Rabbit Holes and Adjacent Universes
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
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Show Notes
Quick Tips rule the day here, with Pete, John, and Dave sharing how to stop Facebook from disabling your audio, finding menu items in macOS, connecting two sets of AirPods to your Apple TV and much more. Your questions are answered, too, about blocking websites, parental controls, Disabling 5G and more. But it's the Rabbit Hole Tangents that your three favorite geeks dive down which make things fun, isn't it? Press play and learn five new things…including learning where this episode really goes!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 921 for Monday, March 28, 2022
- 00:02:22 PMEvolutions & SXSW
- Quick Tips
- 00:05:21 Brian-QT-Stop Facebook From Hijacking Playing Audio
- Facebook > Settings > Videos and Photos > Autoplay
- 00:09:35 Dan-QT-Find Any Menu item with the macOS Help menu
- 00:10:48 Dan-QT-Use wallpaper management software to re-solidify your menubar
- 00:12:54 Brian-QT-Printing a Contact Sheet with Preview
- 00:15:48 Raymond-QT-920-Connect Two sets of AirPods to Apple TV
- 00:18:40 Ed-QT-Double Tap the TV Button on Apple TV Remotes
- 00:20:18 QT-Check Settings>Face ID & Passcode>Allow access when unlocked>Wallet to ensure boarding passes can be shown
- 00:21:25 Pete’s Watch Finally Syncs with his iPhone Wallet again
- 00:23:32 Retraining Face ID with 15.4 and Glasses
- 00:25:59 Rabbit Holes in Adjacent Universes
- 00:32:30 Eliot-QT-920-Use Hyper Key to Setup Keyboard Mappings
- 00:05:21 Brian-QT-Stop Facebook From Hijacking Playing Audio
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- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:39:16 Roy-Blocking Websites in Chrome Browser
- 00:45:58 ?-E=Abel-GC-Best Parental Control software for Monitoring iMessages –
- 00:54:28 Pilot Pete-The New Mac Studio’s Storage isn’t (yet?) Upgradable
- 00:58:55 Patrick-Disable 5G for Better Battery Life?
- 01:03:00 Connection issues!
- 01:05:41 Adam-Spotlight Indexing of Large External Drives causes Kernel Panics
- 01:11:59 Louis-Do I need a New TV to use Atmos with a Soundbar like Sonos Arc?
- 01:18:45 MGG 921 Outtro