Downloads In The Cloud
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
The tips start flowing fast, like using Pages’ Presenter Mode for presentations, multi-finger select on iPhone, and disabling 1Password’s auto-login on specific items. Adam Christianson and Dave Hamilton also explore the importance of keeping eero Plus security settings active after updates and highlight iOS 18’s new “Pinned Collections” feature for favorite photos.
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)
- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:49:05 Jeremy-Help Diagnosing Disconnecting Drives
- Isolation Testing
- 00:49:05 Jeremy-Help Diagnosing Disconnecting Drives
- 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
- 01:02:05 Joe-Is Find My Mac safe enough?
- 01:15:29 MGG 1055 Outtro
- Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly
- 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 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
Transcript
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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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