Curios Aren’t Just for Breakfast Anymore – Mac Geek Gab 662

Alternative AirPlay Receivers, iMac Upgrades, Troubleshooting in Console, and AirPods controls are just the first four things your two favorite geeks discuss today. Then it’s on to solving the issue of stale Contacts on your iPhone, MailDrop woes, and the Preppers approach to backups. All this and more in this week’s Mac Geek Gab podcast. You’re guaranteed to learn at least four new things.Note: Shownotes are complete!

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 662 for Sunday, June 18, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
• 00:02:34 Small Business Show – Lead the Charmed Life!
• 00:02:52 Todd-AirPlay Receivers
  • 4 AirPlay Receivers That Are Cheaper Than Apple TV
  • AudioCast
  • Curios Aren’t Just for Breakfast Anymore
• 00:09:05 Kaz-iMac Upgrade Questions
  • Target Display Mode
  • Omni Disk Sweeper
  • DaisyDisk
  • NVMe SSDs
• 00:18:52 Michael-Troubleshooting in Console
  • Two-Phase Commit
• 00:30:38 John-QT-Bring up Mute Controls while AirPods are Active
• 00:33:21 SPONSOR: Harry’s – MGG saves you $5 off your Shave Set
• 00:36:06 SPONSOR: Other World Computing at MacSales.com
• 00:38:39 Bob-iPhone has old Contacts

  • Get help using iCloud Contacts, Calendars, or Reminders

• 00:43:07 Disable unnecessary contact syncing
• 00:47:54 Simon-Preppers Approach to Backups
• 00:54:50 This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
  • James C., Joe S., Jay C., John V., Stephen A., Micah P.,Phil G., Stacey S., Anders E., Charles R., Gui D., Felix B., Stephen B., Santiago M., Andrew R.
• 00:57:48 Guido-MailDrop Woes
  • Managing Attachments in Mail

  • iCloud: Add an attachment to an email

  • Mail Drop limits
• 01:07:34 Jedd-Which router for me?
  • AmpliFi HD Mesh Point
• 01:19:27 Jeff-Wi-Fi Chaos
  • iStumbler

  • Potential sources of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference

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