August 06, 2018

Haunted Drives, Beachballs, and Chatty Cathy – Mac Geek Gab 721

1 hour 26 minutes

Is running a full SSD OK? What's accessing my hard drive? How do I get custom sounds into Mail? These are just a few of the questions that John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, your two favorite geeks, answer this week. Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 721 for Monday, August 6, 2018

00:01:40 Flanging

Wah-Wah Pedal

Gig Gab Podcast

00:03:31 Thermometers, Qi Charging, and Heat

Keeping iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch within acceptable operating temperatures

00:07:05 SPONSOR: Crossover from CodeWeavers: Feeling nostalgic this summer, well did you know you can play a lot of your old Windows games on mac with CrossOver?

00:08:42 Jai-QT and CSF-Mail PDF, Secure Files, Browser Strings

Workflow

Dropshare

Private and Secure File Transfer with Dropshare

Transfer.sh

GeekGab.txt demo

iCab Mobile

00:13:42 James-CSF-Pockethernet

Pockethernet Review @ SmallNetBuilder

00:17:51 Ev-CSF-SSD RAID Adapter

00:20:06 Mark-CSF-MU Travel Charger

00:21:22 Bob-719-Why the Beachball Appears

FSMonitor

00:22:57 Harvey-720-Assistive Touch for Undo

Settings | General | Accessibility | Assistive Touch

00:26:53 SPONSOR: Eero Mesh Wi-Fi – Use MGG for Free Shipping in USA and Canada.

00:29:03 Jim-Start with the basics

00:33:10 Ron-New MacBook Pro… don’t forget the speed!

00:36:26 Jon-Reinstalling High Sierra on 2018 MacBook Pro

00:40:18 Jeff-Solve Apple Watch Bluetooth Disconnects

00:44:53 Tony-Finding a file without the name

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00:51:25 Greg-iOS Video Size?

Use the Files app on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Photo Investigator for iOS

Snapseed

Image Capture

00:57:49 Karl-The Case of the Haunted Drive

NIFTY microSD

Samsung 128 EVO XCI Micro SD

01:03:12 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors:

Nick S., Robert D., Beth B., Ward J., Greg S., Olga P., Bob P., Michael L., Jason A., Stephen A., Chris F., Paul M., Mike C., Mark R., Gary W., David H., Robert F., Karl B., Peter P.

01:04:35 Jim-System Info | Storage | System Item is Bogus

Run OmniDiskSweeper as Admin

01:12:52 Daniel-Is Running Full SSDs OK?

iStat Menus

01:18:30 John-Custom Sounds in macOS Mail

Chatty Cathy

01:24:05 MGG 721 Outtro

The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app

Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List

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