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Not-So-Silent Ringing

2021/4/19

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

Shownotes Transcript

Sometimes your iPhone's silent, and sometime it's not. But what about when it decides what to do, not you? That's when you call John and Dave! Or you can email them. Or you can text them. Or you can post in the forums. Either way, they'll answer your questions and try to help solve your problems. Listen to all your questions answered, Cool Stuff Found and Quick Tips shared, and you're guaranteed to learn at least five new things hanging out with your two favorite geeks!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 866) for Monday, April 19, 2021

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Quick Tips

00:01:34 Greg-QT-Use Cmd-Shift-5 for Screen Recordings instead of QuickTime Player*

00:03:52 Ralph-QT-Blow Out the Lint!*

Cool Stuff Found

00:06:10 CSF-Plugable USB-C Volt and Amp meter)*

00:08:34 Greg-CSF-SnagIt) for Clipboards, too

Keyboard Maestro

Golden Chaos BTT

00:10:22 David-CSF-Anker PowerConf C300 Webcam)*

00:11:36 Tim-CSF-Podswap to refresh your AirPods batteries)*

00:13:50 CSF-PAX now connects to iPhone) (again)

00:15:46 R-CSF-VaccineSpotter)

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Your Questions…Answered!

00:25:29 Roy-Third-Party Fingerprint Scanner*

YubiKey 5 NFC)

Getting a biometric security key right)

Unlox 3)

00:30:32 Gary-GC-Phone still rings when silent

00:35:45 Chip-iMac SSD Corruption

Carbon Copy Cloner’s “Find and replace Corrupted Files”)

iMac Intel 21.5″ Retina 4K Display (2017) Hard Drive Replacement)

00:41:54 Mike-863-Family Backups?

CIFS / SMB)

00:47:20 Scott-Text Editor for iPadOS?)*