Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

It’s Easy to Blame Bluetooth and APFS – Mac Geek Gab 698

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Having issues with your Apple Watch, your iMac hinge, or your external drive? We summarily blame Bluetooth. And APFS. And we have a solution for that hinge that has nothing to do with radio frequencies. So there. Just press play and enjoy. We promise you'll learn at least five new things.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 698 for Monday, February 26, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
  • 00:02:00 Martin-QT-697-Full Keyboard Access
    • System Preferences | Keyboard | Shortcuts | All Controls or Control+F7 to toggle
    • 00:03:43 Erik-697-APFS to blame for LaunchPad Order Change
    • 00:05:42 Taran-Benefits of avoiding Boot Camp
      • FileMakerHostingService.com
      • 00:11:19 John-696-Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Need to be active for Apple Watch Unlocking
      • 00:12:18 Elisha-696-Restore Watch from iCloud to unlock Mac
      • 00:12:56 Dominic-USB3 Interfering with Apple Watch Unlocks
        • iStumbler
        • USB 3.0 Radio Frequency Interference on 2.4 GHz Devices
        • 00:16:12 Peer-USB causes Bluetooth Disconnects
        • 00:21:27 QT-Google Drive being replaced by Backup and Sync
        • 00:23:27 Restart or logout to check for app updates
        • 00:25:07 Google Drive Workflows
          • Google Drive Starred Documents
          • 00:29:07 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers:
            • Wes G., Juergen G., Michael E., Stuart M., Michael C., Kirschen S., Mark R., Fernando M., Allen C., John L., Clive S., Ev The Nerd, Dave G., Nick S.
            • 00:30:20 Andrea-iMac Hinge Broke, What to do? The Mac Hack or an adjustable rubber cane tip
            • 00:35:29 SPONSOR: OWC is Shipping their new ThunderBay 4 Thunderbolt 3 external drives
            • 00:38:25 Bruce-Problems with APFS on External SSD
              • Capture One Pro 12
              • Crucial SSDs
              • 00:50:12 APFS on External Drives
              • 00:51:09 Sharing an iCloud Account
              • 00:57:26 Douglas-Reinstalling High Sierra
              • 01:01:32 Putch-Changing home folder and account name
              • 01:08:51 Michael-MediaKit Reports Not enough space on device
                • Priyank Sharma’s Solution
                • 01:11:52 Marc-Network-based Parental Controls
                  • Setting Firmware Password (Note that while article says it won’t ask for password when booted from system drive, John confirmed it does)
                  • JAMF.com/MGG
                  • macOS Server Profile Manager
                  • 01:22:48 Stevie-Where to get started with FileMaker?
                    • FileMaker Custom Apps
                    • FileMaker Examples
                    • 01:26:14 Chris-Backing up data when it’s on iCloud
                    • 01:30:26 MGG 698 Outtro
                    • The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
                    • Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
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