October 12, 2020

Wi-Fi, NAS, and More — Mac Geek Gab 837

1 hour 32 minutes

How do we know it's time? Because The Answer plays and we know you've asked us the question! That's right, Dave and John have answers to your questions about Wi-Fi, NAS, iOS 14, and much more! Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things along with your two favorite geeks!Note: Shownotes are in progress…

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 837 for Monday, October 12, 2020

Quick Tips

00:02:04 Kurt-QT-Swipe Down in Camera App to Return

00:03:16 QT-Catalina-Click-hold/Command-Click on Messages in Dock to see which ones are unread

00:05:16 QT-Use TimeMachineEditor to only run once per day

00:10:04 Neal-QT-Use BBEdit’s Command Line Tools

Tips and Follow-ups

00:12:27 Travis-836-Fix Mac Apple Watch Unlocking Problem

00:14:52 Graham-836-Debug Your iPhone with iMazing’s Console

Signia Pure Charge&Go 7Nx

00:21:30 Martin-SD Card Feedback (first part only)

Questions

00:23:05 Philip-Weather Widgets on iOS 14?

Widgetsmith

00:24:57 Joe-Lightning Port Doubler?

How to use a USB hub to hook up multiple devices to your iPad

Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter

00:31:45 Mike-Dragging App Icons across Multiple iPhone Pages

00:33:42 SPONSOR: Readdle has all of their apps ready for iOS 14, complete with Widgets, folder navigation, and more. Visit Readdle.com to learn more.

00:35:20 SPONSOR: BBEdit 13.1 from Bare Bones Software is available now in the Mac App Store or Online at BareBones.com

00:36:43 SPONSOR: CacheFly. CacheFly’s Web Content Optimization analyzes your current Google Lighthouse score to optimize all your content before it’s delivered to visitors without requiring any development effort from you, all in the background.

Cool Stuff Found

00:38:31 CSF-Anker PowerPort III Nano ($20)

00:40:25 Martin-CSF-YouTube Enhancer Extension

00:41:31 Scott-CSF-834-LOFTer Screen Light Bar just $39 on Amazon

00:42:26 CSF-Ausdom AF640 1080p Webcam: US$89.99

00:45:44 Paul-CSF-When Did I…? and Vectormator

Wi-Fi

00:47:52 Michael-Will plugging in Ethernet to Deco Mesh Satellite add reliability?

00:51:38 QT-Typing Special Characters – Hold down the key on your keyboard

00:53:32 Jürgen-Two Internet Connections

Combine Ethernet ports into a virtual port on Mac

Top 11 Best Load Balancing Routers For WiFi Load Balancing

TP-Link Safestream Multi-WAN Router

Synology RT2600AC does Load Balancing

01:03:19 Comcast Doubles Some Upstreams

01:04:49 Robin-Quick-selecting Wi-Fi network on iPad

01:06:36 Pete-Wi-Fi Security and Contacts

How to share your Wi-Fi password from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Fingbox

NAS / Network Attached Storage

01:16:19 Andrew-Locating my Synology DiskStation

01:18:11 Neal-Synology Bonjour Issue

ps aux | grep avahi

What is avahi

01:24:03 Mike-Got Caught without a UPS

01:28:27 MGG 837 Outtro

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