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What Madness Is This?!? (aka macOS Ventura's System Settings)

10.31.2022 - By Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Their Geeky FriendsPlay

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macOS Ventura changed the way we manage preferences with its System Settings app…and lots of things aren’t where we’d expect to find them! Listen as John tries to help Dave make sense of some of these…and maybe that helps us all! There’s more: your two favorite geeks dig into your questions about Wi-Fi speeds, travel chargers, and the security of Photos on your iPhone. That plus some great Cool Stuff Found submissions from the MGG Family make for a completely spooky episode for this year’s Halloween. Don’t get caught!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 953 for Monday, October 31, 2022

ericdsa-QT-Swipe from Lower-Left to Upper-Right to Take Screenshot on iPadOS

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The MGG Merch Store is Live!

Quick Tips

00:02:37 Dave-QT-Merging PDF Files

00:04:35 David-QT-iCloud BETA Photos website allows uploading from iPad External Drives

00:06:37 Neil-QT-952-Going Directly to Red Flashlight on Apple Watch

00:08:33 Greg-QT-Create Shortcut to Auto-Brightness to Preserve Battery Life on iPhone 14 Pro

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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:12:41 David-Why am I not getting full speed from my ISP?

Test Your Local Network with iperf3

Isolate test – Use Ethernet and not WiFi

iPerf3

NetSpot

Eufy X8 Vacuum (for mapping?)

iSumbler Replacements Thread

WiFi Explorer

AirRadar from Koingo

00:26:05 George-941-Travel Charger Tip

00:29:44 Terri-949-iPhone Lock Screen Camera Security

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Ventura Systems Settings Woes

00:35:05 Ventura after a week

Continuity Camera (and mounts!)

Stage Manager feedback

00:40:20 What Madness Is This?!? (aka Networking in macOS Ventura)

00:42:00 Nick-Finding New Ventura Settings and Time Machine

00:44:11 macOS Ventura Sleep Settings have Moved

00:48:24 Tony-Simplified Ventura Settings

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00:50:53 Apple Watch New User Tips

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