Clouding As a Verb

It's true, we "cloud" things now. It's a thing. On top of that, iCloud Private Relay is also a thing, and it's not necessarily a good one yet. But it's in beta, so give it time. Plex's new Discovery Watchlist is also in beta, with similar results. No worries, your three favorite geeks talk you through all of this and more. Listen as Pilot Pete, John F. Braun, and Dave Hamilton share your quick tips, some Cool Stuff Found, and mostly answer your questions to ensure we all learn five new things from this week's episode. Press play and enjoy!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 923 for Monday, April 11, 2022

00:02:46 The MGG Merch Store is Live!

Quick Tips

00:03:34 QT-Tame Safari’s IP Address Hiding Safari > Preferences > Privacy > Hide IP address > from Trackers Only

00:09:42 Bob-QT-915-Enable “Wake for Network Access” to keep Network Drives from Disconnecting

00:11:47 Patrick-QT for Efficient Overcast Listening

00:14:55 Removing Umms from Audio Streams

00:17:09 QT-Disable AirPods Message Announcements Settings > Notifications > Announce Notifications

Indy ANC Earbuds

Sponsors

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Printers and More Printers

00:24:07 Henrik-Using a PPD and CUPS for a Legacy Printer (and Henrik)

00:27:51 Steve-QT-Use CUPS Web Interface to Set Printing Defaults

http://localhost:631

* cupsctl WebInterface=yes

00:31:21 Eddie-Setting Defaults for iPhone-based Printing

Fing App for macOS and iPhone  Fing

iNET app

Photos

00:38:07 Bob-New Photos Not Appearing on iMac

If My Photo Stream isn’t updating

15 Ways to Fix iCloud Photo Syncing

00:42:22 Syncing Shortcuts

00:44:38 Bill-Resuming Photos Update

Plex Manage ALL your media – and SHARE it with friends and family!

Amazon Prime Photos – I know we did not talk about it, but that feature is there to share with a family

00:47:15 Is your podcast listening personal or group?

Sponsors

00:57:21 SPONSOR: Hunter Douglas – Custom Shades and more. Visit HunterDouglas.com/mgg today for your free Style Gets Smarter design guide.

00:58:43 SPONSOR: Trade. The journey to the perfect cup starts with taking Trade’s quiz.