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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Don’t Hide Stuff From Yourself

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

How To, Technology, Education, News, Tech News

4.8977 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Tips for your iPhone and Apple Watch start today’s episode, including some often-overlooked nuances of Focus Modes to make your life even better. Then John, Dave, and Pete answer your questions about MacBooks losing battery during sleep, Apple TV installations, Stage Manager and more. Some Cool Stuff Found rounds out the episode to ensure you—and your three favorite geeks—each learn at least five new things. Press play…and don’t get caught!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 955 for Monday, November 14, 2022

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Quick Tips

00:02:44 Scott-QT-Disable “Follow Up Suggestions” in iOS 16’s Mail
00:05:13 VaShaun-QT-Delete All Voicemails and Clear Space (2nd half)
00:06:47 Warren-CSF-OnyX for macOS Ventura is OUT
00:07:17 Jaco-QTR-Hold Space Bar on iPhone to Move Cursor Like a Trackpad
00:11:38 Rico-QT/PSA-The limits of Siri’s voice detection
00:15:24 Harvey-QT-Control your Series-6-and-later Apple Watch on your iPhone!
00:18:08 Don’t Hide Stuff From Yourself
00:19:32 Mark-QT-953-Use Apple Watch Strobe While Exercising On Busy Roads
00:23:00 Peter-QT-953-Block Photos Access By Locking Your Phone
00:24:31 PP New in iOS 16 Focus mode allows you not only to “Allow Notifications” but now “Silence Notifications from”


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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:31:23 Harvey-How to Edit Text Replacements on macOS Ventura?
00:34:29 Kirit-Why I Love Stage Manager
00:38:07 Lee-Apple Watch Use Cases
00:46:32 John-My Computer is Waking Up and Burning Battery

pmset -g log | grep "Wake Requests"


00:55:02 PCUnix-Assign a Room when Setting Up Apple TV 4K
00:58:02 Chris-GC-Basic Video Editor?

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DaVinci Resolve
Permute




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Cool Stuff Found

01:05:58 John-CSF-Velja, a Browser Power Tool
01:09:24 David-CSF-Anker 321: 20W Power Strip with USB and 3 Outlets
01:13:16 Albert-CSF-USB-C Cable that Displays Power Throughput


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Transcript

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0:00.0

It is time for Mac Geek Cab and Warren comes to us today with our opening cool stuff found and it's a simple one

0:09.2

Onyx our favorite troubleshooting app one of our favorite troubleshooting app here is now available for Mac OS

0:17.3

Ventura. It's at titanium.fr and we will of course put a link in the show notes at

0:22.4

Mac GeekGab.

0:23.6

Where by the way you can also sign up to get the show notes delivered to your email

0:29.3

every week more tips like this plus your questions answered today on

0:34.9

Mac Geek Cab 955 for Monday, November 14th,

0:39.4

2022. 2. Thanks folks and welcome to Mac Geek Gab the show where you send your cool stuff found your tips your questions in to

1:05.0

feedback at mak geekob dot com we take everything we mash it up we string it together

1:10.9

into an agenda the we answer your questions, hopefully.

1:15.1

The idea being that every single one of us learns at least five new things.

1:21.4

Every single week when we get together sponsors for this

1:24.5

episode include a LinkedIn.com slash MGG where you can go and post your first job

1:29.8

for free BB edit one of my favorite things and my certainly my

1:35.0

favorite text editor and collide where at kolide.

1:38.7

I d.com slash M g g you can learn about this fantastic device security implementation that uses

1:45.5

Slack to educate your users not force your users to do things. We'll talk more in

1:50.8

depth about each and every one of those a little bit later in the episode for now

1:54.6

Here in still quite balmy Durham, New Hampshire. I'm Dave Hamilton

2:00.0

And here in equally balmy, Fairfield, Connecticut, this is John F. Brown.

2:06.0

And here, where it's actually cooler in the studio than it is outside, in Durham, New Hampshire, next to Dave,

2:12.7

to his left, to my right.

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