June 15, 2020

Five Catalina Volumes and Foolproof Migration — Mac Geek Gab 819

1 hour 26 minutes

Have you ever noticed your Mac tells you Catalina uses up 5 volumes? How about encrypting specific files and folders? And what about that cable modem password…should you change it? These are just a few of the questions answered.

This episode is chock full of everything you love: Quick Tips, Cool Stuff Found, and yes, answers to your questions! Send yours in to [email protected], and now press play to listen and learn at least five new things.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 819 for Monday, June 15, 2020

00:02:42 Scott-QT-Make your Mac’s Mouse Pointer Larger (System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Cursor Size)

00:04:31 Ben-QT-Keyboard Shortcut for Moving Files in Finder (Cmd-Opt-V)

00:06:11 Dan-QT-Apple TV Bandwidth Tip

00:09:11 Alex-Ctrl-Scroll to Zoom the Whole Screen

00:10:09 Paul-QT-Add a “text me” response to calls (Settings > Phone > Respond with Text)

00:12:11 Ben-QT-macOS Messages Workarounds (Start Message to Contact to See Thread)

00:14:09 Todd-QT-Setup your iPhone for when it’s lost! – Way cool story! (Siri, Call My Home)

00:16:13 MGG’s Fifteenth Birthday!

00:19:29 Donna-QT-Choose a Wi-Fi Network on your Apple Watch (Settings > Wi-Fi > Choose Network)

00:23:33 New Battery Health Management in macOS 10.15.5

FruitJuice Battery management app for Mac

00:30:38 Brian-CSF-818-GC-AirFoil Satellite receives AirPlay (and more) on your Mac

00:32:52 Jamie-CSF-818-AirServer to AirPlay to Your Mac

00:34:32 Jon-818-Watch Unlock and AirPlaying to Your Mac

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00:42:14 Alan-How to encrypt files and folders?

Encrypto from MacPaw

GPGTools

Encrypted Disk Images with Disk Utility

Password Protect Zip Files in Mac OS X

Create an Encrypted Zip Archive in Mac OS X

00:46:41 Mark-Why Five Catalina Volumes?

diskutil list

00:52:50 Bob-Can’t Hide .app Extension on Apps?

Show or hide filename extensions on Mac

00:55:33 Donna-Should I Change My Cable Modem Password?

01:00:58 Rich-Wi-Fi Radios vs. Antennas

01:05:50 Mark-Mac Photo Sharing

Use Shared Albums in Photos

Synology Moments

ownCloud

01:13:21 Craig-Foolproof Migration to New Mac

01:18:51 CSF-Matterport for iPhone

Showstoppers

01:22:37 CSF-Shure Aonic 50 Headphones and ShurePlus Play app

01:24:24 MGG 819 Outtro

The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app

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