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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Brick Walls and Brain Waves

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

Tech News, Technology, How To, News, Education

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

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In this week’s episode of Mac Geek Gab, you’re in for a treat with Pilot Pete and Dave Hamilton as they delve deep into the nuances of everyday tech. Starting off, learn a clever Quick Tip from Uncle Jamie on how to use Preview for not just viewing but also adding, reordering, and merging PDFs—a true multitasker’s dream tool. But that’s not all, discover how disabling WPA3 could rejuvenate your stubborn IoT devices, ensuring they connect without a hitch. Struggling with your VPN? They’ve got you covered with solutions to avoid duplicate AirDrop destinations and unblock your mail sending woes.

As the discussion heats up, Pete and Dave tackle some quirky tech challenges that might have you nodding in agreement or scratching your head. Did you know your 2.4GHz network penetrates brick walls more effectively than higher frequencies? And when it comes to sending sensitive documents securely, they suggest top tools like Tresorit Send and Dropbox Send to keep your private info under wraps. So, as you navigate these tech waters, remember: “Don’t Get Caught” unprepared. Tune into Mac Geek Gab for these insights and more, ensuring you stay one step ahead in the digital realm.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener Block Tech brings us our quick tip of the week by saying

0:06.6

I often pull my Macbook pro out of my travel bag only to find that the battery is dead or extremely depleted, it seems that if I close

0:16.6

the lid immediately after invoking the shutdown command, it doesn't always have time to

0:21.4

complete the process and instead goes to sleep mid-process

0:25.6

to make sure that my machine has completely shut down before closing the lid.

0:30.2

I now press the caps lock key first.

0:33.2

After shutting down, I know the lid is safe to shut

0:36.6

once the keys LED turns off.

0:39.2

I just wish that there was a way to turn off the startup on open or key press function as I find

0:44.5

that I still sometimes inadvertently restart the machine when closing it up.

0:49.7

More quick tips like this plus your questions answered today on

0:54.8

Mackey cab 1036 for Monday, May 6th National Beverage Day

1:00.0

Something near and dear to our hearts here at Mackey, cab,

1:03.7

two thousand twenty four. Greetings folks and indeed welcome to Mac Geek have the show where you send in

1:25.2

quick tips just like that one you send in your questions which we try to answer

1:28.8

we send in we all send in cool stuff and we all send in quick tips too and

1:32.3

really sometimes we all send in questions like I'll bring

1:35.4

questions to the show and hopefully we get to answer it together. We also sometimes

1:39.5

answer questions in our discord community at Matt Geekob.com slash discord and when I say sometimes I mean all the time huge community of

1:47.3

Fantastic well-intentioned folks who are kind and helpful to one another. I can't be more thankful for that as part of

1:58.3

our community here. Our sponsors for today include LinkedIn.com slash MGG where you can go and post your first job for free

2:08.5

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