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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Important Tidbits of Now Useless Information (and Some Useful Ones, Too!)

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

Tech News, Technology, How To, News, Education

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Important Tidbits of Now Useless Information (and Some Useful Ones, Too!) — Mac Geek Gab 1051 episode image

In this week’s Mac Geek Gab, you’re diving deep into the world of Mac tips and tricks with Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete, and Adam Christianson. From the best screen capture tools to mastering macOS reinstallation, you’ll get insights on how to streamline your Mac experience. Learn how to keep screenshots organized, manage HDR on your iPhone, and discover handy utilities like Shottr and OnyX that can make your workflow smoother. Plus, if you’re worried about getting caught without a backup, Adam shares a close call that underscores the importance of always being prepared.

Don’t get caught missing out on how to adjust photo timestamps on your Mac or record videos with your AirPods. Your three favorite geeks answers listener questions, providing practical solutions like using MetaImage for metadata edits and Filmic Pro for capturing top-quality audio with your iPhone. Whether you’re automating drive mounting or keeping your Synology Docker containers up-to-date, these tips ensure you’re always a step ahead in the tech game.

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It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener McKay brings us our quick tip of the week with

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on the Mac to save a screenshot to the clipboard and not to the

0:14.0

clipboard and not to the disk as is the default, add the control T.

0:15.0

So for example, if you're taking a screenshot of the entire screen,

0:18.0

then it's saved to disk, you do it with command shift and three.

0:22.0

But if you want to take a

0:23.4

screenshot of the desktop and save it to the clipboard and the

0:27.4

control key so you go control command shift and three. More tips like

0:32.2

this plus your questions answered today on

0:34.1

Matt Key Cab number 1051 for Monday August 19th 2024 before. Greetings folks

0:58.0

folks and welcome to Mac Geek Cab the show where we take your quick tips like that, we take you and share them.

1:06.0

We take your cool stuff out and we share them, we take your questions questions, easy for me to say,

1:10.1

and share them and hopefully answer them.

1:13.0

We loosely string it all together into an agenda that gives us all a great opportunity to learn at least five new things every single time we get together. Our sponsor for

1:25.9

this episode is One Password Extended Access Management which solves all the

1:30.6

problems that traditional I am and MDM can't touch. We'll talk more about

1:35.4

that a little bit later in the show and in the show notes we have a link where

1:39.2

you can learn more to. We'll talk more about that in a minute, here on this National Aviation Day here in Durham,

1:47.8

New Hampshire. Hey, hey, I'm Dave Hamilton.

1:51.6

And here in South Dakota, I'm Adam Christensen.

1:55.0

And here back in New Hampshire, it's pilot Pete.

1:59.0

Good to be back with you guys this week.

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