Happy New Year from Your Two Favorite Geeks – Mac Geek Gab 638

Need to use Mini DisplayPort monitor with your USB-C Mac? Need to make screen recordings? Need a Dropbox replacement? Your two favorite geeks have you covered with these questions and others. Cool Stuff Found segment includes a way to control your reboot sounds, your clipboard, and your unwanted robocalls. Plus, another AirPods alternative. Download and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 638 for Sunday, January 1, 2017
• 00:02:59 Scott-Making Screen Recordings
  • Screenflow
  • gfxCardStatus
  • Snapz Pro X
  • OBS Studio
• 00:10:42 Ron-Mini DisplayPort and Thunderbolt 3/USB-C
  • Thunderbolt 3/USB-C to Mini DisplayPort Adapter
• 00:16:08 Will-Auto-connecting VPN
  • Control Plane
  • Keyboard Maestro
  • macOS Sierra: Set up a connection to a virtual private network
  • VPN Autoconnect AppleScript
• 00:25:56 Eric-Synology as a Dropbox Replacement
  • Synology’s Cloud Station
• 00:31:10 SPONSOR: Smile’s PDF Pen Family
• 00:34:10 Chuck-637-QT-Request Desktop Site
• 00:35:22 Bill-637-iTunes on a NAS and Auto-mounting Network Shares
  • macOS Sierra Automount on Startup
• 00:39:16 James-QT-iPhone Takes Pictures with Black Screen
• 00:42:16 Jim-CSF-No Reboot Sound
• 00:43:38 Steve-CSFR-PopClip for Mac
• 00:45:15 -Zack-CSF-Nomorobo
• 00:47:43 Managing your Comcast(XFinity)/ISP/Vendor relationships
• 00:51:29 Synology, Docker & Homebridge
  • Homebridge
  • Docker
  • IFTTT
• 00:59:39 Ben-636-CSF-GoNovate G10 and G8 earbuds
• 01:01:09 Bob-Adding an iPhone to the family
• 01:09:26 Robin-Non-Cloud Notes Syncing
  • Import your notes and files to the Notes app (On My Mac doesn’t need iCloud)
  • iMazing
  • Note Station
  • ownCloud – ownNote
• 01:20:56 Rolling your own cloud service
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