Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
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Dec 19, 2017 • 0sec

Depending Upon Which Way You Scroll – Mac Geek Gab 688

With so many options for playing your movies on your Apple TV, how do you make sense of it all? Your two favorite geeks get you there. But first, it's a healthy list of Cool Stuff Found, including one for a great discount on an Apple TV itself! Then its on to your questions, and you have lots of 'em! No worries, that's what John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton do on Mac Geek Gab: they answer your questions and solve your problems. Press play, learn, and enjoy! Also, don't get caught.Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 688 for Monday, December 18, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:02:04 FB-Robbie-CSF–Scroll Reverser 00:04:14 French Toast for snowstorms 00:06:24 QT-Fixing Handbrake Ripping Fail Directly Rip and Convert Blu-ray Disks With Handbrake CakeBrew or `brew install libdvdcss` 00:12:40 Alex-QT-Change the Color of a Custom Finder Tag 00:13:07 Aaron-CSF-Apple TV 4K for $140 00:14:07 Plasma vs. LED vs. LCD vs. OLED 00:15:54 QT-Drive Genius 5.1 and High Sierra, Yo 00:19:04 Jai-CSF-679-Notebooks 00:20:08 Mark-685-Questioning the Plex Obsession? Infuse 5 Pro Also PlayOn 00:26:45 Leslie-TiVo VOX and TiVo Experience cTiVo 00:33:13 SPONSOR: Other World Computing’s USB-C Travel Dock & Aura Pro X SSDs 00:35:53 Mark-iMessage Notifications Disappear quickly 00:40:23 Peter-Twitter supporting 280, but apps/OS only supports 140 Twitterrific for macOS 00:46:25 Joe-What’s causing my system to slow down? My Mac is very slow since I installed Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac (general slowdown) / High CPU usage BDLDaemon 00:50:30 Disable.sh to make your Mac faster 00:55:50 Don-Bit rot on movies… and backups? 01:05:29 Warren-Mesh Networks, Gigabit Internet, and Wi-Fi speeds? 802.11ad Speeds 01:12:29 Abel-New Switch introduces packet loss (good troubleshooting discussion) 01:16:47 Jon-687-Resetting PRAM and Content Caching Advanced Options 01:18:05 Zeff-687-iPhone 8 or iPhone X (home button and that screen) iPhone X OLED Burn In 01:20:45 Chris-687-Older Macs and SATA might be the cable 01:24:07 David-687-Google Photos as an alternative 01:26:10 David-Meshing your iOT devices properly 01:28:11 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers: Anders E., Gui D., Felix B., Andrew R., Chuck P., Paul M., Jay C., Ari L., Bob L., Michael P., Santiago M., John D., Stephen A., John V., Jeff P., Gary B.,Steven L. 01:29:10 MGG 688 Outtro Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Have a good time, all the time! 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
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Dec 12, 2017 • 0sec

