Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Mountain Dew vs. iPhone and More Fun Stories

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Spoiler alert: Sometimes the Mountain Dew wins, folks, but you knew that already. That's OK, this episode is chock full of Cool Stuff Found, Quick Tips, plus your questions answered about all sorts of issues. Listen as John and Dave — your two favorite geeks — take you on this ride so you can learn at least five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 856 for Monday, February 8, 2021
  • Quick Tips
    • 00:01:28 Don-QT-Automatically Populate Anniversaries in Calendar
    • 00:02:52 Patrick-QT-Option-clicking for other System Preferences
      • Debookee Tools
      • 00:05:50 iPhone and macOS Beta Fun
        • Recover Failed macOS Update with Snapshots in Recovery Mode
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        • Cool Stuff Found
          • 00:19:18 Andrew-CSF-Mac Deploy Stick
          • 00:20:37 David-CSF-Google Chrome iCloud Keychain Plugin
          • 00:22:16 CSF-HearHere for your Road Trips
          • 00:25:38 Ralph-CSF-Satchi 7 Port Charging Station
            • Ventev Slotted Charging Station
            • 00:29:57 Ari-CSF-Roon Audio Server
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            • Questions
              • 00:41:13 Paul-Should I upgrade to M1?
              • 00:48:59 Rand-Synology NAS, SSD Cache and RAID Performance
                • Which Synology NAS models support SSD cache?
                • Choose a RAID Type
                • Synology DS620slim, DS1520+, DS920+ Compared
                • 00:57:51 Gary-Mountain Dew vs. iPhone
                • 01:03:50 Bruce-855-Come Together
                  • How To Change Your Mind
                  • 01:08:11 GW-iPhone Safari “Request Desktop Version”
                  • 01:11:40 Kirit-Big Sur SD Drive Mounting Issues
                  • 01:15:53 Bruce-Odd Time Machine Exclusion
                    • /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/StdExclusions.plist
                    • 01:21:09 Mike-Uninstalling App Cruft
                      • Hazel
                      • AppCleaner
                      • CleanMyMac X’s System Junk
                      • AppTrap
                      • CCleaner
                      • 01:28:58 MGG 856 Outtro
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                        • MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
                        • MGG Weekly Newsletter
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