Siri Tricks, AirPort Secrets, and Fun VaporWare

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

How To, Technology, Education, News, Tech News

4.8 • 977 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Siri can do SO many things for you now, including restarting, battery level, and controlling the flashlight in fun ways. Plus, want an easier way to launch the camera? Listen as John and Dave share all of your favorite tips and then answer your questions. Plus, your two favorite geeks have come across some fun vaporware that you’re not going to want to miss. Press play, and don’t get caught!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 949 for Monday, October 3, 2022

QT-Reset iPhone with Up-Down-HOLD (Volume Up, Volume Down, SIDE)
The MGG Discord Server is Live!
The MGG Merch Store is Live!

Quick Tips

00:03:25 Petter-QT-Use Preview to Split and/or Merge PDFs
00:05:33 Henry-QTs-Lock Screen: Easier Camera, Flashlight Off, and Control Center Access

Reincubate Camo

00:09:40 SPONSOR: Kolide – Got Slack? Got Macs? Get Kolide: Device security that fixes challenging problems by messaging your users on Slack. Try Kolide Today!
More Quick Tips

00:10:58 KansasDave-QT-Lumos and Nox to control Flashlight
00:12:05 QT-Hey, Siri: Reboot my iPhone
00:14:41 Tim-Prioritize App Downloads When Setting Up Your New iPhone
00:16:12 TMO’s Daily Observations Podcast is BACK!
00:17:07 Scott-QT-Ask Siri For Your Battery Level
00:18:34 Bill-QT-948-Use FaceTime Audio for Calls when out of home cell range
00:20:04 Derek-QT-944-Better Workplace Computer Security…with Snacks
00:21:53 John-QT-Hidden Airport Settings Via Terminal

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport prefs joinMode=Strongest

Little known wireless command line utility
00:25:49 John-QT-iOS 16 Adds Share Icon to Print Dialog

00:27:17 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.
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:28:37 BrianMonroe-airport utility Terminal Docs
00:30:00 Terry-Choosing a Reply-To Number or Address in iMessage
00:33:04 CSF-Unlisted Mobile: Private Numbers for Texting & Calling (and PhoneInfo for private Caller ID lookups!)
00:35:32 George-iPod Touch Replacement?

Backmarket iPhone SE 2022

00:41:58 Luigi-Use a Shortcut to Maintain Your Mac’s Battery and Keep The Electrons Flowing
00:44:36 Bruce-Printing a Selection from Mail or Safari

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey so this week I re-learned a thing that I wanted to share with all of you and I wanted to make sure we all knew about my phone was wedged.
0:09.0	It was just locked up. I woke up one morning and I knew it had charged because it was
0:15.5	plugged in all night but nothing black screen nothing and then I remembered the
0:22.4	secret incantation, and I was able to get it out.
0:27.0	And that is, you press the volume up button, you press the volume down button, and then you hold the other button on the other
0:34.6	side whatever we're supposed to call that button and I had to hold it for like it felt
0:38.6	like far more than 10 seconds and I had kind of given up but figured well I'll just invest a little more time before I give up entirely and then boom the Apple logo appeared
0:49.7	More tips like this plus your questions answered.
0:54.6	Wait, wait, I want to make sure you knew that.
0:57.0	Volume up, volume down, hold the side button for a while.
0:59.9	That's the thing.
1:00.6	So more tips like this, plus your questions answered today on
1:04.0	Mac Geek Cab 949 for Monday October 3rd 2022. you. Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Geek Cab the show where you send in your tips like that one
1:31.7	your cool stuff found like we'll talk about later
1:34.4	your questions which we will answer and sometimes we throw in our own tips
1:38.8	cool stuff found and even questions of our own because the goal is for each of us to learn at least five new things
1:46.7	every single time we get together. Sponsors for this episode include Helix sleep.com slash MGG where you can save up to 200 bucks
1:56.1	off your mattress plus get two free pillows. Zoc Doc.com slash MGG where you can sign up for free and instantly book an appointment with top rated doctors out there and you can see the ratings it's cool and then collide kolide kolide kolide kolide kolide kolide i d e dot com slash mg g it's device security for your users that uses slack to inform them instead of just
2:18.3	forcing them to do things. It's amazing. We'll talk more about each of them later here in the episode for now here in
2:25.8	crisp clear fall Durham, New Hampshire I'm Dave Hamilton and here in Fairfield, Connecticut. This is John F Broad.
2:37.0	Yeah, man. So yeah, it was fascinating that my phone just, uh, it was just dead.
2:42.0	I thought, well, new iPhone 14 pro, maybe, you know, maybe it wasn't
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