Head-Banging With AppleScript

You’ve got some juicy tidbits from Mac Geek Gab 1004 with Pilot Pete and Dave Hamilton. Ready?

Raise your watch, say “five minutes,” and boom – timer set. Jazz up your Notebook with emojis in the folder names, create a dedicated email address for newsletters, and if you’re into privacy, set up DuckDuckGo as your default email.

Navigating Safari 17? Set your default search for private browsing. Here’s a zinger – erasing junk in Mail wipes it for all accounts. Don’t get caught unprepared.

Migrating your Photos Library or wondering about Time Machine backups post-macOS Sonoma upgrade? They’ve got you. And if you’re hunting for that one mail client to reign supreme, they dive deep into Thunderbird Supernova, Send Later, Canary Mail, and AI assistant integrations.

Dive into your tech week informed and ready. Don’t get caught slipping!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1004 for Monday, October 16th, 2023

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Quick Tips

00:00:01 QT Just Raise your watch and say “Siri, twenty minutes” and a timer will set

00:02:22 Tony-QT-Unsend Delayed Email with Command-Z

00:05:27 Mark M-QT-1002-Add Emojis to Notebook Folder Names in Notes

00:07:42 QT-Create a separate email address just for newsletters

00:10:15 Get a DuckDuckGo Email Address

00:11:59 Chicago Tom-QT-Set Default Search for Private Browsing in Safari 17 for macOS and iOS 17

00:14:32 Pensacola Craig-PSA-Erasing Junk or Trash in Mail Does So for ALL Accounts

00:16:18 Email Plus-Addressing

00:19:33 Lew-Use Shortcuts to Auto-Enable Airplane Mode

00:24:28 Todd-QT-Right-Click Twice to Copy Amazon Image to Clipboard

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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared! 

00:30:37 Innocuoso-How do I migrate my Photos Library to a new disk?

00:37:45 QT-macOS Monterey-and-later has Resumable Copy Operations

00:39:33 Gino-Do I Need to Start My Time Machine Backups Fresh after Upgrading to macOS Sonoma?

00:40:58 PCUnix-PSA-Some Apple TV 4Ks need to be replaced to control LG Televisions

00:42:45 CrazyNinjaPapa-Replacing a Synology DiskStation with a Mac mini?

00:51:50 Walter-1003-Apple Silicon requires True Thunderbolt to Boot Externally on *some* Macs?

00:56:37 Jedd-One Mail Client to Rule Them All?

Thunderbird Supernova

Send Later for Thunderbird

Canary Mail

AI Assistant for Thunderbird

Show Business

01:08:25 Premium Thanks

Fountain.fm

01:10:14 Migrating To a New iPhone