Episode 842
Check Your Digital Couch Cushions
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
November 9, 20201h 32m
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Show Notes
How much money do you have in your digital couch cushions? John and Dave walk through a few places you can check ahead of the holiday buying frenzy! Of course, most of the show is dedicated to answering your tech questions, solving your problems, sharing quick tips and, yes, a few minutes is even carved out to review eero's new Wi-Fi 6 systems! Press play and join your two favorite geeks in learning at least five new things!Note: Shownotes are in progress…
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 842 for Monday, November 9, 2020
- Quick Tips
- 00:01:45 Matt-QT-Use a USB2 Hub with Your Synology DiskStation
- 00:03:10 QT-Plus sign email on Gmail How to Filter Email Messages Using Sub-Addresses
- 00:05:02 QT-Anti-Spam Tip
- Add a mail rule for Original-Recipient or Delivered-To (may have to Edit Header List…)
- 00:09:07 Jeremy-QT-Control-Option-Click in Finder to Expand all Subfolders
- 00:10:06 QT-Check your Digital Couch Cushions
- Mint.com to aggregate your digital couch cushions
- Quicken
- Personal Capital
- Cool Stuff Found
- 00:14:06 Dr. Mac-CSF-TextSniper and Paste
- 00:17:11 QT-The Freedom of Non-Destructive Copying
- 00:20:47 Iain-CSF-NeoFinder to manage your media files
- 00:22:42 Scott-CSF-Nano and Catalina, Happily Together!
- 00:25:49 Jonathan-CSF-Find a User Group
- Tips and Follow-ups
- 00:27:49 Joe-840-Super Video Editing with QuickTime
- 00:31:09 DLH-Troubleshooting Printers
- System Preferences > Printers & Scanners > Reset Printing System…
- CUPS web interface
cupsctl WebInterface=yes- Print Test Page, manage printer better than macOS GUI
- 00:35:18 SPONSOR: ExpressVPN – Surf with TrustedServer, Speed, and HD quality using ExpressVPN.com/MGG
- 00:37:03 SPONSOR: Readdle has all of their apps ready for iOS 14, complete with Widgets, folder navigation, and more. Visit Readdle.com to learn more.
- 00:38:30 SPONSOR: BBEdit 13.1 from Bare Bones Software is available now in the Mac App Store or Online at BareBones.com
- 00:40:24 CSF-eero Pro 6 Mesh System
- Questions
- 00:51:28 Dave-MacBook Pro – OK to Buy Now? Apple Certified Refurbished Store
- 01:03:16 Sam-Downloading your iCloud Photos Library
- 01:12:54 Andrew-When It’s Time to Use That Clone
- 01:20:20 Rob-T2 Chip Security Breach Thoughts
- Secure External Drive Enclosures – SecureDrive.com
- 01:28:55 MGG 842 Outtro