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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

By The Way, Alexa

83 min • 8 augusti 2022

Want a quick way to send the same iMessage to another person? How about customizing the icons of your PDFs? Quick Tips are your friends, and John, Dave, and Pilot Pete have plenty for you this week. That’s not all, though! You get to learn how to technologically-enhance your outdoor living, analyze your network, find ANY file on your Mac, and much, much more. Press play to enjoy learning at least five new things with your three favorite geeks!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 940 for Monday, August 8, 2022
- The MGG Discord Server is Live!
- The MGG Merch Store is Live!
Quick Tips
- 00:01:05 Skylar-QT-Hold and drag Message to new person, boom!
- 00:03:54 India is off by half-an-hour…for analog watches? – Interesting factiod
- 00:04:45 Jeff-QT-Copy File as Pathname with Option Key
- 00:06:03 Copy Pathname to Enclosing Folder
- 00:07:51 Set Custom File Icons in Finder’s Get Info
- 00:10:45 VSTOL Definition
- 00:11:41 Jon-QT-Drag Folder Icons into Save Dialogs For Quick Navigation
  - Default Folder X
- 00:14:10 Get Info on Photos
- 00:16:17 Eliot-QT-No Beta If Traveling – TRUE! – Bring a power bank
- 00:19:13 Replacing the iPod Touch
- 00:26:23 Gary-QT-Amazon Drive Sunsets at The End of 2023
Sponsors
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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:32:24 Technologically Enhanced Patio!
- 00:45:13 By The Way, Alexa
- 00:47:11 Getting Rid of an old Alexa Device
  - Amazon 4th Gen Echo Dot
  - Manage Alexa Devices – Deregister
- 00:48:54 Nichelle Nichols RIP
Cool Stuff Found
- 00:50:08 JFB-Wireshark, a network analyzer
  - Capturing all traffic in promiscuous mode
  - Port Mirroring for Packet Capturing on Smart Switch
- 00:56:30 Jeff-CSFR-Find Any File … truly does!
- 01:02:15 GC-Why are my windows moving?
- 01:03:41 Patrick-CSF-KeyboardCleanTool to Lock Your Keyboard When You Need to Clean It
- 01:05:34 CSF-Silent Knight
- 01:09:45 Lee-CSF-Synology-focused YouTube Channel with SpaceRex (and also Marius Hosting) – Also NASCompares
- 01:13:02 JP-Proactively Replacing Synology Hard Drives?
- 01:17:17 CSFR-TimeMachineEditor for managing your Time Machine Schedules
01:21:07 MGG 940 Outtro
- Overcast’s Smart Speed
- Pilot Pete’s New Aviation Podcast: So There I Was
- Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly
- MGG Merch is Available!
- Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page
- Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar
- This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
- MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
- feedback@macgeekgab.com
- 224-888-GEEK
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
- BackBeat Media Podcast Network

Senaste avsnitt

By The Way, Alexa

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

Quick Tips

Sponsors

Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

Cool Stuff Found

01:21:07 MGG 940 Outtro

Senaste avsnitt

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