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Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

How To, Technology, Education, News, Tech News

4.8 • 977 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In this high-flying episode of Mac Geek Gab, Pilot Pete and Dave Hamilton unleash a treasure trove of quick Mac tips and tricks. They kick things off by zooming through system settings, with Pilot Pete navigating users on a shortcut to access them with the Option key. Not stopping there, the duo dive into accessibility customization, chat about the iPhone’s app icon wiggle-speed, and unleash the power of Siri on Macs – who knew typing to Siri could be so handy? But wait, “Don’t Get Caught” unprepared, as they segue into the savvy world of phone insurance, exploring self-insurance and credit card backup plans.
The action doesn’t stop as they turn the Wi-Fi up to 11, discussing network upgrades, optimizing power levels, and channel selection. A hiccup with Time Machine backups on Synology NAS is thwarted with potential fixes. Phone in hand, they then globe-trot into mobile carriers and eSIMs, perfect for those Alaskan escapades. On the final descent, they spotlight the podcast-perfect Mackie DLZ Creator mixer, and before the landing gear comes down, they share gratitude for the community, plug Pilot Pete’s aviation-centric podcast “So There I Was”, and give a shoutout to Mac Stock. Strap in, because this episode takes you on a roller-coaster ride of Mac wisdom.
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 990 for Monday, July 10th, 2023

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Quick Tips

00:00:01 PilotPete-QT-Option+[Keyboard Controls] Brings up System Settings for Brightness, Mission Control/Appearance, or Sound
00:02:52 Tony-QT-Take a Screenshot to Easily Zoom Everything on iPad or iPhone
00:05:22 Todd-QT-Get Your iPhone Apps to Wiggle Mode Faster!
00:06:56 Chicago Tom-QT-989-Use Siri on the Mac to Take a Quick Note…Silently, and without Stealing Focus
00:13:19 Matt-July 11-12 is Indie App Sales Day…Over 60 apps with discounts!
00:14:38 OldGuy-PSA-T-Mobile Autopayment Discount Only for Debit Cards now
00:20:34 Allison-PSA-Tailscale Breaks Keyboard in Sonoma

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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:26:56 Gary – Why Can’t I Take a Screenshot of my Prime Video?
00:29:37 JTRay-How can I get more than 2TB of iCloud Storage?
00:32:34 Melissa-When Is It Time to Upgrade My Wi-Fi?

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00:40:21 Jamie-Advice for Setting Up My Own Wi-Fi Mesh?

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It's time for the Mac Geek Gab and this week's quick tip comes from me pilot Pete.
0:07.0	If you need to get into system settings, simply hit the option key and touch either the brightness, the mission control, or one of the audio, up or down keys.
0:20.0	Option plus brightness will bring up system settings and your brightness.
0:26.0	Mission Control brings up your displays and obviously your audio brings up your system settings
0:30.8	sound.
0:31.8	No more having to type it, search it out with your mouse.
0:34.8	Quick, in and easy.
0:36.5	More quick tips like this, plus your questions today on Met Geek Gab
0:40.7	number 990 for Monday, July 10th, 2023. Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Geek Cab the show where you send in your
1:06.7	we share quick tips like that we answer your questions we take your cool stuff found we we share those two. We put it all together into an
1:16.0	agenda that has a flow to it that keeps us engaged that
1:25.0	each and every one of us learns at least five new things
1:30.0	every single time we get together. Sponsors for this episode include
1:34.8	LinkedIn.com slash MGG where you can go and post your first job for free on
1:40.1	LinkedIn jobs, Notion.com slash Mac Geek Gob, where you can go also for free and try
1:46.0	out Notion Projects and Zoc Doc.com slash MGG where you can go and sign up, yes, for free and download their app today.
1:54.8	We'll talk more in depth about each of those things that you get to do.
1:58.5	A little bit later in the episode for now, here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton.
2:04.0	And here for a couple more days in Lee, New Hampshire.
2:06.6	It's pilot Pete.
2:07.6	Good to be back, Dave.
2:08.8	Yeah, man, it's good to be back.
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