Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Regurgitate, Reiterate, and Recurse

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Starting with some of the best Quick Tips we've ever shared, your two favorite geeks roar through topics including measuring current, USB-C Flash Drives, solving Mail issues on iPhone, dissecting local storage usage, and much more. Press play and learn five new things with Dave and John.

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
    • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 889 for Monday, September 13, 2021
    • 00:02:23 Help us…and help yourself! MGG Listener Survey!
    • 00:04:30 Tuesday’s California Streaming Event and Reactions
    • Quick Tips
      • 00:06:07 Donna-QT-Type Numbers on iPhone without leaving ABC Keyboard
      • 00:10:38 Todd-QT-Two QuickTips for Apple Watch Nightstand Mode
      • 00:12:26 Ian-QT-Be sure to manage your Contacts!
      • Cool Stuff Found
        • 00:14:13 CSF-Kingston DataTraveler Max Flash Drives (900 Read, 800 Writes) 256GB – $91.00, 512GB – $153.00, 1TB – $262.00
        • 00:16:32 No PhotoPlus Expo in Person… Will October’s Pepcom Happen in Person?
        • 00:19:03 Christopher-CSF-Gary’s MacMost YouTube Channel
        • 00:20:23 CSFR-RapidX MyCharging Station
        • We’ve Got The Power (Information)
          • 00:23:13 Adam-CSF-888-Kill-a-Watt Electricity Usage Monitor
              • 00:24:09 Jeremy-Better Way to Measure AC Current
              • Sense Whole-Home Power Meter using Amp Clamps
              • 00:27:13 Jim-888-How Much Power Do Chargers Use?
              • 00:28:41 Chip-888-Power consumed by unused chargers
                • Poniie PN2000 Electricity Meter
                • FLIR One
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                • 00:34:52 SPONSOR: BBEdit, the power tool for text from Bare Bones Software is now ready for Big Sur and M1-powered Macs!
                • Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
                  • 00:37:03 Brett-Window Randomly Moves to Cursor
                    • Mouse Keys on macOS
                    • Stay by Cordless Dog
                    • 00:44:20 Brian-iPhone Won’t Use Third-Party Mail Client as Default
                    • 00:47:10 Stelios-GC-Weather Radar on CarPlay App
                    • 00:50:17 Craig-Non-Apple Devices in my Device List
                      • TiVo Stream 4K
                      • 00:54:21 Andrew-What’s Taking Up all My Local iCloud Storage?
                        • du -sh ~/Library/Mobile Documents/* | sort -rn | less
                        • ^^ Thanks to listener Tony for the update here!
                        • 00:59:19 Kirit-Use Synology to Sync to Dropbox, Box, and more
                        • 01:05:13 Niall-External Drive Formatting Recognition Disparity
                          • Install HomeBrew
                          • brew install tldr
                          • 01:11:21 Andrew-Can you run Windows on an M1 Mac?
                            • Wine 6.0 for M1 Exists!
                            • 01:13:25 MGG 889 Outtro
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