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

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

How To, Technology, Education, News, Tech News

4.8 • 977 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Dive into Mac Geek Gab 1044, where you join Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete, and Adam Christianson for a packed episode full of quick tips and expert answers. Todd kicks things off with a smart travel tip: log into your streaming services before you hit the road. Patrick introduces you to the power of Duck Duck Go Bangs, while Martin advises on disabling Spotlight in macOS 15 Dev Beta 1. PCUnix highlights the versatility of ChatGPT, and Bob shows you how to avoid junk data in online forms with a long press. Jane gets her questions about the Mac Photos App answered, DJ Mac learns to connect ChatGPT to Siri, and Jeremy finds a solution for screen recording troubles. Remember, don’t get caught unprepared with these savvy tips and tricks!
The episode continues with Harvey solving the cut-and-paste dilemma, Bob discussing SSD write speeds, and Michael pondering Apple’s future shortcuts. You’ll also discover Cool Stuff Found like Robert’s Juicy Crumb for using a 5K iMac as a monitor and Brian’s update on the Keep-Downloaded option for iCloud Drive. Harvey rounds things off with a mention of MyScript Calculator. Packed with useful advice and cool discoveries, this episode ensures you stay ahead in the tech game. Don’t get caught missing out on these insights!

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1044 for Monday, July 1st, 2024

July 1st: American Zoo Day

Quick Tips

00:00:01 Todd-QT-Login to your streaming services BEFORE leaving on a trip
00:05:46 Patrick-QT-Duck Duck Go Bangs
00:08:45 Martin-QT-PSA – Disable spotlight on macOS 15 Dev Beta 1
00:10:29 PCUnix-QT-When using ChatGPT, remember you can ask it to summarize in any format you like

Claude AI

00:13:40 Bob-QT-Avoid garbage data in online forms with long press
00:17:29 Todd-QT-You don’t need a Log My Weight shortcut anymore.

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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:23:10 Jane-Questions about Mac Photos App

Repair Your Apple Photos Library
PowerPhotos

00:30:30 DJ Mac-How do I connect ChatGPT to Siri today?

Control Apple TV Volume from Your iPhone
S-GPT Shortcut

00:41:15 Jeremy-Screen Recording Difficulties – Potential Alternative?

Capto Screen Capture for Mac

00:48:47 Harvey-Cut and Paste yields Question Marks in an Unknown Font

Pass4Wallet

00:55:56 Bob-1040-Varying SSD write speeds could be Garbage Collection
00:58:49 Michael-Will Apple Intelligence Help Shortc...

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's time for Matt Geek Cab and the listener Todd brings us our quick tip of the week.
0:08.0	It's travel season.
0:09.0	He says, I created a packing, like a trip reminder list
0:14.0	ways back so I don't forget to pack something
0:16.0	or also do something
0:18.0	before I go on a trip.
0:20.0	And it hit me that a new thing I want to add and maybe we all want to add to our list is to
0:26.4	log my iPad and iPhones into my YouTube TV, Netflix, Netflix, whatever, Hulu accounts from my home network before leaving.
0:38.0	He says, I rarely watch content on those devices at home
0:42.0	because I use my Apple TV. However, some apps get picky
0:46.8	when you try to log in to them from not your home, especially your streaming TV
0:51.6	apps like Fubo and things like that.
0:53.8	He says, so if you have not done it from your home location within the last few weeks,
0:59.5	do it now, or do it right before you leave for a trip, and in fact he has put it on his trip packing
1:06.6	and leaving checklist, his pre-flight checklist, as we might call it here in Mat Ki-Keeke-Kabland.
1:12.3	More tips like this,
1:13.4	plus your questions answered today
1:16.3	on Matkekem, 1044 for Monday, July 1st,
1:19.5	American Zoo Day 2024. Thanks folks and welcome to Matt Geekb. We are the show where we take and share
1:47.0	tips like that. We take and share cool stuff found. We take and share and even try to answer
1:52.1	your questions tied together into an agenda that all but
1:57.9	confirms we will each learn at least five new things every single time we get together.
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