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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

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

This week on Mac Geek Gab, Pilot Pete and Dave Hamilton dive deep into the nitty-gritty of your Apple products starting with some savvy Quick Tips. Discover how a simple left-to-right tug in iPhone Messages can revolutionize your reply game, and get the low-down on summoning the Keyboard Viewer for those elusive special characters. Tired of cluttered docks? Learn how to minimize windows straight to the app icon. Embrace your inner tech-hero by mastering thoughtful gift-giving with the help of ChatGPT, and remember, integrating Quick Tips into your daily routine is a surefire way to streamline your digital life – “Don’t Get Caught” unprepared!
The conversation heats up as listeners get the scoop on nuke-and-pave for Apple Silicon Macs, troubleshoot AlDente for optimal battery life, and parse out Apple’s Thunderbolt 4 cable complexities. Customize your StandBy mode with Paul’s queries, and navigate the crowded landscape of robot vacuums with insights on Roborock versus Neato units. Fernando seeks a magic spell to disable Command-H and avoid app-hiding mishaps. In Cool Stuff Found, the focus shifts to OWC’s drive speed magic for iPhones, BlackMagic’s disk speed sanity checks, and Robster’s shoutout to OpenSpeedTest’s self-hosted solutions for keeping your network swift. Stay ahead of the curve with these gems, and never get left in the digital dust.
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1009 for Monday, November 13th, 2023

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Quick Tips

00:00:01 JG-QT-Tug Left-to-Right in iPhone Messages to Start a Reply
00:03:21 Neal-QT-Show Keyboard Viewer to Quickly Type Special Characters
00:06:59 Rod L-QT-Minimize Windows to App Icon instead of Dock
00:09:31 QT-Be a hero this year! Ask ChatGPT to help you come up with thoughtful gifts – have it ask you questions!
00:15:43 Enable Settings > Accessibility > Personal Voice
00:20:36 J.F.-QT-How Does a QT become part of your workflow – and a “Help” Menu Quick Tip

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00:23:22 SPONSOR: LinkedIn Jobs. Go to LinkedIn.com/MGG and post your first job for free!
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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:27:10 Rand-Can I Nuke-And-Pave my Apple Silicon Mac?
00:35:39 Ronald-Problems with AlDente & Battery Life
00:43:47 Ben-Apple’s Over-Engineered Thunderbolt 4 Cable
00:50:48 Paul-How do I customize StandBy Mode?
00:58:43 Ari-Which Robot Vacuum Is Best?

Roborock
Neato D10

01:06:17 Fernando-How can I disable Command-H to keep from accidentally hiding my apps?

Show Business

01:09:40 MGG Premium Listener Thanks

Cool Stuff Found

01:10:44 SteveHammond-CSF-OWC Drive Speed for iPhone
01:12:04 CSF-BlackMagic Disk Speed Test makes it easy to check speeds of disks and cables

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener JG brings us our quick tip of the week.
0:06.1	He says, you know how in messages you can long press on an individual message and then
0:10.9	you choose reply or a reaction or whatever you want you know and then it
0:14.6	jumps down into that reply mode well if you just need to reply you can tug on an
0:20.7	individual message from the left to the right and you just have to tug ever so
0:25.8	slightly and then let go and your phone will be in reply mode to that message, the whole
0:31.4	threaded reply thing. Try it out out it's kind of like how you tug in the opposite direction to see the time stamps which perhaps might be a quick tip of its own but tug left to right on an individual message from like, you know, the center of the message bubble or whatever and you will be in reply mode.
0:49.0	This is, we believe, new to iOS 17.
0:52.0	More quick tips like this plus your questions answered today on
0:56.8	Mac Geek up one thousand nine for Monday November 13th
1:01.2	2023. Thanks, folks, and indeed, welcome to Mac Geek, the show where you share your quick tips and cool stuff found
1:27.0	and questions with us at feedback at Matt Geek Cab.com, and then we in turn take those and share
1:32.4	those with the audience.
1:33.7	We'll try and answer your questions.
1:35.4	Of course, we'll share some quick tips and cool stuff found of our own.
1:38.8	We string it together into an agenda every week here so that each of us has a great shot at learning at least five new
1:47.4	things every single time we get together.
1:50.3	Sponsors for this episode include barebones.com's BB edit my favorite text editor and
1:57.1	LinkedIn.com slash mGG where you can go and purse purse post your first job for free. See how efficient I'm
2:06.0	being I just purse did that job. We'll talk more in depth about each of those in a
2:10.5	little bit for now here in Durham, New Hampshire not get
2:14.9	caffeinated and probably gonna be I'm Dave Hamilton.
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