Beware Alert Blindness

Your Apple and tech questions answered include Doug, who has trouble with Safari loading pages, Bob, whose DiskStation is being hacked, and Richard, who wants to connect external drives to his Mac. Also, learn how to check your Carbon Copy Cloner Free Space Requirement to be sure you’re not over-filling your drive with snapshots. All of this and WAY more — and how to use your technology to weigh less — here with John, Dave, and Pete this week. Press play and don’t get caught! You’re guaranteed to learn at least five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 951 for Monday, October 17, 2022

Allison-QT-Finder Spotlight Search Keyboard Shortcut is Opt-Command-Space

The MGG Discord Server is Live!

The MGG Merch Store is Live!

Quick Tips

00:03:32 Eduardo-QT-Use Shift-Option to make vertical text selections

00:05:15 Jacques-950-QT-Emergency SOS Can Be Set to Display By Pressing Power/Side Button 5 times

00:06:48 Bill-QT-watchOS 9 Lets Us Delete Reminders

00:08:53 Craig-QT-Move the Dock on Your Mac With the Flick of a Mouse

Universal Control

00:14:11 Jim-QT-Use Preview to Fill Out PDF Forms

PDF Expert

00:18:16 Michael-QT-949-Use AssistiveTouch Dot to Restart iPhone

00:20:10 Donna-QT-949-Remember UDP (Up, Down, Power) for iPhone Reset Button Order

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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:24:36 Doug-Safari Not Loading Pages

How to Flush DNS Cache on a Mac

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

00:33:21 Bob-How Do I Protect My NAS From Hackers?

Synology Security Advisor

00:44:51 Richard-Connecting External Drives to new iMac

Anker 533 USB-C Dongle

OWC Thunderbolt 3 Docks

00:50:57 DLH-Check your Carbon Copy Cloner Free-Space Requirement

00:55:10 JP-943-VPN “Network Protection” blocks AirDrop…Sometimes!

00:57:21 PODCAST: The Notnerd Podcast is a different kind of tech podcast aimed at—you guessed it—those who are not nerds. If you, or someone you know, is looking to keep up with the wild world of technology, head over to Notnerd.com or go to your favorite podcast app and search “Notnerd,” so you can Tech Better!

Pepcom notes/follow-up

00:58:19 Seagate will NOT be at CES. Others have a very different approach (press vs. industry focus)

01:01:59 Apple Watches are on the way

01:05:50 JFB & DLH-Each <a href="https://www.apple.com/mac/compare/?modelList=MacBook-Air-M1,MacBookPro-16-2019,