Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Manage your 3rd-party external "Retina" display, use custom icons for each mounted volume, use private browsing to keep your various Google accounts from conflicting, and move your Dock to make better use of your screen real estate. Folks, that's just the <em>tips</em> section of this week's episode. Listen for much, much more!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 648 for Sunday, March 12, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:02:58 Use Private Browsing for Multiple Google Accounts 00:07:49 Dock on the side, not the bottom 00:10:37 Drewski-QT-Use Custom Icons for Each Mounted Volume OWC Drive Icons LaCie Drive Icons 00:15:01 Use Keyboard Maestro to mount volumes, Printopia to print to wireless printers 00:19:14 Brian-Use T-Mobile MiFi for iPad data 00:20:45 New MacBook Pro’s 3×3 Radios Tested 00:25:43 Retina for External Displays Dave’s new 4K Monoprice Screen The mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort Cable 00:36:42 SPONSOR: GoDaddy MGG30 00:38:45 Erik-647-Use fstab to keep a clone from automatically mounting  00:41:53 John-647-Forcing to choose an Outbound Mail Account 00:42:43 Jay-647-Disconnect.me can stop iCloud Photo Uploads 00:44:20 Dan-646-UPS Math 00:46:28 Bradley-646-UPS Thoughts 00:49:37 Anthony-646-Smart-UPS Sensitivity Settings? 00:52:51 Carsten-646-Light-usage UPS options  00:55:00 Nick-Overriding iCloud SSID Priorities ControlPlane Scenario Keyboard Maestro – “The future of automation on the Mac!” Power Manager 01:05:31 Ed-Collaborative whiteboard solution? Join.me Zoom.us 01:08:55 Richard-iTunes Cleanup Software? Tidy Up Metadatics Coverscout Powertunes Dupin 01:15:03 David-Save iOS Backups on External Drive Versioning your iTunes Backups 01:18:36 Andrew-iOS Data Recovery The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

Ever get the spinning beach ball at the top of your screen? John and Dave can help with that. After all, they come together each week to solve <em>your</em> Mac questions and problems. Other topics include selecting your sending address from Mail, controlling when iCloud Photos get sent to the cloud, deleting stubborn files, and more!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 647 for Sunday, March 5, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:02:16 QT-Spotlight Unit Conversions 00:04:39 Harvey-Menu Bar Hangs 00:07:37 Lew-Controlling when iCloud Photos upload Little Snitch AdBlock TripMode 00:14:31 Michael–Deleting Stubborn Files TrashIt 00:19:25 Fish Shell brew install fish Oh-My-zsh 00:23:33 Amazon’s AWS Outage 00:26:58 SPONSOR: TextExpander for Teams helps Customer Service 00:29:36 SPONSOR: Blue Apron – get 3 meals free 00:32:50 Michael-Managing Multiple Routers (eero and Time Machine) 00:41:31 Ubiquiti Standalone AmpliFi HD Mesh Points 00:43:22 Printer sharing macOS Sierra: Share your printer Lantronix xPrintServer 00:50:12 Brett-Selecting your sending address in Mail 00:56:35 Robin-Mounting Network Drives Full-time Control Plane 01:03:26 Phil-Online Filing Cabinet Evernote Apple Notes OneNote Bear Synology Note Station Google Keep 01:12:51 Andrew-646-Don’t forget Target Disk Mode 01:14:53 Peter-646-Black Magic Intensity Video Capture 01:20:05 Jim-CSFR-Default Folder X The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

Spring is almost here for the northern hemisphere, and that means it's almost lightning season. It's time to talk UPSs and battery backups. Listen as John and Dave talk through all the permutations you'll need to know to choose the right UPS for your setup. On top of that, a few things in Cool Stuff Found, solving mailbox syncing problems, and a deep discussion about how to rip movies and then to get them onto your iPhone or iPad!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 646 for Sunday, February 26, 2017 00:02:23 Graham-CSF-Consolation 00:04:13 Paul-CSF-Apple Pay on Isolated Apple Watch 00:05:15 Jay-645-Plex Cloud doesn’t support Amazon Drive Plex Supported Cloud Storage Providers 00:08:54 Apple Pay, Content Management System, WooCommerce, More! 00:13:00 Small Business Show! <http://businessshow.co> 00:16:05 SPONSOR: PowerPhotos 00:18:35 How to buy a UPS 00:24:52 How much UPS do you need? APC UPS Calculator iMac Power Consumption (33-350W depending upon size/usage) 00:40:43 Added bonus: Power conditioning 00:44:33 Ken-APC UPS app 00:47:03 Andrew-Sometimes your house is already a UPS 00:50:35 Tesla Powerwall 00:54:09 David-How to Rip Movies? MakeMKV (and the license) Don Melton’s Scripts Elgato Video Capture 01:01:22 Ron-Getting movies onto your iPad GoodReader Plex WALTR Infuse VLC for Mobile 01:06:32 Terry-Mouse thinks it’s clicked 01:11:44 Kirit-One Mailbox won’t sync 01:13:02 Jeff-iMac Won’t Boot Reset SMC The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.

