Head-Banging With AppleScript
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Maximizing Phone Efficiency while Traveling
This chapter explores strategies for optimizing phone usage during travel, such as disabling data roaming and utilizing shortcuts. The hosts also share their transition from AppleScript to shortcuts, along with a handy tip for copying images on Amazon.
You’ve got some juicy tidbits from Mac Geek Gab 1004 with Pilot Pete and Dave Hamilton. Ready?
Raise your watch, say “five minutes,” and boom – timer set. Jazz up your Notebook with emojis in the folder names, create a dedicated email address for newsletters, and if you’re into privacy, set up DuckDuckGo as your default email.
Navigating Safari 17? Set your default search for private browsing. Here’s a zinger – erasing junk in Mail wipes it for all accounts. Don’t get caught unprepared.
Migrating your Photos Library or wondering about Time Machine backups post-macOS Sonoma upgrade? They’ve got you. And if you’re hunting for that one mail client to reign supreme, they dive deep into Thunderbird Supernova, Send Later, Canary Mail, and AI assistant integrations.
Dive into your tech week informed and ready. Don’t get caught slipping!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1004 for Monday, October 16th, 2023
- Quick Tips
- 00:00:01 QT Just Raise your watch and say “Siri, twenty minutes” and a timer will set
- 00:02:22 Tony-QT-Unsend Delayed Email with Command-Z
- 00:05:27 Mark M-QT-1002-Add Emojis to Notebook Folder Names in Notes
- 00:07:42 QT-Create a separate email address just for newsletters
- 00:10:15 Get a DuckDuckGo Email Address
- 00:11:59 Chicago Tom-QT-Set Default Search for Private Browsing in Safari 17 for macOS and iOS 17
- 00:14:32 Pensacola Craig-PSA-Erasing Junk or Trash in Mail Does So for ALL Accounts
- 00:16:18 Email Plus-Addressing
- 00:19:33 Lew-Use Shortcuts to Auto-Enable Airplane Mode
- 00:24:28 Todd-QT-Right-Click Twice to Copy Amazon Image to Clipboard
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- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:30:37 Innocuoso-How do I migrate my Photos Library to a new disk?
- 00:37:45 QT-macOS Monterey-and-later has Resumable Copy Operations
- 00:39:33 Gino-Do I Need to Start My Time Machine Backups Fresh after Upgrading to macOS Sonoma?
- 00:40:58 PCUnix-PSA-Some Apple TV 4Ks need to be replaced to control LG Televisions
- 00:42:45 CrazyNinjaPapa-Replacing a Synology DiskStation with a Mac mini?
- 00:51:50 Walter-1003-Apple Silicon requires True Thunderbolt to Boot Externally on *some* Macs?
- 00:56:37 Jedd-One Mail Client to Rule Them All?
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