Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

iOS 12 is out, folks, and John and Dave have some experience with it that they're happy to share. Of course, they take your questions, too, including those about your upcoming Mojave migration. Don't miss this one, folks!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 727 for Monday, September 17, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:01:20 Dead drive DriveDx Orico 2.5” to 3.5” Hard Drive Adapter 00:09:46 iOS 12 Is Out Today 00:16:09 Mojave next week! New Safari 12 for macOS 00:20:44 MGGJim-Disable USB Restricted Mode in iOS 12 00:23:03 Robin-QT-Drag-n-Drop from Safari Downloads Window Safari | View | Show Downloads 00:25:22 QT-Show Completed Jobs in Printer System Preferences | Printers & Scanners | Open Print Queue | Window | Show Completed Jobs 00:29:32 Ernesto-Fast Charging and Playing Audio on iPhone Belkin Lighting Audio + Charge Rockstar 00:33:45 Jim-724-Resilio Sync Success Story 00:36:53 SPONSOR: Eero Mesh Wi-Fi – Use MGG for Free Shipping in USA and Canada. 00:39:52 Greg-Don’t Fear the Reaper, Or the Dongles More Cowbell Hardware Growler 00:46:28 Rick-Really Clean Install and Application Components Pacifist for macOS CleanMyMac X AppCleaner Hazel 00:58:06 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones Software 01:00:54 JP-Preventing Newer MacBook Pro Startup sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00 How to stop the new MacBook Pro from automatically turning on when the lid is open How to turn your Mac on or off 01:07:57 Is it time to upgrade the iPhone? 01:11:03 Dual SIM and eSIM GigSky 01:15:36 David-Can I extend my router’s network with mesh? NETGEAR R9000/X10 NETGEAR EX8000 NETGEAR EX7300 01:22:01 Watching a single NFL game – NOT EASY 01:30:20 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors: Joe S., David T., Mike F., Ericka R., KiwiGraham, Mike Z., Joe S., Barry F., Ari L., Michael P., Dom B., Bob L., Jeff P., John V., John D., Santiago M. 01:31:33 MGG 727 Outtro Pepcom this week The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

It's time to fully embrace the USB-C interface, folks, at least according to listener Zack. Todd helps us understand Cruft, Phil needs to know about storing IDs when traveling, Felix is curious about storing archives, and that's just the half of it. You'll have to listen to hear Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun talk all about this and more!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 726 for Monday, September 10, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/> Gig Gab 181 00:03:27 Douglas-QT-Downloading again … For Free! iOS | App Store | Account | Purchased 00:07:34 Todd-CSF-Cruft Explained! Seth Godin: Sunk Costs Honeywell CP-6 00:10:22 Zack-QT-Skip the Dongle, Get a Cable USB-C to USB-B Cable 00:13:00 Dusty-725-Not all USB-C Dongles Are the Same 00:17:08 SPONSOR: iMazing – Visit iMazing.com/MGG to save 30% on all licenses to this stellar iPhone management utility that picks up where iTunes leaves you hanging. 00:19:05 Kurt-CSF-724-A Better Finder…Attributes! 00:20:45 Gary-CSF-CleanMyMac X and SetApp 00:24:23 KoderKev-CSF-Mac Repository 00:27:51 SPONSOR: Ring – Go to Ring.com/MGG to learn how you can get whole home security for only $10 month. 00:30:30 Phil-Storing IDs when traveling 1Password LastPass 00:34:57 CSF-ScannR App for Scanning Driver’s Licenses 00:36:48 Felix-Storing old archives, Verifying Photos Data Scrubbing Iron Mountain 00:44:33 Joe-Scripting SwitchResX Keyboard Maestro 00:51:14 Danny-macOS Voice Dictation Software Dragon Dictate for Mac 00:56:29 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors: Chris F., Paul M., Mike C., Mark R., Micah P., Ryan M., Neal L., Dave C., Scott F., Working Smarter for Mac Users, Abdullah B., John G., Frank A., James C., Jay C., Joe B., Peer Timo A., Eric R., Drake Z., The Teri O’Brien Show, Stephanie E. 00:58:39 Douglas-Sonos as a Speaker for the Mac Sonos brings AirPlay 2 Sonos Beam Yamaha AirPlay 2 Amplifiers Sonos Amp 01:10:52 Jedd-Which Range Extenders Work? TP-Link AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender RE355 01:18:30 to 4K or not 4K… and OLED 01:23:25 MGG 726 Outtro The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

