The MGG Caucus @ Macstock 7

Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

How To, Technology, Education, News, Tech News

4.8 • 977 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

For this special episode, Dave Hamilton hosts the “Mac Geek Gab Caucus” live from the Macstock Conference. Joined by a robust panel including Pilot Pete, Allison Sheridan, Jeff Gamet, John F. Braun, and Adam Christianson, they launch into a retrospective on automation on Mac platforms, showcasing their diverse preferences for managing automation tasks. From AppleScript’s humble beginnings to the current state of affairs with JavaScript, IFTTT, and Zapier, listeners are offered a wealth of insight on tools and techniques to enhance their Mac experience. They then segue into the critical subject of backups, reminiscing about the evolution from third-party software to the now ubiquitous Time Machine, and the panelists impart wisdom on the myriad of contemporary options for data protection.
As the conversation flows, the topic of backups converges with the advent of cloud storage, leading the group to discuss the challenges and benefits of the streaming revolution. The divide between the cable cutters and sports devotees gets addressed, offering creative tips for optimizing one’s viewing experience across platforms. The final leg of their journey centers around Apple’s pain points, particularly Siri’s issues, product line complexity, and inconsistent interfaces.
They cap off the episode with Stump The Geeks: answers to live listener queries on web browsers, iCloud spam filters, and Bluetooth connectivity issues on Mac. Guided by their collective motto “Don’t Get Caught,” the caucus offers its gratitude to listeners and opens the floor for impromptu Q&A, ensuring Mac enthusiasts walk away enlightened and entertained. Press play and enjoy!
Thanks to Steve Sheridan for capturing this photo of us all!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

* – Introduction and Setting the Scene at MacStock
* – MacGeekGab Caucus: Introducing the Talking Stick Tradition
* – Topic 1: Automation Tools on Mac
* – Introduction to AppleScript and Script Editor
* – Sources for learning programming: Apple Developer site and a book
* – Happiness with current state of automation versus the past
* – SPONSOR: HOPWTR – Get 20% off!
* – Podcast: T-Minus Space Daily
* – Topic 2: Backups!
* – Importance of Snapshots and Network Backups
* – Backing up data with Drobo and cloud storage
* – The benefits of cloud storage.
* – Topic 3: Media Consumption
* – Dilution of TV programming and quality
* – Time Machine Backup for External Drive
* – The Uninteresting Devolution of the Conversation
* – Complexity in product line and decision-making difficulties
* – Troubles with Wi-Fi calling and default email addresses
* – Frustrations with Apple’s iCloud spam filters and missing emails
* – Troubleshooting Bluetooth Issues on Mac
* MGG 993 Outtro

* The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
* Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
* BackBeat Media Podcast Network

Transcript

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0:00.0	Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Geek Cab 993 for Monday July 31st,
0:06.3	2023. This episode is a little bit different. I am actually sitting here in I was going to say alone but not really alone because
0:14.4	Lisa's behind me I'm in a hotel room in New York and we are in the aftermath of
0:20.6	Max stock which happened out in Woodstock, Illinois this past weekend.
0:27.5	I am here just doing a little introduction of what you're about to hear.
0:32.6	At Max Dock, we were able to do things a little bit differently
0:35.6	and we were able to get decent enough audio
0:37.4	that that audio plus a little bit of time and logic
0:40.8	allows me to deliver you what you're about to hear.
0:44.0	We held the first Mac Geek Gab Caucus live on stage
0:48.8	on Saturday at Mac Stock Conference and Expo. You will hear about, I don't know, 10% into this that I
0:58.9	bother to think to introduce my fellow panelists. Yes, this was an oversight, but only so much as the
1:05.4	recording went. It really speaks to what MaxDOC is and becomes because MaxDOC feels so much like camp.
1:13.0	Everyone is together, everyone is doing everything together, we eat together, we hang out together.
1:18.0	There was no need to introduce people that had already been talking to each other all weekend long.
1:26.4	So I will tell you, since you are not there with us, or at least weren't this year, maybe you'll be there with us next year that on stage for the
1:34.8	Mackie Kab Caucus we had Adam Christensen, Allison Sheridan, Jeff Gamut,
1:41.4	pilot Pete, John F Braun, yep and me, Dave Hamilton, yours truly.
1:46.7	So you will hear all of us talk, I will explain in the caucus what the caucus was.
1:53.0	Sponsors for this episode include Hopwater,
1:56.5	where you get to go to Hopwater, that's HOPWTR.
2:02.0	dot com slash MGG, and you get 20% off your first purchase of
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