August 20, 2018

CPU Throttling on Older Macs – Mac Geek Gab 723

1 hour 26 minutes

It's not just newer Macs that suffer from CPU throttling, it happens on older Macs, too, and a firmware update is not the easy fix. Keychains, Photo Sorting, Battery management tips, and doing the Public Wi-Fi Dance are just some of the other topics covered.Note: Shownotes are complete!

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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 723 for Monday, August 20, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/>

00:01:45 John Upgrades his NAS

Synology SHR

How to Upgrade the Memory in a Synology Disk Station DS713+ NAS (The processor in your NAS may be able to address more RAM than the unit shipped with, if the RAM is socketed, why not?)

00:08:35 Low Battery Causes CPU Slowdowns to 800MHz

iStat Menus

Intel Power Gadget

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00:15:15 Iain-3 Battery and Heat Management Tips

Mpow Car Phone Mount, Air Vent Phone Holder for Car with Adjustable Car Phone Holder

Settings | Battery | Low Power Mode (put in Control Center for easy access)

00:22:32 Use separate Keychain for Mail certificates

Encrypting Mail on macOS

00:28:51 CSF-PowerPort Strip 12

00:30:58 Donna-Cheap iPhone Charger causes Ford Tire Pressure Monitor System Fault

Buy a better charger

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00:35:51 Paul-Doing the public Wi-Fi Dance

On iOS and some public Wi-Fi, disabling Auto-Login for a network may bring up the Login screen

00:40:06 General | Reset | Reset Network Settings if all else fails

00:42:31 Ioannis-Lightning to USB-C to MacBook

Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader

Lightning to Type C Adapter

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00:47:17 Ron-USB-C Heat

Satechi USB-C dock

Conmdex Macsafe to USB-C

00:52:36 Ron-Mail Tildes

Mail | Mailbox | Take All Accounts Online

00:55:37 Andrew-Sort Photos by Date Taken

Sort by Date Taken with Path Finder

Total Finder

A Better Finder Rename

01:02:00 Greg-UPS Options in Energy Saver

pmset -g

01:06:42 Roger-iPhone Reset All Settings after App Crash

Settings | General | Reset | Reset All Settings looks to have solved odd password problem

01:09:40 Kevin-Is FileMaker the right answer?

01:16:17 Brian-How long before my Mac is no longer secure?

01:21:12 MGG 723 Outtro

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