Managing Messages, Voice Assistants, APFS, and Quasi-Mesh – Mac Geek Gab 692
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
January 16, 2018
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Show Notes
Messages are a huge part of our online life, and they don't always work the way we expect or prefer. John and Dave start by answering some of those questions. Then it's on to where you should – and shouldn't – be using APFS. After that, the questions jump around a bit, including one about mesh vs. quasi-mesh. All this and more on Mac Geek Gab 692 today!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned in Mac Geek Gab 692:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 692 for Monday, January 15, 2018
- 00:02:00 Fixing Our Wetware
- 00:02:24 Jeff-Text Message Forwarding not going to my iMac
- 00:09:35 Zack-Better group texting
- 00:16:20 Voice assistants and messenger bots
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- 00:23:24 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones
- 00:25:37 Voice assistants – Are they not just translation engines?
- 00:29:41 CES Voice Control – HomeKit was (mostly) missing
- 00:37:49 HomePod is … close.
- 00:43:28 Terry-Read Receipts in Apple Mail
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- 00:53:16 Louis-APFS on All drives?
- 00:59:36 Steve-Quasi-mesh vs. real mesh
- 01:07:23 Gary-RAM Configurations
- 01:15:57 Kristopher-690-Responsive Websites and Zoom
- 01:17:12 Ed-690-Noteburner Alternatives
- 01:18:38 Dave-690-Fixes for out-of-order iMessages
- 01:21:00 MGG Outtro – play the music!
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