Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Don't Store Your iPhone In Your Navel

May 9, 2022

01:20:25

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Is the Internal Storage a Cause of the Delays in Processing Photos?

02:18

The Latency of an Ss D Is the Thing That Matters Most, Right?

04:06

Network Quality Is a Terminal Command Built Into Mac OS X

02:56

Introduction

2min

The Keyboard Can Be Your Best Friend

5min

How to Copy and Paste Text From a Picture

2min

Network Quality Is a Terminal Command Built Into Mac OS X

3min

Speed Test Dot Net

2min

Is There a Way to Archive Old Photos?

6min

Live Beautifully With Hunter Douglas Window Shades

3min

How to Fix a Macbook Pro Desktop Folder Disappearance

3min

Apple's Battery Tech Has Increased or Stopped?

3min

10.

Cocoanut Battery Tracks Your Battery Health Overnight

4min

11.

I Love the Mag Safe Pop Socket

2min

12.

How to Remove Ear Wax From EarPods?

6min

13.

Is the Internal Storage a Cause of the Delays in Processing Photos?

2min

14.

The Latency of an Ss D Is the Thing That Matters Most, Right?

4min

15.

Never S S SL

4min

16.

How to Setup a Captive Portal on a Cable Motum

4min

17.

How to Save Money on a Mobile Phone?

5min

18.

Do You Have a Low Data Plan?

2min

19.

Seven Point One Solved a Critical Bug in a Security Bug in Net a Talk

3min

20.

How to Make a Rubics Cube With Screens

4min

21.

Mac OS X X 64 Bit - Macois Seiht Dot P and System Seven. Dot P.

4min

22.

Apple Home Kit

5min

23.

Yhere, I Could Bull Up Cuck Far Barris.

3min

Don't Store Your iPhone In Your Navel – Mac Geek Gab 927 episode image

Quick Tips for keyboard shortcuts, viewing messages, and speed tests are just the first segment of this week’s episode. Listen as John, Dave, and Pilot Pete navigate you through understanding managing the Finder sidebar, tweaking your batteries, choosing storage, and ensuring your DNS will let you connect to hotel Wi-Fi. Then your three favorite geeks wrap up with some fantastic (and timely!) Cool Stuff Found, including some travel tips. Press play and enjoy learning five new things together!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 927 for Monday, May 9, 2022
- The MGG Discord Server is Live!
- The MGG Merch Store is Live!
Quick Tips
- 00:02:20 Lee-QT-Efficiently Quit Without Saving
- 00:05:46 Barry-QT-Use Your Mac as an AirPlay Speaker…even Better With Studio Display!
- 00:06:41 Joe-QT-Use Live Text to Type those Restaurant Survey Codes
- 00:09:47 Harvey-CSF-Use `networkQuality -s` for Speed Tests from Terminal
  - https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/internet-speed-checkl-macos-monterey/
- 00:13:28 QT-Alternate Messages View
- 00:16:09 ADD Todd-The MGG Feed … Enhanced!
Sponsors
- 00:19:44 SPONSOR: Hunter Douglas – Custom Shades and more. Visit HunterDouglas.com/mgg today for your free Style Gets Smarter design guide.
- 00:21:08 SPONSOR: BBEdit, the power tool for text from Bare Bones Software is now ready for Big Sur and M1-powered Macs!
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:22:41 David-Disappearing Finder Sidebar Items
- 00:24:30 Eduardo-Risks of Leaving my MacBook plugged in full-time?
  - Maximizing Apple’s Battery Performance
  - Coconut Battery
- 00:32:04 CSF-MagSafe PopSockets! – Sadie should clip this tip LOTS of girls love those PopSockets!
- 00:34:31 Paul-Cleaning your AirPods increases Sound Quality
  - 12 Pieces Hearing Aid Cleaning Tools
  - 6-Pack of Brushes and Earloops
- 00:40:22 Tim-External SSD vs. Internal Storage
- 00:47:27 John-Custom DNS Messes Up Captive Portal – Yep. True!! I have had this issue before when setting up new XFinity/Comcast Cable Modems.
- 00:51:42 Roger-Which (e)SIM card to get when traveling?
Cool Stuff Found
- 01:02:08 @StatsDesk-DSM 7.1 Fixes Critical Netatalk Bug
- 01:03:37 Samsung T7 Shield Portable SSD — rubberized shock absorbers. Formatted ExFAT out of the gate, PCIe NVMe drive, 10Gbps USB (3.2g2
- 01:05:51 CSF-WOWCube for $249
- 01:08:51 Lawyer Jeff-CSF-Run MacOS 8 and System 7 in your browser
- 01:10:27 CSF-Scosche PowerUp 600 Torch ($139)
- 01:12:41 Dan-CSF-Ikea Tradfri Affordable HomeKit Devices – Yep. Ikea does make many things affordable
- 01:14:53 Patrick-CSF-DenTek Flossers…For Your Mac and iPhone
01:16:26 MGG 927 Outtro
- Chuck Barris…Assassin??
- The Context Machine Podcast
- MGG Merch is Available!
- Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page
- 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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- BackBeat Media Podcast Network

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