April 22, 2019

Communal Head Scratching to Help Solve Your Problems – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 758

1 hour 31 minutes

It's true, your two favorite geeks have come together again to have a "communal head scratch" about all the questions and problems you've submitted. Then it's on to some happy tips, including one about working around the new Dropbox limitations. Download, press play, and learn at least five new things… and get your questions answered, too!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 758 for Monday, April 22, 2019

00:03:20 Chris-757-How about a password manager?

1Password

LastPass

00:07:11 Please leave us reviews!

00:07:57 Douglas-Migrating Mail

Migrate .EML to macOS Mail

00:11:33 Douglas-Migrating 1Password from Dropbox to iCloud

00:15:43 Mike-Wemo Plugs Didn’t like Wi-Fi Extender

NetSpot

00:22:36 SPONSOR: Other World Computing at MacSales.com – OWC’s new Aura Pro X2 NVME Flash SSD adds speed and up to 2TB to your older Mac. Your Mac, your keyboard, your ports, just more space and speed!

00:24:42 Jeff-What’s my HomeKit Home Hub?

What’s a HomeKit Hub?

Homebridge

00:30:41 Migrating from Wink to SmartThings

00:33:11 The Two Purposes of Smart Home Hubs

SmartThings webCoRE

00:43:53 Chris-CSF-757-SmartRules

00:46:21 Andrew-GC-Smart Water Sensor and Alarm?

Flo – Monitors water flow for leaks and other issues

Guardian detects leaks and shuts off water

00:51:25 SPONSOR: Malwarebytes for Mac – Malwarebytes detects and removes viruses, ransomware, and other malware so you are protected and your machine keeps running silky smooth.

00:53:21 JP-Wi-Fi Speed Tests are Different from My Router

00:59:53 Carsten-Suggestions for Wiring New Home

ActionTec Bonded MoCA 2.0

01:04:26 Matt-757-Dropbox Solution with Private Cloud

Synology CloudSync

01:09:14 Dan-757-Sync Dropbox with Something Else

01:10:10 Synology Drive 2.0 for iOS gets Native

01:12:03 This Week’s MGG Premium Supporters:

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01:14:17 Mark-Network Time Machine Regularly Corrupts Backups

John backs up his Time Machine backups on his Synology to another Synology, if corrupt, restore from last good backup

01:20:10 Phil-Time Machine Reporting Large Backup Set

CleanMyMac Space Lens

01:22:58 Aaron-No T2 chips in 2019 iMacs

01:25:09 Carsten-T2 and FileVault and Backups

Manage Secure Boot

01:30:23 MGG 758 Outtro

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