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HaaS: Hay as a Service – Mac Geek Gab 876

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Listen as John and Dave share your Quick Tips about Safari Picture-in-Picture, the caveats of Finder's Drag and Drop, Apple Remotes, and more. Lots of suggestions and ideas about note-taking and idea capturing on-the-go in the episode, many of them from y'all! Then your two favorite geeks even have time to answer a few questions, including a clever workaround for blocking SMS spam. Plus… HaaS folks! It's gonna be big! Or at least amusing. Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 876 for Monday, June 14, 2021
  • 00:01:55 Behold the power of the Find My Network
  • 00:03:28 Happy 16th MGG Anniversary!
  • Quick Tips
    • 00:05:50 Alex-QT-Command Drag Safari’s Picture-in-Picture*
    • 00:07:01 Jamie-QT-Copy and Paste Files in Finder instead of Drag and Drop*
    • 00:09:23 John-QT-874-Sleep will send IR Commands with Apple Remote*
    • 00:13:32 Greg-874-One Remote To Rule Them All – the 2021 Apple TV
      • Buy 2021 Apple TV Remote
      • 00:16:39 Jeff-QT-Screenshots + CarPlay = Two Screenshots
      • 00:18:17 Don-Cheap Gas Tips*
        • GasBuddy
        • 00:25:06 Reginald-QT-874-Hey Siri, Create a Note
        • 00:26:37 Tell Alexa, “Jurassic Bark”
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        • Cool Stuff Found
          • 00:30:01 Matt-CSF-874-Just Press Record for on-the-go captures
          • 00:31:23 Peter-CSF-874-Use Drafts app with Siri on Apple Watch for on-the-go Note-taking*
          • 00:34:34 CSF-17Track
            • Deliveries
            • 00:37:44 Michael-874-Use Siri to take notes, Use Microsoft 365 Family for Storage*
            • 00:41:16 Apple’s iCloud Private Relay and Mail’s Privacy Protection Explained*
            • 00:50:39 iCloud+ Adds Personal Email Domains
            • 00:51:48 SPONSOR: BBEdit, the power tool for text from Bare Bones Software is now ready for Big Sur and M1-powered Macs! <https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/bbedit13.html>
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            • More Cool Stuff Found
              • 00:54:44 Rick-CSF-875-MailButler for Delayed Mail Send and More (even on iOS)
              • 00:57:19 Andrew-CSF-Snail, the per-app bandwidth limiter*
                • Limit outgoing bandwidth on an specific interface
                • 01:01:01 CSF-Poly Studio P15*
                  • Find HectorDByrd on Twitter
                  • 01:04:23 Bruce-CSF-Ubiquiti Ethernet Surge Protector*
                  • Your Questions Answered
                    • 01:07:32 Jose-Is it safe to use Apple ID for Purchases?*
                    • 01:11:10 Patrick-How to Block SMS Spam on the Mac?*
                      • RoboKiller
                      • Text Spam to 7726 on Verizon
                      • 01:14:43 MGG 876 Outtro
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                        • Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
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                        • BackBeat Media Podcast Network
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