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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

The Finest Green Bubble Potatoes

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

Tech News, Technology, How To, News, Education

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

The Finest Green Bubble Potatoes – Mac Geek Gab 1010 episode image

Dive into quick tips like using Command-Shift-V to paste without formatting, clicking on the desktop to clear windows and reveal Sonoma Desktop Widgets, and understanding the differences between created and edited dates in Notes. Learn about the upcoming RCS messaging for iPhone, not end-to-end encrypted, and the nuances of setting up primary contacts in macOS. Get your questions answered about USB-C ports, viewing photos in your library, and managing AppleID Family Sharing across international borders. Discover shortcuts for mirrored display mode, and explore options for USB volume control knobs from StreamDeck, YMOO, Vaydeer, and DROK.

The episode also delves into hardware recommendations, discussing the best 27″ monitors for retina-spoiled eyes, including LG Ultrafine, ViewSonic, and Philips Creator Series. In the ‘Cool Stuff Found’ segment, uncover the brilliance of the Viewsonic VX1655-4K-OLED screen and the efficiency of TextSniper for grabbing text. Learn about affordable offsite backup solutions like iDrive E2 for Synology HyperBackups and Arq Backup.

Remember, in the world of tech, it’s crucial to stay informed and innovative, so “Don’t Get Caught” unprepared!

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0:00.0

It's time for Matt Geek Cab and listener Joe brings us our quick tip of the week with a follow-up from

0:06.4

last week in episode one thousand nine where we were talking about a cool stuff found

0:11.1

and some other methods of pasting text without formatting.

0:15.2

Joe says you can also accomplish this natively in Mac OS by using command shift

0:21.2

V which gives you paste without formatting from the edit menu.

0:27.0

Other listeners suggested this as well. You're right Joe, this is a great way to do it and it works in my experience about 99% of the time and that's probably why those other tools and utilities exist to do it when it doesn't.

0:42.0

More quick tips like this plus your questions answered today on

0:46.0

Mac Geekab, 10-10 for Monday, November 20th, 2023. 23. Thanks folks and welcome to Mac Geek-

1:09.0

you have the show where you send in quick tips like that you send in

1:12.2

cool stuff out and like we mentioned you even send in your questions

1:15.3

which we do our level best to answer and we stitch it all together into an agenda

1:22.0

loosely organized maybe by topic or theme such that it makes it easy

1:27.3

for each and every one of us to learn at least five new things every single time we get together.

1:34.8

Sometimes we even play that sound when we learn something especially

1:38.0

notable for us. Sponsors for this episode include LinkedIn.com slash M.G.

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1:47.8

We'll talk more about that in a little bit.

1:50.5

For now, here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton.

1:54.0

And here in South Haven, Mississippi, showing some love down there.

1:59.0

Pilot Pete, good to be here, Dave.

2:02.0

Thanks for having me back.

2:03.0

I mean, it's thanks for coming back.

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