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From Mood Rings to Move Rings

2022/9/26

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

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Quick Tips to resize macOS background windows, quick-delete apps on your iPhone, get perfect shape in markup, and finding your Apple Books are just how your three favorite geeks start this episode. Then John, Dave, and Pete answer your questions and share tips about archiving your email, fixing the Mac App Store, paying for your subscriptions, and more about using eSIMs.

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 948) for Monday, September 26, 2022

Allison-QT-Command-Drag The Corners of Windows to Resize in Background

[email protected])

The MGG Discord Server is Live!)

The MGG Merch Store is Live!)

Quick Tips

00:03:10 Jamie-QT-Use Screen Sharing via AirPlay to Show Your iPhone, iPad, or Mac

00:04:55 Craig-QT-Confirm “Find My” and Activation Lock Removal Before Selling Your Mac

What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac)

Erase all content and settings on Mac)

00:08:43 Joe-QT-Find Your Apple Books data in your Mobile Documents folder)

open ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/

OpenAudible App) to convert to MP3

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iOS Quick Tips

00:13:25 David-QT-Get perfect shapes in Markup by holding your finger down a little longer)

00:14:49 Ben-QT-Deleted Messages Can Be Recovered in iOS 16

00:18:27 QT-Remove People and Objects from Background with Long-Press in iOS 16 Photos)

00:20:52 PCUnix-QT-Delete iPhone Apps By Long-Pressing on Search Results in iOS 16

00:23:21 Archiving Your Email on your Mac

Ben Rosenthal’s instructions)

Dave’s email archive search criteria:before:2018/01/01 -label:[imap]-archive -in:inbox -in:sent -in:draft has:nouserlabels

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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:30:22 Susheel-Blank App Store Screen, What to Do?

How to clear App Store cache)

00:33:41 Robert-Using an eSIM for Travel while still making phone calls

eSIMdb.com)

T-Mobile Test Drive)

00:47:41 SPONSOR: Other World Computing has both their AKiTiO Node Titan) as well as their Envoy Pro FX) available. Listen to the show for details or just go get ‘em!

Geek Challenge and Story Time

00:49:19 Ari-GC-Dictating Emoji by Names in iOS 16?)

00:57:42 From Mood Rings to Move Rings (and other, more irreverent, sayings)

00:59:56 Gary-Some Macs Have Lost Track of Date and Time

Unix Epoch Time)

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More Questions Answered

01:08:32 Patrick-Printing Webpages With and Without Links

File > Export as PDF (no links)

File > Print > PDF > Save as PDF (include links)

01:11:33 Can I Pay for My Subscription with Apple and Login Elsewhere? – Yes. Billing is not linked to the devices you can use it on.

Cool Stuff Found

01:13:54 Brian8944 in Discord)-CSF-Elsewhen App for Seeing Time Zones)

01:15:14 Greg-CSF-MonitorControl) Lets You Set External Monitor Brightness, Volume, and More

DDC Control)

01:17:17 CSF-RiotPWR Cloud Gaming Controller for iOS (Xbox Edition)) iPhone Controller for Remote Xbox-ing