Inexpensive quasi-mesh Wi-Fi, cloud management for your videos, changing your Finder icons and upgrading your Mac's Wi-Fi to the latest standards are just how this show starts out! From there it's on to answering your questions about monitoring iOS data usage, looking at PDF data – all of it! – and then your geeks dive into the Wi-Fi danger conspiracy! We promise you'll learn at least <em>four</em> new things!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 645 for Sunday, February 19, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/> 00:02:00 Harvey-CSF-642-Google Keep for Shopping List 00:03:47 Mike-CSF-Inexpensive Wi-Fi Quasi Mesh eBay Search to Greenwave G1100 Routers 00:07:00 AmpliFi Standalone Mesh Points 00:09:37 Pioneer Rayz The Nest XL USB Cable, Earbud, AirPods, and Phone Charger Case 00:21:03 Leon-CSF-Channels for HDHomeRun 00:22:11 Follow-up on Battery Percentage from MGG 644 00:24:39 David-643-Plex Cloud 00:25:29 Eliot-644-Change icons with LiteIcon (Alex, too) 00:26:29 Robin-SwitchResX and SIP 00:27:38 John-644-Memory Pressure 00:30:15 Facebook Messenger Phishing Hack 00:32:18 The security of using a forwarded email address 00:34:14 Finding Apple Music Repeat Controls 00:36:50 SPONSOR: Blue Apron – Get 3 Meals Free 00:39:21 SPONSOR: Other World Computing 00:41:05 SPONSOR: Bare Bones’ BBEdit 00:43:40 Mike-Monitor iOS Data Usage DataMan Next 00:47:44 Can you feel Wi-Fi? More importantly, does it matter? Maximum Wi-Fi Transmission Rates Per Country 00:57:22 Jeff-Should you just turn your Mac off? 01:02:34 Does uptime matter? 01:05:55 Unlimited Wi-Fi Data Plan Comparison 01:07:09 Andrew-Mac Wi-Fi replacement/upgrade $19 – 802.11ac USB Wi-Fi Adapter QuickerTek uCard QuickerTek qCard 2 and 3 QuickerTek mCard BearExtender Turbo TP-Link Wi-Fi USB Adapters 01:15:07 Patrick-Some PDF data doesn’t appear Acrobat Reader 01:20:01 NEW MGG PREMIUM The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network

A little iOS Geek Gab segment starts the show, discussing batteries – both internal and out – as well as screen protection. Your geeks share their picks and, more importantly, how they pick. Then it's on to some great tips from both your two favorite geeks and you, including managing RAM, converting Numbers to Excel (without Numbers!), upgrading your Mac mini and more. Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 644 for Sunday, February 12, 2017 00:01:18 Dave’s Travels and why we’re not digging deep into mesh this week (again) 00:06:35 Phil-Which battery pack to buy Monoprice Battery Packs TYLT Battery Packs Anker Portable Chargers MyCharge AmpProng+ Ventev powercell 6000+ Thinium ReCHARGE+ 00:17:56 Adam-Tempered Glass iPhone Screen Protector 00:23:07 Bobby-iOS Battery Test Coconut Battery Battery Precentage 00:30:28 SPONSOR: GoDaddy – MGG30 saves you 30% on new purchases 00:33:08 Louis-Managing RAM, especially browsers Quitter Manage Flash in Safari 00:49:55 Eliot-643-Idiosyncratic Tip Calculation a good Security Measure 00:52:49 Irv-Converting Numbers to Excel without Numbers Zamzar 00:56:00 Andrew-Clickable File Link How to Copy a File Path as Text from Mac Finder in Mac OS X 00:58:12 Reminiscing about the Apple ][ 01:02:21 Mike-Disable iTunes Auto Backups iTunes for Mac: Sync iPod, iPhone, or iPad 01:06:56 David-Mac mini 2014 Upgrade Challenge Mac Mini Late 2014 Hard Drive Replacement 01:16:06 Kevin-Changing Default Icons The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.

