Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

From Mood Rings to Move Rings


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Quick Tips to resize macOS background windows, quick-delete apps on your iPhone, get perfect shape in markup, and finding your Apple Books are just how your three favorite geeks start this episode. Then John, Dave, and Pete answer your questions and share tips about archiving your email, fixing the Mac App Store, paying for your subscriptions, and more about using eSIMs.

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 948 for Monday, September 26, 2022
    • Allison-QT-Command-Drag The Corners of Windows to Resize in Background
    • The MGG Discord Server is Live!
    • The MGG Merch Store is Live!
    • Quick Tips
      • 00:03:10 Jamie-QT-Use Screen Sharing via AirPlay to Show Your iPhone, iPad, or Mac
      • 00:04:55 Craig-QT-Confirm “Find My” and Activation Lock Removal Before Selling Your Mac
        • What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac
        • Erase all content and settings on Mac
        • 00:08:43 Joe-QT-Find Your Apple Books data in your Mobile Documents folder
          • open ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/iCloud\~com\~apple\~iBooks/Documents/
          • OpenAudible App to convert to MP3
          • 00:12:05 SPONSOR: LinkedIn Jobs. Go to LinkedIn.com/MGG and post your first job for free!
          • iOS Quick Tips
            • 00:13:25 David-QT-Get perfect shapes in Markup by holding your finger down a little longer
            • 00:14:49 Ben-QT-Deleted Messages Can Be Recovered in iOS 16
            • 00:18:27 QT-Remove People and Objects from Background with Long-Press in iOS 16 Photos
            • 00:20:52 PCUnix-QT-Delete iPhone Apps By Long-Pressing on Search Results in iOS 16
            • 00:23:21 Archiving Your Email on your Mac
              • Ben Rosenthal’s instructions
              • Dave’s email archive search criteria:before:2018/01/01 -label:[imap]-archive -in:inbox -in:sent -in:draft has:nouserlabels
              • 00:28:45 SPONSOR: Rogue Amoeba Software is celebrating their 20th anniversary! Just visit MacAudio.com before the end of September to save 20% on anything they make. Download free trials, then buy online to receive the discounted price.
              • Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
                • 00:30:22 Susheel-Blank App Store Screen, What to Do?
                  • How to clear App Store cache
                  • 00:33:41 Robert-Using an eSIM for Travel while still making phone calls
                    • eSIMdb.com
                    • T-Mobile Test Drive
                    • 00:47:41 SPONSOR: Other World Computing has both their AKiTiO Node Titan as well as their Envoy Pro FX available. Listen to the show for details or just go get ‘em!
                    • Geek Challenge and Story Time
                      • 00:49:19 Ari-GC-Dictating Emoji by Names in iOS 16?
                      • 00:57:42 From Mood Rings to Move Rings (and other, more irreverent, sayings)
                      • 00:59:56 Gary-Some Macs Have Lost Track of Date and Time
                        • Unix Epoch Time
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                        • More Questions Answered
                          • 01:08:32 Patrick-Printing Webpages With and Without Links
                            • File > Export as PDF (no links)
                            • File > Print > PDF > Save as PDF (include links)
                            • 01:11:33 Can I Pay for My Subscription with Apple and Login Elsewhere? – Yes. Billing is not linked to the devices you can use it on.
                            • Cool Stuff Found
                              • 01:13:54 Brian8944 in Discord-CSF-Elsewhen App for Seeing Time Zones
                              • 01:15:14 Greg-CSF-MonitorControl Lets You Set External Monitor Brightness, Volume, and More
                                • DDC Control
                                • 01:17:17 CSF-RiotPWR Cloud Gaming Controller for iOS (Xbox Edition) iPhone Controller for Remote Xbox-ing
                                • 01:18:56 Andrius-CSF-Pixelmator Pro 3.0 with Templates, Smart Replace and More
                                  • GIMP for macOS
                                  • Acorn from Flying Meat
                                  • GIMPShop
                                  • 01:22:33 MGG 948 Outtro
                                    • Pilot Pete’s New Aviation Podcast: So There I Was
                                    • Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly
                                    • MGG Merch is Available!
                                    • Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page
                                    • Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar
                                    • This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
                                    • MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
                                    • 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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