Nerd Math
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2024
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
This week’s Mac Geek Gab kicks off with Adam’s dive into the Apple Vision Pro universe. He shares his buying experience, mulling over pricing, the necessity of extra storage, and the benefits of AppleCare+. Make sure you subscribe to ensure you hear about his experience of using it while doing programming work!
Don’t miss the quick tips, like using Siri to ping your keys without opening the Find My app, or Todd’s advice on iPhone’s Magnifier app to enable image descriptions. But remember, in the world of tech, as in life, Don’t Get Caught unprepared!
Then, the show takes a quirky turn with ‘Nerd Math vs. Pilot Math,’ sparking a playful debate. Dive into the listener mailbag with Ken’s Gmail login woes post-password change and Jim’s quest to restore from a backup after downgrading macOS. Learn about backing up before you leap into an OS upgrade, and explore the intricacies of macOS Mail’s relationship with Gmail.
The episode wraps with discussions on the latest in Mac temperature monitoring tools. It’s a blend of practical advice, tech deep dives, and a hint of humor – a perfect recipe for keeping your digital life running smoothly and staying one step ahead!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1021 for Monday, January 22nd, 2024
- 00:02:49 Adam Ordered an Apple Vision Pro
- Vision Pro Pricing and Buying Experience
- Extra Storage
- AppleCare+
- Using the Vision Pro for Programming Work
- 00:19:43 SPONSOR: BetterHelp. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GEEKGAB and get on your way to being your best self.
- Quick Tips
- 00:00:01 Siri – Find My Keys… Pings them without having to open “Find My App”
- 00:21:30 Ben-QT-Open iPhone App Library Folder by tapping on mini-icons, not large ones
- 00:23:06 Todd-QT-Enable Image Descriptions and More in iPhone’s Magnifier app
- 00:28:59 Nerd Math vs. Pilot Math
- 00:30:15 Makenz-1020-You CAN send audio messages via SMS
- 00:31:54 Drewski-QT-Lazy Shift Finger: SOLVED
- System Settings / Accessibility / Keyboard / Keyboard Settings / Input Sources / Edit / Capitalize words automatically
- Sarcastic Mode With Mixed Case While Texting
- 00:35:29 SPONSOR: Coda, the one Doc to rule them all. Bring your text and tables together! Sign up at Coda.io/mgg for FREE.
- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:37:05 Ken-macOS Mail won’t login to Gmail after a password change
- 00:50:39 Jim-How do I restore from a backup after downgrading macOS?
- Time Machine with Option Key to Browse Other Backup Disks
- Backing up BEFORE you upgrade your Operating System
- 01:01:53 SPONSOR: Zocdoc, the easiest way to find a great doctor and instantly book an appointment. Sign up for FREE at Zocdoc.com/MGG and download the app today.
- MOAR QUESTIONS AND TIPS!
- 01:03:44 Steve-1010-Set Your Mac not to ask you for a sudo password
- If you edit your /etc/sudoers file (with visudo), and find the line that reads:
- %admin ALL = (ALL) ALL
- and change it to
- %admin ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
- If you edit your /etc/sudoers file (with visudo), and find the line that reads:
- 01:06:40 Gary-O2 Sensing App on Watch… New Sales Only or Updates to remove?
- 01:11:23 DarthSebulba-What is the best way to monitor my Mac’s temperature sensors?
- 01:03:44 Steve-1010-Set Your Mac not to ask you for a sudo password
- 01:15:17 MGG 1021 Outtro
- Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly
- Follow us on Mastodon
- Adam Christianson on X/Twitter
- Pilot Pete’s Aviation Podcast: So There I Was (for Aviation Enthusiasts)
- Dave’s Business Brain (for Entrepreneurs) and Gig Gab (for Working Musicians) Podcasts
- MGG Merch is Available!
- Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page
- Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar
- This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
- MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
- feedback@macgeekgab.com
- 224-888-GEEK
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
- BackBeat Media Podcast Network
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for the Met Geek Cab and I, Pilot Pete, bring you this week's quick tip. |
| 0:07.0 | When you're looking for something that has an air tag on it, you have to go into your phone and open find my and wait you don't you just say hey |
| 0:16.3 | S lady and now with the new i. I. Oh. I. You don't even have to say that you just say her |
| 0:20.8 | name S lady find my wallet |
| 0:23.0 | S lady find my keys and she starts paying them without you having to do |
| 0:27.2 | anything else more quick tips like this plus your questions answered today |
| 0:31.8 | on Mac Geek Gab 1021 for Monday, January 22nd, 2024. Greetings Thanks folks and welcome to Mat Geek the show where you send in quick tips like that |
| 0:59.1 | sometimes we share quick tips like that you send in cool stuff found sometimes we share cool stuff found |
| 1:04.4 | and you send in your questions and sometimes hopefully most of the time we can help |
| 1:09.6 | answer them when we get together because the goal is for each of us to learn at least |
| 1:15.5 | five new things every single episode. Sponsors for this episode include Coda. I.O slash MGG where you can sign up for free and get your |
| 1:29.5 | uh you can get your your docs all kind of on text and tables on one page |
| 1:34.4 | BetterHelp.com slash Geek Cab. Yeah, I know the URL is a little different. |
| 1:39.6 | It's fine. We put them in the show notes for you |
| 1:41.7 | so that you can just go to Macak geekab.com and click on them |
| 1:44.8 | You can give online therapy a try at better help dot com slash geekab and zok dock |
| 1:49.4 | dot com slash mg g which is the easiest way to find a great doctrine instantly book online. |
| 1:55.0 | We'll talk more about all of that in a few moments here for now. |
| 2:00.0 | Here in Chile Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton. |
| 2:03.0 | Here in even Chile or South Dakota, I'm Adam Christensen. |
| 2:08.0 | Insolutations are tools. |
| 2:11.0 | She's sweet Pilot Pete de Peli. |
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