Sit On Your Hands
Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Quick Tips for the Savvy Mac User:
* Disable “Ask Before Running” on Personal Automation Shortcuts (QT-Disable “Ask Before Running” on Personal Automation Shortcuts): Learn how to streamline your workflow and eliminate unnecessary prompts.
* Use Shortcuts to Re-engage Your iPhone Alarm (Chicago Tom-QT-Use Shortcuts to Re-engage your iPhone alarm): Discover how to make sure your alarm wakes you up when you need it most.
Unleashing the Power of Shortcuts
In this segment, PorthosJon shares an insightful tip (983-Use Shortcuts to Replace Leading Spaces before Punctuation) that will save you time and effort when working with text.
Furthermore, Gary reveals eight fixes for unejectable drives on your Mac (QT-8 Fixes for unejectable drives on your Mac), ensuring a smooth experience when handling external storage devices.
CeeDub559 discusses mobile data usage tracking and resetting (981-Mobile Data Usage Tracking and Resetting), allowing you to manage your data consumption effectively.
Quick-Hit Cool Stuff Found:
* Plex ATMOS on Apple TV with Infuse (Zack-CSF-968-Use Infuse to get Plex ATMOS on Apple TV): Elevate your audio experience by integrating Plex and Infuse.
* Explore the Dimensions of Many Items with Dimensions.com (Pensacola Craig-CSF-Dimensions.com Shows Dimensions of Many Items): Get accurate measurements for various objects with just a few clicks.
* Download iCloud Photo Library with Docker-iCloudPD (stevehammond-CSF-Use Docker-iCloudPD to Download iCloud Photo Library): Simplify the process of downloading your iCloud Photo Library using Docker-iCloudPD.
* Bruce presents SystemName (CSF-983-SystemName for Changing/Managing Your Mac’s Network Name), an essential tool for managing your Mac’s network name effortlessly.
Mistakes We ALL Make: Troubleshooting and Supporting with Assumptions
Pilot Pete shares his exciting experience with his new Mac, offering insights and recommendations for fellow Mac enthusiasts.
Dave and Pilot Pete discuss common mistakes when troubleshooting and supporting computer-related issues. Remember, it’s crucial not to assume knowledge when providing assistance. Sit on your hands and listen carefully before jumping to conclusions!
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
Barry seeks guidance on auto-deleting iCloud junk mail, and the hosts suggest SmallCubed Mailsuite as a helpful tool.
Mark raises the issue of Mac restarts due to problems and receives advice on using TechTool Pro and resetting NVRAM and SMC.
KYEngineer inquires about porting a landline to an iPhone, and the hosts recommend using a T-Mobile SIM and for a seamless transition to Google Voice if that’s your preference.
Rob clarifies the proper use of the “umount” command when removing drives from /Volumes.
Drewski seeks assistance with MDS-related CPU usage, and the hosts shed light on the meaning of MDS (metadata server).
Cool Stuff Found: Additional Discoveries
Discover how to migrate from Twitter to Mastodon using Fedifinder and explore the benefits of Mona and Ivory as clients. Also, learn how Topiary helps you prune inactive followings.
Don’t forget to join Mac Geek Gab on Mastodon and follow hosts Dave Hamilton and Pilot Pete for more exciting Mac content!
Conclusion
In this captivating episode of Mac Geek Gab, Dave Hamilton and Pilot Pete have covered a wide range of topics, including quick tips, cool stuff found, troubleshooting mistakes, and expert advice.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, welcome to Mac Geek Cab and our quick tip of the week actually comes from me. |
| 0:08.2 | You know when you've got those personal automations that you create in shortcuts on your iPhone and you know it's like if if this |
| 0:15.2 | happens do that they turn on a light or turn on carplay or turn on not turn on carplay but |
| 0:19.4 | turn off Wi-Fi or turn off my battery or whatever and it asks you before it runs every time and that can be |
| 0:27.0 | annoying. A lot of those, not all of them, but a lot of those you can go into |
| 0:31.0 | that automation. You go to the shortcuts app automations tab in the |
| 0:33.8 | middle there at least that's where it is in iOS 16 and and then choose your |
| 0:38.4 | automation and there is an ask before running option turn that off and it will no longer ask you before running. |
| 0:47.8 | More quick tips like this, |
| 0:49.4 | plus your questions answered today |
| 0:52.0 | on Matt Kiekem, 984 for Monday, June 5th, |
| 0:55.0 | 2023. Greetings folks and welcome to Matt Geek Cab the show where you send in your |
| 1:17.9 | tips like that your cool stuff found your questions we take all that stuff in that you send to feedback at |
| 1:25.7 | Mackiecap.com and we share your tips. We share your cool stuff found. We try to |
| 1:31.8 | answer your questions and we string it all together into an agenda |
| 1:36.2 | so that it follows a little bit of a form that facilitates the system we've put together, |
| 1:41.8 | ensuring that each of us learns at least five new |
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| 2:06.0 | We'll talk more in depth about both of those shortly here. For now, here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton. And here in Lee, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton. |
| 2:13.0 | And here in Lee, New Hampshire, it's Pilot Pete. |
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