Future Accidental Probing Failed – Mac Geek Gab 687

This time of year more than others, it seems, people need to remote control their friend's and family's computers for assistance. It's what we do here at Mac Geek Gab – helping people, that is – and we're happy to help you help others, too! But that's not all we talk about in this episode of MGG 687. In fact, it's probably only a smidge of it. Managing multiple Photos libraries, migrating from FireWire to the future, and Cool Stuff Found. Listen, learn, and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 687 for Monday, December 11, 2017 00:02:19 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers: Abdullah B., Dave C., Frank A., Mark R., Barry F., James B., Neal L., Scott F., John G., James C., Joe S., Tony S., David T., Francis F., Chris M., Randall M., Mike M., Larry S., John E., Phil G., Chris B., Charles G., Stacey S., Ric S. 00:03:59 Charles-CSF-PingBar whois and nslookup for reverse lookup 00:06:44 Ed-CSF-AudioBridge and AirConnect 00:08:48 CSF-Sanus Sonos Speaker Stands 00:10:07 Bob-CSF-DelayedLauncher 00:12:28 Lawyer Jeff-CSF-ProtonMail Bridge 00:14:35 CSF-Kiwee/Yitong Bonded MoCA 2.0 Adapters – 2 pack 00:20:43 STP = Spanning Tree Protocol = An Afternoon Wasted (again) 00:23:19 Ulysese-Resetting Wallpaper resets (some) iOS Caches 00:26:17 iOS Backups and Troubleshooting iMazing Mini 00:29:38 Roger-QT-Choosing alternate routes in Google Maps 00:32:35 SPONSOR: eero – gen2 and Beacon make your network even faster <https://eero.com/> 00:36:16 SPONSOR: BBEdit 12 from Bare Bones <https://barebones.com/> 00:38:33 Terri-Managing Multiple Photos Libraries PowerPhotos 00:46:18 Johnny-Deleting Live Photos 00:49:51 Devon-SATA Drive on Older MacBook “Future Accidental Probing Failed” 00:55:55 Sharon-Migrating from FireWire to the Future OWC Thunderbolt Dock Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter 01:02:05 Paul-Shipment Notifications UPS My Choice FedEx Delivery Manager USPS Informed Delivery Deliveries.app 01:05:07 Ken-Remote Controlling Mom’s iMac TeamViewer ScreenConnect from Edovia 01:09:04 Nick-Getting Data from Transporter Sync Synology’s Diskstations for Private Cloud 01:17:57 Douglas-686-AppleCare, AppleCare+, and the case for it on an iPhone 01:28:12 MGG 687 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
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Dec 4, 2017 • 1h 30min

Don’t Commit a Photo Crime – Mac Geek Gab 686

Sometimes iCloud gets out of sync. Your geeks and fellow listeners have some tips and solutions. Then it's time to talk about troubleshooting tools that exist on either iOS or macOS but not both. What are your options? Your geeks talk through that, too. Of course, 'tis the season, so Cool Stuff Found abounds. We share and you share! We all learn (at least) four new things! It's Mac Geek Gab, after all. Enjoy MGG 686!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 686 for Monday, December 4, 2017 00:02:31 iPhone Crashing with Apple’s 12/2 Notification Bug? Fix it with iOS 11.2 00:07:54 Apple Pay Cash 00:08:18 Apple’s Two-Factor Authentication 00:11:16 iOS 11’s Wi-Fi Password Sharing 00:14:05 Mobile Unlimited Plans – it was time! 00:16:39 SPONSOR: Casper.com/MGG – MGG gets you $50 towards any mattress purchase 00:19:21 SPONSOR: Harry’s – Visit Harrys.com/mgg and use code MGG to save $5 off your purchase 00:22:06 Bruce-CSF-iPhone 8 and iPhone X X-Ray Wallpapers 00:23:23 CSF-Paperlogix Document Scanner for iOS 00:24:49 CSF-Catalyst Impact Case for iPhone X 00:27:05 CSF-Speck Presidio Clear iPhone 7 00:27:19 CSF-TP-Link Kasa Cam 00:28:28 CSF-TP-Link HS100 Outlet Switch 00:30:04 WeMo Switch Smart Plug 00:31:33 Joe-CSF-PrivatePackets.io and Mikrotik Routers 00:33:58 Stefan-CSF-ShellCheck from Terminal & CodeRunner 00:35:54 Fish Shell 00:36:53 David-Resetting iCloud and Photos if Settings Get Wonky iCloud Photo Library 00:39:45 Andrew-Files for macOS? ExpanDrive BoxCryptor Cloud Mounter Forklift 00:46:22 New sound for MGG (still using Discord) 00:48:55 Sam-iOS Console Monitor iOS Console Consolation 2 00:52:56 SPONSOR: Plex – Visit Plex.TV/macgeek and get your first month of Plex Pass on us! 00:55:07 SPONSOR: Smile – Clever software for efficient people 00:57:29 Bill-iOS Mail Notifications Use notifications on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch 01:03:17 The VIP Tangent 01:07:00 Eolake-Facebook uploading low-res photos Settings | Facebook | Upload HD Video/Photo looks to default to off Don’t commit a photo crime, guys! 01:09:13 Bobby-Where to buy AppleCare? LA Computer Company SmallDog 01:16:59 AppleCare vs. AppleCare+ Adorama AppleCare 01:27:34 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers: Jim E., Greg S., Elizabeth B., Ward J., Chris F., Petter H., Bob P., Jason A., Michael L., David B., James B, Putch, Jeff K. 01:28:38 MGG 686 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
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Nov 28, 2017 • 0sec

