Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

What Have Brown Outs Done For You? Get a UPS – Mac Geek Gab 681

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When the power flickers, are your electronics protected? That's the first order of business. Then it's on to some Cool Stuff Found before digging in to prepping for iPhone X, including what to do about AppleCare … and AppleCare+. VPNs, Battery life, and Certificates round out the episode for you. Press play, enjoy, and learn at least four new things!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 681 for Tuesday, October 31, 2017
  • 00:02:53 Lightning Lessons from the Ground
  • 00:04:21 CSF-ExoMount Touch CD
  • 00:06:32 Charles-CSF-Splashtop
  • 00:07:50 Everett-CSF-Packet Squirrel
    • LAN Turtle
    • 00:10:54 Dave & Lee-NeoOffice saves XLSX and DOCX
      • NeoOffice Feature Comparison
      • 00:13:37 Doug-680-GoodSync
      • 00:14:51 Advanced Content Caching Preferences
      • 00:18:09 Tracking iPhone X
      • 00:21:46 Chris-Migrating to iPhone X
      • 00:25:17 Carsten-AppleCare+ for iPhone X
      • 00:29:32 Finding your AppleCare Coverage Status
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        • 00:42:03 Jeff-Which VPN to use?
          • TunnelBear
          • ProXPN
          • Astrill VPN
          • Cloak VPN
          • Speedify
          • Roll your VPN server
          • Synology – Set Up VPN Server
          • OpenVPN
          • Synology SSL VPN
          • L2TP VPN
          • IKEv2 VPN
          • 00:51:11 Barry-Apple Mail Settings Fistshake
          • 00:59:24 Christopher-Mysterious Dashboard Advisory Certificate
          • 01:05:27 Todd-HTTPS Mixed-Content Warnings on Websites
          • 01:12:11 Eolake-iPhone Battery Usage
            • FruitJuice for Mac
            • Coconut Battery
            • iMazing Mini
            • 01:17:00 Todd-Procedure for restoring from backup
            • 01:23:59 MGG 681 Outtro
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            • Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
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