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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Managing Your Drives, Big Sur Tips, Ransomware, and More — Mac Geek Gab 840

N/A • 26 oktober 2020

These days most of us are using external drives at some level. Even if we're not, our internal drives are always in need of some attention, pruning, or some other operation. Listen as your two favorite geeks answer all your drive-related questions. That's not all, of course, we've got more Big Sur tips, ideas for mitigating ransomware, Cool Stuff Found, and much more! Press play and enjoy an hour-or-so with John and Dave!Note: Shownotes are in progress…

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 840 for Monday, October 26, 2020
Quick Tips
- 00:02:13 Brian-QT-Reset PRAM/NVRAM to solve Quiet Mac
- 00:04:41 Roy-QT-Auto-Sync Apple TV Wireless Audio
  - Sonos TruePlay
- 00:07:41 Stephen-QT-Big Sur Clock Workaround
- 00:09:18 Big Sur Battery Management
Cool Stuff Found
- 00:13:38 Rich-CSF-839-RansomWhere?, Forklift, AutoMounter
- 00:17:37 Rob-839-Protecting from Ransomware
  - Amazon S3
  - Arq from Haystack Software
- 00:21:30 John-CSF-AmpliFi Alien Dual Wi-Fi 6 System
- 00:25:52 UCSF-Evernote Upgrades Without AppleScript
- 00:32:27 Dennis-CSFR-835-Mountain to Control your Mounted Drives
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SSD/Drives/Data
- 00:39:36 John-Formatting an External Drive
- 00:46:14 Andrew-Fusion Drive Performance with Current Versions of macOS
- 00:50:25 Domenico-Replacing a Fusion Drive with an External SSD
- 00:58:00 Bob-Best Drive for Ripping DVDs
- 01:06:16 Ev-Spindle Drive is Clicking
  - Iomega Zip and Jaz Drives
- 01:09:59 Mike-Best Steps for Nuke and Pave
  - DiskMaker X macOS Installer Download Links
01:16:59 Setting up that new iPhone or iPad
01:25:34 MGG 840 Outtro
- This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
- MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
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Managing Your Drives, Big Sur Tips, Ransomware, and More — Mac Geek Gab 840

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

Quick Tips

Cool Stuff Found

SSD/Drives/Data

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It’s All About Learning How To Fish

Stump The Geeks Live from Macstock 2025

Doing The AirPods Dance

Bring Your Own Dog

He's Mr. Hundred and One!

Is it appleOS 26? Or aquaOS 26?

My Zulu Converter is Offline

Hello Again, Round-Rect!

MGG...Jeopardy Style

Is That Foreboding or Foreshadowing?

Tab-itis Is Real...and It's OK!

iCloud Alter Egos, Dock Duplicates, and Synology's Shenanigans

iPhone Tricks, Gigabit Wi-Fi, and Life on 256GB

Fix Your Wi-Fi, Upgrade Your Podcast Rig, and Travel Smarter

Embracing Schrödinger's Desktop

Password Hygiene, Custom GPT Hacks, and Your Best Travel Battery

macOS 15.4 Fixes, Smart Home Discounts, & AirPods Battery Tips

Backups, Passwords, and Creedence Cryptex

Don’t Get Caught: iCloud, VPNs, and the Future of AI

Green Bubbles Strike Back: RCS vs. SMS Smackdown!

Reminders That Actually Work, CarPlay Hacks, and Why Siri Hates You

Cool Stuff Found: Monitors, Dash Cams, AI Tools & More!

Siri, I Want My T Back!

From Power Failures to Plex: Tech Tips Galore

From Garage Lights to Geeky Delights

Time To Get Past 300 Baud – Mac Geek Gab 1075

Battery Battles, Font Fun, and Ad Blockers...Oh My!

Keyboard Kung Fu & Wi-Fi Wonders

Circling the Wi-Fi Drain at CES 2025

They Dissolve Like You’re Thanos

Resolve to Trim Your Fat (Binaries)

Geeks, Gear, and Grievances

A Flotilla of Tips...and More!

Nothing Can Go Wrong.

The Musketeer…and those other guys

Doing The AirPod Nod

Beware The Click of Regret

Tea Time with Your Favorite Geeks

Where Has All My Free Space Gone?

Naked (iPhone) and Not Afraid

Can You Spatchcock a Jackalope?

Malicious Mischief...and Cool Stuff Found

Flashlight Tweaks, iPad Tips, Drive Fixes, and More

It's Not a Problem...Until It Is

Beware Alert Blindness

Downloads In The Cloud

The Keynote For The Rest of Us

Master Focus Modes, Action Button Tricks, and Screenshot Management

Cool Stuff Found: Tools and Gadgets to Keep You Geeked Out

Important Tidbits of Now Useless Information (and Some Useful Ones, Too!)

Beware The Lightning Bunnies

As If It Were a Swarm Of Bees!

Don’t Exposé Your Mac's Hidden Features

World Brain Day Special: Backup Tips and Freezer Hacks

Stump the Geeks: Live From Macstock 2024

The Fast and the Curious: Turbocharge Your Storage and RAM

Practicing The Shrug Shoulders Salute

Don’t Inception The Cloud

Hey, 19!

WWDC Keynote: AI is Fun, but Rush Was The Winner

Form 1040-MGG for Your Itemized Tips

Okay is a Four-Letter Word

What Are We Watching?

Beware The Robocalypse

Brick Walls and Brain Waves

Don’t Get Caught With Your Tech Down

Be(a)ware Opinionated Apps

What Have I Put Between Me and the Internet?

Grow Your Geek: Plant These Tips In Your Digital Soil

Why Don't They Tell Us That Exists?

MOAR POWER...To Travel?

Everything Was a Sock Account

Put That In Your Tinfoil Hat and Smoke It

Your RATGOCs Are Here