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Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
In the next phase, the podcast delves into practical solutions for everyday tech challenges. Learn to merge hundreds of videos on your iPhone seamlessly with tools like iMovie and DaVinci Resolve. Unravel the mystery behind Siri’s selective announcements, and explore how to reclaim your Mac’s elusive disk space. For remote access enthusiasts, discover the potential of Tailscale and Screens Connect for connecting to Windows machines from afar.
This episode is packed with valuable insights for tech enthusiasts and casual users alike, ensuring you’re always one step ahead in the digital world. Remember, in the realm of technology, “Don’t Get Caught” unprepared!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1011 for Monday, November 27th, 2023
The MGG Discord Server is Live!
The MGG Merch Store is Live!
Quick Tips
00:00:01 Ben-QT-Swipe Left (or Right!) to Delete Typed Digits in iPhone…and Calculator
Muscly Memorable
00:04:07 QT-MacOS Edit Last Message -> ‘⌘E’ is Edit Last Message -v- right clicking and hoping! (Hope is NOT a plan) + more! (Look at edit menu)
00:09:17 Porthos Jon-QT-Set Waze’s Re-Route Threshold
Trust The Nav
00:12:32 Download Offline Maps to Your iPhone
00:14:17 Jeepster-QT-Downgrade from Sonoma to Ventura with Time Machine’s Help
Sponsors
00:19:55 SPONSOR: Green Chef makes eating well easy with plans to fit every lifestyle. Go to https://greenchef.com/mgg250 and use code mgg250 to get $250 off these fantastic meal kits.
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
00:22:04 Phil-How do I stitch together 400 videos on my iPhone?
Stitching together in iMovie
DaVinci Resolve (available for free)
00:32:16 John-Why Won’t Siri Announce Calls & Texts on my iphone 15?
Beware Unmuted Pinned iMessage Chats
00:40:06 I Block Myself Sometimes!
00:42:10 Steve-Why is Free Disk Space a Mystery on my Mac?
00:49:21 Larry-How do I connect to my (remote) Windows Machine?
Tailscale
Screens Connect
00:55:19 Stephen-Do Complications Increase Apple Watch Battery Usage?
Show Business
00:57:04 MGG Premium Listener Contribution Appreciation Moment
Fountain.fm
Cool Stuff Found
01:01:56 Ian-CSF-1008-Use WiFiman or Polycam for 3D Room Mapping
01:02:50 Eliot-CSF-
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener Ben brings us our quick tip of the week with |
| 0:05.1 | something he says he discovered by pure inadvertent movement or acting on |
| 0:11.2 | muscle memory says I mistyped a number on the keypad in the phone in |
| 0:15.8 | iOS 17 and rather than tapping the delete key I reached my thumb up and swiped left across the number I'd entered. |
| 0:24.5 | Just like in calculator, also a quick tip, I didn't even know you could do this in calculator, |
| 0:29.2 | phone supports a right or left swipe on an entered number to delete one digit at a time back to the |
| 0:35.2 | left forward delete to the right I don't know when this was added to I. |
| 0:39.9 | same but per YouTube videos it's been around for at least three years. |
| 0:44.6 | IOS calculator got the ability to swipe right or left to delete as of IOS 13 in IOS 12. |
| 0:50.3 | One could swipe only left to delete more quick tips like this plus your |
| 0:56.3 | questions answered today on Matt Geek Cab 10-Eleven for Monday November 27th |
| 1:01.5 | 2023. Thanks folks and welcome to Mac Geek Cab the show where you send you your quick tips like that one |
| 1:24.3 | your cool stuff found your questions we try to answer your questions we share your |
| 1:28.3 | quick tips and cool stuff found and we string it all together into an agenda that keeps everything somewhat |
| 1:34.4 | thematically organized such that we all have the best chance of learning at |
| 1:40.0 | least five new things every single time we get together. |
| 1:44.5 | Our sponsor for this episode is Green Chef.com slash MGG 250. |
| 1:50.1 | That's where you're gonna go and enter code MGG 250 dollars off. These fantastic meal kits that we'll talk more in depth about a little later. |
| 1:59.2 | For now, here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton. And here in Lee, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton. |
| 2:03.0 | And here in Lee, New Hampshire, it's Pilot Pete. |
| 2:07.0 | Good to be here, Dave. |
| 2:08.0 | It's good to be here, Pilot Pete. |
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