Going back to school often means needing to take things from the digital world and connect them to the analog. Need sound? Need printouts? John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton have some Cool Stuff Found for you! Then it's on to troubleshooting external disks (including APFS), cable modem advice and what to do with an extra Mac mini. All this and more, just press play!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 725 for Monday, September 3, 2018 00:01:51 De-lint your iPhone and iPad port Lightning Port Cover 00:06:41 Brother J-CSF-HyperJuice External Battery Pack 00:08:34 Considering laptop upgrades Anker 5-in-1 Premium USB-C Data Hub 00:14:09 SPONSOR: PDFpen from Smile is the ultimate tool for editing PDFs. Using PDFpen, you can go paperless with scanning and OCR, search and redact sensitive info, such as account numbers, correct text in PDFs without the originals, and much more. Learn more about PDFpen at SmileSoftware.com/podcast 00:17:19 Rob-CSF-AirPort Express AirPlay 2 00:20:41 CSF-Anker Soundcore Flare 00:23:21 CSF-Samsung Xpress M2020 Laser Printer 00:27:29 DLH-CSF-TimingApp The Small Business Show 00:29:17 John-CSF-netcat or nc Homebrew Cakebrew nmap Terminal command 00:34:58 SPONSOR: Crossover from CodeWeavers – Feeling nostalgic this summer, well did you know you can play a lot of your old Windows games on mac with CrossOver? 00:36:45 Jan-Troubleshooting a missing USB Disk Hardware Growler If your Amazon Fire Tablet doesn’t work on your Mac 00:43:24 Steve-Financial Software (second part only) Quicken for Mac Mint.com TurboTax 00:49:58 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors: Erik W-B, Gene R., Bartek B., Bruce W., Randall S., Jim E., Jeff S., Daniel C., Doug S., Robb H., Bob P., Matt C., Tony B., EvTheNerd, Nick S., Robert D., John B., Beth B, Ward J., Greg S., Olga P., Michael L., Bob P., Jason A., Stephen A., Christopher S. 00:51:25 Christopher-Extra Mac mini (Late 2012) 00:57:19 For consultants: Beware imposing your advice on your clients 01:02:01 Doug-APFS on External Rotational Advice Everything you need to know about Carbon Copy Cloner and APFS 01:06:25 Harvey-Upgrading Cable Modem? 01:12:04 Scott-Which DOCSIS 3.1 Modem? NETGEAR CM1000 ARRIS SB8200 Motorola MB8600 XFINITY Approved Cable Modems 01:16:42 Carsten-Provisioning a new Cable Modem 01:29:58 MGG 725 Outtro The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

There is never a dull moment when the MGG Family gets together, and this week with questions about misbehaving fonts, unsorted Photos, and inconsistent speed tests, well, there's a lot happening. And that's just the first round! Listen as John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton sort through all this and more. Press play … and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 724 for Monday, August 27, 2018 00:04:00 Randy-Fonts Displaying Oddly in Mail and Safari Font Book – Install and Validate Fonts 00:08:14 Brian-Photos Sorting A Better Finder Rename Unix Epoch Time 00:11:31 Adam-CSFR-ExifTool 00:13:17 Iain-CSF-723-NeoFinder 00:14:35 Use Finder Search Attributes 00:15:48 SPONSOR: Check out the new Thunderbolt 3 10G Ethernet Adapter from Other World Computing at MacSales.com 00:17:11 Rich-Understanding SpeedTest Results How to use iPerf 00:28:39 Adam-Transcribing YouTube Videos Your Account | Creator Studio | Video Manager | Subtitles/CC 00:32:48 SPONSOR: Go to LinkedIn.com/MGG and get $50 OFF toward your first job post! 00:34:55 Damian-QT-iOS Grouped Emails 00:35:59 E-Jan-Target Display Mode 00:37:59 Bob-721-The SSD Egg Carton Analogy 00:44:26 David-722-AppleCare+ (Mac and iPhone and iPad) Thoughts 00:48:08 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors: Bob L., Jeff P., John V., John D., Kaz M., Michael L., Ken L., Clive S., Dave G., Gary B., Jeff F., Joseph B-P, Micah P. , Rich F., Kevin S., Harry M., Mike P., David R., Tom M., Matthias S., Dmitry S., Drew T., Juergen G., William J., Gray J., Wes G., Mark R., Mike M., Fernando M., Allen C., Stuart M., Michael E., John L., Kirschen S., Michael C., Tony Z., Seth R., Martijn B., Peter