The Fast and the Curious: Turbocharge Your Storage and RAM
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2024
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Mac Geek Gab, you’ll dive deep into the need for speed with answers to Carsten’s question of NVMe Gen 5 versus Gen 4. You’ll learn the differences between NVMe, M.2, and SATA, and get the lowdown on essential peripherals like the Satechi Mac mini-shaped USB hub, OWC ThunderBlade, HyperDrive Next Snap-On USB-C SSD Enclosure, and HyperDrive Next USB4 SSD Enclosure. With this knowledge, you can ensure your Mac setup runs at peak performance.
Terry’s question about whether 8GB of RAM is enough for a new Mac sparks a thorough discussion on the intricacies of swap versus real RAM, especially in the context of Apple’s Unified Memory architecture. Is more RAM always better, or does Apple’s innovative approach change the game? You’ll find out how to make the most of your Mac’s memory without overspending. Stay informed and Don’t Get Caught with insufficient RAM!
Starting the episode, you’ll discover a range of handy Quick Tips to optimize your Apple experience. From Dustin’s tip on printing a website in Reader Mode to Dom Bettinelli’s reminder to re-enable iCloud Photos, these tips are packed with practical advice. Marty shares how to mirror your Apple Watch, while Mark M helps you identify Apple Silicon vs. Intel from just the keyboard. Gary warns about battery drain issues linked to the 1969 date, and there’s a crucial reminder to be aware of your VPN kill switch. Tony’s advice on enabling Apple Watch Water Lock to avoid errant taps and the emergency trigger function adds another layer of utility.
These quick tips ensure you stay ahead of potential pitfalls and Don’t Get Caught off guard. Press play…and enjoy!
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1045 for Monday, July 8th, 2024
- July 8th: National Video Game Day
- Quick Tips
- 00:00:01 Dustin-QT-Printing a Website in Reader Mode
- 00:02:04 Dom Bettinelli-QT-Don’t Forget to re-enable iCloud Photos
- 00:07:20 Marty-QT-Apple Watch Mirroring
- 00:11:09 Mark M-QT-Identify Apple Silicon vs. Intel just from keyboard
- 00:14:13 Gary-QT-Beware battery drain and the 1969 date issue
- 00:19:49 Be Aware of Your VPN Kill Switch
- 00:26:15 Tony-QT-Enable Apple Watch Water Lock to Keep Errant Taps from Disturbing your Workouts
- 00:28:51 Press and Hold Side Button on Apple Watch to Trigger an Emergency
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- 00:44:56 David-Should I leave apps running all the time?
- 00:51:35 Carsten-The Need for Speed
- 01:04:16 Terry-Is 8GB Enough for a new Mac?
- Swap vs. Real Ram…does it matter with Apple’s Unified Memory? Maybe not
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener Dustin brings us our quick tip of the week with |
| 0:07.0 | printing a website in Reader Mode. He says this is one of my favorite tricks in |
| 0:11.0 | Safari to view a website in Reader Mode and then printing it to a |
| 0:15.2 | PDF. This gets rid of all the junk and prints out the page as you see it in Reader Mode. More tips like this plus your questions answered today on |
| 0:25.8 | Maca Geekab number 1045 for Monday July 8th, 2024. Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Geek Gap the show where you send in quick tips like that, you send in questions, which hopefully we answer, or at least we discuss, you send in cool stuff found, which we share so that we can all learn at least five new things every single time we get together. |
| 1:08.0 | Our sponsor for this episode is BB Edit from barebones.com, my text text editor of choice it's open on my |
| 1:14.4 | Mac right now like I looked and confirmed it's always open on my Mac we'll talk more |
| 1:18.7 | about that a little bit for now here in Durham New. I'm Dave Hamilton. |
| 1:24.0 | And here in South Dakota, I'm Adam Christensen. |
| 1:27.0 | And Pilot Pete is muted wherever in the world he is. |
| 1:32.0 | Yeah, of course I am in the world he is. |
| 1:32.8 | Yeah, of course I am and here in New Hampshire's pilot Pete, you know, I was just |
| 1:36.9 | wanted to see if I could shout out the window loud enough for everybody to hear me this morning. |
| 1:40.6 | My microphone's pretty directional, Pete. |
| 1:42.6 | I don't know if it would pick you up. |
| 1:44.4 | It's kind of aiming off axes to where your house is. |
| 1:47.0 | So, yeah. |
| 1:48.1 | Okay, my voice is not that loud apparently. |
| 1:50.8 | You've got it. |
| 1:52.0 | You're a loud mouth, don't get me wrong however that's that |
| 1:55.9 | doesn't mean what we think it means. |
| 1:57.8 | Right there you go. Oh man yep. |
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