power is a weekly podcast hosted by three certified members of the Apple Consultants Network (ACN), drawing from over half a century of combined experience operating technology consulting practices.
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We talk about Apple, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Synology, UniFi, hardware, software, best practices, clients, rates, managed services, mobile device management, business operations, troubleshooting, etc.
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