March 11, 2019

Finder, Friend or Foe? – Mac Geek Gab 752

1 hour 29 minutes

The Finder can be your friend or foe, depends upon how well you tame and tweak it. These are the kinds of things John and Dave help you do each week on Mac Geek Gab. In addition to that, we've got segments on taming iCloud's two-factor authentication, suggestions for improving on the Stickies model, and ways of recovering disk space. All this and more! Just press play and learn at least five new things!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 752 for Monday, March 11, 2019

00:01:36 SXSW Interactive

00:03:29 Beware services that rely on the cloud

Samsung SmartThings Hub

Samsung SmartThings Hub 3 (Amazon)

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00:12:50 Stephan-QT-Messages on Mac Sent History

00:14:28 Use iMazing to Archive your Messages

00:16:19 Patrick-CSF-XtraFinder to control Column Widths

SwitchResX

Disable System Integrity Protection

00:18:26 Bill-Tweaking Finder Window Layout

Kensington Expert Mouse Wired Trackball

Kensington Trackball Expert Mouse (Amazon)

00:23:16 Larry-Turn Dead MacBook into a Sconce

Kogeek Wi-Fi Enabled Smart LED Light Strip

Koogeek Light Strip (Amazon)

00:26:10 Scott-Stuttering can be caused by bad/loose RAM.

Micromat’s Atomic – RAM Tester

MacCheck

00:30:42 Jim-AT&T Cellular vs. VPNs

BrowserLeaks

00:35:16 Bob-Wi-Fi Router Recommendations

Synology Router RT2600ac

Synology RT2600AC Router (Amazon)

WireCutter 2018 Router Guide

Netgear R7000P

Netgear R7000P (Amazon)

TP-Link Archer A7

TP-Link Archer A7 (Amazon)

Synology MR2200AC

Synology MR2200AC Mesh router (Amazon) (also works as standalone)

00:40:19 Jessica-Refurb vs. Brand New

00:45:33 Michael-Beware “Log Connection Activity” in Mail’s Window > Connection Doctor

Lingon X

DaisyDisk

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00:55:19 Simon-751-Use TripMode to Monitor Bandwidth

00:56:46 MGGF-751-Verizon Spam Blocking

Verizon Call Filter

Mr. Number

00:59:42 Erik-751-Use Secondary iCloud Account for Developer ID

01:01:55 Ron-751-2FA Required for Third Party iCloud Email

iCloud App Specific Passwords

01:05:03 Jeff-751-CrashPlan Download Data Limitation Clarification

01:06:11 Joe-751-CrashPlan 250MB Limit Clarification and Arq Backup

01:07:55 Rich-751-Dock Snippets with Tyke or Thought Train

01:09:10 Eliot-751-Apps for Docking Text Snippets

TextExpander

Alfred

Copied

Keyboard Maestro

Setapp

How to access clipboard (copy-paste) history on a Mac

01:12:47 Keith-749-CSF-BetterZip for that Extra iCloud Storage Account

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01:15:02 Dave at CapMac on Tuesday

01:15:47 Jim-Is My Data Double-Encrypted with FileVault and iCloud?

01:20:33 Ken-VPN Being Blocked

MGG ExpressVPN Deal

01:25:51 MGG 752 Outtro

CLEAR Airport Security System

The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app

Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List

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