What to do for the eight hundredth episode? Share tips, answer your questions, and solve your problems, of course! Today learn about HDMI adapters, iOS backups, mounting network shares, Copying from Screenshots, and a cool edit to the iOS Share Sheet. What more can you ask for? Well, maybe a rant about Neil Young, too! Listen and learn five new things with John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, that's what!Note: Shownotes are complete!
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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 800 for Monday, February 3, 202000:03:05 Andrew-Why did one HDMI Adapter work?00:09:20 Brad-Restoring iOS Backup to Older DeviceUse iMazing to Move/Backup/Restore App-specific Data00:14:06 Rob-Keeping Network Shares MountedHazelAutoMounterAutomount your Synology Shares00:20:10 SPONSOR: Zapier – Zapier is the easiest way to automate your work. It connects all your business software and handles work for you, so you can focus on the things that matter most. Try free for 14-days at Zapier.com/MGG00:23:35 Rand-Booting Mavericks for Older AppsMacTrackerhttps://everymac.com/Creating a Mojave VM on a 16” MacBook Pro00:26:50 Brian-What’s the difference between megabits and megabytes?00:30:31 Gilles-iPad and Catalina not Playing Nicely00:37:00 SPONSOR: PDFPen 11 from Smile – PDFpen 11 is the ultimate tool for editing PDFs on the Mac, and it now includes split view mode for comparing pages, a font bar, Continuity Camera, and More.00:40:01 JFB-New MacBook Pro 16” – 2.3GHz 8-core i9, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSDBetterTouchTool00:52:22 What is Neil Young Thinking?01:02:05 Andrew-CSF-Mouseless01:04:10 Tanel-CSF-Paperlike iPad Screen Protector01:05:03 Mike-CSF-Sighthound Security Camera Software01:09:36 Taran-Cameras for Synology Surveillance StationSurveillance Station IP camera Support List01:14:24 CSF-Master Fader 5.101:16:36 Gordon-CSF-799-Soundtouch Wireless Link Adapter01:19:45 David-799-Use an FM Transmitter to Broadcast Audio01:21:03 Robert-799-Dante Cabling for Networks, Speakers, and More01:22:56 MGG 800 OuttroThe Mac Geek Gab iPhone appActive MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes ListYou’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s networkBackBeat Media Podcast Network
