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Cool Stuff Found starts the day here, with things for printing webpages, controlling your trackpad/mouse, and organizing your life. Need a VPN at home? Your two favorite geeks have got you covered! Plus, the cable companies have priced it such that cutting the cord isn't enough. Listen as Dave tells John — and all of you — what he's learned. Press play and learn five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 881) for Monday, July 19, 2021

Cool Stuff Found

00:01:30 Ajax-CSF-SteerMouse) for Tweaking Mouse and Trackpad functionality

KensingtonWorks)

00:03:21 Micha-CSM-Document Finder to search your documents

00:05:34 Neal-CSF-Regex101.com) to build and verify regular expressions

00:08:03 Kelly-CSF-Sofa – Lists for books, movies, and more)

TMO’s Daily Observations Podcast)

00:08:49 Donna-CSF-879-Free Warp 1.1.1.1 VPN)

00:11:36 Tim-CSF-Ultimate Ears Fits)

00:13:38 CSF-Symfonisk Speaker/Picture Frame from Sonos and Ikea) – $199

00:15:25 Tony-CSF-880-Print Friendly & PDF) for Web Pages

00:17:39 Allison-880-Printing Webpages to PDFs on iOS

00:18:42 CSF-Earthworks ICON Pro) ($499)

Earthworks ICON USB) ($349)

Gig Gab Podcast)

00:21:44 Cognex BarCode Scanners) – Read Data Matrix Bar Codes on your iPhone

Data Matrix Barcode Generator)

Cutting The Coax or Cord?

00:24:28 JP-Thoughts on Moving to YouTube TV

00:29:26 John-YouTube TV Pays Twice!

Fubo TV)

00:33:29 Mark-YouTubeTV Feedback Entertainment+ Package

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Your Questions and Tips…Answered and Shared!

00:38:24 Andrew-Erasing SSDs

iStat Menus

Enable TRIM with trimforce

00:47:04 Ralph-M1 Macs and More Than Two Screens)

DisplayLink Software)

00:50:11 David-Running 32-Bit Apps on Recent macOS

00:54:48 Bill-Best VPN setup for home users

Tunnelblick) (OpenVPN client for macOS)

01:00:20 Zerotier)

01:05:57 Dom-HomePod Failed Update Solution

01:08:03 Bob-Thoughts on Vilo Mesh) Wi-Fi for $60

Keep The Harmony Alive

01:12:11 Replace Logitech Harmony with… Logitech Harmony

Harmony Companion at Amazon)

Harmony 665 at Best Buy)