Everything Was a Sock Account
Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
When it comes to addressing listener questions, your three favorite geeks don’t hold back. They delve into the nuances of Desktop & Documents syncing with iCloud, the necessity of iPhone backups, and even brainstorm a DIY proximity sensor for hotel rooms using Raspberry Pi for that extra peace of mind.
Video sharing solutions for private family moments get a spotlight, recommending platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, and Rumble. For the audiophiles, the discussion shifts to choosing the right external speakers for Macs, with nods to AudioEngine A2+ and HomePod Mini. Plus, they share cool finds like the Brane X smart speaker from SXSW and innovative tech for local network browsing and sound mixing, proving that when it comes to tech, staying curious and informed is key.
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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1029 for Monday, March 18th, 2024
March 18: National Sloppy Joe Day (also Awkward Moments Day)
Quick Tips
00:00:01 PorthosJon-QT-Manually resume Photos Syncing on your iPhone
00:04:39 Create yourself a Conference Focus mode
00:13:25 rnDoug-QT-Remove specific /var/log files to free up disk space
00:15:56 Ben & PorthosJon-QT-Attach Photos the Easier Way(s) on Your Mac
00:17:34 MyFaceIsTooBig-QT-Use the Terminal’s Help menu to see (some) well-formatted man pages
brew install tldr
tldr-pages (for iPad and Mx Macs)
Dash app (in Setapp)
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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
00:24:39 Michael-Do you use Desktop & Documents Syncing with iCloud?
Hazel from Noodlesoft
00:30:50 Andrew-Do I really need to backup my iPhone, though?
iMazing
00:40:03 GC-Proximity sensor for hotel room so you know when housekeeping has come?
Beryl Travel Router
littleBits (Raspberry Pi)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Geek Cab and Porthos John brings us our quick tip of the week by saying if you are in |
| 0:08.0 | iPhoto on your Mac and you don't see your recent photos that you took on your phone |
| 0:12.0 | assuming you're using |
| 0:13.0 | iCloud photo, it might be due to the fact that sinking is currently |
| 0:17.7 | paused on your iPhone. I have all the options set to allow cellular data etc, but still I find my phone |
| 0:25.9 | seems to pause photos sinking a lot. One reason it seems is that if I use quick |
| 0:32.0 | camera access from the lock screen without |
| 0:34.3 | unlocking my phone those don't want to sink until I unlock my phone Wi-Fi or not the |
| 0:40.8 | quick fix is to go into photos on my phone and at the bottom of the library I see a little line of text telling me that it whether or not sinking is paused and sometimes even why and a small link to |
| 0:56.6 | resume it now more quick tips like this plus your questions answered today on Mac Geek Cab 1029 for Monday, March 18th. |
| 1:07.0 | What is the day? Oh, I know, I pulled it up. |
| 1:11.0 | It's National Sloppy Joe Day folks, 2024. Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Geek Cab. The show where you send in your |
| 1:36.4 | quick tips like that, you send in some cool stuff found, you send in your |
| 1:39.7 | questions, we try to answer your questions, we share your quick tips and your cool stuff found we put it all together into an agenda |
| 1:46.7 | So that each of us every single time we get together will learn at least five new things. Sponsors for this episode include |
| 1:55.6 | LinkedIn.com slash MGG where you can go and post your first job for free |
| 1:59.9 | factor meals.com slash MGG50 with Code MGG50 to get 50% off your first box and |
| 2:09.6 | Coda.io slash MGG. |
| 2:13.4 | You can bring all your texts and tables together |
| 2:15.5 | into one dock that will rule them all. |
| 2:18.6 | We'll talk more in depth about each of those |
| 2:20.4 | in a little bit for now. Here, I almost said that I was at home but I'm not in |
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