May 02, 2022

Never Say Never...Except When Excavating

1 hour 26 minutes

Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus joins your two favorite geeks this week to talk Apple’s Self Service repairs, Keyboard Shortcuts, Screen Layout, and Twinkly lights! Of course, John and Dave make sure to keep things on the rails with your favorite Quick Tips and Cool Stuff Found, as well. Press play and enjoy learning three new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 926 for Monday, May 2, 2022

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Quick Tips

00:03:00 Dale-QT-USB-A Connectors are Color-Coded (and more tips from Glenn Fleishman’s Take Control of Untangling Connections)

00:04:51 Christina-QT-Use Command-Option-V to Move a File instead of Copying

00:08:19 Alex-QT-Customize Finder Toolbar

00:12:06 Clay-QT-924-Use Emergency SOS to Disable FaceID

00:14:28 QT-Add “New Viewer Tab” shortcut Cmd-T for New Tabs in Mail to match Safari

00:17:08 Tim-QT-See old macOS Versions in Mac App Store Hidden Purchases

00:18:48 Pour One Out for macOS Server

00:21:20 James-QT-Enable High Contrast on Apple TV to easily see selected object

00:22:45 Gary-QT-Siri can activate Flashlight, Low Power Mode, Wi-Fi, and more

00:25:00 Donna-QT-Use Your Car’s Third Memory Button to Mitigate Its Forgetfulness

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00:33:56 Thoughts on Apple’s Self-Service Repair

Right to Repair

Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:47:31 Eliot-Replacing Quick Notes Function

Drafts from Agile Tortoise

BetterTouchTool

Keyboard Maestro Gesture Trigger

Logitech MX Master 3

01:02:35 Thunderbolt Dock Sleep Mode Issues… Need to Be Reconnected After Reboot with 12.3.1

PreSonus Q2626

01:08:50 Bob-919-Moom vs. Stay and Window Placement

Cool Stuff Found

01:14:24 Use MGG Chapters

01:16:00 Dr. Mac-CSF-Twinkly lights

01:22:15 MGG 926 Outtro

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