September 28, 2020

That CPU is Hot! — Mac Geek Gab 835

1 hour 31 minutes

Of course your Quick Tips for iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 keep rolling in, and of course your two favorite geeks take pleasure in sharing them for you. But there's more… there's always more! This week, John and Dave dig into what's making your CPU hot, what's causing your CarPlay woes, and much, much more! Press play to enjoy learning at least five new things.Note: Shownotes are in progress…

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 835 for Monday, September 28, 2020

New OS Quick Tips and Questions

00:02:01 Michael-QT-iOS 14 Adds Photo Captions

00:03:01 Jeremy-QT-Automatic Audio Controls on watchOS 7

00:04:23 PJ-QT-Long press-and-drag on iPad OS Search to relocate apps

00:08:00 Bill-iOS 14 Camera Settings

00:09:13 Bill-New Voice Memos icon in watchOS 7 Control Center

00:10:37 Peer Timo-834-iOS 14 Private Address Circumvents Parental Controls

00:15:43 iOS 14.0.1 solves the default-apps-resetting-on-reboot bug

00:16:21 Pasting in iOS 14 tells you the source of the clipboard

Deliveries

00:18:26 David-CarPlay Connection Consistency Concerns

Coiled Lightning MFi Cable

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CPU Gets Hot, Fans Speed up!

00:29:34 Chris-CPU eaten and fans whirring from sharingd process

00:35:14 Dave-Drag from App Library to Home Screen

00:37:31 Rob-Diagnosing Kernel Panics, and Learning to Listen to Your Gut

00:44:49 Rebuilding the JFB MacBook Pro

Questions/Geek Challenges

00:49:16 Wayne-GC-Can’t Create Reminders from Siri

00:51:52 Charles-Persistent Calendar Item

00:56:12 Alex-CSF-brew install Caskroom/cask/disk-arbitrator

For help preventing disks from mounting

00:59:03 Jeff-Some Apps Can Only Open Mail Attachments Read-Only

01:02:00 Gray-Sapphire vs Ion-X Glass

Apple Watch Shields

Follow-up/Tips

01:04:04 Steve-834-NFC Tag Reader Followup

01:05:27 Michael-Make sure to manage your APFS Snapshots

01:10:43 Everett-DisplayPort versus HDMI

Amazon Basics USB-C to Display Port Cable

01:13:59 Bob-825-Check the HDMI Picture Mode

01:15:10 Check HDR on Your Displays

01:17:37 John-830-Don’t Forget about HomeKit Automation

01:18:45 Dan-Tip for Installing RAM in the 2020 27-Inch iMac

01:23:45 James-831-Internet and Extended Diagnostics for your Mac

Option-D and Command-E

01:25:46 MGG 834 Outtro

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