I Wanted to Call it Searchlight
Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2024
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Warm up with PorthosJon’s quick tip on setting your Express Transit Card and creating custom credit card numbers for big purchases. Plus, dive into the Smart Home universe with Cory’s tips on managing everything with HomeAssistant and insights into Caseta Light Switches, HomeKit Security Logs, and using Google Sheets for HomeKit data logging. Don’t miss out on the Meross Smart Wi-Fi Garage Door Opener Companion Converter and clever ways to illuminate your midnight bathroom runs with motion sensors and LED light strips.
Get your questions answered and tips shared as Brian asks about Text Replacement Syncing with tools like TextExpander and Rocket Typist. Bob brings in travel hacks asking about Universal Travel Adapters and eSIMdb.
In the ‘Cool Stuff Found’ segment, discover Richard’s find – the Minix NEO P3 100W Charger, and Andrew’s addition of MyRadar Weather Radar to CarPlay. Get in on the latest tech with PopSockets AI (with show-and-tell from Dave!), Lawyer Jeff’s TMNotifier for Time Machine updates, and Bruce’s alert that MenuMeters has been resurrected.
Remember, in the fast-paced world of technology, always stay alert and “Don’t Get Caught” missing out on these essential updates and clever hacks.
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
* 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1022 for Monday, January 29th, 2024
The MGG Discord Server is Live!
The MGG Merch Store is Live!
Quick Tips
00:00:01 QT-Share an App Store Link to an App You Have by Long-Pressing the icon (in App Library or even Spotlight results)
00:04:30 Kent-QT – Quick Flight Information in iMessage
ADS-B System
Data Detectors
00:08:00 Ericka-watchOS 10.3 does NOT remove the O2 sensor from previously-purchases Apple Watches
Apple Watch Ultra2
00:13:00 Todd Apple’s iOS 17.3 has Stolen Device Protection Feature
00:17:58 PorthosJon-QT-Set your Express Transit Card…for Warmth!
00:20:01 PorthosJon-QT-Create bespoke credit card numbers ahead of large purchases
Sponsors
00:22:18 SPONSOR: BetterHelp. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GEEKGAB and get on your way to being your best self.
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Smart Home
00:25:22 Cory-Using HomeAssistant to manage EVERYTHING
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Geek Cab and I will bring us our quick tip of the week despite |
| 0:05.3 | whatever's going on with my throat here. I noticed I had an app I wanted to |
| 0:10.9 | share with somebody and it was an app that was installed on my phone. |
| 0:14.0 | And I could have certainly gone to the App Store and searched for it and clicked the share link there, |
| 0:20.0 | but I tried just long pressing on the app icon and listen this works in the app library |
| 0:26.8 | on your home screen and even in spotlight results long press on it you get a |
| 0:31.9 | share icon you can choose that boom you send it out it gives the |
| 0:35.9 | app store link to whomever you send it however you send it amazing more quick tips |
| 0:42.0 | like this plus your questions answered today on Mac Geekab, |
| 0:46.8 | 1022 for Monday, January 29, 2024. Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Geek of the show where you send in tips like that, you send in cool |
| 1:14.2 | stuff found, you send in your questions, we answer your questions, we share your tips, we share your |
| 1:18.5 | cool stuff found, we share our own tips and cool stuff found. The goal being each and every one of us learns at least five new things |
| 1:26.9 | every single time we get together. Today I'm going to learn if throat coat T is enough to keep my throat going through the show |
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| 2:05.0 | dot com slash geekab you give online therapy a try we always put the links for these |
| 2:08.8 | things in the show notes so that you don't have to remember them you can just go to |
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