M., Jonathan C. 00:50:36 Neal-Private Cloud Syncing Solutions Resilio Sync ownCloud NextCloud 00:58:17 Chris-Suggestions for PDF Storage, iOS SMB Access? FileExplorer My Cloud 01:06:29 SPONSOR: Jamf Now – Signup at jamf.com/mgg and Get your First 3 Devices Free For Life! You need to manage multiple Apple devices, and Jamf Now is the easy way to do it! 01:08:21 Ed-Thoughts on Sonos Beam 01:19:33 Gary-CSF-Windows 95 is now a Mac App 01:20:19 Dusty-VirtualBox and USB Devices Parallels 14 for Mac Launches 01:26:48 MGG 724 Outtro https://www.macobserver.com/community/ Reeder Feedbin The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

It's not just newer Macs that suffer from CPU throttling, it happens on older Macs, too, and a firmware update is <em>not</em> the easy fix. Keychains, Photo Sorting, Battery management tips, and doing the Public Wi-Fi Dance are just <em>some</em> of the other topics covered.Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 723 for Monday, August 20, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:01:45 John Upgrades his NAS Synology SHR How to Upgrade the Memory in a Synology Disk Station DS713+ NAS (The processor in your NAS may be able to address more RAM than the unit shipped with, if the RAM is socketed, why not?) 00:08:35 Low Battery Causes CPU Slowdowns to 800MHz iStat Menus Intel Power Gadget 00:13:51 SPONSOR: Crossover from CodeWeavers – Feeling nostalgic this summer, well did you know you can play a lot of your old Windows games on mac with CrossOver? 00:15:15 Iain-3 Battery and Heat Management Tips Mpow Car Phone Mount, Air Vent Phone Holder for Car with Adjustable Car Phone Holder Settings | Battery | Low Power Mode (put in Control Center for easy access) 00:22:32 Use separate Keychain for Mail certificates Encrypting Mail on macOS 00:28:51 CSF-PowerPort Strip 12 00:30:58 Donna-Cheap iPhone Charger causes Ford Tire Pressure Monitor System Fault Buy a better charger 00:33:43 SPONSOR: MasterClass – Imagine learning new recipes from Gordon Ramsay, or 2 photography tips from Annie Leibovitz. Now you can. Visit MasterClass.com/MGG for unlimited access to MasterClass. 00:35:51 Paul-Doing the public Wi-Fi Dance On iOS and some public Wi-Fi, disabling Auto-Login for a network may bring up the Login screen 00:40:06 General | Reset | Reset Network Settings if all else fails 00:42:31 Ioannis-Lightning to USB-C to MacBook Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader Lightning to Type C Adapter 00:43:59 Feedback@MacGeekGab.com 00:44:28 SPONSOR: GameTime – Gametime is the top destination for last-minute tickets to live events. For $15 off your first purchase, visit usegametime.com/MGG and use promo code MGG. 00:47:17 Ron-USB-C Heat Satechi USB-C dock Conmdex Macsafe to USB-C 00:52:36 Ron-Mail Tildes Mail | Mailbox | Take All Accounts Online 00:55:37 Andrew-Sort Photos by Date Taken Sort by Date Taken with Path Finder Total Finder A Better Finder Rename 01:02:00 Greg-UPS Options in Energy Saver pmset -g 01:06:42 Roger-iPhone Reset All Settings after App Crash Settings | General | Reset | Reset All Settings looks to have solved odd password problem 01:09:40 Kevin-Is FileMaker the right answer? 01:16:17 Brian-How long before my Mac is no longer secure? 01:21:12 MGG 723 Outtro https://www.macobserver.com/community/ The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

The spinning beachball sucks. It sucks time away, and it sucks the life out of your computing experience. So let's talk about at least one way to solve it. And let's learn at least four other things along the way. Sound good? Great. Press play and you're on the train.Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 722 for Monday, August 13, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:02:03 Matt-719-Delete the logs, cure the beachball Onyx | Maintenance | Cleaning | Logs (also check Options… button) 00:05:11 Streamline The System Preferences Window 00:06:55 Dominic-721-Don’t Forget Migration Assistant How to move your content to a new Mac 00:08:01 Elliot-720-AirPods Replacement Process Replacement will only replace one part, not both.  