February 17, 2020

Upgrades, Slow Internet, Hard Drives, and More – Mac Geek Gab 802

1 hour 32 minutes

How's your Catalina installation behaving? Have any Macs left to upgrade? Your two favorite geeks talk through it all. Then it's time to diagnose the cause of slow internet, always a pesky one to diagnose! Add in some hard drive diagnostics, follow-ups on your subscription tracking, and John and Dave have a show chock-full-of-infotainment goodness to share with you!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 802 for Monday, February 17, 2020

00:03:37 Dudley-Bootable APFS/Catalina Backup Recommendations

OWC ThunderBay 4 – New version

OWC Mercury Elite Pro

00:10:42 Felipe-Catalina Upgrade Best Practices

Go64

MacUpdater

00:16:31 Mike-Hard Drive Condition

SMARTMonTools – Available with homebrew: brew install smartmontools

SMARTReporter

DriveDx

TechTool Pro

00:22:50 Wilko-GC-Auto-mounting External Encrypted Volumes

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00:34:17 Allison-801-Use TrackMySubs to Track Subscriptions

00:35:03 Joe & John & Gary & Guido & Scott & Adam-801-Use Bobby App to Manage Subscriptions

00:35:39 Ben-801-Truebill to Manage Subscriptions

TechHive talks subscription tracking

00:37:24 DLH-Tracking Shows You’re Watching

TiVo Stream

Plex

00:48:23 Joe-797-Software Subscriptions vs. OTP

00:54:32 Bob-Still using IPv6?

Test IPv6

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01:10:14 Mark-Troubleshooting Slow Internet Speeds

User iperf3 to test your Mac’s Network

01:18:01 David-Best Use for Old AirPort Extreme Routers?

01:22:21 MGGF-MilesSawyer-Why is my Bluetooth Headset Audio Low Quality?

Bluetooth LE Audio

Daily Observations about LE Audio

01:27:21 MGG 802 Outtro

Google Translate iOS App

The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app

Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List

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