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Prioritizing The Bachelorette

Dec 6, 2021

01:21:53

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Firestick Firestick

04:51

The R T 66 Hundred a X Will Be the First Sonology Router to Support S R M One Point Three

02:39

How to Empty the Trash on a Mac?

03:41

Introduction

2min

E M D B Dot Com

4min

I Don't Think You Want Your Primary Plan on a Physical Sim

3min

How to Create a Reminder on the iPhone - iOS 15 Point One for Dale Did.

4min

How to Clear Slack Notifications on Mac OS X?

2min

Get Your First Bag Free and Five Dollars Off Your Bundle With Trade

4min

Text Expander - Get 20 % Off Your First Year

4min

Is Unified Memory a Hacky Thing?

2min

Pascal - I Love Pascal

5min

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How to Empty the Trash if File Won't Get Deleaded?

2min

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How to Empty the Trash on a Mac?

4min

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Using a PFS on a Rotating Drive?

2min

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Time Machine Preferring a P F S for Time Machine Back Up?

2min

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Is Time Machine a PFS Case Sensitive?

2min

15.

How to Download Videos From Youtube and Other Session

2min

16.

Is There a Way to Create Tabs in Email?

5min

17.

Sonology R T 66 Wireless Router Review

2min

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The R T 66 Hundred a X Will Be the First Sonology Router to Support S R M One Point Three

3min

19.

The New Rowder Supports 60 Mega Hurts, Right?

2min

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I'm Stoked About This, but It's Also a Geek Challenge, Right?

4min

21.

Is There a Mag Safe Battery Pack on the Amazon Store?

4min

22.

A, I'll Keep My Peas From Popping at All of You

2min

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Firestick Firestick

5min

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Is There a Better Way?

5min

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Is There a Way to Get My Wife's Location in My Short Cuts?

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I Like My Catsy, I Was Surprised When You Sent Em When You Send the Notification

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Prioritizing The Bachelorette — Mac Geek Gab 903 episode image

Oftentimes we find ourselves relying upon technology to help maintain family harmony. Listen as John and Dave share a few of your (and their!) examples of just how this can work, and they solve a few problems along the way. If you're a long-time MGG listener, though, you know that's not all you get in this episode! Quick Tips and Cool Stuff found are peppered in, as well as a few extra hints and tips from your two favorite geeks. Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 903 for Monday, December 6, 2021
- 00:02:05 Using eSIMdb to find your international service
Quick Tips
- 00:09:18 Dale-QT-Change Reminders Time from Wheel to Number Pad
- 00:11:23 QT-iOS 15.1 Lets You Stop Alarms with Your Voice
- 00:12:06 Mike-QT-Setting a Contact’s Photo on iOS 15
- 00:13:48 Todd-QT-Clear All Notifications
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Tips and PSAs
- 00:20:20 PCUnix-Enlarged Cursor Causes Memory Bloat on 8GB M1 Macs
- 00:24:02 Tangent time about programming languages!
- 00:31:27 Dan-SIP and That Annoying Trash That Won’t Empty
  - csrutil disable
- 00:34:22 T2M2 1.19-Intended to be the last version compatible with backing up to HFS+
  - Four year old article about APFS and Rotational drives…relevance questioned.
Cool Stuff Found
- 00:42:53 Raymond-CSF-902-ClipGrab for YouTube Video Download
- 00:43:59 Todd-CSF-Use TextSniper for a Productivity Boost
- 00:45:14 Bob-CSF-CheatSheet to Reveal Keyboard Shortcuts
Sponsors
- 00:47:30 SPONSOR: Zocdoc, the easiest way to find a great doctor and instantly book an appointment. Sign up for FREE at Zocdoc.com/MGG and download the app today.
- 00:49:00 SPONSOR: Bespoke Post is here with a new seasonal line-up of must-have Box of Awesome collections. Each box costs only $45 but has over $70 worth of gear inside. Visit BoxOfAwesome.com and enter code MGG for 20% off your first box.
Cool Stuff Found
- 00:50:30 CSF-New Synology Router and SRM coming next year!
  - Synology RT6600AX
- 00:58:34 CSF-CIO ~~Mystery~~ MagSafe-and-Apple-Watch Power Bank–CIO-MB20W-5000-MAS (no longer a mystery thanks to listener Steven!)
- 01:03:14 CSF-Earthworks Ethos Microphone
Family Harmony
- 01:06:21 Ed-Prioritizing The Bachelorette
  - RarBG TV Section (use a VPN!)
- 01:13:13 Mike and The Boss-Using Synology Photos to Manage Shared Libraries
- 01:16:02 David-Sharing ETA when Driving to Someone?
  - Glympse
01:19:04 MGG 903 Outtro
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- Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar
- This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
- MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
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