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Solving an LSD Problem

2021/2/22
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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Of course you knew we meant LaunchServicesDaemon, right? Sometimes it has problems… and your two favorite geeks have the solution! Listen as John and Dave talk through your questions, tips, and Cool Stuff Found while everyone — including them — learns at least five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 858 for Monday, February 22, 2021

Quick Tips

00:02:13 Peter-QT-Drag and Drop with Command Tab

00:05:55 Craig-QT-Removing Custom Icons

Your SPAM Workflows

00:08:27 SaneBox

00:09:47 Lewis-SPAM-Trust the System

00:11:10 Mail to self is SPAM

00:12:29 John-SPAM-Use Pobox.com)

MailRoute.net/)

00:14:22 David-SPAM-The Waterfall Workflow

00:16:44 John-SPAM-Put Junk in the Favorites Bar

SpamSieve)

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Security and Your Mac

00:23:39 Ben-856-Where Oh Where is StdExclusions.plist?

00:25:49 Patrick-FileVault Prevents 3rd Party Bluetooth at Boot

About Startup Security Utility)

00:29:44 Wolfgang-Disable SIP) to Delete Files

00:35:21 Stephen-Activation Lock Security)

What is IMEI?)

IMEI Codes)

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Your Questions…Answered!

00:49:02 Darren-Backing Up iCloud Photos

00:52:14 Todd-Photos and People

00:55:10 Paul-Solving an LSD Problem

SwiftDefaultApps)

ResEdit)

01:00:45 Keith-Auto-Purging Old Emails

MailSteward)

More Questions…Answered!

01:05:48 Sandy-Backing Up Big Sur?

01:09:15 Michael-GC-One Device to Charge them All

01:12:20 Jose-Changing Caller ID Name

Change Your Caller ID with:

AT&T)

Verizon)

T-Mobile)

Sprint)

01:14:12 MGG 858 Outtro

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