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Trapped In The Terminal — Mac Geek Gab 901

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This week John and Dave find themselves trapped in the Terminal. Will your two favorite geeks escape? Press play to find out as they dig through a few Terminal commands, new and old, invoke some Shortcuts, talk about self-service repairs, empty the Trash, solve a draining battery, and more! You're guaranteed to learn five new things or your money back!

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  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 901 for Monday, November 22, 2021
  • 00:01:41 Who Would you like to see join us?
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    • Cool Stuff Found in Terminal
      • 00:03:25 Stephen-CSF-networkQuality Speedtest Built-into Monterey
        • brew install speedtest-cli
        • 00:07:41 John tested 5G
        • 00:10:52 Elliot-CSM-899-Use Shortcuts on iPhone to Restart Your Mac
        • 00:13:32 CSF-youtube-dl slow? Use yt-dlp instead – brew install yt-dlp
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            • Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
              • 00:21:07 CSF-Apple’s new Self-Service Repair Program
              • 00:27:40 Drewski-Stubborn Trash Issue
                • Trash It! For Mac
                • Mac’s Trash won’t empty? Here’s how to fix it
                • CleanMyMac X Empties Trash
                • OnyX
                • 00:34:09 Mac Draining Battery During Sleep at 1% per hour
                  • Dave’s Bug Report about Channels
                  • pmset -g log | grep "Wake Requests"
                  • 00:40:28 Robb-Auto Network Login Issues
                  • 00:48:29 Walter-Encrypting Local Network Time Machine Backups
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                    • Follow-Ups
                      • 00:57:51 899-Monterey’s iCloud Private Relay *DOES* Come Up with Ethernet
                      • 01:05:15 Michael-Smart Switch and VLAN
                        • DefCon
                        • Second Router for Work From Home
                        • VLAN Support for Synology Router
                        • Eero VLAN Support
                        • 01:11:41 Dictating Emoji with Siri…Doesn’t Work
                        • 01:13:47 Donna-899-Use the UDP Acronym to Remember How to Restart Your iPhone
                        • 01:16:18 Tanel-898-“No Longer With You” Notifications for Apple Devices
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