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A Little Notification Goes A Long Way

2022/1/3
logo of podcast Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

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Did you know you could create a reminder from macOS Mail? How would you like to learn about three new ways to toggle Do Not Disturb? Or a solution for dictating emojis? All this and more in just the first Quick Tips segment of the show. Then John and Dave are on to answering your questions about managing media, tweaking your AirPods, managing your Mac's thermal limits, and wrapping up with some Cool Stuff Found. Press play and enjoy learning five new things with your two favorite geeks!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 908) for Monday, January 3, 2022

00:04:04 The Mac Observer has been sold…MGG Goes Independent!)

Quick Tips

00:14:08 David-QT-Create a Reminder from macOS Mail (first item)

00:17:17 Todd-QT Enable/Disable Do Not Disturb

00:18:28 Scott-Turning Do Not Disturb On/Off the Easy Way

00:21:06 Master of your own domain…revised!

00:22:07 Ari-QT-901-Dictating Emojis with Siri

00:24:27 Tony-QT-907-Share Passwords via AirDrop

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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:33:20 Timothy-Choosing Which media to leave on iPhone, which to leave in iCloud

iMazing) to manage your media

MGG Live Chat)

Apple Business Essentials)

00:38:33 Brian-How do I control Apple Music’s mobile data usage?

00:41:52 Calibrate audio on Apple TV) (and homepod?)

Airfoil)

00:45:43 Mark-Another Way to Sleep a Mac: Control-Command-Q

00:46:26 Ari-Showing a Bright Clock in Focus Mode?

Bartender for Mac)

)​00:49:14 Brian-Video Metadata Editing

8 Best Video Metadata Editors on Mac)

A Better Finder Attributes)

00:52:53 Ned-AirPods Keep Re-connecting to Other Devices

00:57:33 Dany-12 TB Drive Showing Up as 2 TB

How to Troubleshoot Why Windows Shows 2TB instead of 12 TB)

01:01:31 Managing your AirPods auto-connection

01:03:07 Louis-907-Max of 3 email addresses per domain)

01:06:44 Kiwi Graham-kernel_task uses CPU for Thermal Managemen)t

Cool Stuff Found

01:09:43 John-CSF-MyRadar) App Shows Times for High/Low

Weather Underground App)

Storm Radar App)

01:13:04 Timothy-CSF-907-Airmail for Email Management)

01:14:54 MGG 908) Outtro

Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page)

Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar)

This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors)

MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews)