

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
Get answers to your Apple tech questions every week! Dave Hamilton, Adam Christianson, and Pilot Pete share tips, tricks, and troubleshooting advice for your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and more — all delivered in a fun, friendly way that helps geeks and everyday users alike. Don’t Get Caught without your tech working right!
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Oct 9, 2017 • 0sec
Calendar Sharing, iOS 11 Tips, and AirPods – Mac Geek Gab 678
Pilot Pete rejoins after the first time in a LONG time, and your geeks dive right in to Cool Stuff Found. After that, it's time to talk about iOS 11 tips, calendar sharing, AirPods, and High Sierra's login items issues. Download, press play, and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 678 for Monday, October 9, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
00:02:17 Ken-CSF-ElevationDock 4 iOS iPhone and iPad Dock!
00:04:20 Dave-CSF-gpac to extract audio
00:08:46 Roll back to iTunes 12.6.3 if you like
00:11:08 Robin-CSF-AirPort Utility shows Details
Fing and Fingbox
Apple removes MAC Addresses from iOS 11
00:20:19 Jedd-Subscribing to Google Calendars on iPhone
00:29:09 Remember to Enable Wi-Fi Calling
Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling
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00:40:23 Guido-677-Managing Family Purchases
iCloud Storage Plans and Pricing
00:49:09 AirPods
EarBuddys for AirPods
01:02:08 Custom Fit Earphones
JH Audio Laylas
Jerry Harvey GigGab Interview
Ultimate Ears UE11 Pro
Decibullz
01:08:52 Erik-677-Partition Followup
Disk Utility | View | All Devices
01:14:07 Peter-677-Restore Login items
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist
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Oct 2, 2017 • 0sec
High Sierra, Photos, iOS 11, and Sleeping your iPhone – Mac Geek Gab 677
It's high time for some High Sierra chat, and chat is what your two favorite geeks bring! Installation help, app help, and some interesting tidbits round out that portion of the show. Then it's on to some tips and glorious Cool Stuff Found submitted by you, our faithful listeners. Download, press play, and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 677 for Monday, October 2, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
00:01:47 Synology Event this week… you’re invited!
00:03:01 Todd-676-Clipboard sharing between macOS and iOS
00:04:18 Bob-676-Moom
00:05:33 Mark-673-CSF-RealVNC’s VNC Connect
00:06:50 Joe-CSF-Duplicacy
00:08:33 Greg-CSF-Inbox and TextGrabber
Picatext
00:11:53 Don-CSF-Thunderbolt Drive Docks
RocketStor 5212
OWC Drive Docks
NewerTech Universal Drive Adapter
00:16:14 Mr. X-676-App Specific Print Driver Woes
About AirPrint
00:17:49 Andrew-Managing incoming iPhone Calls
00:19:21 Remember Bartender
MacBartender
00:22:05 Daniel-Beware the USB3/Wi-Fi interference issue
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00:32:07 Paul-High Sierra, Viruses, and Sleeping your iPhone
00:38:21 Don-Installing High Sierra onto APFS
00:41:20 JFB-High Sierra Upgrade Advice
List your login items or look at pre-upgrade backup, my items were gone after upgrade.
00:47:48 HS doesn’t like commas in filenames
00:50:24 Greg-Partitioning USB Flash Drive
Disk Management From the Command-Line
00:55:04 Patrick-675-Downgrade to iTunes 12.6 to rearrange your apps
00:55:44 JP-iOS 11 and Radio Control Center Options
01:00:53 Bob-Deleting 32-bit apps
01:03:04 Graham-HEIF Settings
Settings > Photos > Transfer to Mac or PC
Settings > Camera > Formats
01:06:10 Johnny-iOS Albums to macOS?
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Sep 24, 2017 • 0sec
The Truth is in The Cloud – Mac Geek Gab 676
iOS 11's Spotlight Search, Files App, Photo Search, and app management start the show. Then it's on to discussing the best ways to troubleshoot all iCloud syncing issues. Have dual monitors or are just particular about your window locations? We've got that covered, too… and a lot more! And hey, there's a DAC in that dongle! Press play and enjoy.Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 676 for Sunday, September 24, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
00:02:24 Scott-QT-iOS Search can do conversions
00:03:26 Jim-Find the Files App
Hubic
Capo
00:08:27 Jedd-Launching iOS 11 Apps with Spotlight
00:11:26 Scott-Search for Photo tags on iOS 10-and-later
00:12:13 Joe-675-Using iTunes 12.7 and later to load apps onto your iPhone
Manually manage content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iTunes
00:14:47 John-Apple Configurator 2 has Apps section
00:18:09 Brett-iMazing shows Battery Status on your Mac
00:19:22 Dr. Bob-Use tones on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Use tones on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
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00:25:56 Mike-Contacts won’t sync
Get help using iCloud Contacts, Calendars, or Reminders
00:32:23 Evelyn-Photos aren’t syncing down to my Mac
My Photo Stream FAQ (including some esoteric When conditions)
00:38:17 Unlimited Data
00:40:00 Ralph-Facebook Login Permissions
Permissions with Facebook Login
00:42:05 Michael-675-OAuth and iTunes Followups
00:45:05 Joe-Managing Dual Monitor Windows
Stay from Cordless Dog
00:49:06 macOS High Sierra Thoughts
00:57:12 Sebastian-Full Featured Printer Driver, Presets
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.[name or IP of printer].plist
01:04:43 Michael-Write on Mac, Publish on iPhone
01:07:31 Dan-Is there a DAC in the Dongle?
Audioengine D1
Onkyo’s DAC-HA200
AudioQuest Beetle
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Sep 17, 2017 • 0sec
I One The Sandbox – Mac Geek Gab 675
Downloading YouTube Videos, App Stores Woes, Apple Pay Cash, Person-to-Person Payments, iPhone X, iOS 11 Screen Recording, Restoring from a different iPhone and a discussion of whether or not it's safe to use Facebook to login to other sites are ALL discussed in this week's show… and more! Press play and enjoy.Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 675 for Sunday, September 17, 2017
00:01:49 Larry-Downloading YouTube Videos
MacX YouTube Downloader
Firefox Flash Video Downloader
MGG-Facebook-John-How to Download YouTube Content?
Softorino YouTube Converter 2
youtube-dl
00:07:55 Ted-Is it safe to use Facebook, Twitter, Google to login to other sites?
Facebook Login
Sign in with Twitter
Google Sign-In
Facebook Profile Authentication Management
Twitter Profile Authentication Management
Google Profile Authentication Management
00:16:36 Ken-App Stores Woes
MacGeekGab.com/Sponsors
00:26:06 Kirit-Bluetooth Unavailable
Dave’s 3rd Party Bluetooth 4 USB Adapter
LA Computer Company AppleCare
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00:45:44 Ken-Apple Pay Cash and Person-to-Person Payments
Venmo
Zelle
00:49:14 Andrew-iOS 11 Screen Recording
00:53:50 John restored his iPad from an iPhone backup
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup
00:56:25 David-Restoring from one iPhone to another
00:59:41 DLH/JFB Thoughts about iPhone X/8/AppleTV 4K/Watch Series 3 announcement
iCracked
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Sep 10, 2017 • 1h 28min
Cool Stuff Found, DOCSIS 3.1, and The Backup Tango – Mac Geek Gab 674
Your questions answered, as always, including several unresponsive Macs and how to fix them, Life after CrashPlan, Problematic iCloud syncing, and moving your media libraries. Cool Stuff Found kicks things off, though, with lots of great stuff that you'll love. Plus, a healthy competition about internet speeds between your two favorite geeks is in there, too! Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 674 for Sunday, September 10, 2017
00:01:53 Bill-Mouse and Keyboard don’t work on Startup
00:06:38 Andy-CSF-IMAPSync
00:10:09 Kurt-CSF-Terminal Help Sites
https://www.explainshell.com/
http://www.shellcheck.net/
http://man-k.org/
http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse
OpenZFS on OS X
Don’t forget “man man” from Terminal to learn more about manual pages. For example, “man -w” shows path to man pages
00:14:22 Dave-CSF-The Dropbox Drobo Arq Tango
00:16:16 Dave from Houston-CSF-Fakespot
00:17:56 Bob-CSF-672-Carbon Copy Cloner Internet Backup
00:19:48 Zack-CSF-Bluelounge Jimi USB Port Extension
00:22:20 Lawyer Jeff-CSF-Tech Restarter
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00:33:08 DOCSIS 3.1 Modems are available!
