Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

We Are Just 17 (If You Know What We Mean)

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Happy Birthday to us all! It’s true… 17 years ago today (to the day!) John and Dave released the first Mac Geek Gab episode (called “TMO To Go”) and Pilot Pete joined not to long afterwards. It’s been 17 years of answering your questions, sharing Cool Stuff Found, learning Quick Tips, discussing Macs and iPhones and Routers and Mesh Wi-Fi and Synology DiskStations and… yeah… all of it. Wanna know a secret? They’re not going to stop any time soon! Wanna know another secret? Press play and join your three favorite geeks in learning that secret plus five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 932 for Monday, June 13, 2022
  • 00:01:41 Happy 17th Birthday!
    • Don McMillan’s Boolean Proof as to Why Your Wife is Always Right
    • The MGG Merch Store is Live!
    • Quick Tips
      • 00:05:01 QT-Command-Drag a Window to keep its background position
      • 00:06:05 QT-Command Click on Mailboxes in Mail’s sidebar to have customized views
      • 00:08:02 Bob-QT-Use iPhone Measure app to calculate a human’s height
      • 00:10:44 Brad-QT-See Snapshots over SMB by adding /~snapshot to SMB URL
      • 00:12:22 BarryK-QT-Use Option-Space to put a “hard space” in text
      • 00:13:30 Craig-QT-Use an NFC tag to cover the light on your bedside charger…and trigger shortcuts! Available here on Amazon
      • 00:17:06 Cory-QT-Run Homebridge on DSM7 instead of HOOBS – Good idea!
        • The MGG Discord Server is Live!
        • 00:20:32 Brad-QT-use killall -3 to generate a crash report
        • 00:21:53 Jeff-QT-iOS 16 Lets You See Wi-Fi Passwords
        • Sponsors
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          • 00:26:05 SPONSOR: BBEdit, the power tool for text from Bare Bones Software is now ready for Big Sur and M1-powered Macs!
          • Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
            • 00:27:51 Bill-Moving From Cable to 5G/LTE Internet
              • Verizon 5G Home Internet
              • T-Mobile Home Internet
              • Starlink
              • Starlink Coverage Map – Check the coverage map!!!
              • Verizon 5G Home Internet vs. T-Mobile Home Internet: Which Is Best for Your Home Connection?
              • 00:34:04 DLH-Wi-Fi Traveling Fun
              • 00:42:51 Lauren-Easy cross-platform remote assistance solution?
                • Zoom
                • TeamViewer
                • Chrome Remote Desktop
                • 00:48:20 Larry-APFS or HFS+ for Rotational Drives?
                  • An analysis of APFS enumeration performance on rotational hard drives
                  • 00:54:05 Jamie-Synology RT6600ax is shipping to customers
                  • 01:01:10 David-What’s the best PDF Editor?
                    • Adobe Acrobat DC – The reader is just a reader. Not an editior
                    • PDF Pen
                    • LibreOffice
                    • PDF Expert
                    • Nitro PDF Pro
                    • Prizmo
                    • Cool Stuff Found
                      • 01:10:56 Allison-CSM-A geeky podcaster’s VPN analysis
                        • Private Internet Access VPN (Allison’s choice and the one Dave will move to shortly)
                        • ExpressVPN (Dave’s current VPN)
                        • 01:18:32 CSF-Mobile Passport app
                        • 01:21:12 MGG 932 Outtro
                          • Pilot Pete’s New Aviation Podcast: So There I Was
                          • Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly
                          • MGG Merch is Available!
                          • Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page
                          • Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar
                          • This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
                          • MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
                          • [email protected]
                          • 224-888-GEEK
                          • The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
                          • Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
                          • BackBeat Media Podcast Network
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