Yummy Worms and Batteries
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2023
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
This week on Mac Geek Gab 1013, you’re in for a treat with Pilot Pete, Adam Christianson, and Dave Hamilton sharing their tech wisdom. Starting with Quick Tips, learn the nifty trick of using Command-Drag to force a file to open with a specific app, and understand why copying as pathname doesn’t escape spaces. Gary brings a quirky query about AirTag battery cleaning (spoiler: no licking involved!), and Bob suggests naming your AirTags with the battery date for hassle-free management. Plus, discover how to truly delete messages on macOS and effectively manage the space consumed by them. And if you’re into Apple gear, there’s talk about AirPods naming conventions and a handy tip about triple-clicking to select a paragraph.
The episode then dives into your burning questions. Jerry wonders how to open Zoom links directly in Zoom instead of Safari – the solution lies in Velja for macOS. Chuck puzzles over “Uninstalled Apps” using data on his phone, while Mickey gets curious about Adam’s background in tech podcasting. Joe seeks ways to free up his Mac’s disk space, and Sean needs help merging two Photos libraries.
In the Cool Stuff Found segment, discover Zoom for Apple TV, ways to watch movies together using SharePlay or Plex, and new updates like ChronoSync 11 and Kopia for savvy backups. There’s also a mention of the Roborock Q8 Max, a robot vacuum that might just make your life easier.
And remember, in the world of technology and especially in this podcast, “Don’t Get Caught” unprepared or uninformed! Press play and ensure your safety by learning at least five new things together with your three favorite geeks!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1013 for Monday, December 11th, 2023
- Quick Tips
- 00:00:01 Todd-QT-Command-Drag onto an App to Force it to Open the File
- 00:03:14 Brad-QT-Copy As Pathname doesn’t escape the spaces
- 00:06:20 Gary-QT-Alcohol -v- File AirTag Batteries & Spigen Airtag Wallet
- How many licks does it take to clean an AirTag battery?
- 00:09:23 Bob-QT-Add Battery Date to Your AirTag Names for Easy Management
- They Have No Lickable Batteries
- 00:10:58 Todd-QT-Truly Delete Messages on macOS
- 00:12:32 Managing Space Consumed by Messages
- 00:16:56 AirPods Naming Conventions
- MMM worms
- 00:20:08 Ben-QT-Triple Click to Select a Paragraph
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- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:23:38 Jerry-How do I open Zoom links directly in Zoom instead of Safari?
- Velja for macOS
- Also OpenIn which is in SetApp
- 00:31:29 Chuck Why Do “Uninstalled Apps” use data on my phone?
- 00:35:00 Mickey-Who is Adam?
- 00:45:33 Joe-What’s consuming my Mac’s disk space?
- Disk Inventory X
- Space Lens in Clean My Mac X
- Daisy Disk
- Hazel
- Similar – but not storage specific – Gemini – also in SetApp
- iOSification of macOS (Ted Landau!)
- 00:55:34 Sean-How do I Merge Two Photos Libraries?
- 00:23:38 Jerry-How do I open Zoom links directly in Zoom instead of Safari?
- Cool Stuff Found
- 01:05:17 Rod L-CSF-Zoom for Apple TV exists and works with Continuity Camera
- 01:07:01 Use SharePlay or Plex to watch Movies/Shows together
- 01:09:49 ErickP-CSF-ChronoSync 11 adds macOS 14 and Cloud Service support…Think iCloud Drive “Pro”
- 01:15:38 Wilbur-CSF-Kopia, a free, open source S3 Backup Client (with a Mac GUI version)
- 01:16:43 Robert-CSF-Jump Desktop for Remote Screen Sharing (iOS app $14.95)
- Also – ScreenSharingMenulet
- 01:19:52 CSF-Roborock Q8 Max Robot Vacuum and Mop
- 01:23:52 Mac Geek Gab 1013 Outtro
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Mac Geek Cab and listener Todd brings us our quick tip of the week. |
| 0:05.0 | He says I do this at least once a month without thinking about it. |
| 0:08.6 | Every month I get an exported file with the extension dot tab and I want to open this file in Excel but when I |
| 0:15.0 | drag the file over the Excel icon in the dock the Excel icon does not highlight |
| 0:19.6 | it doesn't let me drag it in but if I drag it with the command key held down over Excel, the |
| 0:26.8 | finder forces Excel to open the file and this holds true with other files and apps as well. |
| 0:33.7 | You can force apps to open a file |
| 0:35.9 | by command dragging that file onto them. |
| 0:38.6 | The command key says, I command you to open it. |
| 0:42.0 | More quick tips like this, |
| 0:44.0 | plus your questions answered today |
| 0:46.5 | on Mac Geekab, 1013 for Monday, |
| 0:49.4 | December 11, 2023. Greetings folks and welcome to Mac Geek of the show where you send in quick tips like that, you send |
| 1:14.6 | in questions that we answer, you send in cool stuff found, we string it all together into |
| 1:18.1 | an agenda that makes it such that we are each more than likely to learn at least five new things |
| 1:27.3 | every single time we get together. Sponsors for this episode include |
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| 1:44.8 | favorite apps that's always running on my max. We'll talk more about each of those |
| 1:49.2 | in a little bit for now here in Durham, New Hampshire. I'm Dave Hamilton. |
| 1:54.9 | Here in South Dakota I am Adam Christensen. |
| 1:59.2 | And here, well let me back up for just a second and say Dave Dave, I'm sorry, I'm busy Friday morning when we record this. I can't do it. I'll be here Saturday morning. |
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