NETGEAR CM1000
Motorola MB8600
Arris SB8200
DOCSIS-PIE
QAM vs. OFDM
What are Comcast’s provisioned speeds
00:52:51 Bill-672-CrashPlan 5TB Migration Limit
00:55:30 Jürgen-672-Life after CrashPlan
01:00:24 Rob-Replacement for Crashplan Local backups
01:03:39 Bill-eero does not maintain LAN when WAN goes out
01:06:00 Ken-673-Use Parallels Access for Remote Access
01:07:23 Michael-673-Screen Sharing with Messages
Messages for Mac: Share your screen or another user’s screen in Messages
01:09:26 Todd-673-Telling iTunes and Photos about Moved Libraries
01:15:40 Ian-iCloud Syncing won’t start
Use `ping` to diagnose your network
01:20:07 Paul-iCloud Sending Mail Fails
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Sep 3, 2017 • 0sec
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Dollars – Mac Geek Gab 673
Moving your Photos to a new drive, managing your Finder's smart searches, reasons for a VPN, and remote access to your own Macs are just the first few topics that Dave and John discuss this week. Then it's on to managing your document syncing, finding an old version of Mac OS X for an older Mac, some cool scripts that other listeners developed for monitoring your network, and more! Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 673 for Sunday, September 3, 2017
00:02:18 Jeff-Moving Photos Library to new External Drive
00:08:06 Of dead hard drives and fans
SSD Fan Control
HDD Fan Control
00:12:34 Ken-Flagged Mail won’t show up (paraphrase)
OnyX
IMAP4-RFC 3501
00:16:28 Edgar-Excluding “LIbrary” from Finder/Smart Folder Search
Smart Search to Exclude a Folder
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00:31:21 Ari-Reasons for a VPN?
00:37:36 Nitin-Remote Access to your own Macs
Teamviewer Unattended Access
Screens from Edovia
Back to my Mac
00:44:19 Joseph-Disabling iCloud Documents and Desktop Syncing
Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive
00:46:12 Mike-Keep your Diagnostic Software up-to-date
00:50:12 Updates to prep for High Sierra and APFS
Little Snitch
Drive Genius
Carbon Copy Cloner
00:51:40 iMazing Mini and your iPhone Battery
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00:58:51 Ian-A Picture is worth a Thousand Dollars
01:03:21 Peter-Check and Log your Internet Connection Reliability
01:05:45 eero migration gen2 migration works easily
Linksys Velop Bridge mode requires a “master”
01:09:04 Neal-672-AppleScript to solve Contact Group Creation
01:10:40 James-672-External Monitor via Thunderbolt Dock
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Aug 27, 2017 • 0sec
Kelvin Was Left Out In the Cold – Mac Geek Gab 672
No reason NOT to start the episode with Cool Stuff Found, so that's just what your two favorite geeks do. Then it's off to answering some questions about printer sharing, bluetooth headsets, USB-C connections, and, of course, CrashPlan! Download and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 672 for Sunday, August 27, 2017
00:01:11 Dual monitor fun stuff
How can I use the Mac Mini with two monitors?
Reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac
00:04:41 Allison-CSF-MyScript Stylus
00:05:47 Mike-CSFR-MacDropAny
Use MacDropAny with MarsEdit
MarsEdit 3
What Are Aliases, Symbolic Links, and Hard Links in Mac OS X?
