May 17, 2021

Passwords, Mesh WiFi, Quick Tips, and More

1 hour 15 minutes

You like tech? Wanna learn more? Listen as John and Dave answer your questions about what to get, how to set it up, how to fix it, and more! Of course, they round out the episode with some Quick Tips, Cool Stuff Found, and some productivity tools, too. Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 871 for Monday, May 17, 2021

Quick Tips

00:02:19 Want the show right away? Use Overcast! (or anything other than Apple’s Podcasts app)*

00:03:39 Eduardo-QT-Another Two-Finger Swipe*

00:04:16 QT-Accessibility Triple Click Power Button*

Use accessibility shortcuts on iPhone

forScore

StageNinja Ninja Clamps

00:09:05 QT-Schedule a Weekly Reboot of your Desktop Macs*

sudo shutdown -r now

Your Questions and Tips…Answered and Shared!

00:14:18 Cov-Password Managers, Why Not Just Use Apple?*

Sharing, Ease of Retrieval, Cross-Platform Usage

00:20:47 Bruce-870-Screen Sharing from iOS also blocks out passwords

00:22:10 Jeff-Getting Accurate Free Space with APFS*

00:24:25 Domenico-870-Create a folder to kickstart iCloud Sync*

00:26:36 Scott-Streaming to Mac using AirPlay?

Can I use a Mac Mini as an Airplay audio receiver?

AirServer

AirFoil Satellite

Reflector

AirStream

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More Questions…Answered!

00:35:21 Matt-CCC Backup Tip and Time Machine Woes

Carbon Copy Cloner

TimeMachineEditor

00:39:57 John-Mapping Time Machine Drive by IP Address*

Go to Finder > Go > Connect to Server… and enter the network path

smb://ip.address.of.time.machine/time-machine-backups-folder-name

00:41:47 DLH-Is 16GB Enough in an M1?*

00:47:00 JFB-Photos Issue

00:51:13 Bob-AirTag Serial Number Followup

00:52:55 Steven-Avoid Cable Modems with Puma 6 Chipset

00:54:18 Paul-Wi-Fi Connects but Passes no Data*

Cool Stuff Found

00:56:20 CSF-Recent Menu to show you shortcuts for recently-used menu commands*

00:57:34 @MenuMac on Twitter – Defunct account with some good, historical menu bar utilities

00:58:23 Jeremy-CSF-Quickly Make Furniture or Other a WIreless Charging Hotspot*

01:00:33 CSF-Plume WiFi 6*

Even More Questions Answered

01:04:22 Scott-Is Apple Snitching to Google?

01:07:44 Jason-869-Contacts were Syncing to the Wrong Place*

01:13:13 MGG 871 Outtro

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