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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Regurgitate, Reiterate, and Recurse

79 min • 13 september 2021

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.

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 889 for Monday, September 13, 2021
- 00:02:23 Help us…and help yourself! MGG Listener Survey!
- 00:04:30 Tuesday’s California Streaming Event and Reactions
- 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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00:34:52 SPONSOR: BBEdit, the power tool for text from Bare Bones Software is now ready for Big Sur and M1-powered Macs!
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!
01:13:25 MGG 889 Outtro
- Complete the Mac Geek Gab Listener Survey for a chance to win $50 Amazon Gift Bucks
- Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page
- Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar
- This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
- MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
- You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network
- BackBeat Media Podcast Network

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Regurgitate, Reiterate, and Recurse

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