March 22, 2021

NON ADEPTO DEPRENSUS!

1 hour 19 minutes

You know the drill: Don't Get Caught! That means you want to understand your technology as best you can. Good news: Your two favorite geeks are here to help! Listen as John and Dave share your tips and answer your questions. Topics include Apple's Privacy tool, Apple TV Control Center, APFS, Time Machine, Messages, and the downfalls of pop-up blockers. Press play and enjoy learning (at least) five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 862 for Monday, March 22, 2021

Quick Tips

00:01:46 Todd-QT-Use Apple’s Privacy tool to Audit your Apple ID Usage

00:03:11 Rob-QT-861-Apple TV Control Center

00:04:42 Christopher-QT-Beware the Pop-Up Blocker

00:08:37 USA Tax filing deadline extended

00:09:55 David-QT-Email Keystroke

00:12:00 Russell-QT-wfsctl and Home Folders on External Drives

00:14:37 Steve-QT-Delete Old Reminders

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Your Tips, Follow-ups, and Questions

00:22:08 Dan-Tracking Data Usage Per Device?

pfSense

PeakHour

Synology Routers

FingBox

00:32:19 Fiber is coming to town!

00:35:10 Joe-Thunderbolt Woes

00:40:58 Andrew-Network Utility on Big Sur?

IPNetMonitorX

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More Questions

00:49:38 Steve-Synology SMBv1 Docker Container Workaround

Plex for Sonos

Plexamp

00:54:26 Mike-Troubleshooting and Moving a Big Sur installation

OWC Envoy Pro EX

Glyph Atom Pro

Samsung X5

01:02:27 Ari and Ben-Migrating Data with Carbon Copy Cloner

dd and rsync

C3 Certification

Chronosync

01:10:08 Steven-Data Recovery Software

GRC’s Spinrite

Data Rescue from ProSoft

01:12:52 Ciro-GC-Photo Album Manager?

PowerPhotos

Migrating iPhoto and Aperture Libraries

01:16:18 MGG 862 Outtro

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