Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Evil Address Records of Death … and Files! – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 695

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There's always a theme, and this week it's Files. Sure, your two favorite geeks talk about a LOT more than that, but Files are always there. The Files app in iOS, looking at your files on macOS in new ways, finding files that can be deleted, and time files when you're having fun. What? Just listen and enjoy. It's easier that way.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 695 for Sunday, February 4, 2018
  • 00:02:37 Bob-Saving large files to Dropbox on iOS
    • Use the Files app on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
    • Documents by Readdle
    • 00:09:06 ADD Todd-How Purgeable is Purgeable Space?
      • When free space isn’t free: Purgeable storage in macOS Sierra
      • 00:13:46 Doug-QT-Toggle Hidden Folders and Files in macOS Finder
      • 00:18:07 Chris-691-Truly solving the iCloud Contacts Syncing Problem
      • 00:25:05 Giles-Managing iTunes Media with Family Sharing
      • 00:30:37 Network troubleshooting with ping
      • 00:33:22 Jon-SIM Lock vs. Find my iPhone
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      • 00:42:06 Chuck-Stability of High Sierra
      • 00:47:21 Todd-Upgrading to High Sierra in light of Meltdown
        • Dave The Nerd
        • macOS High Sierra, Sierra, and El Capitan patched for Meltdown
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          • 00:57:28 Dave-694-Honey
          • 00:58:43 Tanel-694-Vector Graphics on the Mac
            • Inkscape
            • 01:00:14 Bill-694-Use Windows to run M4VGear
              • VirtualBox
              • W.I.N.E.
              • 01:02:25 James-693-Thunderbolt SSD instead of internal Upgrade
              • 01:06:08 Don-Drive icons disappearing
              • 01:10:11 Brett-694-Losing macOS Server’s DNS Server (just the GUI goes away)
              • 01:15:53 David-Which Path to Windows is Best?
                • Parallels
                • VMware Fusion
                • Free copies of Windows to Virtualize
                • 01:20:59 CSF-693-SmartJoin from Alf Watt
                  • eero has QR Codes for Wi-Fi in the app
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