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Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Where Did My Memory Go?

Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

How To, Technology, Education, News, Tech News

4.8977 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Is your Mac running out of memory? It might tell you it is, but is it really, or is something else going on?
Listen as John F. Braun, Pilot Pete, and Dave Hamilton talk through this and all your other questions, providing context, answers, and those tangential Quick Tips that you know and love.
Cool Stuff Found from both you and your three favorite geeks helps round out this episode. Press play and you’re guaranteed to learn at least five new things!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 972 for Monday, March 13th, 2023

PCUnix-QT-Double Tap Time to Set Minute-by-Minute reminders
The MGG Discord Server is Live!
The MGG Merch Store is Live!


00:02:52 Next Hangout: Sunday, March 26th, 4pm EST
Quick Tips

00:03:53 Adam-QT-New iPhone App Placement
00:09:22 Ranelle-QT-971-Filter mail for “unsubscribe”
00:12:52 Eduardo-QT-971Default Folder adds Option + Up and Down Arrow in Finder
00:17:22 PCUnix-QT-WatchOS 9 Watches Don’t Actually Power Off
00:19:54 FindMy Saved Dave’s iPad


Sponsors

00:27:03 SPONSOR: Factor. Save time with Factor’s fresh, never-frozen meals, ready to heat and eat in just 2 minutes! Head to FactorMeals.com/MGG60 to get 60% off your first box.
00:28:50 SPONSOR: Kolide – Kolide ensures only secure devices can access your cloud apps. It’s Zero Trust tailor-made for Okta. Book a demo today. Try Kolide Today at Kolide.com/MGG
00:30:12 SPONSOR: Wildgrain, the first-ever, bake-from-frozen subscription box for sourdough breads, fresh pastas, and artisanal pastries. Get $30 off your first box plus free Croissants (in every box!) when you visit Wildgrain.com/mgg.


Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:31:51 Bill-Managing and Forwarding macOS Mail Email Attachments
00:35:29 Steven-How to publicly share a Calendar?

BusyCal


00:41:34 Brian-Throttling Data on iPhone
00:45:49 Using Multiple Calendars for Family Members
00:47:41 Steven-Getting Rid of Annoying Login Dialog

Automounter


00:50:31 Allison-970-Managing pesky auto-capitalization
00:52:29 Simon-Running Out of Application Memory/Memory Leak on M1 Mac mini

Enable Adobe Native M1 Mode




Cool Stuff Found

01:00:25 PorthosJon-CSF-Shottr Screenshot App
01:01:48 Dave has some USB issues…or are they power issues? Stay tuned!
01:04:41 Jason-1Password 8 for iPhone adds Native Verification Code Support
01:07:08 Jared-CSF-H2O Audio Sonar IPX8 Bluetooth Underwater Headphones
01:09:55 CSF-PopSocket Aura Case
01:11:21 Greg-CSF-Schlage Encode Plus Smart Wi-Fi Deadbolt


Transcript

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0:00.0

It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener PC Unix in our discord brings us our opening

0:06.2

quick tip of the week. He says I have been annoyed for some time by the five minute

0:12.0

increments for setting the time in reminders.

0:16.0

I knew I could create the reminder with my voice and say at 6.02 a.m.

0:20.9

but I didn't know how to edit an existing reminder with more precise minutes than

0:25.1

every five minutes which is what the little roller gives me. Turns out it's easy.

0:29.3

Double tap on the time and type what I want.

0:35.0

Why do I want this?

0:36.3

To get certain reminders just before another.

0:39.8

More tips like this, plus your questions answered today on Mac Geekap 972 for Monday, March 13th,

0:48.7

2023. and Greetings frogs frogs, and welcome to Mac Geekab, the show where we share tips like that one.

1:11.6

We share your questions and answer them as best we can. We share your cool stuff found. We put it all together into an agenda. The goal being that each and every one of us learns at least five new things every single time we get together

1:28.5

Sponsors for this episode include factor where you can head to Meals.com slash MGG 60 to get 60% off your first box.

1:38.5

Collide, which now works with Octa for device security.

1:43.8

Can learn about that at KOLID.com slash MGG

1:46.9

and Wildgrain where you can get 30 bucks off your first box

1:50.0

plus free quasants in every box when you visit wild grain.com

1:54.0

slash MGG. We'll talk more in depth about every one of those in a minute here

1:58.1

for now here in... Wait where am I? Las, Nevada at the lovely Westgate Hotel.

2:05.6

I'm Dave Hamilton.

2:07.0

And here in Fairfield, Connecticut, this is John F. Braun.

2:11.4

And here. This is John F. Brown.

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