March 18, 2019

Beware the Magnets – Mac Geek Gab 753

1 hour 24 minutes

You want Cool Stuff Found? You want to know how to uninstall apps properly? What about the dangers of disabling SIP? John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, your two favorite geeks, come together to answer all of these and more. Have a question? Send it in to [email protected] or post in the MGG forums.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 753 for Monday, March 18, 2019

00:03:02 When Batteries go Bad

FruitJuice

Husan MacBook Pro 2012 Battery

00:07:25 Lightning to Audio and Charge (Careful here, John got a cheap knockoff from Walmart marketplace that didn’t work, fortunately, they gave a full refund)

00:09:59 Steve-CSF-Hubitat Smart Hub

00:11:29 CSF-Libby (thanks, CapMac!) from Overdrive

00:13:53 SXSW: Wi-Charge Uses Infrared for Wireless Power

00:17:42 SXSW: CLEAR moves to Point of Sale

00:19:40 SXSW: VeriScan – Your Face is Your Boarding Pass

00:24:00 IBM slurps Flickr Photos

00:24:42 Tripit Pro

Sanebox

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00:31:56 Robin-QT-Drag from title bar to any app

00:35:20 Mike-USB-C adapter cables instead of Docks

USB 3.2 Generations

00:40:48 Ben-Beware the Magnets

Degauss button

00:44:08 Loren-Uninstalling Apps Properly

AppCleaner

Malwarebytes

Hazel

CleanMyMac

00:49:20 Jim-Crashplan Removal

Find Any File

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00:54:00 We want your email! [email protected]

00:56:49 Larry-Managing Email Archives

MailSteward

01:02:20 Loren-The Dangers of Disabling SIP

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01:09:47 Jeff-752-Use iPhoneTextMessages.com for Archiving

01:12:00 Kurt-752-Memtest86

01:16:08 Donna-752-Uses for Old Macs

PowerMac G5 Coffee Table

01:18:30 MGG 753 Outtro

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