Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

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New iMacs, Traveling, Porting, and Troubleshooting – Mac Geek Gab 754 Mar 25, 2019

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This week your two favorite geeks, John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, tackle answers to your questions about traveling with technology, porting your phone number (and saving money!), converting Apple Music files and more. Of course, they talk about the new stuff from Apple, too! Press play, listen, and learn at least 5 new things!

Beware the Magnets – Mac Geek Gab 753 Mar 18, 2019

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You want Cool Stuff Found? You want to know how to uninstall apps properly? What about the dangers of disabling SIP? John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, your two favorite geeks, come together to answer all of these and more. Have a question? Send it in to feedback@macgeekgab.com or post in the MGG forums.

Finder, Friend or Foe? – Mac Geek Gab 752 Mar 11, 2019

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The Finder can be your friend or foe, depends upon how well you tame and tweak it. These are the kinds of things John and Dave help you do each week on Mac Geek Gab. In addition to that, we’ve got segments on taming iCloud’s two-factor authentication, suggestions for improving on the Stickies model, and ways of recovering disk space. All this and more! Just press play and learn at least five new things!

Sharing Contacts, Bulk SMS, Calendar Tweaks, and Quick Tips – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 751 Mar 05, 2019

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Want to learn the big secret to keeping your computer happy? How about how to share contacts? What about some quick tips about using calendar? This is what Mac Geek Gab is all about, and Dave and John help guide you through all of this, including getting your questions answered!Note: Shownotes are complete!

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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 751 for Monday, March 4, 2019
00:02:04 Office-Building-Shaped Icy Death Pool
- Palm VII
00:05:41 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones. 25 Years and going as Dave and John’s favorite text editor.
00:08:25 Nick-Battery Concerns with Docked Macs (3rd PP)
- Coconut Battery
00:16:54 Irv-Sharing Contacts
- File | Export | Contacts Archive…
- File | Import
00:23:53 Creating a developer account user
00:27:09 Brian-GC-App with Quick Text Notes
- Unclutter
00:30:35 Mike-Bandwidth Usage app for Mac
- SNMP Test Utility for Mac
- Bandwidth+
- NETGEAR Routers
00:37:58 SPONSOR: LinkedIn Jobs. Go to LinkedIn.com/MGG and get $50 OFF toward your first job post!
00:41:17 Ben-QT-Move one day at a time
- Cmd-Opt-[Right/Left]
00:42:27 Mark-CrashPlan limits restores to 250MB at a time
00:46:12 Mark-Best advice: quit apps
- Quitter from Marco Arment
- App Tamer
00:49:45 Chit Chat Across The Pond with Dave Hamilton
00:50:19 Rand-Check your Keychain Inactivity Lock Settings
- If your Mac keeps asking for the login keychain password
00:53:32 Loren-Use Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud for Free PDF Storage
00:55:26 Jeff-750-Copy Folder Structure without Contents
00:56:49 SPONSOR: TextExpander: TextExpander helps you communicate smarter. Create snippets for things you type – or copy and paste – all the time. Get 20% off your first year’s subscription at TextExpander.com/podcast.
00:59:51 Scott-750-Use Email addresses for SMS Blasts (h/t Roger)
- TroopWebHost.org
- Examples:
  - 8885551234@txt.att.net
  - 8885551234@messaging.sprintpcs.com
  - 8885551234@vtext.com
  - SMS Email Gateways
- Report Spam SMS to Your Provider
- CallProtect from AT&T
01:04:58 Chris-750-Use Call-Em-All for SMS Blasts
01:06:38 Carl-750-Bulk SMS with Remind.com
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- EvTheNerd from California, Elizabeth from Virginia, Robert from Florida, Steven from California, Ward from Arizona, Olga from Washington, Jason from Massachusetts, Stephen from Illinois, Nick from Michigan, Kenneth from New South Wales, Randall from Portland, Ric S., Jonathan C., Bartek from London, Erik from Trondheim, Jim from California, Robb from Minnesota, Randall S., Bruce from Colorado, Robert from Arizona, Matt from Virginia, Daniel from London, Jeff S., Doug S., Brian from Tennessee, Anthony from New South Wales
01:09:07 Jon-750-Tip for Temporary MAC Cloning
- sudo ifconfig [interface] ether [MAC OF OTHER DEVICE]
01:12:42 Stephan-750-Print Multiple Documents from the Finder
01:13:48 Ward-750-Even easier multi-file printing shortcut (h/t Nick)
01:15:15 The Post
- Glenn Fleishmann’s Tiny Type Museum
01:17:15 MGG 750 Outtro
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Batteries In The Cloud – Mac Geek Gab 750 Feb 26, 2019

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Aren’t using all your iCloud Storage? No worries, we’ve got an idea for that. We also have Cool Stuff Found and answers to your other questions. Plus, we iterate on a Quick Tip from last episode making it quicker and tipper! Listen with John and Dave and learn at least five new things!

The Mesh Wi-Fi Industrial Complex – Mac Geek Gab 749 Feb 18, 2019

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Wanna know how to force Safari to download a media file instead of playing it? Want to know how to use the same drive on USB-C and USB-A Macs? Want to know how to secure erase your NAS drive? John and Dave have your answers! There is also a lot of concern about the future of eero, so your two geeks discuss that, too. All this and more, just press play and enjoy learning at least five new things!

Touch Bar & The Terminal – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 748 Feb 12, 2019

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Do you need an elbow connector? You might after listening to this episode! That, after all, is what Cool Stuff Found segments are all about: discovering stuff you didn’t know existed, and now you need! In addition to that, of course, your tips are shared and questions are answered, including some about iCloud Archives, CarPlay, and Watch Notifications. Hosts Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun guide you through all of this and more, just press play and enjoy learning at least five new things!

Connection Speeds, Slow Macs, DNS, and More – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 747 Feb 04, 2019

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How fast is your connection? How much of that speed matters? How fast is your Mac? Why isn’t it faster? What devices can you see on your network? Why can’t you connect to all of them? This is what Mac Geek Gab is about. Posing questions, getting answers, and learning at least 5 new things. Learn your 5 now by pressing play!

Battery Usage, CarPlay, Notifications, and Cool Stuff Found – Mac Geek Gab 746 Jan 29, 2019

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Wanna learn at least five new things about your Mac and iOS devices? This week’s Mac Geek Gab episode is sure to hit the mark. With topics ranging from Quick Look to Car Play to Robot Vacuums to APFS, there’s always something new to learn! Press play, download, and enjoy.

Mystery “System” Disk Usage, APFS, Cookies, and More – Mac Geek Gab 745 Jan 22, 2019

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Mysteries are meant to be solved, and when it comes to the mystery that is your “System” disk usage as displayed by macOS, well, that mystery’s not even supposed to exist in the first place. Dave and John dig in to solve this plus a bunch of other questions sent in by you, dear listeners. Press play, listen, learn, and enjoy!

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