January 13, 2020

CES Wrap-up, Quick Tips, Cool Stuff Found – Mac Geek Gab 797

1 hour 30 minutes

John and Dave are back from CES with new stuff they've learned, Cool Stuff Found, Quick Tips, and more. Of course, your questions are featured, as well, including analyzing USB power draw, fast external drives, folder permissions, and more. Press play to learn five new things with your two favorite geeks!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 797 for Monday, January 13, 2020

00:02:18 TripIt and FlightAware and Kayak

CES 2020 Sponsors: iMazing, Other World Computing, TextExpander, Carbon Copy Cloner

00:09:45 Keep Dock on the Left for more visual space

00:10:46 QT-Leave FaceTime in Dock to see missed call badge

00:11:25 Rob-QT-How to check AirPods battery life from your Apple Watch

00:14:00 Louis-795-Switch from Grid view to List view on watchOS – This is good!

Hold down on honeycomb Grid view, List view (easier to navigate) offered as an option

00:15:38 QT-Activity Monitor adds Preventing Sleep column

00:17:27 Todd-QT-Searching in Notes

After a Find (Cmd-F) click on highlighted word in match list to open note, then Cmd-F to find, Cmd-G to find next, Shift-Cmd-G to find previous

00:18:29 Robert-Use Lightroom for More Flexible Photos Management

00:23:18 Tony-QT-Move Mouse to FrontMost Window when Window Changes

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00:26:49 SPONSOR: Mint Mobile. Cut your wireless bill to just $15 per month at MintMobile.com/MGG

00:28:52 Joe BP-CSF-SanDisk Clip Sport

00:30:32 Chris-CSF-iFrame to Turn old iPad into Digital Picture Frame

00:33:00 CSF-Skylight Frame

00:37:06 BusyCal 3.8 Catalina and 3.5.2 iOS adds Reminders Sync

00:39:32 Richard-CSF-Renamer

00:40:45 Wi-Fi 6 was in full-force at CES 2020, as was EasyMesh

TP-Link Deco X96

Nighthawk Mesh MK62

EasyMesh

00:54:28 Environmental and Health Sensors at CES 2020

CES – IEVA Introduces Stylish Twin.C Environmental Sensors

Withings Ups the Health Watch Game with ScanWatch

CES – Chronolife Debuts Medical Monitoring Solution with Nexkin

CES – Phyn Expands Product Line with Smart Water Assistant

Elios Combines GPS Tracking and Battery Technology for New Product

00:59:16 SPONSOR: Linode – You can build it on Linode. Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Start with a $20 credit at linode.com/mgg.

01:01:01 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones Software is now back in the Mac App Store or Online at BareBones.com

01:03:01 Russell-Power draw on USB-A vs. USB-C Lightning Cables

01:12:55 Matt-NVMe enclosure for boot drive?

OWC Envoy Pro EX

Sabrent NVMe Enclosure

OWC Envoy Pro

01:17:53 OWC’s Mercury Elite Pro Dock

01:20:50 Eric-Inaccessible sub-folder of Home Folder

Get Info (Cmd-I) on item in Finder, make sure your user has read/write permissions

01:29:00 MGG 797 Outtro

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January 13, 2020

CES Wrap-up, Quick Tips, Cool Stuff Found – Mac Geek Gab 797

1 hour 30 minutes

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 797 for Monday, January 13, 2020

00:02:18 TripIt and FlightAware and Kayak

CES 2020 Sponsors: iMazing, Other World Computing, TextExpander, Carbon Copy Cloner

00:09:45 Keep Dock on the Left for more visual space

00:10:46 QT-Leave FaceTime in Dock to see missed call badge

00:11:25 Rob-QT-How to check AirPods battery life from your Apple Watch

00:14:00 Louis-795-Switch from Grid view to List view on watchOS – This is good!

Hold down on honeycomb Grid view, List view (easier to navigate) offered as an option

00:15:38 QT-Activity Monitor adds Preventing Sleep column

00:17:27 Todd-QT-Searching in Notes

After a Find (Cmd-F) click on highlighted word in match list to open note, then Cmd-F to find, Cmd-G to find next, Shift-Cmd-G to find previous

00:18:29 Robert-Use Lightroom for More Flexible Photos Management

00:23:18 Tony-QT-Move Mouse to FrontMost Window when Window Changes

00:26:49 SPONSOR: Mint Mobile. Cut your wireless bill to just $15 per month at MintMobile.com/MGG

00:28:52 Joe BP-CSF-SanDisk Clip Sport

00:30:32 Chris-CSF-iFrame to Turn old iPad into Digital Picture Frame

00:33:00 CSF-Skylight Frame

00:37:06 BusyCal 3.8 Catalina and 3.5.2 iOS adds Reminders Sync

00:39:32 Richard-CSF-Renamer

00:40:45 Wi-Fi 6 was in full-force at CES 2020, as was EasyMesh

TP-Link Deco X96

Nighthawk Mesh MK62

EasyMesh

00:54:28 Environmental and Health Sensors at CES 2020

CES – IEVA Introduces Stylish Twin.C Environmental Sensors

Withings Ups the Health Watch Game with ScanWatch

CES – Chronolife Debuts Medical Monitoring Solution with Nexkin

CES – Phyn Expands Product Line with Smart Water Assistant

Elios Combines GPS Tracking and Battery Technology for New Product

00:59:16 SPONSOR: Linode – You can build it on Linode. Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Start with a $20 credit at linode.com/mgg.

01:01:01 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones Software is now back in the Mac App Store or Online at BareBones.com

01:03:01 Russell-Power draw on USB-A vs. USB-C Lightning Cables

01:12:55 Matt-NVMe enclosure for boot drive?

OWC Envoy Pro EX

Sabrent NVMe Enclosure

OWC Envoy Pro

01:17:53 OWC’s Mercury Elite Pro Dock

01:20:50 Eric-Inaccessible sub-folder of Home Folder

Get Info (Cmd-I) on item in Finder, make sure your user has read/write permissions

01:29:00 MGG 797 Outtro

CES 2020 Sponsors: iMazing, Other World Computing, TextExpander, Carbon Copy Cloner

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