00:07:51 Mike-CSF-Mackup
Cakebrew
Homebrew
00:12:04 Everett-QT-Hold down Command on iPad to show keyboard shortcuts
Use your Smart Keyboard with iPad Pro
00:12:54 Scott-Beware the 100Mbps UPS Ethernet Ports
APC ProtectNet
00:16:48 Bill-Use MailChimp for even small group mails
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00:22:25 Stephen-What to do now that CrashPlan for Home is going away?
Migrate to CrashPlan for Small Business
Amazon Glacier
Backblaze
Synology Cloud Station
Arq Backup
00:32:46 Luke-Routers that support Printer sharing –
Netgear ReadySHARE
Netgear Orbi
AirPort Express Setup Guide (pages 17-19)
Synology Print Server
TP-Link Archer C9
00:36:23 Daniel-Bluetooth Headset doesn’t always sync
00:39:26 Ted-Remotely helping a non-geek do a reinstall
How to reinstall macOS
OnyX
TeamViewer
Safe Mode on a Mac
Messages for Mac Screen Sharing
00:45:16 Chris-USB-C Charging a Laptop
Using USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 ports and adapters on your Mac notebook
Anker USB-C
00:53:42 Jeff-USB-C Audio out from MacBook Pro
Audioengine D1
HardwareGrowler
01:00:47 Malware scanners. Malware Bytes and DriveGenius 5 both Real-Time now
Making Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Scan Automatically on Your Mac
ClamXAV
is RTProtectionDaemon a legit part of Malwarebytes? (Includes RAM consumption discussion)
01:07:40 Aaron-Let macOS tell you when tasks are complete
Hear your Mac speak alert messages
01:09:42 ClamXAV Sentry
01:11:31 Everett-Apple Remote Pairing Clarification
Link and unlink your Apple Remote
01:14:16 Jeremy-Beware losing the receive date when moving mail
01:17:14 Ken-Date Formats & Snappy
Customize formats to display dates, times, and more
Snappy
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Aug 20, 2017 • 0sec
Cool Stuff Found, NAS Advice, and Geek Challenges – Mac Geek Gab 671
It's time to dig back into NAS drives by answering Steve's question: Which Synology DiskStation is right for me? There are a few more things to explore on that topic, too, and your two favorite geeks do it justice. Separate from that are a few questions about a variety of topics, some of which are Geek Challenges where you get to provide some answers! A hardware-focused Cool Stuff Found rounds out the topic list for the week. Press play and enjoy learning!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 671 for Sunday, August 20, 2017
00:01:31 Dan-How to save iCloud Photos to External Laptop Drive
iCloud Photo Library Support (including backup tips)
00:07:11 Lars-668-Use watch to monitor Terminal output
00:08:48 Jeff-Handbrake Completion Notification
Growl (macOS Notification Engine)
Prowl
00:12:53 Matt-669-Use Keyboard Maestro for Notifications
00:15:00 SPONSOR: Other World Computing
NAS Section
00:18:12 Steve-Which Synology DiskStation for Me?
