July 27, 2020

The Case for The Nuke and Pave — Mac Geek Gab 826

1 hour 28 minutes

We all love the convenience of a quick upgrade and Migration Assistant, but those bring along many needles inside the haystack that can linger and leave you with fun things to troubleshoot in the future. The reality is that sometimes the Nuke and Pave is worth it, and John and Dave talk this through. That's not the only segment, though, FAR FROM IT! Cool Stuff Found, Quick Tips, and more and more of your questions are addressed, dissected, and yes, even answered! Press play to learn at least five new things.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 826 for Monday, July 27, 2020 <https://macgeekgab.com/>

00:01:47 David-QT for Wallet App

Delete Troublesome Card then Add Card to Get Back in Sync

00:06:28 Loren-QT-Use Spaces to Do Quick Operations with no Windows In the Way

CSF

00:07:40 Michael-CSF-ETER 4 — Easy PGP on iOS

00:09:12 CSF-Glyph Atom RAID SSD 4TB – USB 10G

775MBps writes, 850MBps reads. Two removable cables (USB-C, USB-A)

CSF-Glyph Atom PRO SSD 1TB – Thunderbolt 3

2150MBps writes, 2350MBps reads. Removable cable fits in edge of drive.

00:13:17 David-CSF-Lifespan to monitor the life of your SSD

SSD/Drives/Data

00:15:39 Scott-What format for External SSD?

00:22:04 The Case for the Nuke and Pave

FingBox

00:31:54 Ken-Need new Mac, Can’t Get Enough Storage Quickly

LG SmartTV

Xfinity X1

Seagate Portable 4TB $95. Goes 120MBps.

SanDisk 2TB Extreme SSD $299 for 2TB, 500MBps

Samsung T7 2TB for $299, 1050MBps

Off-brand VectoTech 4TB SSD, $589, 540MBps

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Follow-up/Tips

00:54:14 Ben-Various Shortcuts for Screen-Only Sleep

Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook that lack eject keys?

00:57:17 Wayne-Does OBD II Interfere with CarPlay?

00:59:44 Louis-Touch Bar F# Keys and Keyboard Maestro

01:01:51 Diagnosing Network issues

01:04:59 Ralph-Plan for Deciding about Hardware Upgrades

01:14:12 Carsten-818-Segmenting your IoT devices off

01:21:31 MGG 826 Outtro

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