Playing Your Movies, Migrating Your Data, Managing Permissions – Mac Geek Gab 685

Cold weather (in the Northern Hemisphere, that is!) means lots of people are staying home playing movies, and your geeks are here to help out with that. Our Southern Hemisphere friends are vacationing, and all that travel means playing movies on the airplane, too, so… we <em>all</em> need this! That's not all, though. Heck, that's not even most! APFS on rotational drives, permissions for your files, battery apps for your iPhone and much, much more are included, as well. Press play and enjoy as Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun take you on an infotainment adventure. You'll learn at <em>least</em> four new things!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 685 for Monday, November 27, 2017 00:01:34 An MGG Experiment: Using Discord instead of Skype 00:03:34 Michael-Migrating data after a user account is configured How to move your content to a new Mac 00:07:53 Dan-Battery Apps for iPhone vs. Mac Coconut Battery iMazing Mini System Status USB Power Meter 00:15:56 Bill-Drive Permissions Mac OS: Turn Off Drive Ownership 00:21:54 SPONSOR: Motiv, 24/7 Sleep and Fitness Tracking Ring – MGG saves you $20 00:25:14 David-684-Use AdBlock to redirect DNS for Gmail 00:29:00 Proxy Servers can be fun Synology RT2600AC 00:34:13 Ken-683-APFS on Rotational Drives? How to choose between APFS and Mac OS Extended when formatting a disk for Mac 00:41:43 Ralph-684-DOCSIS 3.1 Telephony Modems Arris XB6 DOCSIS 3.1 Telephony Modem 00:48:06 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers: Clive S., Dave G., Ken L., Nick S., Micah P., David M.,Timothy B., Philip C., Paul C., Steven S., Edward W., Patrick C., Andrew D., Monroe R., Paul D., Peter E., Brent G., Stephen B. 00:50:45 Fred-Private Cloud Movies and Photos Synology Moments Don Melton’s Transcoding Scripts 01:01:33 Andy-Plex and Wake for Network Access About Wake on Demand and Bonjour Sleep Proxy 01:05:40 HomePod Discussion 01:07:28 CSF-JBL Link 300 Speaker JBL Link 20 Denon HEOS 01:14:11 Definition of an Audiophile 01:16:10 Jim-Plex Stutters Plex Cloud 01:21:00 MGG 685 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
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Nov 21, 2017 • 0sec

Five Minutes is an Eternity to a Computer – Mac Geek Gab 684

Turkey day is coming up in the USA, and your geeks are ready. But mostly they're just ready to answer your Mac and iPhone questions and solve your problems… and that's what they're here to do today. Download, press play, and gobble-gobble it all up!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 684 for Monday, November 20, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:01:32 Scott-Cable Modem Picks Netgear CM1000 Arris CM8200 Motorola MB8600 Screenshot of Dave’s Spectrum Analyzer 00:13:19 Brother J-683-APFS Snapshot Management Time Machine Editor Tinker Tool System BackupLoupe Drive Genius for APFS 00:21:02 With APFS, Clones are even more important until Disk Repair utilities get up-to-speed 00:24:13 Matt-683-SSD Secure Erase 00:26:32 Joe-High Sierra Install Followup After Unmount Error Etymology of Voilà 00:32:41 Michael-High Sierra Won’t Install How to Create a Bootable macOS High Sierra USB Installer DiskMaker X 00:37:33 SPONSOR: Other World Computing’s new Aura Pro X SSD’s. Now High Sierra-compatible! OWC Flash-Up Rebate Program 00:39:58 Dave The Nerd 00:44:31 Greig-QT-Notes to Folders in iOS 11 00:45:41 DLH-CSF-Quad9 Google’s Public DNS DNSSEC OpenDNS Namebench 00:50:52 Eliot-CSF-Seneo iPhone X Wireless Charger 00:55:46 CSF-Fingbox PortMap for MacOS 01:06:11 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers: Santiago M., John D., Stephen A., John V., Jeff P., Gary B., Mark P,, Mikael S., Jim D., Harvey H., Ian T. 01:08:02 Craig-Dropouts when streaming at home network How does Dynamic QoS help improve my Nighthawk router’s Internet traffic management? 01:16:42 Ken-Purgeable Content What is ‘Other‘ and ‘Purgeable‘ in About This Mac? 01:22:17 MGG 684 Outtro Zip Chip for Apple ][ 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
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Nov 14, 2017 • 0sec

