New Macs are out! John and Dave answer your questions and talk through the various models, including a dissection of the 2018 Mac mini CPU options as well as the relative merit of the 2018 MacBook Air. Other topics include setting up "semi-Dark Mode" on Mojave, using a Fusion Drive as storage, migrating from iCloud Photos to other options, and more! Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!

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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 734 for Monday, November 5, 2018
00:02:38 Backup notifications and dying hard drives
- SanDisk 1TB SSD for US$145
00:07:21 Allen-Mobile Documents folder vs. iCloud Drive

00:10:41 Kevin-CSF-Mojave semi-Dark Mode

defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes

00:13:36 Johnny-DataMan Pro uses Siri Shortcuts to disable Data
00:15:58 How to turn off Dark Mode for just Mail.app
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00:22:05 Lee-Mac mini pricing
00:27:06 Wes-New Mac mini CPU comparisons
- Intel CPU Comparison Charts
- Royal Caribbean
00:39:29 New MacBook Air
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00:52:31 CSF: Mac mini — The Arrival — Apple (with “Hello” Easter Egg)
00:54:07 MGGF-DanThurston-Migrating from iCloud Photos to Synology
- Synology DS918+
01:00:43 BTRFS vs. EXT4 on NAS
01:04:28 Felix-Photos Library not Quite Happy
- Repair Photos Library
- PowerPhotos
- iCloud Status
01:10:38 ?-MGGF-Flyleaf-Syncing two separate Photos libraries to one Mac
- AppTamer
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- Joe B-P, Tony Z., Ev The Nerd, Robert D., Nick S., Beth B., Ward J., Olga P., Jason A., Stephen A., Mike H., Charles K., Robert R., Run KMC, Keith M., Thomas S., Chuck J., Janes H., Mark W., Lew R., Stevie D., Wayne B., Tony C., Trent N., Doug A., Lee M.
01:18:05 Mike-Deciphering the source of panic shutdowns
- SMC Reset
- PRAM/NVRAM Mac Reset
- If your Mac spontaneously restarts or displays a message that it restarted or shut down because of a problem
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Mac mini CPU Considerations, Semi-Dark Mode, Photos, and More – Mac Geek Gab 734