Once you receive replacement, Replace an AirPod or charging case 00:08:52 Dan-QT-Examine your iPhone iPhone Battery & Power Repair A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance 00:11:13 SPONSOR: Jamf Now – Signup at jamf.com/mgg and Get your First 3 Devices Free For Life! You need to manage multiple Apple devices, and Jamf Now is the easy way to do it! 00:12:38 QT-QuickBooks-Don’t Forget to use QuickBooks Classes The Small Business Show 00:15:07 Jeff-CSF-macOS Grab Utility The Folder of Forgotten Utilities, or What’s Up with /Applications/Utilities 00:18:14 BrianMonroe-CSF-NetTool.io 00:19:30 Greg-CSF-721-Metapho for Getting Video Sizes 00:21:31 Greg-CSF-721-BASEQI microSD Adapter and Samsung 256GB MicroSDXC 00:23:18 SPONSOR: Ring – Go to Ring.com/MGG to learn how you can get whole home security for only $10 month. 00:25:06 Alex-Is iCloud Data Encrypted? iCloud security overview 00:28:32 Joe-Importing old Mailboxes Mail for macOS Sierra: Import or export mailboxes 00:33:36 David-Custom DNS on Mobile Data 00:36:16 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors: Josh O., Louis-Michel, Paulo B., Margaret M., Eliot G., Working Smarter for Mac Users, Ryan M., Neal L., Scott F., Abdullah B., John G., Frank A., James C., Jay C., Joe S., Barry F., Ari L., Michael P., Bob L., John B. 00:38:22 Devon-Older (2010) and Newer (2012) Mac Drive Woes 00:46:06 Mike-What’s Accessing My Hard Drive? iStat Menus 00:50:56 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones Software 00:53:22 Les-Is AppleCare+ Worth It on a MacBook Pro? 00:59:08 Mark-Cable Modem brings down entire network 01:05:44 Apple’s new DMARC Policy and GMail 01:10:21 Damian-Future of Mac Scripting Keyboard Maestro HyperCard 01:14:28 Eddie-External Display Wake-From-Sleep and Handshake Issues HDCP Errors 01:19:15 Kaz-Migrating Application Data/Settings to a new Mac (mainly just #4) AppCleaner Hazel 01:26:33 MGG 722 Outtro The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

Is running a full SSD OK? What's accessing my hard drive? How do I get custom sounds into Mail? These are just a few of the questions that John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, your two favorite geeks, answer this week. Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 721 for Monday, August 6, 2018 00:01:40 Flanging Wah-Wah Pedal Gig Gab Podcast 00:03:31 Thermometers, Qi Charging, and Heat Keeping iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch within acceptable operating temperatures 00:07:05 SPONSOR: Crossover from CodeWeavers: Feeling nostalgic this summer, well did you know you can play a lot of your old Windows games on mac with CrossOver? 00:08:42 Jai-QT and CSF-Mail PDF, Secure Files, Browser Strings Workflow Dropshare Private and Secure File Transfer with Dropshare Transfer.sh GeekGab.txt demo iCab Mobile 00:13:42 James-CSF-Pockethernet Pockethernet Review @ SmallNetBuilder 00:17:51 Ev-CSF-SSD RAID Adapter 00:20:06 Mark-CSF-MU Travel Charger 00:21:22 Bob-719-Why the Beachball Appears FSMonitor 00:22:57 Harvey-720-Assistive Touch for Undo Settings | General | Accessibility | Assistive Touch 00:26:53 SPONSOR: Eero Mesh Wi-Fi – Use MGG for Free Shipping in USA and Canada. 00:29:03 Jim-Start with the basics 00:33:10 Ron-New MacBook Pro… don’t forget the speed! 00:36:26 Jon-Reinstalling High Sierra on 2018 MacBook Pro 00:40:18 Jeff-Solve Apple Watch Bluetooth Disconnects 00:44:53 Tony-Finding a file without the name 00:49:25 SPONSOR: TextExpander: TextExpander helps you communicate smarter. Create snippets for things you type – or copy and paste – all the time. Get 20% off your first year’s subscription at TextExpander.com/podcast. 00:51:25 Greg-iOS Video Size? Use the Files app on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Photo Investigator for iOS Snapseed Image Capture 00:57:49 Karl-The Case of the Haunted Drive NIFTY microSD Samsung 128 EVO XCI Micro SD 01:03:12 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors: Nick S., Robert D., Beth B., Ward J., Greg S., Olga P., Bob P., Michael L., Jason A., Stephen A., Chris F., Paul M., Mike C., Mark R., Gary W., David H., Robert F., Karl B., Peter P. 01:04:35 Jim-System Info | Storage | System Item is Bogus Run OmniDiskSweeper as Admin 01:12:52 Daniel-Is Running Full SSDs OK? iStat Menus 01:18:30 John-Custom Sounds in macOS Mail Chatty Cathy 01:24:05 MGG 721 Outtro The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

