March 25, 2019

New iMacs, Traveling, Porting, and Troubleshooting – Mac Geek Gab 754

1 hour 27 minutes

This week your two favorite geeks, John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, tackle answers to your questions about traveling with technology, porting your phone number (and saving money!), converting Apple Music files and more. Of course, they talk about the new stuff from Apple, too! Press play, listen, and learn at least 5 new things!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 754 for Monday, March 25, 2019

00:03:39 New 2019 iMacs, W00t!

Apple’s Metal Technology

00:14:11 iPad Air and iPad mini

00:19:00 AirPods 2

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00:23:45 Apple’s Subscription-Focused Event

Apple Event Intro Video

Magazines launched as part of Apple News+

00:29:50 Transit Apple Pay coming in USA (NYC, Chicago, Portland in 2019)

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00:35:53 Joe-Replacing Key on MacBook

Replacement Laptop Keys

Replacing Mac keys

Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro

Disabling Mouse Keys

00:40:32 Jürgen-Converted iTunes Matched Files with Apple Music

00:45:01 Colby-Apple TV Location Services Issue

00:52:20 Keith-Retrieving iOS Wallpaper from Device

Finding your old background images

Extract iPhone wallpaper and background images with iMazing

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01:00:25 David-European Travel Considerations?

Mac Geek Gab 614

Rick Steves Power Adapters

GigSky

01:13:27 Send in your Mail Workflows for MGG 755!

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01:15:24 Kris-748-Results Porting Xfinity Number to Google Voice

Obi200

Tutorial: Port Landline to Google Voice

01:24:41 MGG 754 Outtro

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