Synology NAS Selector
00:25:02 Craig-Which NAS for Plex Hardware Transcoding
00:26:43 Cory-Synology Enterprise Backup Solution
Synology Cloud Station Server
00:36:00 QNAP is an option to consider
QNAP TS-653B
QNAP TS-470
00:41:03 Jack-Synology CloudStation vs. Dropbox
00:45:02 Brent-NAS and Photos, iTunes, and More
iSCSI Initiator
GlobalSAN iSCSI Initiator
00:53:47 Andrew-670-Synology does AirPrint
CUPS
Gutenprint
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01:00:42 CSF-Anker PowerCore Battery Case and Anker PowerPort Speed 5
01:03:38 CSF-TrackR pixel
01:05:46 Andy-CSF-Dongle Dangler
01:06:44 CSF-Kodak PixPro Orbit 360 4K Camera
01:09:16 Revisit your power game
Commercial Electric Tools GFCI Outlet Tester
CE TECH 4 ft. 4-Outlet USB Surge Protector
Defiant 1-Outlet Wall Mount Surge with Alarm
CE TECH 2-Outlet USB Wall Tap Surge Protector
01:11:46 CSF-Batteroo
01:15:07 CSF-JBL Everest Elite 750NC
01:17:25 Michael-Creating a group email
01:20:00 Bart-Time Machine to macOS Server Fails
Consolation
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Aug 13, 2017 • 0sec
Backups, APFS, High Sierra, and You – Mac Geek Gab 670
Cool Stuff Found starts the episode, then it's on to a few things related to backups, including how High Sierra's APFS will affect you. Listener tips and some other, unrelated questions are answered, and then there's a nice, juicy segment on meshifying your home without buying mesh for all of you, too. Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 670 for Sunday, August 13, 2017
00:01:28 Dave-CSF-Softorino YouTube Converter 2
00:02:46 Todd-CSF-beaTunes
Stefan-CSF-beaTunes & MetaGear
00:05:05 Java isn’t terrible
00:07:09 CSF-TripIt Adds Interactive Airport Maps
00:10:20 Joe-CSF-668-Symless Synergy
00:11:55 iOS 11 App Results in Spotlight Search
00:16:25 Tyler-Impact of APFS on backups
CCC with High Sierra
00:20:51 Running APFS on Rotational Drives
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00:29:21 Steve-Time Machine Consistency Scan
OWC Article about Time Machine Verification
00:39:43 Jeremy-Moving Emails from one Server to Another
00:44:30 Graham-665-Migrating email to G-Suite
00:46:22 Steve-Connecting a 5K display to One Mac
00:48:06 Your two geeks have Drive Issues!
DrivePulse
Sabrent 2.5-Inch SATA to USB 3.0 Tool-free External Hard Drive Enclosure
USB-A to USB Micro-B Cable
00:59:01 David-Link/Unlink Apple Remote with Apple TV
01:02:07 David-Extending Synology Router Range
Synology RT2600AC
TP-Link Range Extenders
AmpliFi HD Mesh Points
01:10:17 JP-Do eeros support Ethernet Backhaul?
How to Choose a Mesh Network
01:14:46 Mike-Solving home wiring issues
Actiontec Bonded MoCA 2.0 Adapters
PoE Filter (good for MoCA)
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Aug 6, 2017 • 0sec
macOS High Sierra Thoughts and Geek Challenges – Mac Geek Gab 669
Do you have an app that crashes on save? Do you fully understand how to control the macOS firewall? Your two favorite geeks will help you with this and a <em>lot</em> more. Press play for this info-and-action-packed episode!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 669 for Sunday, August 6, 2017
00:01:25 Todd-TextEdit Crashes on Save
OnyX (Select items in Automation section (Maintenance, Rebuilding, Cleaning) may fix crash)
00:06:10 Todd-macOS Firewall Functionality
Little Snitch for Traveling Firewall Purposes
Flame for Mac and iOS
Fing for Mac and iOS
TripMode
00:15:49 Nectario-GC-Screensaver Progress Bars
Automator (Check Library | Actions | Photos)
00:22:55 Susan-iPad and Camera Combination
Eye-Fi Card
Kennai
00:31:12 Carsten-Tracking a Stolen MacBook
How to track your stolen laptop without installed tracking program
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00:41:45 Brett-Customize your 1Password Generated Passwords
00:45:10 Tanel-macOS High Sierra initial thoughts
00:53:57 iPad Pro 10.5” vs. iPad mini… coming soon
00:56:20 High Sierra redux
00:59:40 Cable Modem/ISP Advice
DOCSIS Config Page
01:09:43 SJ-667-R-Studio for Data Recovery
01:10:36 Michael-668-Selective iCloud Backups
01:11:46 Dave-667/668-3-2-1 Backup Strategy Correction
01:15:04 Laura-668-Apps not updating
01:16:23 Allison-667-Looping Switch
01:19:02 Donna-668-Multiple Time Machine Destinations
01:20:12 Joel-668-Sharing 2TB Data with a Beta
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