Keyboard Kung Fu & Wi-Fi Wonders
Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Mac Geek Gab, Adam, Pete, and Dave dive into the world of photo organization and archiving. They discuss strategies for managing large photo libraries, including creating separate libraries for different life stages and using external storage solutions. You’ll learn about the pros and cons of various backup methods and how to balance cloud storage with local options.
The episode also covers a range of Quick Tips, including adjusting screen brightness in smaller increments and scanning text directly into Apple Notes. Plus, discover Cool Stuff Found like the INET network scanner for identifying devices on your home network. The geeks share their experiences with hotel Wi-Fi woes and offer advice on troubleshooting connectivity issues while traveling.
Ready to take control of your digital memories and boost your tech savvy? Listen to this episode of Mac Geek Gab for expert insights and practical tips to enhance your Mac experience.
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1073 for Monday, January 20th, 2025
January 20th: National Camcorder Day
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Quick Tips
00:00:01 Chris-QT-Shift+Option allows for granular brightness and volume adjustments
Shift+Volume silences the tick sounds
Option+Volume (or Brightness) launches the Settings pane for that
00:05:26 Tony-QT-Delete and ReImport Keyboard Shortcuts by making local pList file.
00:07:14 Alex-QT-Scan Text into Notes Directly!
Compressification of the workflow
00:09:36 Searching in Photos will find based upon text in photos
00:10:01 QT-Swipe left towards center of Dynamic Island on iPhone to get the original menu bar back
BitterPillBand.com
00:13:31 John-QT-Silence Unknown Callers is a setting
00:14:31 Gary-QT-Scroll down then swipe up iPadOS Screenshot
Don’t Get Caught
00:19:45 Harvey-DGC-Apps hidden with FaceID don’t work in CarPlay
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Show Business
00:28:46 MGG Premium Listener Contribution Appreciation Moment
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
00:31:15 Allison-Why do some Mail messages on my iPhone swipe right to delete, others archive?
00:35:38 How do you archive your email each year?
MailSteward
Spark Mail on iPhone
Stream Deck for managing email shortcuts
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Geekab and listener Chris brings us our quick tip of the week with, |
| 0:07.3 | In a darkened room, when I go to adjust screen brightness using the brightness keys, |
| 0:11.4 | the default notches for brightness adjustment seem to be bigger notches than previous MacBooks I've owned. |
| 0:19.5 | One press of the brightness up key is too bright for me, and one press of the brightness |
| 0:24.4 | down key is too dim for me. |
| 0:26.4 | This is always very frustrating until I remembered that there's a trick to use smaller adjustments. |
| 0:31.4 | You do this by holding down the shift and option keys while pressing the brightness |
| 0:35.6 | up or down keys. |
| 0:37.6 | This also works for adjusting the sound volume in smaller increments. |
| 0:41.9 | And I'll give you one bonus tip when you're doing the sound. |
| 0:44.8 | If you use the shift key, it will also silence the little sounds when you're tapping. |
| 0:51.2 | More tips like this, plus your questions answered today |
| 0:54.2 | on MacGeekab 1073 for Monday, |
| 0:56.7 | January 20th, |
| 0:57.8 | 2025. |
| 1:21.8 | Thank you. Greetings, folks, and welcome to Matt Geek, have the show where we take your quick tips and share them. |
| 1:24.0 | We take your cool stuff found and share them. |
| 1:25.9 | We take your questions and answer them. |
| 1:32.5 | We take some of our own questions, quick tips and cool stuff found and incorporate those into because the goal is for each and every one of us to learn at least five new things every single time we get together. |
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| 1:53.8 | dot com and you can use code m gg to get 20% off any purchase of 499 bucks or. They've got some great suits and things there. |
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