Every time your two favorite geeks get together, something interesting happens: everyone learns at least five (5!) new things. This week's topics include two very specific features of APFS (a pro and a con), noise-canceling headphones for travel, a solution to drives not appearing on your Desktop, some Cool Stuff Found, and much, much more. Press play or download and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 720 for Monday, July 30, 2018 00:03:01 Steve-QT-Request Desktop Version on iOS Safari | Preferences | Advanced | Show Develop menu in menu bar, then Safari | Develop | User Agent (changes browser you appear as) (macOS) 00:08:31 Paul-QT-Shake to Undo 00:10:30 Craig-CSF-Luminar 00:11:19 CSF-KeyCue 9 Emoji Typing 00:13:12 CSF-PHP from the iPad with Coda and Prompt 00:15:01 CSF-JBL Everest Elite 750NC 00:17:27 Just disable noise canceling headphones before removing them 00:19:19 Steve-717-Use IVI from SouthPole Software to convert from h.264 to h.265 in place 00:22:33 SPONSOR: Other World Computing – Check out the new OWC Express 4M2 external SSD: incredibly fast, can be upgraded up to 8TB, and is compatible with both Mac and Windows. 00:24:12 SPONSOR: Jamf Now – Signup at jamf.com/mgg and Get your First 3 Devices Free For Life! You need to manage multiple Apple devices, and Jamf Now is the easy way to do it! 00:26:25 Tim-716-Multiple Screens with Unpredictable Dock Try to change virtual position of multiple screens (side by side versus top and bottom) in Preferences | Displays | Arrangement to impact Dock behavior 00:29:12 Roberto-716-Positioning the Dock at Will If you hide Dock, it should appear on screen you’re on when you move cursor to dock location When invoking Launchpad using gestures, Dock should appear on last screen it was used 00:31:24 Petter-717-Replacement AirPods Replace AirPods via AirPod Service and Repair If your AirPods are lost Learn more about your AirPods with charging case (including finding serial number, required for replacement) Replace an AirPod or charging case 00:35:01 Seth-717-Solving the Resetting iPhone and iPad Settings | General | Reset Network Settings 00:41:06 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors: Dan E., Mike P., Tony G., John O., Richard J., Avram M., Paul W., Gary T., Ron G., Dennis J., Bruce M., Zack E., Greg H., Deb L., Tony N., Mark S., Jim E., Eddie M., Robert T., Graham R., James M., Walter H., Khürt W., George D., Racer G., Cindy K., Mark E., Perry M., Tony C., Michael E., Tom H., Michael D., Brett P., Mark S., Ralph M., Dionicio Y., Tim M., William S., Dan B., Mike D., Joe K., Jim K., Chris F., Paul M., Mike C., Mark R., Working Smarter for Mac Users, Ryan M., Neal L., Dave C., Scott F., John G., Abdullah B., Frank A., James C., Joe S., Barry F., Ari L., Michael P., Bob L., John B., Jeff P., John V., John D., Santiago M., Ken L., Clive S., EvTheNerd, David G., Gary B., Jeff F., Tony Z., Micah P., John B., Ken M. 00:45:12 Perry-719-APFS Slower to Startup 00:49:35 Bill-Add an APFS Volume to an existing disk Disk Utility | Edit | Add APFS Volume… and Size Options… has Reserve and Quota options 00:53:42 Michael-Mac won’t properly shut down How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac Disk Utility Help | Repair a Disk 00:58:54 Jeff-Drives not Appearing on Desktop Finder | Preferences | General, uncheck and recheck “External Disks” 01:07:10 Robby-Messages in iCloud, Cross Platform Messaging Keep all your messages in iCloud Messages | Add Jabber Account… (Jabber/XMPP is a cross-platform messaging services you can use from Messages) Public XMPP Servers Download iCloud for Windows (you can share some iCloud services, but not Messages, on Windows) 01:19:44 Chuck-Dropbox Taking all my Screenshots Dropbox | Preferences | Import | Share screenshots using Dropbox 01:23:02 MGG 720 Outtro The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

