August 10, 2020

Audio Tips, Cool Stuff Found, Rural Broadband, and More! — Mac Geek Gab 828

1 hour 31 minutes

The summer heat hasn't stopped your two favorite geeks — or you, with your questions — and this week's episode shows all of that and more. You've had a ton of questions about audio devices and podcast management lately, so John and Dave dig into that first to re-open the doors on that conversation. Then it's on to tips and Cool Stuff Found, with a couple of return entries in the latter, including the very, very first Cool Stuff Found to ever have been mentioned! Press play, and enjoy watching (or listening) as you learn five new things.Note: Shownotes are in progress…

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 828 for Monday, August 10, 2020

00:02:41 Weathering The Storms

APC UPS

AmazonBasics UPS

Quick Tips

00:05:51 QT-Reset Gmail Captcha for LTE Mail Failures

00:10:34 John-QT-Exclude Backblaze Temp Folders from Time Machine

sudo fs_usage -f -R filesys backupd

Podcast/Audio

00:13:36 Brian-Full Feed of all MGG Episodes?

00:16:58 David-Streaming Music and Podcasts Simultaneously

00:21:23 Andrew-Syncing Podcasts across Devices

Downcast for Mac

00:24:04 Allison-Thunderbolt Audio Interfaces

PreSonus Quantum 2626

Universal Audio Audio Interface

Platform M+

00:33:33 USB 4 includes Thunderbolt 3

00:35:58 Andrew-Audio from Mac’s microphone to Wireless Speaker

Rogue Amoeba’s AirFoil and Audio Hijack

00:38:34 Gin-Microphones and Software for Podcasting?

AT2005USB

ATR2100

00:43:47 Josh-Wireless Microphone for Teachers to Record Class Audio

BEARTWO Neckband Headset

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Follow-up/Tips

00:53:11 James-Fix Duplicate Birthdays in Calendar

00:54:09 Bob-826-Screen Lock In Touch Bar Sleeps Screen

00:57:07 Richard-827-Share Apple ID to Share Push Notifications

00:58:11 Brad-827-Use YouMail for forwarding Text and Phone Alerts

00:58:45 Allison-827-Use dual SIM/eSIM Features to share alerts

00:59:46 Ken-826-Have Siri Sleep your Mac’s Display

pmset displaysleepnow

01:01:35 Bob-827-Using the Account Alias

01:04:40 Gerard-827-Starlink Satellite Internet for Rural High Speed (and Chuck)

01:11:35 Kenny-eero WPA3 Causes Apple-device Disconnects

Debookee

What is WPA3?

01:16:40 Stuart-825-Avoid HDMI for Color-Accurate Work

01:18:24 Mitch-825-Print out the QR codes for your 2FA codes

Cool Stuff Found

01:19:52 Gary-CSF-Authy as separate 2FA with Sync

01:21:13 Steve-CSF-Fujitsu ScanSnap Manager v7 for macOS Catalina

01:23:07 Dan-CSFR-Zamzar File Conversion

01:24:38 Gary-CSFR-Doug’s Scripts for Apple’s Media Apps

01:25:30 Allison-CSF-Taming The Terminal Book

Mistakes

01:28:02 MGG 828 Outtro

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