Downloads In The Cloud
Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
For the more tech-savvy, the discussion digs into the mystery of download folder chaos with tips from John, Jeff, and Kirit, suggesting ways to unify your Downloads folder with iCloud or Hazel. Security takes center stage later on, tackling disconnecting drives, Find My Mac’s reliability, and password management tips that balance safety and convenience.
All this and SO much more. Press play, enjoy, and don’t get caught!
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1055 for Monday, September 16th, 2024
September 16th: National Tattoo Story Day
00:02:31 Which iPhones did we order?
Adam: iPhone 16 Pro – Black, 256GB, AirPods Pro gen2
Dave: iPhone 16 Times 2 – Pink and Ultramarine, both 256GB
Pete: iPhone 16 Pro?
Quick Tips
00:00:01 Val-QT-Use Pages’ Presenter Mode for…Presentations!
00:13:02 Bill-QT-Use multi-finger select on iPhone and iPad keyboard
00:15:20 Steph G-QT-Disable 1Password Auto-Login on a Per Item Basis
00:23:29 Derek-QT-1054-Customized Shortcut for Action Button
00:26:10 Mike (from Carbon Copy Cloner!)-1048-Not all snapshots are created equal
00:30:31 Scott-QT-eero Plus subscribers need to re-enable Security and Ad Blocking after software updates
00:32:20 iOS 18 Photos Favorites is in “Pinned Collections”
00:35:13 MGG August Giveaway Winners
Peter Horan
Tim Kobler
Chris Westergaard
Ben Rosenthal
Kirk Moss
MGG September Giveaway: 1Focus!, the App & Website Blocker that helps keep you focused on your Mac.
Unifying The Downloads Folder
00:40:25 John-QT-1053-Linking iCloud and macOS Downloads folders via Alias
00:41:57 Jeff-1051-Unifying the Downloads Folder the easy way
Downloads in the Cloud
00:43:47 Kirit-QT-Use Hazel to Tame Your Download Folder(s)
ChronoSync
Resilio Sync
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
00:49:05 Jeremy-Help Diagnosing Disconnecting Drives
Isolation Testing
Show Business
00:59:01 MGG Premium Listener Contribution Appreciation Moment
MOAR Questions Answered & Tips Shared
01:02:05 Joe-Is Find My Mac safe enough?
The Security vs. Convenience Continuum
Musing on login security…and its holes
01:15:29 MGG 1055 Outtro
Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly
Pilot Pete’s Aviation Podcast:
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener Val brings us our quick tip of the week. |
| 0:06.0 | Val says I just wanted to share something that's been a game changer for me. |
| 0:10.0 | As someone who preaches often on Sundays, I find that the presenter mode in the Pages |
| 0:16.5 | app is much easier to see than the standard view. It works on all Apple devices, but it really comes into its own on the iPad. |
| 0:26.0 | The clean layout and larger text options make delivering sermons far more comfortable. |
| 0:32.0 | If anyone needs to read from pages far more |
| 0:33.0 | needs to read from pages for extended periods or in front of an audience |
| 0:38.0 | presenter mode is a great tool to consider. |
| 0:41.0 | Thanks, Val. More tips like this plus your questions answered today |
| 0:46.8 | on Mac Geekep 1055 for Monday, September 16th National Tattoo Story Day, 2024. Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Geekab the show where you send in quick tips like |
| 1:16.4 | Val did you send in cool stuff found you send in questions we share them all |
| 1:21.2 | hopefully providing some context for the first two and some answers for the latter |
| 1:27.9 | The goal being all of us get to learn at least five new things every single time we get together. |
| 1:36.8 | And here on National Tattoo Story Day in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton. |
| 1:42.4 | And here on the winds swept plains of South Dakota, I'm Adam Christensen. |
| 1:47.0 | I am, I am always, every time I read that, I am reminded of this. |
| 1:51.0 | Do you have any tattoos? |
| 1:52.0 | So, you know, I don't know. |
| 1:54.0 | Do you have any tattoos? |
| 1:56.0 | Do you have any tattoos Brad from Rocky Horror? |
| 1:58.0 | I don't, I have never seen the movie. |
| 2:01.0 | I have never actually even seen the musical but I've played drums for the musical so many times |
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