Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting Widgets, Wi-Fi, and Big Sur — Mac Geek Gab 839
Oct 19, 2020
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The fall is a crazy ride for Apple users. New hardware, new software, lots of changes, and more. John and Dave are right there with you to answer your questions, share tips, and dissect the new technology to help us all understand everything better. Listen this week as your two favorite geeks answer some Wi-Fi questions, share Cool Stuff Found, and revisit Big Sur as it surely gets closer to release time. Press play and enjoy learning five new things!Note: Shownotes are in progress…
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 839 for Monday, October 19, 2020
- Cool Stuff Found
- 00:02:27 Raphaël-CSF-Weather Live app
- 00:04:51 Dmitriy-CSF-Commander One Finder Alternative and PDF Squeezer (both in Setapp!)
- 00:07:27 Allison-CSF-Use iPhone to Preview Photo Negatives
- 00:10:08 James-CSF-836-UniFi Lite Switches
- 00:11:46 D-Link DGS-1100 Switch Family
- 00:16:34 Dan-CSF-Last Time for Tracking Items and Events
- 00:18:15 Belkin Says MagSafe Car Vent Mount PRO doesn’t need pressure grips!
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- 00:24:35 Your Geeks Ordered New Hardware
- Questions
- 00:32:02 Darren-Video Download in Firefox
- 00:35:41 Dan-How to Protect from RansomWare? (second part)
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- Big Sur
- 00:50:47 Revisiting Big Sur ahead of its release
- SmallCubed MailSuite Beta
- Surtainly Not and BOMB for Big Sur Menu Bar
- Bartender 4 Beta
- 1:02:00 Enabling FileVault on T2
- 00:50:47 Revisiting Big Sur ahead of its release
- Networks/Wi-Fi
- 01:05:42 Dennis-Strange Mesh Issue
- 01:10:59 Thomas-Wi-Fi Password Sharing
- Tips and Follow-ups
- 01:20:28 Gray-837-Dark Sky Has a Widget!
- 01:21:04 John-837-Carrot Weather and Weather Channel have Widgets
- 01:21:16 Ben-Weather App Widgets are pre-iOS 14 (1 – WIDGETS)
- 01:22:31 More Widgets!
- 01:24:17 Ben-QT-837-Drag Apps by dragging the screens underneath them (2 – DRAGGING)
- 01:26:00 MGG 839 Outtro
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
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- BackBeat Media Podcast Network