April 12, 2021

Geek Challenges and Cool Stuff Found

1 hour 16 minutes

Sometimes there are those problems that just don't have easy solutions…and that's when things get fun! Geek Challenges mean you get to join in the fun of helping find the answers. Listen as John and Dave share some of their more troubling troublehooting experiences plus, of course, some Cool Stuff Found to round it all out. Press play and learn five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 865 for Monday, April 12, 2021

Cool Stuff Found

00:02:36 KF94 Masks that Dave wears

00:03:59 CSF-Search iOS for “Code Scanner”*

00:05:21 Russell-CSF-PopClip Extensions, Mate Translate, and Resolutionator*

00:08:39 Lew-CSF-Snagit for Screen grabs

00:10:03 CSF-TV Remote for Samsung/LG

00:11:44 Andrew-CSF-Steve Jobs in 1991

00:12:20 Andrew-863-Contact Management with Cardhop

00:13:08 CSF-Alexa Guard: Smoke, Glass, and More detected*

00:15:13 Make calls using Alexa

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00:18:25 SPONSOR: Twobird: One inbox for all your tasks — Write emails, create notes, set reminders, view events, and collaborate live. Learn more about Twobird and download it for free at twobird.com.

Questions and Geek Challenges

00:19:49 [email protected]

00:20:45 Chad-GC-VMWare Fusion and Big Sur Networking?*

00:23:48 Wayne-GC-Parallels for 32-Bit Access?

VirtualBox

UTM, an M1 Emulation App

00:27:17 WWDS-GC-Stuck Mail.app Option

00:30:13 Disk Drill 4.3

00:30:47 Susan-Filter Gmail by Language?*

00:33:02 Sandro-GC-Weird Stuck Connectivity Issues on Eero Mesh Network*

Debookee Tools

Wi-Fi Explorer

iStumbler

00:42:33 Brian-GC-Can I Mesh My Macs?

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00:47:49 SPONSOR: BBEdit, the power tool for text, is now ready for Big Sur and M1-powered Macs and is available in the Mac App Store or Online at BareBones.com

More Cool Stuff Found

00:49:33 John-CSF-Quakehold Museum Putty*

00:50:35 Allison-CSF-The Know a Little More podcast

00:51:33 CSF-Arris SURFboard Max Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6 Mesh (three 4×4 bands!)

00:54:30 ARM architecture

00:56:03 Henry-CSF-Notes renames Photos based upon content*

00:58:28 Russell-CSF-AfterShokz Bone Conduction Headphones

01:00:07 CSF-Yamaha YH-E700A Over the Ear Headphones* ($350)

BackBeat PRO 5100 True Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds

01:05:05 CSF-Sonos Roam*

01:09:56 CSF-Intelli ScoutPro*

01:12:07 MGG 865 Outtro

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