Cool Stuff Found kicks off this week's show, with email clients, Wi-Fi Widget(s), combo iPhone/Watch chargers, disk utilities and much, much more. Then, after a few additional tips from you, dear listeners, it's time for your questions. Topics this week include comparing local vs. Cloud storage for things like your music, videos and documents; memory interleaving and when to use it; solving corrupt user accounts that won't login; and solving the issues with web pages that are slow to load. Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 643 for Sunday, February 5, 2017 00:02:13 CSF-Wi-Fi Widget 00:05:13 Alex-CSF-See All of Apple’s Repair Extension Programs 00:06:21 Ken-CSF-Belkin Valet Charger for Apple Watch & iPhone 00:07:47 Alex-CSF-ddrescue How to install ddrescue with GUI 00:10:09 Ed-CSF-EasilyDo Email Client 00:11:06 Robin-642-CSF-SwitchResX 00:12:16 Roger-642-Use Shared Reminders for Grocery List 00:14:00 BusyCal 00:16:31 Ioannis-Time Machine Checksum Verification 00:22:43 Terence-Menus won’t stick  00:25:48 SPONSOR: Blue Apron – MGG gets you 3 meals free 00:28:50 SPONSOR: TextExpander for Teams 00:31:12 SPONSOR: eero – MGG gets free overnight shipping 00:34:23 Dave-638-Google Voice vs. iOS Voicemail iMazing 00:38:27 Workflow 00:42:58 Graham-641-Memory Upgrades and Interleaving in iMacs Install memory in an iMac 00:50:37 Michael-Slow Web Page Loading After Wake Clear the local DNS cache in macOS Sierra, OSX, Linux and Windows namebench NETGEAR Owners: upgrade your router’s firmware 01:01:45 Brian-NAS vs. Cloud for various types of data SuperSync 01:08:00 Michael-Corrupt User Account won’t Login Fix Corrupt User Accounts in macOS and OS X YASU  01:14:31 Todd-To xfinitywifi or Not to xfinitywifi Xfinity Home Hotspot FAQ 01:24:56 NEW MGG PREMIUM The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.

Have a website with multiple passwords and Safari always chooses the wrong one? Want a shopping list app to manage as a family? Photos showing greyed-out people? That's just how this week's Mac Geek Gab <em>starts</em>, folks. Then it's on to Dave's review of the new Synology RT2600ac standalone router, plus some related router questions for good measure. That's not where it ends, though, because there are more questions and tips answered in here, as well. You'll just have to listen to find out everything. After all, you must learn at least four new things each week, right? We're here to help you do just that!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 642 for Sunday, January 29, 2017 00:01:32 How to set default password for Safari websites Keychain Access: Keychain Access overview 00:06:00 Scott-Shopping List App OurGroceries AnyList GroceryIQ 00:12:42 Brian-Limited Display Resolution Options macOS Sierra: Adjust your display’s resolution 00:18:25 Jon-Photos Showing Grey People 00:21:46 Dave-640-CPU throttling in Closed Lid Mode Use your Mac notebook computer in closed-display mode with an external display 00:26:46 SPONSOR: Blue Apron – MGG gets you 3 meals free 00:30:28 Scott-640-Router Security 00:38:52 Synology RT2600ac Review/thoughts 00:55:39 Joe-Untangle Router Firmware 00:58:26 Bob-Printer doesn’t like new router 01:03:16 Roger-Cable Modem and Router Incompatibilities 01:07:04 Gary-SMS Forwarding Stopped 01:11:08 Mark-641-Defragmenting Alternatives 01:14:03 Bruce-Getting an older OS X installer Download OS X El Capitan Download Snow Leopard Apple Developer Programs The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.