How Many Times Can You Fold a Podcast? – Mac Geek Gab 683

Have questions about your Mac or iPhone? Just want to learn more? Join John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, your two favorite geeks, as they entertain and inform you this week.Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 683 for Tuesday, November 14, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:01:49 Phil-Bluetooth audio on Mac cuts out Potential sources of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference 00:05:13 Carsten-Charge and Audio with iPhone 6 and Beyond Belkin Lightning Audio + Charge RockStar Belkin Lightning Audio + Charge Rockstar (Amazon) Pioneer Rayz Lightning-Powered Noise Cancelling Earphones Pioneer Rayz Smart Headphones (Amazon) 00:10:35 Scott-682-Battery life and restoring vs. calibrating 00:16:28 Contact us! feedback@macgeekgab.com 00:17:00 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers: Brian D., David Y., James B., John G., James C., Joe S., Ari L., Paul M., Jay C., Robert S., Neal L., Scott G., Brian W., Daniel W., Art K., Chris F., Daniel M. 00:18:27 High Sierra makes some apps incompatible 00:19:09 FileMaker Pro 16 Changes FileMaker Cloud Custom App Academy Execute SQL inside FileMaker 00:28:32 Edward-Secure Erase iOS Device What to do before you sell or give away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch How to Safely wipe your iPhone or iPad before trading it in or reselling it 00:37:20 Larry-Repartitioning and APFS How many times can you fold a piece of paper? 00:42:40 SPONSOR: Harrys.com/MGG – Get your free trial set, just pay shipping! 00:45:08 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones 00:46:50 SPONSOR: Stamps.com – click the microphone and type MGG for free trial and postage 00:49:14 Allen-Strange Disks Being Mounted and Unmounted Mountain diskutil list (Terminal command to show partitions and volumes) 01:00:58 Mark-CSF-Beyond Compare & CSF-iTunes Volume Control 01:02:50 Steven-681-CSF-AirVPN 01:05:00 Walter-681-CSF-Mullvad 01:06:59 CSF-Escort X80 01:10:50 James-CSF-ClipGrab YouTube Downloader 01:11:46 Allison-CSF-Moom for Scenes 01:13:19 CSF-Uptime Robot 01:15:26 Using 5 Clicks to disable Touch ID or Face ID 01:20:24 QT-Pinch to zoom a print preview for PDF 01:21:45 MGG 683 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
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Nov 7, 2017 • 0sec

Fighting The Machine & Saying the S-Word – Mac Geek Gab 682

iOS 11 brought battery life issues for many – but not all – users, and Dave and John have a few solutions for those affected. But that's not all you get, of course. Many tips, questions answered, and Cool Stuff Found round out the episode, including cable modem picks, iPhone X discussion, wireless charging devices, and an interesting backup analysis from a listener. Download, press play, and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 682 for Monday, November 6, 2017 00:02:40 Ev-Are you really fully backed up? MailSteward 00:06:49 Tony-QT-iOS 11’s Granular Volume Slider 00:09:29 Kevin-QT-Removing folders from iCloud Drive 00:11:52 Kris-QT-Siri and the Podcasts App 00:14:18 JP-QT-Dock Tip 00:16:39 Mark-QT-Check your iPhone’s white point General | Accessibility | Display Accommodations | Reduce White Point 00:19:15 Bob-681-Hazel does uni-directional sync 00:22:09 Erik-Time Machine Boots! 00:25:54 Erik-681-Mail Trick Misspell email address domain during setup, then generic full featured setup will kick in 00:27:50 SPONSOR: Plex – Free to download and register, first month free with MGG 00:30:09 SPONSOR: Smile – TextExpander for 20% off your first year 00:31:42 SPONSOR: eero – MGG gets you free overnight shipping 00:34:10 Solving iOS 11’s Battery Life Issues 00:43:51 Wesley-iOS 11 Battery Life CoconutBattery DFU Restore 00:48:02 Tanel-Wireless Qi Charging Pads Powerbot/Sounbot Qi Charger 00:58:44 iPhone X 01:07:38 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers: Randall P., Bob P., Jason A., Ward J., Greg S., Michael L., Dave C., David B., Frank A., Abdullah B., Mark R., Barry F., Anthony C., Lew R., Wayne B., Scott R., Doug A., David S., Andrew W., Craig R-T, Brian M. 01:10:04 CSF-AmpliFi Teleport-$199 01:12:06 Jeff-VPN woes to home 01:24:00 MGG 682 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
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Oct 31, 2017 • 0sec

