Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

AI, Steve Jobs, and a Watermelon


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Did you ever want to pin a tab inside a Tab Group? How about using your Mac as a power bank? Want a refurb Mac Studio? Today’s your lucky day, and that’s just the start of the show! John and Dave share Quick Tips to get things rolling and then it’s on to answering your questions, Cool Stuff Found, and more. Press play and enjoy learning five new things with your two favorite geeks!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 936 for Monday, July 11, 2022
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    • Quick Tips
      • 00:01:50 Petter-QT-Tab Groups in macOS Ventura can stay pinned!
      • 00:03:50 Petter-Using Mac as Power Bank for Charging
      • 00:04:54 James-QT-935-Use Stacks to Manage a Synced Desktop
      • 00:07:12 Craig-QT-Mac Studio in Refurb Store
        • RefurbTracker
        • 00:13:23 Dave’s Studio
          • Feng Shui
          • 00:16:05 Brian-QT-Find Apple Manuals online
          • 00:19:11 Pensacola Craig-PSA-Beware Differences in YouTube Premium pricing on App Store vs. Browser
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            • Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared! 
              • 00:27:39 Gray-Do I still need to use a UPS Battery Backup?
                • Brown Outs
                • Personal Nuclear Reactor
                • 00:35:16 Ferrers-935-Manly Advice: use SS64.com/OSX for all your man pages
                • 00:36:35 Mike-Creating a Bootable M1 Backup with Carbon Copy Cloner
                • 00:40:41 Jon-Strategically using the Ravpower 65W USB-C Travel Charger
                • 00:44:11 Sacha-Use Live Text to Capture Error Messages for Debugging Issues
                  • Google Translate
                  • Cool Stuff Found
                    • 00:49:25 Greg-CSF: Noir. Dark Mode for all web sites (available for Safari on iPhone and macOS)
                    • 00:51:38 Adam @ MacCast-CSF-Pestle app for scanning and managing recipes
                    • 00:52:44 Steve-932RustDesk: Open Source Remote Access Solution
                    • 00:53:46 Bill-CSF-Splashtop for Remote Management
                    • 00:54:57 CSF-Shokz OpenRun Pro Bone Conduction
                    • 00:59:05 CSF-Bite Away for immediate elimination of itching/stinging from insect bites
                    • 01:00:33 Thermacell
                    • 01:02:02 Alexei-CSF-933Bluelounge CableDrop Multi (3rd pp)
                    • 01:03:29 Lawyer Jeff-CSF-ListenNotes podcast search engine
                    • 01:06:57 CSF-512 Audio Tempest USB Condenser Mic
                    • 01:12:40 CSF-DALL•E mini – AI model which generates images from any text prompt
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