February 13, 2023

Don't Mute Me, Bro

1 hour 15 minutes

iOS 16 Includes a new “Block Sender” shortcut along with a bunch of stuff added to the Lock Screen, and you can use Siri to control your Apple TV. That’s just a sampling of the Quick Tips your two favorite geeks share to start the show.

Listen as John and Dave then dig into your questions about managing your iCloud Keychain passwords, using your Apple TV with HomePods as your speakers, extracting Blu-Ray content, and streaming audio from your phone to your stereo!

It’s a veritable cornucopia of tips, tricks, and answers to your questions. Press play and you’re guaranteed to learn five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 968 for Monday, February 13, 2023

Sylvain-QT-Long Press in iOS 16 Mail Now has Block Sender Option

The MGG Discord Server is Live!

The MGG Merch Store is Live!

Quick Tips

00:03:26 Tony-QT-Bypass Auto-Capitalizing Form Fields

00:05:15 Fix 1Password on Safari for iOS

00:06:58 PorthosJon-QT-HomeKit Automations Can be Converted to Shortcuts

Join The MGG Discord Server

00:08:51 Tony-QTR-Lock Screen Camera (and more) Access (recently also from Henry on MGG 949)

Access Additional Features from iPhone Lock Screen

00:11:37 Dominic-QT-Force sending as SMS instead of iMessage

Change your number from iMessage to SMS

00:14:48 AndrewWoodward in Discord-QT-949-Hey, Siri: Turn on Apple TV (and pause/play, and “Hey Sonos” to do the same thing)

Sponsors

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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:18:56 QT-Additional Apple TV “Hey, Siri” Tips: “Go back 2 minutes” or “What did they say” (for 10-15 seconds back)

00:20:12 John’s Apple TV Remote Upgrade

Identify Your Apple TV Model

Even with Apple TV 4K (1st generation) (A1842) whose remote I messed up, it works just fine with the newer Apple TV Siri Remote (2nd Generation)

00:24:03 David-CSF-Function101 Apple Remote now has Bluetooth

00:27:15 Patrick-Moving to TV’s HDMI ARC Port Helped Increase Dialog Clarity

00:31:44 Gary-Playing or Extracting Blu-Ray Content

MakeMKV

Handbrake

Magnavox 4K Blu-Ray Player

00:37:56 Renting from your local library

Libby

00:38:51 Tony-Wirelessly Stream Audio to Older Stereo and Speakers?

Audioengine B1 Bluetooth Music Receiver

Audioengine B-Fi AirPlay (and more) Music Receiver

Sponsors

00:42:30 SPONSOR: Honey, the FREE shopping tool that scours the internet for promo codes and applies the best one it finds to your cart.

00:43:40 SPONSOR: BBEdit, the power tool for text from Bare Bones Software; now with integrated Notebooks and extended language support.

More Questions Answered

00:45:26 Larry-Best Way to Manage iCloud Keychain Passwords?

iCloud Passwords Chrome Extension – ONLY WORKS ON WINDOWS

00:52:46 Gary-Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Use Security Keys with Your Apple ID

YubiKey

Update to iOS 16.3

CacheFly uses Passkeys

00:56:25 Dan-967-Install tailscaled to have it run as a service before login (also Scott)

01:01:24 Ed-Launching Wrong App for PDF View

OnyX for macOS

01:04:04 Gary-Apple Pay in Europe and Elsewhere?

01:08:19 Ari-Removing Typo in Predictive Text

Reset Predictive Text Dictionary

01:11:28 Bill-Add More Merch!

01:12:49 Mac Geek Gab 968 Outtro <https://mgg.fm/968>

Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly

Dave’s Business Brain podcast

Pilot Pete’s Aviation Podcast: So There I Was

MGG Merch is Available!

Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page

Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar

This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors

MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews

[email protected]

224-888-GEEK

The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app

Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List

BackBeat Media Podcast Network

...more

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By Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

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February 13, 2023

Don't Mute Me, Bro

1 hour 15 minutes

It’s a veritable cornucopia of tips, tricks, and answers to your questions. Press play and you’re guaranteed to learn five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 968 for Monday, February 13, 2023

Sylvain-QT-Long Press in iOS 16 Mail Now has Block Sender Option

The MGG Discord Server is Live!

The MGG Merch Store is Live!

Quick Tips

00:03:26 Tony-QT-Bypass Auto-Capitalizing Form Fields

00:05:15 Fix 1Password on Safari for iOS

00:06:58 PorthosJon-QT-HomeKit Automations Can be Converted to Shortcuts

Join The MGG Discord Server

00:08:51 Tony-QTR-Lock Screen Camera (and more) Access (recently also from Henry on MGG 949)

Access Additional Features from iPhone Lock Screen

00:11:37 Dominic-QT-Force sending as SMS instead of iMessage

Change your number from iMessage to SMS

00:14:48 AndrewWoodward in Discord-QT-949-Hey, Siri: Turn on Apple TV (and pause/play, and “Hey Sonos” to do the same thing)

Sponsors

00:15:48 SPONSOR: Rocket Money. Get rid of useless subscriptions with Rocket Money now. Seriously, it could save you HUNDREDS per year. Go to RocketMoney.com/MGG to get started.

Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:18:56 QT-Additional Apple TV “Hey, Siri” Tips: “Go back 2 minutes” or “What did they say” (for 10-15 seconds back)

00:20:12 John’s Apple TV Remote Upgrade

Identify Your Apple TV Model

Even with Apple TV 4K (1st generation) (A1842) whose remote I messed up, it works just fine with the newer Apple TV Siri Remote (2nd Generation)

00:24:03 David-CSF-Function101 Apple Remote now has Bluetooth

00:27:15 Patrick-Moving to TV’s HDMI ARC Port Helped Increase Dialog Clarity

00:31:44 Gary-Playing or Extracting Blu-Ray Content

MakeMKV

Handbrake

Magnavox 4K Blu-Ray Player

00:37:56 Renting from your local library

Libby

00:38:51 Tony-Wirelessly Stream Audio to Older Stereo and Speakers?

Audioengine B1 Bluetooth Music Receiver

Audioengine B-Fi AirPlay (and more) Music Receiver

Sponsors

00:42:30 SPONSOR: Honey, the FREE shopping tool that scours the internet for promo codes and applies the best one it finds to your cart.

00:43:40 SPONSOR: BBEdit, the power tool for text from Bare Bones Software; now with integrated Notebooks and extended language support.

More Questions Answered

00:45:26 Larry-Best Way to Manage iCloud Keychain Passwords?

iCloud Passwords Chrome Extension – ONLY WORKS ON WINDOWS

00:52:46 Gary-Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Use Security Keys with Your Apple ID

YubiKey

Update to iOS 16.3

CacheFly uses Passkeys

00:56:25 Dan-967-Install tailscaled to have it run as a service before login (also Scott)

01:01:24 Ed-Launching Wrong App for PDF View

OnyX for macOS

01:04:04 Gary-Apple Pay in Europe and Elsewhere?

01:08:19 Ari-Removing Typo in Predictive Text

Reset Predictive Text Dictionary

01:11:28 Bill-Add More Merch!

01:12:49 Mac Geek Gab 968 Outtro <https://mgg.fm/968>

Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly

Dave’s Business Brain podcast

Pilot Pete’s Aviation Podcast: So There I Was

MGG Merch is Available!

Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page

Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar

This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors

MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews

[email protected]

224-888-GEEK

The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app

Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List

BackBeat Media Podcast Network

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