What Have Brown Outs Done For You? Get a UPS – Mac Geek Gab 681

When the power flickers, are your electronics protected? That's the first order of business. Then it's on to some Cool Stuff Found before digging in to prepping for iPhone X, including what to do about AppleCare … and AppleCare+. VPNs, Battery life, and Certificates round out the episode for you. Press play, enjoy, and learn at least four new things!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 681 for Tuesday, October 31, 2017 00:02:53 Lightning Lessons from the Ground 00:04:21 CSF-ExoMount Touch CD 00:06:32 Charles-CSF-Splashtop 00:07:50 Everett-CSF-Packet Squirrel LAN Turtle 00:10:54 Dave & Lee-NeoOffice saves XLSX and DOCX NeoOffice Feature Comparison 00:13:37 Doug-680-GoodSync 00:14:51 Advanced Content Caching Preferences 00:18:09 Tracking iPhone X 00:21:46 Chris-Migrating to iPhone X 00:25:17 Carsten-AppleCare+ for iPhone X 00:29:32 Finding your AppleCare Coverage Status 00:33:41 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers: Micah P., Elizabeth B., Petter H., Chris F., Charles K., Kenneth C., Thomas S., Chuck J., Ed I., Mark W., Bobby H, Jim E., Stephen D., Anthony C. 00:35:54 SPONSOR: Sanebox – go to SaneBox.com/MGG and get 2 weeks free and $25 credit 00:39:44 SPONSOR: JAMF Now – Visit JAMF.com/MGG for your first 3 devices free for life 00:42:03 Jeff-Which VPN to use? TunnelBear ProXPN Astrill VPN Cloak VPN Speedify Roll your VPN server Synology – Set Up VPN Server OpenVPN Synology SSL VPN L2TP VPN IKEv2 VPN 00:51:11 Barry-Apple Mail Settings Fistshake 00:59:24 Christopher-Mysterious Dashboard Advisory Certificate 01:05:27 Todd-HTTPS Mixed-Content Warnings on Websites 01:12:11 Eolake-iPhone Battery Usage FruitJuice for Mac Coconut Battery iMazing Mini 01:17:00 Todd-Procedure for restoring from backup 01:23:59 MGG 681 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
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Oct 23, 2017 • 0sec

