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Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Exploring Password Management and Team Organization Tools
This chapter delves into the benefits of using Bitwarden as a self-hosted password manager, emphasizing its security advantages for organizations handling sensitive data. Additionally, the chapter introduces Coda, an organizational tool for teams, showcasing its features and applications.
Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Mac! Ever struggled with selecting text in columns? Discover a game-changing Quick Tip that lets you select rectangular blocks of text across multiple lines using the Option key. This trick works in BBEdit, TextEdit, Pages, Preview, and even Microsoft Word. It’s been around for decades, but many are still in the dark!
In this episode, Pete, Adam, and Dave dive into the world of iPhone and Mac tips and tricks, ensuring you learn at least five new things every time you tune in. From using ChatGPT with Siri to sharing passwords seamlessly with family, we’ve got you covered. Plus, learn how to disable those pesky .DS_Store files on network drives to keep your syncing smooth.
But that’s not all! We explore Cool Stuff Found like the Ringo water bottle with a MagSafe holder and discuss the latest updates in Logic Pro 11.1. Whether you’re managing your Mac’s kernel extensions or finding the best PDF editor, we’ve got insights to make your tech life easier.
Ready to level up your Mac game? Tune in now and remember, “Don’t Get Caught” without these essential tips!
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1066 for Monday, December 2nd, 2024
- December 2nd: World Computer Literacy Day (also National Skip School Day & National Bartender Appreciation Day, so…hey, Ferb! I know what we’re doing!)
- Police Code 10-66 – Notify The ME / Check Officer’s Well-being
- MGG Monthly Giveaway
- Quick Tips
- 00:00:01 QT-Uncle Jamie-Select text
- 00:04:24 PCUnix-QT-Tell Siri to use ChatGPT
- 00:05:47 QT-PorthosJon-Disable .DS_Store on Network drives
- OnyX
- defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool TRUE
- 00:08:46 PorthosJon-QT-Trick to remote control an iPhone
- 00:11:50 Steve Hammond-QT-Mac App Store can install large apps on external drives
- 00:13:48 Richard-QT-Use Space bar in Freeform to pan around the canvas
- 00:19:07 QT-PorthosJon-New Password app – sharing passwords
- Sponsors
- 00:24:34 SPONSOR: Coda, the one Doc to rule them all. Bring your text and tables together! Sign up at Coda.io/mgg for FREE.
- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:26:02 Larry-Which PDF Software do you use these days?
- Nitro PDF (formerly PDFPen, and now it’s in Setapp!)
- PDF Expert
- 00:34:40 LockTutor-Frequent kernel panics
- Join our MGG Discord
- System and kernel extensions in macOS
- Use OnyX to rebuild the KEXT Cache (kernel extension cache)
- 00:41:24 Eric-1062-Do I need to worry about using Migration Assistant when moving from Intel to Apple Silicon?
- 00:47:49 The grocery store made Adam’s Mom change her iCloud Password
- 00:53:00 Dave’s Dad’s Google Mail Stopped Authenticating
- 01:01:11 Screen sharing with family members
- 00:26:02 Larry-Which PDF Software do you use these days?
- Cool Stuff Found
- 01:03:31 PorthosJon-CSF-Ringo Water Bottle with MagSafe
- 01:06:30 CSF-Logic Pro 11.1 lets you reorder mixer channels and adds Quantec reverb
- 01:08:56 Bruce-CSF-1064–Open Core Legacy Patcher really does work!
- 01:12:56 Tony-CSF-1063–BetterSnap Tool to manage your windows
- 01:14:25 MGG 1066 Outtro
- MGG Monthly Giveaway
- Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly
- Pilot Pete’s Aviation Podcast: So There I Was (for Aviation Enthusiasts)
- The Debut Film Podcast – Adam’s new podcast!
- Dave’s Business Brain (for Entrepreneurs) and Gig Gab (for Working Musicians) Podcasts
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