Did you know you could move your screenshot selection window around after you create it? How about rearranging columns in the Finder and having it remember? What about Profiles on your Mac, and how they can be used to hijack your browser?
If you listen to this week's Mac Geek Gab with Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun, not only will you know how to do these three things, we guarantee you'll learn at least two more (and probably a lot more than that!). Press play and enjoy learning all these things with your two favorite geeks.Note: Shownotes are complete!
00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 816 for Monday, May 25, 2020
00:01:44 Jeff-QT-Reposition Screenshot Selection
Cmd-Opt-4, Define Area with Mouse, Use Spacebar to Reposition
00:03:20 Peter-QT-Rearrange Finder Columns per Folder
00:05:06 Patrick-CSF-GoldenChaos with BetterTouchTool)
00:06:50 Zach-CSF-pbcopy and pbpaste the Clipboard from Terminal
00:08:10 CSF-Eggtronic Power Bar) – $149.99
00:10:50 CSF-SoundID Personalized Sound Profile)
00:14:33 Neal-CSF-Backblaze supports S3 and Synology HyperBackup
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00:19:57 Bob-New Drawing app for Mac?)
GIMP)
00:24:24 Kevin-Changing iMazing Backup Location
iMazing > Preferences > Backup > Default Backup Location
00:26:38 Douglas-Can’t Empty Trash because VoiceTrigger is in Use)
00:30:03 Gannon-CloudPhotos Sandbox Consuming 80GB
~Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd/Data/Library/Application Support.
00:34:07 Tigg-QT-Reset File Sharing for Catalina Functionality
System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing > Options to select AFP and/or SMB
00:35:30 Larry-Constant Bluetooth Connection Request
00:42:42 Rob-Architecting Your Mac’s Best Thunderbolt 3 Chain
00:51:34 Tony-True Two-Factor Authentication on our Apple Devices?
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01:02:47 Patrick-Stop flickering graphics by disabling secondary GPU
01:08:32 Bob-815-Separate Spaces with Dissimilar Monitor Sizes
01:10:21 Bill-815-Self-relocating Docks
01:12:28 Jeff-Check for Double NAT every six months
01:15:44 John-Don’t forget about Profiles Redirecting your Browser
System Preferences > Profiles will appear if there are any installed
01:19:30 This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors)
01:23:03 MGG 816 Outtro
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