November 04, 2019

Hey Presto! I Outsmarted Myself! – Mac Geek Gab 787

1 hour 26 minutes

Tips about new functionality, including moving Catalina's windows, scanning with your iPhone, fixing mail, running cron jobs, and downloading installers from the Terminal are just scratching the surface. Then it's on to diagnosing some network problems and learning how Time Machine can keep your volumes from being resized. Listen as John and Dave walk through all of these, to ensure everyone (including them!) learns at least five new things this week.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 787 for Monday, November 4, 2019 <https://macgeekgab.com/>

00:02:24 Joachim-QT-Move Catalina Windows to left or right of screen

00:05:25 Keith-QT-Large Mobile Data Downloads with iOS 13

Settings > iTunes & App Store > Cellular Data > App Downloads > [ Always Allow | Ask If Over 200 MB | Always Ask]

00:06:40 Jon-QT-Use the Scanner in Files.app on iOS

Pull Down in Browse View, Press Circle with Three Dots, Scan Documents

00:09:16 Bill-QT-Fixing Mail’s Search/Unread Counts

Onyx > Maintenance > Rebuilding > [Spotlight Index | Mail’s Mailboxes]

00:10:45 Bill-QT-Refurb Accessory advice

00:13:52 Andrew-QT-Apple Watch and Bluetooth Speaker

00:15:21 Keith-QT-Running cron Jobs After Catalina Upgrade

System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access > /usr/sbin/cron

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00:22:54 DST Reset Time

00:26:30 Cable Modem dB levels

DOCSIS Diagnostics Page

Watch Upstream Power Levels – Keep them below 50dBmV

Downstream Power Levels should be between -15dBmV and +15dBmV

Tap Splitter

00:37:36 Jeff-Download Older Installers direct from Apple

Mojave

High Sierra

Sierra

00:39:39 Nibs-Download Catalina Installers from Terminal

softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer

00:41:08 Greg-Catalina Nuke and Pave, Multiple Data Volumes

BackupBundle vs. SparseBundle

00:45:00 Tim-Disable Time Machine to Resize APFS Volume

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00:52:37 Quicken vs. Catalina – An answer!

00:54:43 Lotus Notes

Interface Hall of Shame – Lotus Notes

00:55:31 David-Notes Versus Other Mac Cloud Note Taking Options

Evernote

OneNote

Zoho Notes

Synology NoteStation

00:59:43 Dee-Take the Long Way to DOS and Find the Shortcut through the Window

Run old DOS game on Windows 10 in Parallels

01:03:25 Val-Login to Different iCloud Account to Solve

01:06:24 Bartek-786-NFC Tags Trigger on XS/XR and later

01:09:18 Jay-784-Buying International SIMs in USA

SimOptions

HolidayPhone

InternationalSim.com

01:10:53 Real ID Rant

01:14:19 Javier-Troubleshooting Network Issues

Network Link Conditioner

MacTech Conference

MGG 787 Outtro

MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews

MGG Weekly Newsletter

Mac Geek Gab Instagram

The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app

Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List

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