Geeks, Gear, and Grievances
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2024
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary

Are you tired of struggling with your Mac’s settings and apps? Discover how to streamline your tech life with Mac Geek Gab’s latest episode!
This week, Adam, Pete, and Dave dive into a treasure trove of Quick Tips and Cool Stuff Found. Learn how to take screenshots of your Applications folder for easy reference, and explore the power of markdown for creating timeless, portable documents. Don’t get caught without knowing how to use your iPhone’s action button effectively or how to prevent holiday music from skewing your listening recommendations.
The episode also covers the benefits of using an external DAC for improved sound quality on your Mac, and the importance of a good base layer for staying warm in cold climates. Plus, get expert advice on transferring settings and apps to a new Mac, and learn why sometimes it’s better to just listen rather than troubleshoot. Don’t get caught missing out on these valuable insights – tune in now!
Ready to level up your Mac knowledge and solve those tech headaches? Click to listen to Mac Geek Gab and become a true geek guru!
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1069 for Monday, December 23rd, 2024
- December 23rd: National Christmas Movie Marathon Day (and Festivus)
- Police Code 10-69 – Clear to Copy Transmission?
- MGG Monthly Giveaway – Marked 2 for December, 2024
- 00:03:00 MGG Monthly Giveaway – Marked 2 for December, 2024
- 00:09:16 MGG CES 2025 Sponsors
- 00:12:00 Next MGG Hangout on January 19th, 4pm EST
- The Randos We Know
- Quick Tips
- 00:00:01 Andrew-QT-Print a list of your Mac’s apps for future installation needs
- 00:13:42 Tony-QT-Turn Off Apple Music Listening History For the Holidays!
- 00:18:31 Andrew-QT-Enable Column View in iPad Files App
- 00:19:35 Andy-QT-When in doubt, try Safe Mode
- Don’t Get Caught
- 00:23:53 Dave-I deleted files…and recovered some with Disk Drill (also Available on SetApp)
- Sponsors
- 00:31:30 SPONSOR: OWC’s new Thunderbolt 5 hub is available and is compatible with Macs, PCs, and iPads Pro
- 00:32:56 SPONSOR: 1Password Extended Access Management solves the problems traditional IAM and MDM can’t touch. 1password.com/mgg
- Cool Stuff Found
- 00:34:17 Sharon-CSF-iPhone Action Button Halide Shortcut
- 00:43:50 Jeff-CSF-1058–Shortery to trigger Shortcuts on the Mac
- 00:46:07 Andrew-CSF-Cheatsheet app to keep stickies on Apple Watch
- 00:48:39 CSF-TenOne Design WiFi Porter
- 00:53:09 Don’t Get Caught Connecting to rogue Wi-Fi
- 00:56:01 CSF-iQR App to create QR Codes
- 00:57:07 DLH-CSF-Audioengine D1 or really any other quality external DAC
- 01:01:08 CSF-Smartwool
- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 01:03:03 Allister-iOS 18.2 Update Wallpaper Issues
- 01:06:05 Mike-Alternative Migration Paths for a new Mac?
- 01:12:49 MGG 1069 Outtro
- MGG Monthly Giveaway – Marked 2 for December, 2024
- Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly
- Pilot Pete’s Aviation Podcast: So There I Was (for Aviation Enthusiasts)
- The Debut Film Podcast – Adam’s new podcast!
- Dave’s Business Brain (for Entrepreneurs) and Gig Gab (for Working Musicians) Podcasts
- MGG Merch is Available!
- Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page
- Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar
- This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
- 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 MacKeecap and listener Andrew brings us our quick tip of the week. |
| 0:08.5 | Andrew says I used to take screenshots of my applications folder and keep them in Evernote. |
| 0:13.2 | So I had a list of all my Mac apps if my machine crashed and I had to do a clean install. |
| 0:19.4 | I thought there must be a way to print a list. |
| 0:22.1 | And there is, and it works. |
| 0:24.3 | You can make a PDF of your text file if you just go to the applications folder and print that list or screenshot it and put it in notes. |
| 0:32.9 | More tips like this. |
| 0:35.2 | Plus, your questions answered today on MacGeek 1069 for monday december 23rd national |
| 0:42.6 | christmas movie marathon day festivis and happy birthday pilot pete twenty 24 |
| 0:49.4 | oh shit Greetings, folks, and indeed, welcome to Matt Geek of the show where you send in tips like that. |
| 1:10.5 | We bring in tips like that. We share tips like that. We bring in tips like that. |
| 1:11.5 | We share tips like that. |
| 1:12.5 | We share cool stuff found that we all bring in. |
| 1:14.5 | We share your questions. |
| 1:15.7 | We try to give you answers. |
| 1:17.1 | The goal being that we each learn at least five new things every single time we get together. |
| 1:24.4 | Our sponsors for this episode include OnePassword.com slash MG. |
| 1:29.2 | That's where you can go to learn about OnePassword Extended Access Management, which we'll talk about later, |
| 1:33.5 | and Otherworld Computing. |
| 1:35.5 | And we'll talk about their new Thunderbolt 5 hub a little bit later here. |
| 1:39.5 | You can find out more about that at MacSales.com or clicking the link in the show notes. |
| 1:43.2 | For now here in |
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