Did your Mac stop showing all your spotlight results? Do you have an external rotational drive on your Mac? Do you want to Add the Dark Menubar to your Light-themed Mac?

These answers are addressed in the opening Quick Tips segment. Can you imagine what happens when John and Dave, your two favorite geeks, start answering your questions? Good news: you don't have to imagine. Just press play and all will be revealed!Note: Shownotes are complete!

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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 815 for Monday, May 18, 2020
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00:01:51 Mike-QT-Command-Tab Follows the Dock
00:04:23 Jeff-QT-Deleting Notes in Preview
00:05:46 Jeff-QT-Remove your boot drive from Spotlight Exclusions after Restoring from Clone
00:07:48 Boot From Clone resets Apple Pay (Cards were still still there, had to reenter CCV)
- feedback@macgeekgab.com
00:10:51 Ben-Command-Delete will delete iCloud Backups
- System Preferences > Apple ID > iCloud > Manage (Storage) > Backups
00:12:38 Paul-QT-Drag Over Selection area for Multiple Select in iOS 13
00:13:28 Mike-814-Drag to the Finder’s Path Bar
00:15:20 Robert-QT-814-Use HFS+ for Better External Rotational Performance
CSF-SanDisk 3D 1TB SSD
00:17:53 CSF-Orico Portable NVMe USB-C SSD
- NTFS, needed reformat for macOS, 10G USB-C, 860MBps W, 940MBps R. $150 512, $240 1TB
00:20:26 Thunderbolt vs. USB-C Drives
00:23:03 CSF-Bi-directional TB3-TB2 conversion
00:27:25 Marc-Long hover can do things
00:29:38 Add Dark Menubar and Dock to Light Theme –
- defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes
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00:39:37 Irving-How to Play Blu-Rays on the Mac
- libbluray extension for VLC
- Dave’s Blu-Ray Reader on his Mac
00:45:54 Walter-Living with 128GB Boot Drive
- Move your home folder to an external
00:50:54 Josh-Using an iMac as a Display through Thunderbolt Docks
00:55:58 Thunderbolt Drive Speeds vs. DisplayPort
01:02:01 Peter-CSF-Capto for Screen Captures
01:03:20 Ben-CSF-814-Suspicious Package
01:04:36 CSF-TimeMachineEditor 5.1 brings additional exclusion preferences
01:06:08 CSF-Logic Pro X 10.5
01:09:29 CSF-Behringer Ultragain Digital ADA8200
- Focusrite Scarlett 18i20
01:11:20 Kenny-NCSF-Automatic Car Adapters
01:16:03 Scott-Enable Safe Boot via Terminal
- Disable SIP first (csrutil disable)
- Enable Safe Mode: sudo nvram boot-args="-x"
- Disable Safe Mode: sudo nvram boot-args=""
01:19:15 James-Troubleshooting with AppTamer and OnyX
- Brad Madix, Rush’s Sound man, on Gig Gab Podcast
01:25:16 MGG 815 Outtro
- This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
- MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
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Holy Bidirectional Thunderbolt, Mac-Man! – Mac Geek Gab 815