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Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
The duo also delves into the iPhone 15’s new 80% battery optimization feature, while also revealing how a simple battery replacement could rejuvenate an aging iPhone. The discussion transitions into handy tricks for new iPhone users, ensuring they “Don’t Get Caught” in a data drought by re-enabling Low Data Mode, and how updating to tvOS 17 allows your iPhone to locate your elusive Siri Remote.
The second half of the show is a deep dive into listener questions, where the hosts unravel the conundrum of using tags versus folders in Notes and training iCloud’s Junk Mail Filters to behave. They also navigate the maze of password management, debating the merit of frequent password changes.
Tech aficionados will appreciate the segment on the best multi-ended USB-C cables and a roundup of cool finds like the Jellycuts app for writing Shortcuts as code, making VPN apps a reality on Apple TV with Tailscale, and a review of portable, budget-friendly 1080P screens.
The episode wraps up with a look at wireless earbuds with interactive case screens, keeping listeners tuned in to the latest gadgets and gizmos in the Apple ecosystem.
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1002 for Monday, October 2nd, 2023
The MGG Discord Server is Live!
The MGG Merch Store is Live!
00:02:27 MGG Zoom Hangout on Sunday, 10/8, 7pm EDT: Let’s Talk Email Clients and Service Providers!
Quick Tips
00:00:01 Mac-QT-Cut Paper Out of Picture and Put it in Notes
00:05:06 Todd-QT-Make Stickers with iOS 17 and Store in a Stickers album
00:06:13 JT Ray-QT-watchOS 10’s Optimized Charging Mode for Some Models
00:07:15 DLH-iPhone 15 Battery Optimization Gets New 80% Option
AlDente
00:10:50 Aron-QT-Replace Your Battery for a Faster iPhone
00:12:45 QTs for Bartender
00:15:48 Larry-QT-iMessage Could Take Up To 24 Hours to Propagate on a New iPhone
00:18:46 QT-Re-enable Low Data Mode if you got a new iPhone (or a new eSIM)
00:20:24 QT-Update to tvOS 17 and your iPhone can Find your Siri Remote
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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
00:26:42 Jeepster-Are Tags or Folders better in Notes?
00:35:09 Bill-How to train iCloud’s Junk Mail Filters?
SaneBox
00:42:03 Allison – Changing Passwords Often might not be the best advice
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for the Mac Geek Gab and listener, also my son, Mac, brings us our quick |
| 0:08.7 | tip of the week with lift subject from background. Now you all know about this from iOS that if you have a photo and you |
| 0:16.0 | press the picture on the picture of a dog or a person and hold it, press and hold, |
| 0:22.0 | an outline will go around that person that subject and you can lift that subject out of the background |
| 0:28.0 | Great easy to do share it put it into other apps well my son out, do it with a picture of a document and you can |
| 0:36.0 | lift it out of photos and drop it into notes. |
| 0:40.4 | More quick tips like this, plus your questions answered today on the Mac Geek Cab number 1002 |
| 0:47.0 | for Monday October 2nd, 2023. 23. Geechap, the show, Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Geekab, the show where you send in tips, just like you send in your questions which we try to answer you |
| 1:14.9 | send in your cool stuff found which we also share we pull it all together into an |
| 1:19.0 | agenda we try to organize it thematically and in an interesting way so that we are certain to each |
| 1:27.7 | learn at least five new things every single time we get together. We have as a sponsor for this episode |
| 1:35.0 | Fastmail.com slash MGG that's where you can go to get 10% off your first year |
| 1:41.2 | with Fastmail we'll talk more in depth about that in a little bit. |
| 1:45.2 | For now, here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton. |
| 1:48.8 | And here in Lee, New Hampshire, I think after nine days around the world, it's Pilot Pete. |
| 1:55.1 | Good to be back home. |
| 1:56.9 | It's nice having you back home. |
| 1:58.1 | Yeah, you sound good. |
| 1:59.1 | You're breathing into the mic a little bit, so actually I just sent a text about that, |
| 2:02.1 | but I figured I'd acknowledge |
| 2:03.7 | it since I'm sure I'm not the only one. |
| 2:05.7 | I know. |
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