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

Mail Doesn’t Get The Hint

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

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

How To, Technology, Education, News, Tech News

4.8977 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back, Mac Geeks! In this episode of Mac Geek Gab, your go-to podcast for all things Mac, our hosts Dave Hamilton, John F. Braun, and Pilot Pete dive deep into the digital waters of Apple’s ecosystem, covering everything from Quick Tips to solving your burning questions. So, strap in and Don’t Get Caught in the whirlwind of tech unaware!
Quick Tips to Streamline Your Apple Experience
After our usual friendly banter, we kick off the show with a series of Quick Tips that can completely transform the way you interact with your Mac and other Apple devices:

* Press-and-hold on your iPhone to prioritize an app update. No more waiting for that crucial app to finally update!
* Learn how to set default scrolling options on your Mac, thanks to listener Bill. This will certainly smooth your navigation experience.
* Patrick shares a handy tip on using multiple search/filter terms in Mail. Don’t let your inbox overwhelm you!

Avoiding Hidden Dangers: Keeping Your AirPods Safe
It’s crucial to remember that hiding your AirPods inside RFID protected places isn’t the best idea. Why? Tune in at 00:16:17 to find out!
Making the Most of Your Apple Watch and iPhone
We delve into how you can run multiple timers on your Apple Watch and discuss the peculiar fact that the iPhone can’t do this just yet. PCUnix shares a nifty trick to force your iPhone to unlock your Watch, while Scott enlightens us with a shortcut to allow or disallow unknown callers using Siri. We also explore the latest features introduced in iOS 16.5 and macOS 13.4, such as Siri commands for screen recordings and a solution to the slow Bluetooth issue.
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared
The most rewarding part of hosting Mac Geek Gab is answering your questions and sharing your tips. In this episode, we tackle several intriguing topics:

* Michael’s query about receiving notifications on both his Phone and Watch.
* Nick’s question about replacing leading spaces before punctuation. We delve into the utility of Rocket Typist and TextExpander in this context.
* HarveyH’s uncertainty about changing a drive’s name in Finder.
* InfamousJohnnyB’s issue about unmounting specific volumes for specific users.
* And Gordon’s struggle with the Fontbook App when attempting to make collections.

Cool Stuff Found: Enhance Your Mac Life
We wrap up the episode with some of the coolest finds, including a smart plug power strip compatible with HomeKit and Alexa, an Aura Frame for displaying and sharing photos, and Ventura’s AUSoundIsolation Plugin to magically remove background noise.
In the end, though Mail Doesn’t Get The Hint, you can stay ahead of the curve with Mac Geek Gab, ensuring you Don’t Get Caught unprepared in this rapidly evolving tech world. So, tune in to this episode and elevate your Apple ecosystem experience today!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 983 for Monday, May 29th, 2023

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Quick Tips

00:00:01 QT-Press-and-hold on iPhone to Prioritize Download for App Updates, too
00:08:40 Bill-QT-982-Setting Default Scrolling Options on the Mac
00:10:24 Patrick-QT-Use Multiple Search/Filter Terms in Mail

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00:16:17 jkerns-QT-Don’t Hide Your AirPods Inside RFID Protected Places

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's time for Mac Geek Caben. I have our quick tip of the week. I noticed this week I had told my

0:08.0

iPhone to download a bunch of updates for apps and then there was one app that I wanted to launch like well 50

0:14.9

updates or something were going in the background and of course the app that I

0:18.9

wanted to launch was one of the ones in the queue. So I long pressed on that app and it allowed me to

0:27.6

prioritize the download of the update. I know you could do this when setting up a phone through like migration, you know, initially, but which is why I tried it, but I did not know if it would work and it does.

0:41.0

More quick tips like this.

0:43.1

Plus, your questions answered and some cool stuff found to today

0:47.8

on Mac Geek Yep, 983 for Monday Memorial Day

0:51.0

here in the US, May 29th,

0:53.0

2023. Thanks folks and welcome to Mac Geek Cab the show where you send in your quick tips like

1:17.0

the one I just shared your cool stuff found like we'll share in a little bit your

1:21.9

questions which we will try to answer

1:24.0

we take all of that stuff you send them into feedback at mat geekedab.com we take all that stuff

1:29.7

we string it together into an agenda and the goal is that each of us learns at least five new things.

1:38.7

Every single time we get together, sponsors for this episode include shady raise.com

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1:53.8

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2:07.0

For now, here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton.

2:11.0

And here in Fripple, Connecticut,

2:13.1

this is Jonathan Brown.

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