Regurgitate, Reiterate, and Recurse

Starting with some of the best Quick Tips we've ever shared, your two favorite geeks roar through topics including measuring current, USB-C Flash Drives, solving Mail issues on iPhone, dissecting local storage usage, and much more. Press play and learn five new things with Dave and John.

• • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 889 for Monday, September 13, 2021
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  • Quick Tips
    • 00:06:07 Donna-QT-Type Numbers on iPhone without leaving ABC Keyboard
    • 00:10:38 Todd-QT-Two QuickTips for Apple Watch Nightstand Mode
    • 00:12:26 Ian-QT-Be sure to manage your Contacts!
  • Cool Stuff Found
    • 00:14:13 CSF-Kingston DataTraveler Max Flash Drives (900 Read, 800 Writes) 256GB – $91.00, 512GB – $153.00, 1TB – $262.00
    • 00:16:32 No PhotoPlus Expo in Person… Will October’s Pepcom Happen in Person?
    • 00:19:03 Christopher-CSF-Gary’s MacMost YouTube Channel
    • 00:20:23 CSFR-RapidX MyCharging Station
• We’ve Got The Power (Information)
  • 00:23:13 Adam-CSF-888-Kill-a-Watt Electricity Usage Monitor

• • 00:24:09 Jeremy-Better Way to Measure AC Current
  • Sense Whole-Home Power Meter using Amp Clamps
  • 00:27:13 Jim-888-How Much Power Do Chargers Use?
  • 00:28:41 Chip-888-Power consumed by unused chargers
    • Poniie PN2000 Electricity Meter
    • FLIR One
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• Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
  • 00:37:03 Brett-Window Randomly Moves to Cursor
    • Mouse Keys on macOS
    • Stay by Cordless Dog
  • 00:44:20 Brian-iPhone Won’t Use Third-Party Mail Client as Default
  • 00:47:10 Stelios-GC-Weather Radar on CarPlay App
  • 00:50:17 Craig-Non-Apple Devices in my Device List
    • TiVo Stream 4K
  • 00:54:21 Andrew-What’s Taking Up all My Local iCloud Storage?
    • du -sh ~/Library/Mobile Documents/* | sort -rn | less
    • ^^ Thanks to listener Tony for the update here!
  • 00:59:19 Kirit-Use Synology to Sync to Dropbox, Box, and more
  • 01:05:13 Niall-External Drive Formatting Recognition Disparity
    • Install HomeBrew
    • brew install tldr
  • 01:11:21 Andrew-Can you run Windows on an M1 Mac?
    • Wine 6.0 for M1 Exists!
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