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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

There's a DAC in Your Dongle

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

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

There's a DAC in Your Dongle — Mac Geek Gab 1012 episode image

In this week’s Mac Geek Gab, Pilot Pete, Adam Christianson, and Dave Hamilton dive into a plethora of quick tips and user questions, ensuring you stay ahead in the tech game. Starting with a nifty trick from James, learn to quickly access photos in iPhone messages with a press and hold on the ‘+’ icon. Kent reveals a game-changer: sharing AirTags with other users, and JT Ray adds convenience with an Apple Logo Shortcut for text messaging. Amidst these quick tips, Wes highlights a PSA on inadvertently silenced notifications, and Danny teaches swiping to delete unused iPhone apps from the update list.

The trio then shifts gears to answer pressing listener questions. OldGuy seeks advice on upgrading from Intel to Apple Silicon, leading to discussions about MacUpdater and topgrade. LockTutor queries about upgrading to macOS Sonoma, while Andrew laments poor mic sound quality on Powerbeats during phone calls. Dallas’s issue with audio fading in every song play sparks a conversation about DACs…in dongles (ahem).

The episode wraps up with a ‘Cool Stuff Found’ segment, featuring innovative tech like the AirFly by TwelveSouth, Draftable for PDF comparison, and smart lighting solutions like Lumary and Twinkly lights. Remember, in the ever-evolving world of technology, “Don’t Get Caught” unprepared.

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0:00.0

It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener James brings us our quick tip of the week by sharing

0:05.5

that on our iPhones, if we're in messages in iOS 17, we have that little plus sign in the corner.

0:11.2

You can hit that little plus sign and you can

0:12.6

choose things like say photos and then go select a photo and share it to messages.

0:16.6

There is a faster way. Just press and hold on that plus sign in messages down in the lower left. This is when you're in a message

0:25.5

typing back and forth with someone or a group of someone's. Hold down that plus sign and

0:30.1

it will bring up photos and you can get there with one tap it is game-changing

0:36.1

perhaps even life-changing more quick tips like this plus your questions answered today on Mackeykeb, 1012 for Monday, December 4th.

0:47.0

Happy Birthday, kiddos, 2023! and Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Geek Cab the show where we share your quick tips

1:11.2

like that we share your cool stuff found we share your

1:14.2

questions we try to answer your questions we even sometimes ask our own

1:18.6

questions we string it all together loosely into an agenda of themes such that we give ourselves the best option,

1:29.0

the best chance of learning at least five new things every single time we come together.

1:36.2

Fastmail.com slash MGG is our sponsor for this week where you can go and get 10% off

1:41.8

your first year of my current primary email service.

1:45.6

We'll talk more in depth about that a little bit here later in the show for now.

1:50.4

Here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton.

1:54.0

Here in South Dakota, I'm Adam Christensen.

1:57.0

And here in Lee, New Hampshire, it's pilot Pete.

2:00.0

Good to be with both of you guys today.

2:01.0

This is cool.

2:02.0

And the war has begun.. I know the new era. Welcome to the

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