Saying "I Need Help" Costs Nothing
Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Need to keep an eye on your house? Just hold the TV button on your Apple TV remote to access Home View. Dive into Apple Silicon Diagnostics with a nifty Command-D trick after boot.
Got burning questions? One phone number to always alert you? Try Google Voice.
Airdrop acting weird? Learn about default applications. Explore the universe of “defaults write” commands with macOS Defaults. And for those living on the edge, Disaster Apps are here to keep you informed, from fires in California to quakes in Japan. And always remember, “Don’t Get Caught” in tech troubles!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1005 for Monday, October 23rd, 2023
The MGG Discord Server is Live!
The MGG Merch Store is Live!
Quick Tips
00:00:01 QT-Screenshot Entire Lengthy Web Page in iOS – Tab at top says “Screen” and “Full Page”
00:02:46 Abdul-QT-Rotate StandBy to Portrait Mode to Turn off Alarm
00:03:59 QT JP Ensure iOS 17 Alarms and Timers Volume Set
00:06:20 Tony-QT-New Crop Features in iPhone Photos
00:07:16 QT-Enable Apple TV – Settings – Video and Audio – Match Content – Both Match Dynamic Range and Match Frame Rate
00:12:16 QT-See Your Home View (Cameras and more) on Apple TV: Hold the TV button until the menu appears in upper right, then navigate left to Home (or Siri)
eufy Cameras
Homebridge (Homebridge on DSM7)
00:18:56 Rob-QT-Apple Silicon Diagnostics with Command-D after Boot Options
Apple Diagnostics Reference Codes
Sponsors
00:20:38 SPONSOR: LinkedIn Jobs. Go to LinkedIn.com/MGG and post your first job for free!
00:22:32 PODCAST: This Week In Tech: Every week, This Week in Tech gives you a no-holds-barred, deep dive into how big tech influences our culture and our lives.
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
00:23:30 John-How can I have one phone number that always alerts me?
Google Voice
Skype Voice Number
00:29:09 Bill AirDrop Default Application opening files by type.
Bing AI
00:33:31 CSF-GoodReader
00:35:50 Jürgen-Can I sync passkeys?
00:41:59 David-How do we contact Apple Customer Relations today?
Networking Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
00:50:34 David-Replacement for Eero Secure now that it’s discontinued?
OpenDNS FamilyShield
OpenDNS Home
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for the Mac Geek Cab and once again Pilot Pete here bringing you this quick |
| 0:08.0 | tip of the week. If you're on your phone and you want to take a screenshot of an entire webpage, not just |
| 0:15.6 | what's on your screen, but everything that's below and to the left and to the right, what |
| 0:19.8 | you do is take your normal screenshot and when you pull up that window at the top |
| 0:25.2 | there's two little tabs one says screen and one says full page if you tap the |
| 0:30.5 | full page tab then you get a scrolling window to the right which will allow |
| 0:35.6 | you to scroll left and right and up and down to get the entire web page captured. |
| 0:41.1 | More quick tips like this plus your questions answered today on the Mac Geek Cab, number |
| 0:46.0 | 1004 for Monday, October 23rd. |
| 0:49.8 | It's 1005, Pete. |
| 0:50.8 | I knew that. |
| 0:51.8 | For 1005, for Monday October 23. |
| 0:55.0 | 23. Greetings folks and indeed welcome to Mac Geek Cab 1005. This is the show |
| 1:17.3 | where every week not just episode 105 but most episodes we share your quick tips like that or our quick tips like that. We share |
| 1:25.8 | your questions that you send in and we try to answer those questions. We share |
| 1:30.0 | some cool stuff found so that we can all learn about some fun new gadgets and |
| 1:34.2 | software and all the things that make our technology lives better. We loosely |
| 1:39.1 | string it together into an agenda such that we each have the best shot at learning at least five new |
| 1:48.6 | things every single time we get together sponsors Sponsors for this episode, |
| 1:53.5 | the MGG 1005, I'm like 1004. |
| 1:55.4 | You did such a great job with the opening quick tip, |
| 1:57.6 | Pete, that I didn't want to redo it. |
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