December 26, 2022

macOS Ventura Is Apple's Vista

1 hour 18 minutes

Quick Tips about Apple Pay, Spotlight, Advanced Data Protection, iCloud Storage, Picture-in-Picture, Apple Watch, and Stage Manager are just the start of today’s episode! Then your three favorite geeks go on to help solve your macOS Ventura woes (as much as that’s possible!), discuss the best way to configure DNS, help you choose a mesh router in today’s world, and so much more. Press play and enjoy learning five new things with John, Pete, and Dave!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 961 for Monday, December 26, 2022

Mike-QT-Apple Watch Apple Pay Goes the Distance (through clothing)

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Quick Tips

00:03:28 QT-Use Your Apple Watch Face for Apple Pay

00:06:23 Tim-QT-Spotlight additions: Travel and File Path

00:08:30 AlexS-QT-Use Command-Tab-then-1 to see app windows (“Show Me The Windows” Mode…or “Application Windows”)

00:09:53 Jim-QT-Quitting Apps with Command-W on iPad and Magic Keyboard

00:14:09 Check Calendar > Preferences > General > Default Calendar App

00:15:58 Barry-QT-Advanced Data Protection and Prior macOS Versions

00:19:54 Lawyer Jeff-QT-You can now buy additional iCloud Storage

00:21:48 Karl-QT-960-You Can Disable Scrubbing on AppleTV Remote Control

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More Quick Tips

00:31:15 Jeff-QT-960-“Hey Siri: Turn Bluetooth On”

00:33:43 AndrewWoodward-QT-Use iCloud Link to Send Large Videos

00:35:20 David-QT-Slide Left for Timestamp in Messages

00:37:29 Abhi-QT-Double-Swipe Up to Prevent Picture-in-Picture on iPhone

00:39:49 QT-What to Do When Your Apple Watch Gets Stuck

00:44:56 Ken-QT-Stage Manager requires “Displays Have Separate Spaces”

00:45:55 Kirit-QT-Shift-Click a Window to Add (not Replace) in Stage Manager

00:47:21 AndrewWoodward in Discord-QT-949-Hey, Siri: Turn on Apple TV

Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:48:25 Allen-Resetting Full Disk Access and Other System Settings

00:52:48 Mark-DNS Stalling and DNS Selection and Setup Strategy

1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 = Cloudflare DNS

8.8.8.8 = Google DNS

208.67.222.222 = OpenDNS

Fing Desktop

01:00:14 ned63-Eero vs. TP-Link Deco?

01:06:26 Eliot-Cautionary Tale losing admin account on your computer

Set a firmware password on your Mac

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