October 21, 2019

macOS Catalina and iOS 13 Tips and Troubleshooting – Mac Geek Gab 785

1 hour 31 minutes

macOS Catalina and iOS 13 have been out for a few weeks now, and your tips and questions have been coming in. Plus, Dave learned a few things at MacTech last week to add. Mix in some Cool Stuff Found, a few Quick Tips, and some follow-ups from last week and we'll all learn at least five new things!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 785 for Monday, October 21, 2019

00:01:38 Smart Home Batteries

Nickel–metal hydride battery

AmazonBasics AA Rechargable

00:04:08 MacTech-CSF-DetectX

00:04:44 Brandon-CSF-Spark Camera

00:06:44 Andy-CSF-784-Caffeine

Morning Thunder

00:08:15 Adam-QT-Zoom in iOS Maps

Double tap then slide up and down

00:09:11 David-QT-Audio MIDI Setup

00:12:43 Jamie-QT-Merge MP3 Files

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00:16:54 MacTech Conference

00:18:11 Jeff-Catalina, firmlinks, and Relocated Items

00:26:39 Jeff-QT-Open Carbon Copy Cloner after Catalina

00:27:55 Kevin-USB-C Ethernet Driver for Catalina

Plugable USB-C Cube

00:30:03 Catalina Mail-Stuck Moving Messages

00:35:41 Jeff-Where does Podcasts store its downloads?

/Users/[username]/Library/Group Containers/243LU875E5.groups.com.apple.podcasts/Library/Cache

00:38:29 zsh replaces bash as Catalina’s default shell

Fish Shell

lsof – List Open Files

chsh – Change Shell

00:41:17 Chris-T2 FileVault and External Access

About Startup Security Utility

00:44:35 Todd-784-Use Network Utility to Ping for Network Tests

00:46:52 DOCSIS Troubleshoot

DOCSIS Diagnostics Page

00:50:10 With Catalina, CCC Won’t Write to Encrypted APFS Volumes

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00:53:09 Decluttr, Swappa, and Apple Trade-In Comparison

01:27:15 This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors:

James from Dublin, Colby from Otis, Robin from Andover, Mark from Hayward, Donald from Jamaica Plain, George from Natick, Andy from Durham, Edward from Manhattan Beach, Willie from Seminary, Jedd from Jersey City, Scott from Fort Benning, Steve from Santa Fe, Laura from Spokane Valley, Scott from North Little Rock, Andrew from Palmdale, Clyde from Hamilton, Scott from Portland, Abdullah from Reisterstown, Peter from Auburn, Bob from Working Smarter for Mac Users, Jay from Long Valley, Joe from El Dorado, Chris from Chorleywood, Ari from Kensington, Michael from Mission Hills, Philip from Tuscon, Bob from La Peche, Timmothy from Hendersonville, Dave from Saugerties, Jeffrey from West Haven, Jim from San Jose, John from Sinking Spring, Santiago from Palm City, Frank from Tonbridge, John from Wake Forest, Tony from Middleboro, Ken from Honolulu, Barry from Up Overhead, Michael from Robins, Barbara from Hanahan, William from Hillsboro, and Patrick from Milton.

01:02:11 Michelle-iOS 13 Reminders Workaround

01:04:47 Patrick-iOS 13 Network Issues

DFU Restore

Apple Configurator 2

01:11:26 Jeff-Managing iCloud Drive and iOS’s Folders

du -sh *

01:19:09 iOS 13-Double tap Apple Watch to put in Apple ID

01:19:54 Catalina External Boot Installs Fail?

01:21:16 Bartek-784-Some Personal Automations don’t Auto-Run

Enable or disable a personal automation

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