We Are Just 17 (If You Know What We Mean)
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Happy Birthday to us all! It’s true… 17 years ago today (to the day!) John and Dave released the first Mac Geek Gab) episode (called “TMO To Go”) and Pilot Pete joined not to long afterwards. It’s been 17 years of answering your questions, sharing Cool Stuff Found, learning Quick Tips, discussing Macs and iPhones and Routers and Mesh Wi-Fi and Synology DiskStations and… yeah… all of it. Wanna know a secret? They’re not going to stop any time soon! Wanna know another secret? Press play and join your three favorite geeks in learning that secret plus five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 932) for Monday, June 13, 2022

00:01:41 Happy 17th Birthday!

Don McMillan’s Boolean Proof as to Why Your Wife is Always Right)

The MGG Merch Store is Live!)

Quick Tips

00:05:01 QT-Command-Drag a Window to keep its background position

00:06:05 QT-Command Click on Mailboxes in Mail’s sidebar to have customized views

00:08:02 Bob-QT-Use iPhone Measure app to calculate a human’s height)

00:10:44 Brad-QT-See Snapshots over SMB by adding /~snapshot to SMB URL

00:12:22 BarryK-QT-Use Option-Space to put a “hard space” in text

00:13:30 Craig-QT-Use an NFC tag to cover the light on your bedside charger…and trigger shortcuts! Available here on Amazon)

00:17:06 Cory-QT-Run Homebridge on DSM7) instead of HOOBS – Good idea!

The MGG Discord Server is Live!)

00:20:32 Brad-QT-use killall -3 to generate a crash report

00:21:53 Jeff-QT-iOS 16 Lets You See Wi-Fi Passwords

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00:26:05 SPONSOR: BBEdit), the power tool for text from Bare Bones Software) is now ready for Big Sur and M1-powered Macs!

Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:27:51 Bill-Moving From Cable to 5G/LTE Internet

Verizon 5G Home Internet)

T-Mobile Home Internet)

Starlink)

Starlink Coverage Map) – Check the coverage map!!!

Verizon 5G Home Internet vs. T-Mobile Home Internet: Which Is Best for Your Home Connection?)

00:34:04 DLH-Wi-Fi Traveling Fun

00:42:51 Lauren-Easy cross-platform remote assistance solution?

Zoom)

TeamViewer)

Chrome Remote Desktop)

00:48:20 Larry-APFS or HFS+ for Rotational Drives?

An analysis of APFS enumeration performance on rotational hard drives)

00:54:05 Jamie-Synology RT6600ax) is shipping to customers

01:01:10 David-What’s the best PDF Editor?

Adobe Acrobat DC) – The reader is just a reader. Not an editior

PDF Pen)

LibreOffice)

PDF Expert)

Nitro PDF Pro)

Prizmo)

Cool Stuff Found

01:10:56 Allison-CSM-A geeky podcaster’s VPN analysis)

Private Internet Access VPN) (Allison’s choice and the one Dave will move to shortly)

ExpressVPN) (Dave’s current VPN)

01:18:32 CSF-Mobile Passport app)

01:21:12 MGG 932) Outtro

Pilot Pete’s New Aviation Podcast: So There I Was)

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