Cool Stuff Found: Tools and Gadgets to Keep You Geeked Out
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2024
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
This week’s Mac Geek Gab is a goldmine of cool stuff found, perfect for every Mac user and tech enthusiast. Dive into tools like the Mac Media Key Forwarder to keep your play/pause controls in check, MacWhisper’s latest updates, and iStat Menus 7 for ultimate system monitoring. Whether you’re compressing PDFs with Lightweight PDF, substituting TextExpander with TypeItForMe, or managing your VPN with Public IP, these tips will keep your Mac running smoothly. Plus, for the speed readers out there, OutRead is your new go-to app, and Scroll Reverser will help you fine-tune your mouse and trackpad experience.
For podcasting pros, this episode is packed with essentials. Auphonic ensures your audio levels are perfectly balanced, while apps like Overcast and Pocket Casts keep you connected to your favorite shows. The Apple Maps web beta and PurePort USB-C cleaning tools also make an appearance, rounding out the list of must-haves.
And for the true geeks, LocalSend offers cross-platform sharing, TailDrive integrates TailScale into your Files app, and AltStore.io opens up new possibilities with easy iPhone sideloading. Don’t forget Pete’s PopPic for 3D photos and Dave’s CellHelmet MagSafe squishy grip—these are the tools that’ll keep you ahead of the tech curve.
Remember, don’t get caught without these essentials!
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1052 for Monday, August 26th, 2024
- August 26th: National Webmistress Day
- The MGG Merch Store is Live!
- Cool Stuff Found for Your Mac
- 00:00:01 Ben-CSF-1048–Mac Media Key Forwarder to ensure play/pause always controls Music.
- 00:02:15 August 26th: National Webmistress Day
- 00:03:25 rnDoug-CSF-Session, a Private Messaging App
- 00:06:46 Lee-CSF-MacWhisper has had some killer updates lately
- 00:10:02 Steven-CSF-TypeItForMe as a Subscription-less TextExpander Substitute
- 00:14:23 GadgetComa-CSF-iStat Menus 7 Is Out! (also in Setapp)
- 00:20:43 Ben-CSF-1033–Lightweight PDF to compress PDFs in place
- 00:23:07 JanLandy-CSF-Public IP to keep your IP in the menubar (helpful for VPN users)
- 00:26:53 Rod L-CSF-Scroll Reverser and MOS to manage scroll direction for Mouse and Trackpad
- 00:29:28 Pascal-CSF-plistWatch to Monitor Plist changes in Real-Time
- 00:30:46 CSF-OutRead – Mac, iOS Speed Reading App – up your reading productivity
- Cool Stuff Found for Podcasting
- 00:35:05 And also Apple Podcasts on the Web now, too
- 00:36:22 Bob-What’s everyone using for a Podcast Player app?
- 00:43:45 Auphonic for Podcast Loudness Normalization and More
- 00:55:34 Randy-CSF-VMWare Fusion Pro 13 free for Personal Use
- 00:46:44 RandyWalker-CSF-Apple Maps on Web (beta)
- Show Business
- 00:53:26 MGG Premium Listener Contribution Appreciation Moment
- Cool Stuff Found for Charging Your Devices
- 00:56:46 Ben-CSF-1050–PurePort USB-C for Cleaning Your USB-C Ports
- 00:58:06 Kirit-CSF-1050–Cleaning Kit for USB-C Ports and More
- 01:01:09 Chris-CSF-Magnilink 360 PRO Charging Cables to Ward Off Lightning Bunnies
- Cool Stuff Found for Geeky Folks
- 01:04:35 Bruce-CSF-LocalSend Cross Platform Sharing – App Store Free!
- 01:06:30 Grumpy-CSF-TailDrive: TailScale Integration within the Files App
- 01:07:47 MackiePie-CSF-AltStore.io allows Sideloading on iPhone for all
- Cool Stuff Found — Hosts’ Choice
- 01:10:14 Pete’s Choice: CSF PopPic 3d Photo creator with camera OR Portrait shot photos
- 01:12:09 Adam’s Choice: Mark-CSF-iPhone Photog Awards – I didn’t know!
- 01:14:04 Dave’s Choice: CSF-CellHelmet MagSafe squishy grip
- 01:16:48 MGG 1052 Outtro
- Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly
- Adam Christianson on X/Twitter
- Pilot Pete’s Aviation Podcast: So There I Was (for Aviation Enthusiasts)
- Dave’s Business Brain (for Entrepreneurs) and Gig Gab (for Working Musicians) Podcasts
- MGG Merch is Available!
- Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page
- Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar
- This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
- MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
- feedback@macgeekgab.com
- 224-888-GEEK
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
- BackBeat Media Podcast Network
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener Ben brings us our cool stuff found of the week. |
| 0:07.0 | He says in episode 1048, Dave, you shared your |
| 0:13.3 | music when a call comes in because the play pause key answers the call |
| 0:17.8 | instead of playing the music. |
| 0:19.8 | You might want to use the the available for free, Mac Media Key Forwarder to solve this. |
| 0:27.6 | It tells the system to always control, or you can use it to tell the system to always control the music with the play |
| 0:34.2 | pause key no matter what else is happening more cool stuff found like this |
| 0:40.5 | plus well even more cool stuff found today on MacIke up 1052 for Monday, August 26th National |
| 0:50.1 | Web Mistress Day, 2024. Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Kiekeab the show where we usually take your quick |
| 1:16.0 | tips and share them we take your questions and answer them and like we're going to |
| 1:20.3 | do all episode today we take your cool stuff found and our cool stuff found and share. |
| 1:27.0 | We try to string it all together into an agenda that loosely |
| 1:32.0 | thematically makes sense so that each of us can learn at least five new |
| 1:38.0 | things every single time we get together. |
| 1:42.2 | Here, back here in Durham, New Hampshire after being in Washington DC or right |
| 1:46.9 | across the Potomac and National Harbor, Maryland for podcast movement. I'm Dave Hamilton. And still here in South Dakota I'm |
| 1:57.4 | Adam Christensen. And here still in New Hampshire it's Pilot Pete and hate to talk about the weather but I can't not man this is |
| 2:04.9 | beautiful 50s at night 70s in the day occasional light shower and other than that |
| 2:10.6 | beautiful good stuff and I don't know Dave maybe I have to do it you |
| 2:14.6 | brought it up national media |
| 2:16.8 | national web mistress day |
| 2:18.6 | web mister eat it's not |
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