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Big Sur, the M1 MacBook Air, and Quick Tips — Mac Geek Gab 845

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Dave's had his M1 MacBook Air for a week, and John has some questions for him! Lots more about Big Sur including your questions answered *and* some Quick Tips. Of course, MGG wouldn't be complete without more in-depth tips, too, and y'all have been keeping the queue full in that department! Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things.Note: Shownotes are in progress…

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 845 for Monday, November 23, 2020
  • Quick Tips
    • 00:02:18 Koji-QT-Modifying the Volume Keys
    • 00:03:59 Keith-QT-Add 44px to Fix Big Sur Menu Bar
    • 00:06:52 QT-Access M1 Mac Startup Options by holding down Power button
    • 00:11:23 Patrick-QT-Use Siri Shortcuts with Google Assistant
    • 00:13:57 John’s FaceID Thoughts
      • Multiple FaceID Profiles
      • KN95 masks from Healthcare Unlocked
      • 00:17:02 Mark-QT-How to Restart Apple Watch
      • 00:19:50 Neal-QT-Learning from Saved Searches
      • M1 MacBook Air
        • 00:23:52 Dave’s First Week with the M1 MacBook Air (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD)
        • Run x86 Apps (including homebrew) in the Terminal on Apple Silicon
        • Daring Fireball: The M1 Macs
        • Rogue Amoeba Software Updates for MacOS 11 (Big Sur) and M1 Chip-Based Macs
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        • Tips and Follow-ups
          • 00:52:33 Greg-Big Sur my Mac
          • 00:59:59 Bruce-Big Sur deprecates Network Utility – This is where using an iOS app on an M1 mac can come in handy from what I have seen.
            • Hurricane Electric Network Utility
            • 01:04:36 Jürgen-Slow Connection to NAS
              • D-Link DGS-1100-16 Managed Smart Switch
              • We Love Mistakes
              • 01:12:08 Corky-What’s with Big Sur’s com.apple.os.update in Disk Utility?
              • 01:15:00 Craig-Verizon 5G SIM Conundrum
              • 01:26:43 MGG 845 Outtro
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