December 09, 2019

When Your Mac Sleeps Too Deeply – Mac Geek Gab 792

1 hour 30 minutes

Sleeping computers are good, until they don't wake up. Thankfully, John and Dave are here each week to answer your questions, including this one. But that's not all! Listen for answers to questions about Apple Watch hourly chimes, registering Apple devices, and tips on using the camera adapter between two iPhones, opening windows in new tabs, and more. Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things on this week's episode of Mac Geek Gab.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 792 for Monday, December 9, 2019

00:01:38 Setup your Chromcasts!

00:03:48 Plex setup on Synology

Be sure to give user “plex” read/write permissions to your video directory

00:06:58 Plex adds Ad-Supported Video on Demand

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00:10:58 Bill-Use Camera Adapter to transfer photos to new iPhone

00:14:31 Tony-QT-More Precise volume controls

Shift-Option

Two Teachers Talking

VLC App for Mac

00:16:55 Paul-QT-Always Open New Windows in Tabs

System Preferences > Dock > Prefer tabs when opening documents

00:19:32 Scott-iOS 13’s Optimized Charging

About Optimized Battery Charging on your iPhone

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00:26:22 Jesse-Check Apple Watch Accessibility Settings for Hourly Chimes

00:29:11 Michael-Registering Apple Devices

Apple’s Check Coverage Site

Apple’s My Support Site

Get Apple Pencil Serial Number

00:39:17 Scott-Mac Mini Sleeps Too Deeply

iFixit Replacement Batteries

Consolation

00:48:53 MACE-Music App cares more about Filename Extensions

terminal command to identify file type

00:55:38 Mike Bombich coming on MGG soon.

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00:59:38 Julie-Two Display on 13″ MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C)

Use Multiple Displays With Your Mac

How To Enable Daisy-Chaining On The Dell U2414H Monitor

01:08:31 David-Using personal domains with Gmail on iOS 13

Set up as IMAP, not Gmail

01:12:27 Joe-Swapping Drive, Won’t Boot

01:17:33 Eric-Should I enable AiProtection on my Router?

01:25:38 John-CSF-Synergy

01:26:28 Jeff-CSF-Parallels Toolbox Screenshot Page

01:27:54 MGG 792 Outtro

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