As Far As You Know He’s Not a Real Doctor – Mac Geek Gab 702
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Your questions, answered! That's what we do here. Today's show starts with some Cool Stuff Found items, including at least one that answers a question from a previous show about auto-captioning your videos! Then it's on to figuring out where all your storage is being used, whether or not you should ignore those iOS relogin requests, and migrating Aperture to Photos. You like Quick Tips? We've got those, too. All this and more, folks!Note: Shownotes are complete!

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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 702 for Monday, March 26, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/)>

00:01:49 Use IFTTT) with Smart Thermostat like Nest)

• IFTTT (If This Then That), an iOS app that lets you script between apps and smart home devices

00:03:24 CSF-ThermoPeanut)

• Bluetooth temperature logger

00:05:22 Check out Ring.com/MGG)

• Video doorbell and a floodlight camera

00:07:00 Home Depot Smart Home Goodies)

00:07:38 Stringify) for Home Automation

• iOS Scripting for Home Automation (more powerful than IFTTT)

00:13:20 Tony-693-CSF-Desktop Curtain for macOS)

• Hides your messy desktop

00:15:53 Darryl-CSF-Just Press Record)

• iOS audio recorder with transcription and iCloud syncing

00:17:13 Dr. Bob-701-CSF-Clipomatic)

• iOS app that adds live captions to videos

00:19:27 CSF-Ladiocast)

• Mac app to stream digital audio, replacement for Nicecast

00:23:44 SPONSOR: Other World Computing at MacSales.com)

00:26:49 John-Why is my drive almost full?

OmniDiskSweeper) (launch it with sudo) to see all root data)

DaisyDisk)

00:32:53 Apple’s Disk Space Usage Reports (Might) Lie)

00:37:14 Michael-Should I relogin to iCloud Services on my iPad and iPhone?)

00:44:15 QT-Fix Text Message Forwarding

00:47:13 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers):

Clive S., Everett T., David G., Jeff F., Joseph B-P, John B., Tony Z., Amy W., Andrew The Computer Guy, Gary R., David H., Fernando F., Daniel H., Lyndon N., Michael E., Andrew S., Royce T., Leigh F., James H.

00:49:36 Mary-Migrating Aperture to Photos (using PowerPhotos)?)

• Updating from iPhoto (and Aperture) to Photos for macOS)

00:56:15 Jacob-QT-701-Use AppleID) to check for serial numbers

00:58:35 Corbett-QT-701-Use iMazing) to Check Serial Number

00:59:17 Donna-QT-701-Store serial numbers in Contact record

01:03:02 QT-System Preferences > Accessibility — Zoom with control-scroll

01:04:53 QT-Mail > Mailbox > Rebuild solved phantom entry in linked Smart Mailbox

01:06:52 Darryl-QT-Resync Apple Watch Contacts) if You See Phone Numbers instead of Names

01:08:35 Stephen-QT-Photos Unorganized Album

Hurricane Sandy)

01:12:58 TrapCall)

01:14:20 MGG 702 Outtro

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