March 20, 2023

Safari Swipes, Finder Drags, and Pings Galore

1 hour 16 minutes

The Finder can be a drag…the good kind! And swiping right in Safari might not have the effect you think. Press play and listen to John F. Braun, Pilot Pete, and Dave Hamilton share these Quick Tips and SO many more. Plus, your three favorite geeks answer your questions and share your Cool Stuff Found, too. You’re guaranteed to learn at least five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 973 for Monday, March 20th, 2023

RichardA-QT-Drag onto Finder’s Back Arrow or Path Bar to drop files

The MGG Discord Server is Live!

The MGG Merch Store is Live!

Quick Tips

00:04:18 MarkM-Click The Safari Tab Audio Button to Mute

00:05:46 PCUnix-QT-Clear iPhone Safari History by Time (and on the Mac! History > Clear History…)

00:07:29 Ed-QT Safari Swipe on Address Bar, Photo Lift

Lift a Subject from Photo Background on iPhone

00:10:30 Robert-QT-Accessing Alternate Keyboard Entries on iPadOS

If your iPad keyboard is small or split in half

00:12:50 QT-iMessages Badge shows a number but no new messages? “Hey Siri, read my unread messages!” Poof

HitEmUp

00:19:25 QT-Control macOS Ventura’s Access to USB and Thunderbolt Accessories

00:21:37 JamCycler-QT-971–Keep Folders On Top in Finder

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SXSW & Charging Interruptions

00:26:48 Using the Quick Tips!

00:27:26 Two Apple TV+ Movies at SXSW: Still and Tetris

00:36:26 I Know What Happened To My Power/Mic In MGG972

00:44:05 Flashlight with 18650 Battery and Charger

VICTAGEN Intelligent Charger 18650 Battery

Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:47:46 Dennis-Mounted Disk Not Visible in Finder

00:52:12 Craig-T-Mobile Acquires Mint Mobile…What’s that mean?

Verizon 5G Home Internet for $25

Cool Stuff Found

01:02:24 CSF-Have I Been Pwned?

01:02:59 CSF-Synology DS423+ Has a CPU with a GPU for Transcoding!

01:05:48 Andrew-CSF-Ping in your Menu Bar

01:07:29 Grumpy-CSM-Homebridge Net Nanny to run your 3 pings

01:08:41 CSF-DownDetector to see if websites or services are down

01:10:21 Ben-CSFR-972–TripMode for Managing Data

01:11:50 John-CSF-971–pobox.com for Bouncing Spam

01:15:36 Mac Geek Gab 973 Outtro

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By Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

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