The Musketeer…and those other guys
Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2024
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Mac! Ever struggled with selecting text in columns? Discover a game-changing Quick Tip that lets you select rectangular blocks of text across multiple lines using the Option key. This trick works in BBEdit, TextEdit, Pages, Preview, and even Microsoft Word. It's been around for decades, but many are still in the dark!
In this episode, Pete, Adam, and Dave dive into the world of iPhone and Mac tips and tricks, ensuring you learn at least five new things every time you tune in. From using ChatGPT with Siri to sharing passwords seamlessly with family, we've got you covered. Plus, learn how to disable those pesky .DS_Store files on network drives to keep your syncing smooth.
But that's not all! We explore Cool Stuff Found like the Ringo water bottle with a MagSafe holder and discuss the latest updates in Logic Pro 11.1. Whether you're managing your Mac's kernel extensions or finding the best PDF editor, we've got insights to make your tech life easier.
Ready to level up your Mac game? Tune in now and remember, "Don't Get Caught" without these essential tips!
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1066 for Monday, December 2nd, 2024
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December 2nd: World Computer Literacy Day (also National Skip School Day & National Bartender Appreciation Day, so…hey, Ferb! I know what we’re doing!)
Police Code 10-66 - Notify The ME / Check Officer’s Well-being
MGG Monthly Giveaway
Quick Tips
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00:00:01 QT-Uncle Jamie-Select text
00:04:24 PCUnix-QT-Tell Siri to use ChatGPT
00:05:47 QT-PorthosJon-Disable .DS_Store on Network drives
OnyX
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool TRUE
00:08:46 PorthosJon-QT-Trick to remote control an iPhone
Share your screen in FaceTime on your iPhone or iPad
00:11:50 Steve Hammond-QT-Mac App Store can install large apps on external drives
00:13:48 Richard-QT-Use Space bar in Freeform to pan around the canvas
Pages and Numbers on the web
Google Drive
Microsoft Office
LibreOffice
Synology Office
DS423+
00:19:07 QT-PorthosJon-New Password app - sharing passwords
iPhone and Mac Password Sharing
1Password Family
Bitwarden (self-hosted)
Sponsors
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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
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00:26:02 Larry-Which PDF Software do you use these days?
Nitro PDF (formerly PDFPen, and now it’s in Setapp!)
PDF Expert
00:34:40 LockTutor-Frequent kernel panics
Join our MGG Discord
System and kernel extensions in macOS
Use OnyX to rebuild the KEXT Cache (kernel extension cache)
00:41:24 Eric-1062-Do I need to worry about using Migration Assistant when moving from Intel to Apple Silicon?
00:47:49 The grocery store made Adam’s Mom change her iCloud Password
Reset with Apple Support app on a borrowed device
Apple Account Password Reset
00:53:00 Dave’s Dad’s Google Mail Stopped Authenticating
01:01:11 Screen sharing with family members
Cool Stuff Found
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01:03:31 PorthosJon-CSF-Ringo Water Bottle with MagSafe
01:06:30 CSF-Logic Pro 11.1 lets you reorder mixer channels and adds Quantec reverb
01:08:56 Bruce-CSF-1064-Open Core Legacy Patcher really does work!
01:12:56 Tony-CSF-1063-BetterSnap Tool to manage your windows
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Geekab and listener Uncle Jamie brings us our quick tip of the week with, |
| 0:09.0 | in many text editors on the Mac, you can hold down the option key when selecting text with the mouse. |
| 0:14.6 | This allows you to select a rectangular block of text that includes parts of multiple lines. |
| 0:20.4 | Once selected, the usual cut, copy, |
| 0:22.7 | and paste operations apply. This is particularly useful if your text includes column-oriented |
| 0:28.9 | information. I've used this in BB Edit today, but it also works in text edit pages, preview, |
| 0:34.1 | and even Microsoft Word. This has been around for decades, but I bet many people didn't know you could do this. |
| 0:41.5 | More tips like this, plus your questions answered today on MacKeeKalb 1066 for Monday, December 2nd, 2024. |
| 0:50.0 | Thank you. I'm greetings folks and welcome. |
| 0:55.0 | And welcome to Matt Geekab, the show where you send in tips like that. |
| 1:12.8 | We share them. |
| 1:13.7 | You send in cool stuff out. |
| 1:16.5 | We share that too. |
| 1:17.2 | You send in your questions. |
| 1:18.6 | We try to answer those. |
| 1:20.6 | The goal being that each of us learns at least five new things every single time we get together. Sometimes we even play that |
| 1:29.9 | sound. Sponsors for this episode include coda.io slash MG. That's one doc to rule them all. You can |
| 1:38.6 | bring all your text and tables together. We'll talk more about that in a little bit as usual. |
| 1:42.2 | We'll see what chat GPT has me say about that because I have chat GPT. |
| 1:47.1 | Write me ad scripts. |
| 1:48.3 | And most of the time you hear me reading them cold. |
| 1:51.6 | So I don't know what I'm about to say until I say it most of the time. |
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