Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Physical Security Matters, Too – Mac Geek Gab 652


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SMC Resets, Migration Assistant tricks, Auto-Upgrade solutions and Renting vs. Owning your Cable Modem are just the beginning for your two favorite geeks today. S/MIME is taken to a whole other level with guest Jeff Butts who helps us all understand how to make this work on both macOS and iOS! Then it’s time to dive into your system certificates – and which ones you can touch vs. those that you can’t. Security is always on the mind and a quick VPN discussion rounds that out. Then John and Dave move on to something more pleasing to the ear: sound, and how best to manage it on your Mac!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 652 for Sunday, April 9, 2017
  • 00:02:51 Tim-651-Apple ID Change Logout Reminder
    • Your Apple Address for iCloud Doesn’t Have to Be Permanent
    • 00:06:49 Dave-651-LastPass Update
    • 00:11:24 Paul-QT-Hairy Trackpad Issue
      • 25 Pounds of Black Powder
      • 00:17:14 Email Encryption with Jeff Butts
        • How to Encrypt with Mail on macOS
        • GPG Tools for Mac
        • 00:28:53 How to encrypt mail on iOS
        • 00:36:31 Chris-Never forget the SMC reset
          • How to reset your SMC
          • Warning: PRAM Reset disables Find My Mac
          • 00:43:53 Security is physical, too
            • Officials: Credit card ’skimmers’ found at Ohio gas pumps
            • 00:45:50 Robb-Renting vs. Owning Cable Modem
              • Motorola MB7420
              • Arris SURFboard SB6190
              • NETGEAR C7000
              • NETGEAR C6300
              • 00:54:44 Sponsor: Away Luggage – MGG saves $20
              • 00:56:50 Sponsor: BitBucket: For The Code
              • 00:58:37 Sponsor: JAMF Now
              • 01:00:34 Chester-Best Sound Bar to use?
                • Dave’s PLAYBASE Review
                • Audioengine A5
                • 01:05:38 Jon-Use Soundflower to Control Volume
                  • Loopback
                  • SoundflowerBed
                  • Keyboard Maestro
                  • 01:12:42 CSF-Sound Control
                  • 01:15:28 Brian-Admin Password Issue
                  • 01:20:27 Brian-Keychain Access has stuff I want to delete
                    • MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
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