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Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

How To, Technology, Education, News, Tech News

4.8 • 977 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Mac Geek Gab, Adam Christianson and Dave Hamilton dive into a plethora of practical tips and deep dives, tailored just for you. Discover quick tips like pressing Command-back in Safari to open the previous page in a new tab or using Fn-Return to approximate the Enter key, enhancing your navigation skills seamlessly. They didn’t miss discussing event highlights such as KansasFest and MacStock VIII, bringing communities together in celebration of technology. For those looking to streamline their work with tools, they covered using Freeform with Zoom to save time and the multifunctional Dash Text Editor for your coding needs.
The duo didn’t stop there; they shared insights on using focus modes to boost productivity and various shortcuts for creating PDFs across your devices. Ever thought about removing those pesky power lines from your photos effortlessly? They’ve got solutions!
And if your digital life feels a bit cluttered, they provided solutions for syncing issues across devices with apps like BusyCal and CardHop. Remember, in the digital world, it’s crucial to stay efficient and prepared. So, don’t get caught unawares—tune in to Mac Geek Gab and elevate your tech game.

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1034 for Monday, April 22nd, 2024

April 22: National I.T. Service Provider Day

Quick Tips

00:00:01 Dimitar-QT-Press Command-back in Safari to open previous page in a new tab
00:03:11 Nige-QT-1030-Use Fn-Return to Approximate the Enter key
00:04:45 KansasFest

MacStock VIII

00:08:07 Todd-QT-1032-Create a manual Birthdays Calendar
00:10:36 Chicago Tom-QT-Use Freeform with Zoom to save yourself an extra session

Mac Power Users
[email protected]

00:13:30 Rob-QT-1030-Use Page up (and down!) in QuickLook, too
00:14:43 Dave from Arlington-QT-Bookmark Tab Groups on both Mac and iPhone

Dash Text Editor

00:20:12 Using Focus Modes
00:23:36 Bill-QT-1033-Shortcuts for Creating PDFs in Safari and System-Wide
Todd-QT-1033-Siri can also help you Scan a Document

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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:28:35 Barb-GC-How best to remove power lines from Photos?

PhotoShop
Pixelmator Pro
Luminar AI will remove power lines! (at 01:22:26)

00:34:23 Darrin-What’s the fastest way to get to Safari Favorites on iPhone?

Long Press is The Universal Tip

00:37:04 Bob-Why is it Spring and yet my Contacts are still Freezing?

CardHop
Fantastical

00:47:01 Todd-Fixing Reminders Syncing between Mac and iPhone

BusyCal

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener Dimmeter brings us our quick tip of the week with
0:08.0	Have you ever wanted to go back to some previous page while also staying on the one you already are on. Hold command while
0:17.1	pressing back and the previous page will be opened in a new tab in Safari.
0:22.5	I assume that many have tried this and already knew it,
0:26.4	but did you know this also works
0:29.2	if you hold the back button to reveal the menu with the tab history.
0:34.7	As long as you hold command, when you make the selection in that menu, it will be open in a new tab.
0:41.6	I tried this and it works for both the back and forward buttons as well as the long
0:46.8	press menus. I was also surprised to see this work on Chrome too and it works on Safari on the iPad also. More tips like this plus your
0:57.9	questions answered today on Mac Geek Gab 1034 for Monday April 22nd, 2024. Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Geek of the show where you send in tips like that.
1:28.2	You send in your questions, we try to answer your questions, you send in cool stuff found,
1:32.2	we share your cool stuff
1:33.0	found and your tips we string it all together into an agenda that hopefully the plan
1:39.0	is that it gives us each the opportunity opportunity easy for me to say to learn at least
1:45.4	five new things every single time we get together sponsors for this episode include
1:51.4	zoc dock dot com slash MGG that's where you can go and sign up for
1:57.0	free it's the easiest way to find a great doctor and instantly book an appointment
2:01.0	we'll talk more in depth about that in a little bit.
2:04.0	For now, here on National IT Service Provider Day
2:08.2	in Durham, New Hampshire.
2:09.8	I'm Dave Hamilton.
2:11.7	Easy for you to say, and here in South Dakota I'm Adam Christensen.
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