Back from their adventures, John and Dave talk through some travel-related tips, including the best iPhone case to use when on the road and the best mobile computer for you. That's not all, though, as this week's episode also includes segments about sharing to an older TV, resolving slow computers, and lots of great OCR solutions for both your Mac and your iPhone. Download, press play, and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 719 for Tuesday, July 24, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:02:16 MacStock Expo 2018 Markdown 00:07:41 Neal-CSF-Condense Screen OCR App 00:08:48 Greg-CSF-718-Microsoft Seeing AI 00:09:44 EvTheNerd-718-How to scan words from pictures on-the-fly General | Accessibility | Speech | Speak Screen (iOS) 00:11:05 Eliot-CSF-718-Prizmo Go and Textgrabber Hector D Byrd 00:15:28 Bill-CSF-718-Scan Tailor DIY Book Scanner Forums 00:17:17 Patrick-CSF-718-Free Online OCR From Text To Speech 00:18:24 Harvey-718-Eat Your Books Tesseract OCR (development sponsored by Google) 00:20:42 SPONSOR: Learn from the best in the world at MasterClass.com/MGG with a FREE 7 day trial 00:22:50 SPONSOR: 1Password for Mac – It’s a password manager, and you need one. Get 3 months free at 1password.com/geekgab. 00:24:43 Allison-UPS Suggestion (Puck Killed the Wi-Fi) 00:29:07 Gene-CSF-Google Maps 3D View Select Satellite layer, hold Shift, left click/drag on screen 00:31:56 Seth-718-HubiC is closed to new accounts 00:33:10 CSF-PopSocket (but HANDL Cases are better) 00:36:33 Todd-QT-Zoom in on any screen on iOS Take screenshot, zoom in on that instead 00:37:53 Allen-Assign Apps to Specific Desktops One you add a Desktop (three finger swipe up, hit ‘+’) clicking on item in Dock reveals “Assign to All Desktops | This Desktop | None” option 00:42:03 Sonos AirPlay 2 Living In The Past 00:46:50 SPONSOR: Go to LinkedIn.com/MGG and get $50 OFF toward your first job post! 00:48:56 SPONSOR: Crossover from CodeWeavers – Feeling nostalgic this summer, well did you know you can play a lot of your old Windows games on mac with CrossOver? Get 35% off and a 14-day FREE trial. 00:51:15 Robert-iMac Running Slow Use Safe Mode to Isolate Issues With Your Mac OnyX for Mac iStat Menus AppTamer 01:03:50 Perry-Slow Startup and Multi-Picture Scanning Verbose Mode Log 01:11:08 Kristin-Displaying Phone on TV HDMI to non-HDMI Adapter Older Apple TV 01:16:13 Yannis-iPad Pro instead of Mac Laptop Apple Smart Keyboard Brydge iPad Keyboards 01:26:37 MGG 719 Outtro The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

Sometimes it's time for a deep dive. Today it's time for three! Listen as your two favorite geeks dive into Photos, NAS (Synology… and more!), and Backups.Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 718 for Monday, July 16, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:02:05 eero Labs Beta Features Macstock 00:04:39 Albert-Photo Editing Pixelmator How to edit photos on your Mac Take and edit photos with your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch How to edit with third-party apps and extensions in Photos GraphicConverter GIMP Photo Editor Acorn Photo Editor Affinity Photo 00:12:09 John-Sharing Photos in iCloud Hazel Shared iCloud Photo Albums iXpand from SanDisk 00:17:41 James-Indexing Cookbooks with OCR PDFScan+ 00:21:28 Ken-GC-Scanning Words from Pictures on-the-fly Family Sharing 00:22:49 Daniel-Photos Launches Funny OnyX 00:27:39 SPONSOR: Ring Doorbell and Floodlight Cameras – Save up to $150 on Ring of Security Kits 00:30:03 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones Software 00:31:58 ?-EP-Olga-Which Synology DiskStation to Buy? Synology Products Compare DS418play DS918+ QNAP TS-451+ 00:45:00 Louis-Things I can do with my Synology DiskStation Drive Hyper Backup Shared Folder Sync Set up VPN Server Office Synology Moments Note Station Docker Surveillance Station Chat Transmission and Couch Potato (file sharing) 01:02:38 Bruce-Personal offsite backups Synology HyperBackup hubiC (not accepting new accounts) Synology C2 Time Machine Quotas on Synology 01:11:40 Todd-Can I clone to a Synology? iSCSI for the Mac Netboot to Synology 01:16:27 Karl-BTRFS or EXT4 on a NAS QNAP says EXT4 is better than BTRFS 01:23:01  MGG 718 Outtro The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network