A Geeky Christmas — Mac Geek Gab 1015
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2023
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s Mac Geek Gab, episode 1015, Pilot Pete, Adam Christianson, and Dave Hamilton dive deep into a mix of quick tips and detailed tech advice. Starting off, they tackle the nuances of macOS and iOS, like resetting notifications in System Settings and sending emails to contact lists with ease. They also explore practical hacks for everyday tech challenges, such as decreasing quote levels in mail messages and adding threads to the Dock in macOS with Sonoma/Safari. The trio doesn’t stop there; they get creative with ‘Cablenastics,’ discussing ways to manage cable chaos behind your desk using tools like metal coat hangers and Command Strips for wire organization.
The episode then shifts to answering listener questions, offering insights on topics ranging from migrating to new routers, like Synology Mesh with RT6600ax, to leveraging dual internet connections for increased reliability. They delve into hardware queries, such as the adequacy of a 47W charger for a MacBook Pro and its accessories, and share personal experiences like Adam using an iPad as his primary travel device. For those pondering data management, they discuss copying Time Machine backups to new drives and backing up using ChronoSync. And, as always, they keep it engaging with ‘Cool Stuff Found,’ where Adam costs Dave money with the latest gadget, CarLink 5.0. Remember, in the world of tech, “Don’t Get Caught” unprepared!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1015 for Monday, December 25th, 2023
- Quick Tips
- 00:00:01 Brad-QT-Reset Notifications in System Settings
- 00:04:48 QT-Send eMail to a list of people in Contacts App
- 00:08:02 Todd-QT-Decrease Quote Level in a Mail Message
- 00:09:43 Andrew-QT-Run Threads on macOS with Sonoma/Safari’s “Add to Dock”
- Cablenastics?
- 00:12:55 Ed-1011-Is it Cablenastics?
- 00:14:32 SoccerDad-QT-1011-Straighten a metal coat hanger for pulling cables over the back of the desk
- 00:15:22 Bruce-QT-1011-Use a Beanbag to Hang those Cables
- 00:16:08 Teresa-QT-1011-Use Command Strips to hook wires on the back of your desk
- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:22:23 John-Advice for Migrating to New Router
- 00:27:47 Synology Mesh with RT6600ax, MR2200ac, WRX560
- 00:37:40 Kirit-Using Two Internet Connections for Reliability
- 00:42:58 David-Is a 47W Charger Enough for my MacBook Pro and accessories?
- 00:47:00 Adam’s Using an iPad as Primary Travel Machine
- 00:52:01 Adam’s Anker Store in his Office
- 00:53:50 Yan-Can I Copy Time Machine to a New Drive?
- 01:05:17 Mark-1014-Use email-to-SMS gateway with Later.io for delayed SMS
- Thanks to our CES 2024 Sponsors
- Cool Stuff Found
- 01:12:03 Adam Cost Dave Money – CarLink 5.0
- 01:20:40 MGG 1015 Outtro
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener Brad brings us our quick tip of the week by saying I recently |
| 0:06.2 | had an application that stopped generating its sound and banner notifications. |
| 0:10.6 | I resolved this by visiting the notification system settings pain and right |
| 0:15.7 | clicking the targeted application and selecting reset notifications dot dot. |
| 0:22.0 | A further note of interest is that the notifications actually |
| 0:25.1 | configure and are found in a P list which will put in the show notes at Mac Geek Cab.com |
| 0:30.4 | I had no idea that this reset notifications per application even existed let alone how to find it |
| 0:39.5 | right click in system settings on the app in the notifications list. |
| 0:45.0 | More quick tips like this, plus your questions answered today |
| 0:49.4 | on Mac Geek Cab 1015 for Monday, December 25th. |
| 0:54.3 | Merry Christmas, 2023! Thanks folks and welcome to Mac Geekab. |
| 1:15.0 | Indeed we are the show where you send in your quick tips like that, your questions that we sometimes |
| 1:20.9 | answer, hopefully answer, your cool stuff found correctly |
| 1:24.8 | but all that's you know you let us know that's the beauty you send all this stuff |
| 1:29.4 | into feedback at mac geekyub.com we assemble it we string it together loosely into an |
| 1:36.4 | agenda such that we each have a great chance of learning at least five new things every single time we get together and here on this cold Christmas morning here in Durham, New Hampshire. |
| 1:51.0 | I'm Dave Hamilton. |
| 1:59.3 | Oh, and here in South Dakota, not quite snowing yet, I'm Adam Christensen. |
| 2:05.8 | And here also in southern New Hampshire, where it's, I don't know if it's colder or warmer than South Dakota It's pilot Pete gonna be back. I don't know the weather. I just fly him |
| 2:10.8 | You fly over the weather Pete that's right. That's my goal. That's how it works. Yeah. Yep. Yeah that reset notifications thing. Did you did either of you know about that? No clue. No. I that. That's brilliant. This is what I love |
| 2:24.8 | about doing this show. One of the things, there's many things in fact that I love |
| 2:27.8 | about doing the show, but that's like routinely. We've been doing this 18 and a half years. I know that feature hasn't been there for 18 and a half years, but like it's been there for a while |
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