Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

MGG 596: Taking a SIP from Apple’s Fountain

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What is it you've been saving your fourth finger for? John and Dave share a tip with the answer. Lots of tips today, in fact, including more about pasting plain text, finding SSD firmware updates, a NEW tip for deleting pesky files and much, much more. Download and enjoy!

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Stuff mentioned:

  • Tau Day (2:06)
  • How to take a screenshot on your Mac (4:57)
  • Eight ways to save time with the Proxy Icon (5:57)
  • OS X: About OS X Recovery (7:19)
  • Mailbox size and message sending limits in iCloud (9:30)
  • Shift+Command+I used to create a mail message using Safari (12:23)
  • Safari 9 (El Capitan): Safari keyboard and other shortcuts
  • How to Recover Missing Hard Drive Space with OmniDiskSweeper (13:24)
  • DaisyDisk
  • VoLTE Interoperability … Coming? (20:07)
  • Phones supporting VoLTE
  • f.lux (for Mac) (29:00)
  • Reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac (30:47)
  • How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac
  • System Integrity Protection (41:31)
  • Use TotalFinder and SIP
  • SaneBox (54:45)
  • NETGEAR Gigabit Web Managed (Plus) Switch Series (58:46)
  • TextExpander (1:08:22)
  • DriveDx (1:11:02)
  • SIP Prevents File Deletion (1:12:49)
  • How to use the keyboard as a trackpad on your iPhone 6s (1:15:01)
  • SmartDraw (1:20:45)
  • The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
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  • BackBeat Media Podcast Network
  • MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.

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