Don’t Get Caught With Your Tech Down
Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2024
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
In the Cool Stuff Found segment, explore the potential of iOS’s ChatGPT app’s voice interaction, and consider Pandoc for effortless format conversions. Curious about running your 2019 iMac from an external USB SSD? There’s a tip for that too. Syncing issues between Mac and iPhone? Get the fix here. And don’t miss the scoop on eero’s latest networking solutions. Make your digital life smoother and stay ahead—after all, “Don’t Get Caught” means being prepared with the right knowledge from Mac Geek Gab.
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1035 for Monday, April 29th, 2024
April 29: Viral Video Day
Quick Tips
00:00:01 QT-Use Siri to find Unread Messages When “Unread Messages” won’t show you anything but Messages is still badged
00:03:14 Paul-QT-Hey, Siri Take a Note… / Pause (with paint on hands and airbuds in!)
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00:06:00 Joe-QT-1034-Get Bookmarks Right From Safari’s Search Bar…and Have Siri Remind You At a Place
00:11:04 QT-Use a Smart Plug and automation to restart pesky devices (older Sonos, MyQ Garage Door Opener, More)
00:13:53 CSF-Meross HomeKit Compatible Garage Door Opener
00:15:56 Allison-CSF-Tailwind iQ3 garage door remote
Meross Smart Plug
00:23:26 Uncle Jamie-CSF-ratGDO for controlling your garage door openers
00:25:08 Tim-PSA-1033-Bright LED Garage Light Bulbs Can Create Wi-Fi Interference
00:27:10 QT-Email Debt Forgiveness Day coming on April 30th
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00:30:35 Don’t Get Caught With Your Tech Down
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
00:32:40 UpsideDownFoodPyramid-How can I sync Apple Photos with Google Photos?
00:34:12 OurStanley-Can I run my 2019 iMac from External USB SSD?
00:39:29 DanWieder-Messages Not Syncing Between Mac and iPhone
00:48:07 MIke-Should we increase the number of things we learn each episode?
00:53:27 Log the name of people in your photos
Show Business
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right folks it's time for Mac Geek, |
| 0:03.0 | Gavin I'll bring us our quick tip of the week. I had a |
| 0:08.0 | badge on my messages app on all of my devices that said I had one unread message but when I went |
| 0:16.2 | in on my phone to the unread messages there was nothing there I scroll through my |
| 0:21.5 | messages I found nothing I couldn't find a little dot to press to make the |
| 0:26.8 | badge go away. I did a little searching, frustrated, and someone suggested the answer. |
| 0:36.5 | I asked the S lady, read me my unread messages and sure enough it told me hey Jeff sent you this video back in |
| 0:42.3 | December which was true and I had marked it as |
| 0:45.0 | unread because I wanted to come back to it of course that failed so but at |
| 0:51.0 | least it got rid of it and it got rid of it on all my devices. |
| 0:53.3 | So if you can't find an unread message, let Siri find it for you. |
| 0:58.0 | More quick tips like this plus your questions answered today on Mackey at 1035 for Monday April 29th |
| 1:07.2 | viral video day 2024. 2024. Greetings folks and indeed welcome to Matt Kieke of the show where you send in or we provide tips like that you send in or we provide tips like that you send in, or we provide, tips like that, you send in or we provide |
| 1:35.2 | cool stuff found, you send in, or sometimes we provide questions that we all endeavor to answer here. |
| 1:41.6 | We string it all together into an agenda that gives us each the best |
| 1:45.8 | shot at learning at least five new things every single time we get together. |
| 1:51.7 | Our sponsor for today include eCam. Live the all in one streaming |
| 1:56.6 | and video production studio and you can use promo code Mac Geek Gab at eCam. |
| 2:02.1 | live to get one month free. We'll talk more in depth |
| 2:05.9 | about that in a little bit. For now here in Durham, New Hampshire after a quick |
| 2:09.7 | down and back to New York, I'm Dave Hamilton. And here in South Dakota I'm Adam Christensen. |
| 2:15.0 | And here are also in New Hampshire's pilot Pete could be back with you after a week off |
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