Big Sur, the M1 MacBook Air, and Quick Tips — Mac Geek Gab 845
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
November 23, 2020
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Show Notes
Dave's had his M1 MacBook Air for a week, and John has some questions for him! Lots more about Big Sur including your questions answered *and* some Quick Tips. Of course, MGG wouldn't be complete without more in-depth tips, too, and y'all have been keeping the queue full in that department! Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things.Note: Shownotes are in progress…
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 845 for Monday, November 23, 2020
- Quick Tips
- 00:02:18 Koji-QT-Modifying the Volume Keys
- 00:03:59 Keith-QT-Add 44px to Fix Big Sur Menu Bar
- 00:06:52 QT-Access M1 Mac Startup Options by holding down Power button
- 00:11:23 Patrick-QT-Use Siri Shortcuts with Google Assistant
- 00:13:57 John’s FaceID Thoughts
- 00:17:02 Mark-QT-How to Restart Apple Watch
- 00:19:50 Neal-QT-Learning from Saved Searches
- M1 MacBook Air
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- Tips and Follow-ups
- 00:52:33 Greg-Big Sur my Mac
- 00:59:59 Bruce-Big Sur deprecates Network Utility – This is where using an iOS app on an M1 mac can come in handy from what I have seen.
- 01:04:36 Jürgen-Slow Connection to NAS
- D-Link DGS-1100-16 Managed Smart Switch
- We Love Mistakes
- 01:12:08 Corky-What’s with Big Sur’s com.apple.os.update in Disk Utility?
- 01:15:00 Craig-Verizon 5G SIM Conundrum
- 01:26:43 MGG 845 Outtro
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