February 03, 2020

One Eight Hundredth Geek Out! – Mac Geek Gab 800

1 hour 30 minutes

What to do for the eight hundredth episode? Share tips, answer your questions, and solve your problems, of course! Today learn about HDMI adapters, iOS backups, mounting network shares, Copying from Screenshots, and a cool edit to the iOS Share Sheet. What more can you ask for? Well, maybe a rant about Neil Young, too! Listen and learn five new things with John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, that's what!Note: Shownotes are complete!

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Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 800 for Monday, February 3, 2020

00:03:05 Andrew-Why did one HDMI Adapter work?

00:09:20 Brad-Restoring iOS Backup to Older Device

Use iMazing to Move/Backup/Restore App-specific Data

00:14:06 Rob-Keeping Network Shares Mounted

Hazel

AutoMounter

Automount your Synology Shares

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00:23:35 Rand-Booting Mavericks for Older Apps

MacTracker

https://everymac.com/

Creating a Mojave VM on a 16” MacBook Pro

00:26:50 Brian-What’s the difference between megabits and megabytes?

00:30:31 Gilles-iPad and Catalina not Playing Nicely

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00:40:01 JFB-New MacBook Pro 16” – 2.3GHz 8-core i9, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

BetterTouchTool

00:52:22 What is Neil Young Thinking?

01:02:05 Andrew-CSF-Mouseless

01:04:10 Tanel-CSF-Paperlike iPad Screen Protector

01:05:03 Mike-CSF-Sighthound Security Camera Software

01:09:36 Taran-Cameras for Synology Surveillance Station

Surveillance Station IP camera Support List

01:14:24 CSF-Master Fader 5.1

01:16:36 Gordon-CSF-799-Soundtouch Wireless Link Adapter

01:19:45 David-799-Use an FM Transmitter to Broadcast Audio

01:21:03 Robert-799-Dante Cabling for Networks, Speakers, and More

01:22:56 MGG 800 Outtro

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