We Fiddled with Ditto – Mac Geek Gab 680

Are photos still bloating up your iPhone? Having trouble upgrading to High Sierra or Downgrading to Sierra? Need to Sync two folders on your Mac? These are just some of the questions your two favorite geeks answer this week!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 680 for Monday, October 23, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:02:30 Meticulousness and Conspiracy Theories 00:03:24 Felix-Dropbox causing iOS Photo Storage to bloat? 00:07:51 Erik-Content Caching, Detecting Space Used, OmniDiskSweeper Run OmniDiskSweeper as sudo – except in High Sierra (for now) Disk Inventory X Daisy Disk WhatSize 00:15:34 Bill-Combo Update from 10.10 to 10.12? 00:20:29 Olga-High Sierra installation Issue Fixing Apple’s (temporarily) buggy High Sierra installer 00:25:26 Ken-Downgrading to Sierra 00:29:11 EP-Ken-Scripting iOS Lock Timings 00:31:21 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers: Harry W., Leslie B., Santiago M., John D., Stephen A., Ken L.,Scott C., Laura S., Deborah F., Nick S., Everett T., Mike H., Robert R., Lyndon N. 00:33:07 Paul-CSF-679-Visual Codes for iOS 00:34:18 JP-QT-Use Siri to disable Wi-Fi or Bluetooth 00:36:06 CSF-Network Multimeter for iOS 00:38:23 Mark-QT-Check the iOS White Point General | Accessibility | Display Accommodations | Reduce White Point 00:39:59 iOS 11’s Smart Invert General | Accessibility | Display Accommodations | Invert Colors | Smart Invert 00:43:55 SPONSOR: Sanebox – go to SaneBox.com/MGG and get 2 weeks free and $25 credit 00:46:36 SPONSOR: JAMF Now – Visit JAMF.com/MGG for your first 3 devices free for life 00:49:17 Margaret-QT-Change the sidebar text size System Preferences | General | Sidebar Icon Size 00:51:15 Ev-CSF-TeamViewer QuickSupport for iOS 00:54:13 Ken-SmartThings Hub and Watch Dock QuickTip 00:56:06 Wink Hub 2 00:56:37 Rick-QT-Reset Photos People Album 00:59:04 Mike-CSF-Magsafe Lightning Cables 01:00:41 Microsoft Office alternatives. (Jonathan) Libre Office NeoOffice Apache OpenOffice 01:04:45 The argument to use Live Photos all the time 01:07:27 Ezra-Syncing two Folders on the same Mac 01:13:49 MGG 680 Outtro PhotoPlus Expo 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
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Oct 16, 2017 • 0sec

Quick Tips, Cool Stuff Found, High Sierra, and KRACK – Mac Geek Gab 679

Quick Tips, Cool Stuff Found, High Sierra, and KRACK are the topics today, but that means you’re in for a real treat. The goal is for everyone to learn at least four (4!) new things, but today you’re guaranteed to learn a whole lot more. Download, press play, and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 679 for Monday, October 16, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:02:18 QT-QR Codes comes to the camera in iOS 11 Deliveries from JuneCloud Qrafter ScanBot scans barcodes and other things! 00:05:39 Bill-QT-System Information Storage Management Window CleanMyMac 3 00:08:42 Jeff-QT-Zoom in Camera with Digital Crown 00:09:29 QT-Save your macOS Installers Download El Capitan Mac Geek Gab App 00:16:29 Todd-QT-678-AirPods iOS 11 Tap Control Tip 00:19:43 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers: James C., Joe S., Ari L., Paul M., Jay C., Gary B., Jeffrey P., John V., Rob W., Andy D., Willie M., Gary B., George C., Jedd E., Steve R., Patrick C. 00:21:20 KRACK Discussion US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#228519 Anatomy of a “goto fail” – Apple’s SSL bug explained MGG Facebook 00:37:21 SPONSOR: Stamps.com – MGG Gets you 4-week trial 00:39:39 SPONSOR: Other World Computing – USB-C Dock 00:41:00 Tanel-CSF-DEVONthink 00:43:32 DEVON’s Needful Things (Freeware apps and services) 00:44:32 CSF-Cujo $249. Wants to be DHCP server. Monitors everything. 00:53:39 CSF-eBlocker eBlocker OS Browser-only. $219 or $249, but free download available for Raspberry Pi 00:58:09 Hello Nomad Strap 00:58:53 CSF-X-Doria Action Band 01:00:45 CSF-JBL Pulse 3 01:02:47 PilotPete-CSF-Custom Molded Earplugs / modified to headphones… 01:10:35 CSF-Restore Bonjour with LocalSites and iNet Network Scanner …and Flame 01:12:56 CSF-Fenetre Picture in Picture 01:13:53 Pixelmator 3.7 – High Sierra Photos integration, HEIF editing 01:15:24 GraphicConverter X 01:16:14 iStat Menus 6 – new notification center integration Intel Power Gadget 01:19:28 macOS High Sierra Content Caching 01:23:21 MGG 679 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

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