December 19, 2017

Depending Upon Which Way You Scroll – Mac Geek Gab 688

1 hour 31 minutes

With so many options for playing your movies on your Apple TV, how do you make sense of it all? Your two favorite geeks get you there. But first, it's a healthy list of Cool Stuff Found, including one for a great discount on an Apple TV itself! Then its on to your questions, and you have lots of 'em! No worries, that's what John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton do on Mac Geek Gab: they answer your questions and solve your problems. Press play, learn, and enjoy! Also, don't get caught.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 688 for Monday, December 18, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/>

00:02:04 FB-Robbie-CSF–Scroll Reverser

00:04:14 French Toast for snowstorms

00:06:24 QT-Fixing Handbrake Ripping Fail

Directly Rip and Convert Blu-ray Disks With Handbrake

CakeBrew or `brew install libdvdcss`

00:12:40 Alex-QT-Change the Color of a Custom Finder Tag

00:13:07 Aaron-CSF-Apple TV 4K for $140

00:14:07 Plasma vs. LED vs. LCD vs. OLED

00:15:54 QT-Drive Genius 5.1 and High Sierra, Yo

00:19:04 Jai-CSF-679-Notebooks

00:20:08 Mark-685-Questioning the Plex Obsession?

Infuse 5 Pro

Also PlayOn

00:26:45 Leslie-TiVo VOX and TiVo Experience

cTiVo

00:33:13 SPONSOR: Other World Computing’s USB-C Travel Dock & Aura Pro X SSDs

00:35:53 Mark-iMessage Notifications Disappear quickly

00:40:23 Peter-Twitter supporting 280, but apps/OS only supports 140

Twitterrific for macOS

00:46:25 Joe-What’s causing my system to slow down?

My Mac is very slow since I installed Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac (general slowdown) / High CPU usage BDLDaemon

00:50:30 Disable.sh to make your Mac faster

00:55:50 Don-Bit rot on movies… and backups?

01:05:29 Warren-Mesh Networks, Gigabit Internet, and Wi-Fi speeds?

802.11ad Speeds

01:12:29 Abel-New Switch introduces packet loss (good troubleshooting discussion)

01:16:47 Jon-687-Resetting PRAM and Content Caching Advanced Options

01:18:05 Zeff-687-iPhone 8 or iPhone X (home button and that screen)

iPhone X OLED Burn In

01:20:45 Chris-687-Older Macs and SATA might be the cable

01:24:07 David-687-Google Photos as an alternative

01:26:10 David-Meshing your iOT devices properly

01:28:11 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers:

Anders E., Gui D., Felix B., Andrew R., Chuck P., Paul M., Jay C., Ari L., Bob L., Michael P., Santiago M., John D., Stephen A., John V., Jeff P., Gary B.,Steven L.

01:29:10 MGG 688 Outtro

Merry Christmas!

Happy Hanukkah!

Have a good time, all the time!

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