Master Focus Modes, Action Button Tricks, and Screenshot Management
Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
They’ve also got your questions covered, from prioritizing focus modes to understanding how Passkeys work. Struggling with sending attachments to Android users? They’ve got solutions. And when it comes to cool stuff found, discover how to toggle Mac’s Low Power Mode, why the Blackmagic Camera might outshine Filmic Pro, and how Lightshot makes screenshots a breeze. Whether you’re a seasoned geek or just getting started, this episode is packed with tips and tools to keep you ahead of the curve—don’t get caught behind!
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1053 for Monday, September 2nd, 2024
The MGG Merch Store is Live!
00:02:18 September 2nd: Calendar Adjustment Day
Quick Tips
00:00:01 Zang74-QT-Rotate Photos Directly in the Finder with Command-L and Command-R
00:05:40 Todd-QT-1049-Privacy and Security to Save a Step with running shortcuts!
00:12:27 Bern-QT-Create an Action Button Shortcut to Take a Screenshot and Email it To Yourself
00:13:48 Kirit-Create Shortcut to Pause Media Playback Immediately Upon Connecting to CarPlay
00:16:20 Andrew-QT-1051-Standardize on one, iCloud Downloads Folder
00:20:27 Doug-1051-Home Videos live in your iTunes Media Folder
00:23:34 Andrew-QT-Drag and Drop from Apple Mail to Other Mac Apps
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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
00:33:24 Tony-How do I prioritize focus modes?
00:39:32 Drewski-Attachments Send Intermittently To Android Users
Driven From Insanity in Real Time
00:49:41 James-Q-How do Passkeys work?
YubiKey
00:55:01 Gordon-iCloud+ Email Custom Domain
SMTP2Go
01:00:48 Tony-What’s the best way to quickly toggle my VPN on iPhone?
prefs:root=VPN
Cool Stuff Found
01:04:04 Joe-CSF-Cooldown to Toggle Mac’s Low Power Mode
01:05:15 Jim-CSF-1051–BlackMagic Camera is better than Filmic Pro
01:09:48 Steve-CSF-Blackmagic Camera 2.0 Adds Multi-iPhone Control
Davinci Resolve
01:12:56 Steven-CSF-
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener Zang 74 brings us our quick tip of the week by saying I'm |
| 0:10.0 | new to Sonoma and I realized I accidentally hit command r |
| 0:15.0 | instead of command d when attempting to duplicate a jay peg file so I could rotate |
| 0:20.6 | it wouldn't you know it It rotated directly within the finder. |
| 0:25.1 | Preview's command L, rotate left, and command R rotate right, work directly within a |
| 0:29.8 | finder window. No need to either either opening image or even view it in quick look. |
| 0:36.0 | Amazing. |
| 0:37.0 | More tips like this. |
| 0:38.8 | Plus, your questions answered today on Mac Geekab, 1053 for Monday, September 2nd, |
| 0:45.7 | calendar adjustment day, 2024. and Thanks, folks, |
| 1:11.0 | Greetings folks, and welcome to Mac Geekup, the show where you send in your tips like that. You send your cool stuff found you send you in your |
| 1:12.8 | questions we share it all we hopefully answer your questions sometimes we share |
| 1:16.8 | tips and cool stuff found of our own we loosely tie it together into an agenda that allows us all a great opportunity T |
| 1:25.8 | to loosely tie it together into an agenda that allows us all a great opportunity to learn at least five new things every single time we get together. |
| 1:31.5 | Sponsors for this episode include Coda.io slash M. together. tables together and at that URL, Coda.io slash MGG, you can sign up for free. |
| 1:46.4 | We'll talk more about that in a little bit. |
| 1:49.0 | For now, as far as I know, here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton. |
| 1:53.0 | And here in South Dakota, I'm Adam Christensen. |
| 1:57.0 | And here also in New Hampshire. |
| 1:59.0 | It's Pilot Pete. |
| 2:00.0 | Hold on. |
| 2:01.0 | Let me adjust my calendar back a few years. I want to be young again. |
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