December 16, 2019

Be Good and Don’t Get Caught – Mac Geek Gab 793

1 hour 33 minutes

macOS Catalina might finally be ready for prime-time with 10.15.2. Your two favorite geeks discuss. Then it's on to your tips and questions. Listen as John and Dave talk through Keyboard Shortcuts, third-party display issues, full-page screenshots, watching TV in multiple locations, outbound VPN, Mail, Bluetooth, and more! We guarantee you'll learn at least five new things before the band plays you out for the week.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 793 for Monday, December 16, 2019

00:01:19 macOS Catalina 10.15.2

Restores the column browser view for managing the music library

Resolves an issue that may cause some .AVI and .MP4 files to appear as unsupported

Improves the reliability of syncing books and audiobooks to your iPad or iPhone through Finder

00:06:13 About the security content of iOS 12.4.4

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00:10:09 Rick-Keyboard Shortcuts Disabling Themselves

com.apple.symbolichotkeys meanings

00:16:09 Gary-What’s the difference between spinning gear and beach ball?

00:19:05 Ev-Time Machine and Optimized Photos Libraries

00:27:59 Darren-Music Wants me to Locate My Files

Use multiple iTunes libraries on Mac

00:33:51 Converting old M4P Files to M4A

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00:41:53 Brian-792-Scott’s Mac Mini might be fine

Glen-Scott’s Mac Mini Might be in Headless Mode

NewerTech Headless Video Mac Adapter

00:51:40 Use SMC Reset to Fix Power Management Problems

00:55:31 David-792-Managing Devices

Family Sharing

macOS X Server

Jamf Now

01:00:36 DLH-QT-Slide right to Read/Unread slide left to Archive/Trash in Mail.app on macOS!

01:02:35 JP-CSF-QuickTime Player Shows Apple TV

01:09:11 Andrew-CSF-792-Paparazzi for Full Web Page Screenshots

01:10:57 CSF-Google Nest Learning Thermostat and Thermostat E

01:18:48 John’s GoControl Thermostats

01:21:01 CSF-Apple Podcasts now available on Alexa Devices

Atomi AC Control

Wyze Smart Plugs

01:23:25 CSF-Plex Push Notifications

01:24:51 Joe-Catalina’s Mail is Wonky

01:29:02 MGG 793 Outtro

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