Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Time Capsule Replacements, Quick Tips, & Cool Stuff Found

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Apple's Time Machine lets you backup to a network drive… but which network drive should you use now that Apple no longer sells a Time Capsule? John and Dave are here to answer this question and many, many more! Listen as your two favorite geeks answer all the questions YOU sent in this week, plus sharing Quick Tips and Cool Stuff Found to give you lots to think about… and to get! Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things about your Mac, iPhone, and other tech.

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 850 for Monday, December 28, 2020
  • Quick Tips
    • 00:02:06 Scott-QT-Use Siri to dial Numbers… or words!
      • Mac Geek Gab iPhone App
      • 00:04:18 Andrew-QT-Use for Old AirPods
        • Apple Lightning Dock
        • Etymotic ER4XR
        • 00:07:49 QT-Go Clean Up your Apple ID Devices
          • And in Music, too.
          • 00:12:12 QT-Turn off Private MAC Address on New Devices
          • 00:13:35 JFB-iOS 14 Security Tip
          • 00:15:45 DanC-Switch iPhone Apps by Swiping across bottom of screen
          • 00:17:32 Steve-QT-Create a Bootable Installer for macOS Before You Need It
          • 00:18:54 Migration Assistant vs. Restoring from Clone
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          • Questions…and Answers!
            • 00:27:43 Bill-App Store Weirdness
              • Struggling to download apps? Try clearing the Apple App Store cache
              • MacUpdater
              • 00:33:18 Bill-Can’t Update to Big Sur 11.1
                • Monolingual
                • CleanMyMac X
                • 00:45:34 Kent-Disk Image says Resource Temporarily Unavailable
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                  • Time Machine, Network Storage, Failing Hard Drives
                    • 00:53:34 Todd-Time Capsule Replacements?
                      • Synology MR2200AC
                      • Netgear ReadyShare for Time Machine
                      • Time Machine on Netgear
                      • WD My Cloud
                      • QNAP
                      • 01:03:43 Dan-When to Replace NAS Hard Drive?
                      • 01:11:10 Michael-Current Favorite NAS Drive?
                        • John: Seagate IronWolf
                        • Dave: Seagate Exos
                        • Seagate Expansion Desktop 16TB (usually contains Exos drives!)
                        • WD Red NAS Drives
                        • Best NAS hard drive of 2020: Network attached storage for home office and small business
                        • Cool Stuff Found
                          • 01:16:43 CSF-Dual Connector Flash Drive – SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive Luxe (USB-C and Lightning)
                          • 01:18:31 Seth-CSF-Apple Watch Screen Protector?
                          • 01:19:48 CSF-Apple Watch Band Clones: Solo Loop Clone ($12 vs $49)  and Braided Solo Loop Clone ($20 vs. $99)
                          • 01:21:54 CSToDo-AirBnB Virtual Experiences
                          • 01:23:57 QT-Use Zoom with Two Displays (Zoom > Preferences > General > Use Dual Monitors)
                          • 01:26:43 MGG 850 Outtro
                            • This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
                            • MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
                            • The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
                            • Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
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