Hey Presto! I Outsmarted Myself! – Mac Geek Gab 787
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
November 4, 2019
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Show Notes
Tips about new functionality, including moving Catalina's windows, scanning with your iPhone, fixing mail, running cron jobs, and downloading installers from the Terminal are just scratching the surface. Then it's on to diagnosing some network problems and learning how Time Machine can keep your volumes from being resized. Listen as John and Dave walk through all of these, to ensure everyone (including them!) learns at least five new things this week.Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 787 for Monday, November 4, 2019 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
- 00:02:24 Joachim-QT-Move Catalina Windows to left or right of screen
- 00:05:25 Keith-QT-Large Mobile Data Downloads with iOS 13
- Settings > iTunes & App Store > Cellular Data > App Downloads > [ Always Allow | Ask If Over 200 MB | Always Ask]
- 00:06:40 Jon-QT-Use the Scanner in Files.app on iOS
- Pull Down in Browse View, Press Circle with Three Dots, Scan Documents
- 00:09:16 Bill-QT-Fixing Mail’s Search/Unread Counts
- Onyx > Maintenance > Rebuilding > [Spotlight Index | Mail’s Mailboxes]
- 00:10:45 Bill-QT-Refurb Accessory advice
- 00:13:52 Andrew-QT-Apple Watch and Bluetooth Speaker
- 00:15:21 Keith-QT-Running cron Jobs After Catalina Upgrade
- System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access > /usr/sbin/cron
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- 00:22:54 DST Reset Time
- 00:26:30 Cable Modem dB levels
- DOCSIS Diagnostics Page
- Watch Upstream Power Levels – Keep them below 50dBmV
- Downstream Power Levels should be between -15dBmV and +15dBmV
- Tap Splitter
- 00:37:36 Jeff-Download Older Installers direct from Apple
- 00:39:39 Nibs-Download Catalina Installers from Terminal
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer
- 00:41:08 Greg-Catalina Nuke and Pave, Multiple Data Volumes
- 00:45:00 Tim-Disable Time Machine to Resize APFS Volume
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- 00:52:37 Quicken vs. Catalina – An answer!
- 00:54:43 Lotus Notes
- 00:55:31 David-Notes Versus Other Mac Cloud Note Taking Options
- 00:59:43 Dee-Take the Long Way to DOS and Find the Shortcut through the Window
- Run old DOS game on Windows 10 in Parallels
- 01:03:25 Val-Login to Different iCloud Account to Solve
- 01:06:24 Bartek-786-NFC Tags Trigger on XS/XR and later
- 01:09:18 Jay-784-Buying International SIMs in USA
- 01:10:53 Real ID Rant
- 01:14:19 Javier-Troubleshooting Network Issues
- MGG 787 Outtro