Cool Stuff Found today contains lots of things <em>you</em> suggested after listening to recent shows, including tools to help your Mac sleep, help you manage your keyboard shortcuts <em>and</em> macros, privately sync your notes, auto-file your Mail, and free backup storage! Then its on to sharing your tips and answering your questions. Want to learn how to factory reset your AirPods, enable band-steering on your router, or have Siri search Google instead of Bing? Let's go!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 641 for Sunday, January 22, 2017 00:02:03 New stuff coming in upcoming episodes 00:03:05 Ken-CSF-KeyCue 00:05:20 Steve-638-Don’t forget GoodReader Infuse 00:07:27 Charlie-635-CSF-MailHub GPGMail AirMail Spark Mail Plugin Manager 00:15:11 Robin-637-Private Notes Syncing with MacJournal 00:18:17 Michael-637-CSF-Backblaze B2 10GB Free! Arq Backup 00:21:24 Jim-639-CSF-SmartSleep 00:25:28 Andrew-CSF-Silicon Dust HD HomeRun – $100 00:30:20 SPONSOR: PowerPhotos – Save with MGG 00:32:58 SPONSOR: OWC DEC for new MacBook Pros 00:36:16 Dan-How to Reset AirPods 00:37:54 Andrew-Having Siri Search Google 00:40:09 Mike-IPv6 and Band-steering 00:51:09 John-Speeding up a sluggish Mac Drive Genius for Defragmentation 01:07:18 David-Concern over changing USB Port shapes 01:11:40 Eric-Bluetooth earbuds for video 01:18:30 Terry-Bluetooth Priority Selection? 01:24:26 MGG 641 Outtro The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.

Migrating Photos to a new Mac, managing and syncing your family's photos, speeding up iOS Spotlight searches, fixing an unresponsive Digital Crown on your Apple Watch and resolving website loading delays are just <em>some</em> of the things you'll learn from your two favorite geeks in this week's show! Listen as Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun answer your questions and solve your problems.Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 640 for Tuesday, January 17, 2017 00:02:04 John takes Dave’s advice (Optimum Online Tiers including John’s new Ultra 100) 00:05:20 Manage Your QoS 00:07:55 Greg-QT-Speed up iOS Spotlight Search  00:10:46 Ken-Fixing unresponsive Apple Watch Digital Crown 00:12:05 Jim-Apple Watch not charging? Could be the Charger 00:15:37 Right-angle charging cables 00:18:04 SPONSOR: Bare Bones – BBEdit 30-day free trial … can be extended forever! 00:21:23 SPONSOR: Blue Apron – 3 Meals Free with MGG 00:24:20 Daniel-Migrating Photos Library to new Mac OS X: Manually migrating data from another Mac 00:32:55 David-Managing and Syncing Family Photos 00:39:41 Kirit-Delays when loading websites 00:46:44 Paul-Most secure routers 00:52:27 Todd-Measuring (Mesh) Wi-Fi Performance Testing with iperf 01:05:55 Charles-Adding a wireless access point NETGEAR EX7300 Wireless Extender 01:13:34 Terry-Show App’s Keyboard Shorcuts CheatSheet 01:16:00 Tanel-Heat issues in closed-display/clamshell Mode? Use your Mac notebook computer in closed-display mode with an external display The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.

Back from CES, your two favorite geeks have some fun stuff to report about and all of your questions to answer. The latter include things like fixing Mail.app's CPU-hogging, which hibernatemode to use for your MacBook, and much, much more. Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 639 for January 9, 2017 00:01:38 CES Follow-up 00:02:16 Energous 00:05:00 Aura 00:06:32 Linksys Velop 00:09:47 Homekit 00:15:33 Seagate’s VR Plank Experience 00:21:38 Travel Tips Lyft Tado 00:25:22 TripIt Pro 00:27:00 Vector Cup Holder SuperShuttle 00:29:43 TSA Pre-Check 00:30:53 SPONSOR: Blue Apron – 3 Meals Free with MGG 00:34:40 SPONSOR: GoDaddy – 30% off with MGG30 00:36:58 Norv-Excessive Mail.app Loading Rebuild the Mailbox & Reindex Messages to Fix Common Problems in Mail App for Mac OS X MailPluginManager 00:46:22 Andy-Which hibernatemode to use? ‘sudo pmset hibernatemode 0’ 00:54:16 David-Wireless Mouse Issues, Damaged Disk Drive Logitech Unifying Receiver Hardware Growler Potential sources of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference 01:05:11 Patrick-Stop background video and audio 01:06:01 Eddie-Battery Charging Rate/Speed Formula 01:07:30 Paul-Safe Mode to the rescue… maybe! 01:11:27 Steve-638-Protecting Torrent Traffic with VPN Transmission Interface Binder 01:13:31 John-638-Note Syncing Workaround 01:16:13 Mike-Backups of Clones Synology Replication BTRFS The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.