Back from their adventures, John and Dave talk through some travel-related tips, including the best iPhone case to use when on the road and the best mobile computer for you. That's not all, though, as this week's episode also includes segments about sharing to an older TV, resolving slow computers, and lots of great OCR solutions for both your Mac and your iPhone. Download, press play, and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!

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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 719 for Tuesday, July 24, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
00:02:16 MacStock Expo 2018
- Markdown
00:07:41 Neal-CSF-Condense Screen OCR App
00:08:48 Greg-CSF-718-Microsoft Seeing AI
00:09:44 EvTheNerd-718-How to scan words from pictures on-the-fly
- General | Accessibility | Speech | Speak Screen (iOS)
00:11:05 Eliot-CSF-718-Prizmo Go and Textgrabber
- Hector D Byrd
00:15:28 Bill-CSF-718-Scan Tailor
- DIY Book Scanner Forums
00:17:17 Patrick-CSF-718-Free Online OCR
- From Text To Speech
00:18:24 Harvey-718-Eat Your Books
- Tesseract OCR (development sponsored by Google)
00:20:42 SPONSOR: Learn from the best in the world at MasterClass.com/MGG with a FREE 7 day trial
00:22:50 SPONSOR: 1Password for Mac – It’s a password manager, and you need one. Get 3 months free at 1password.com/geekgab.
00:24:43 Allison-UPS Suggestion (Puck Killed the Wi-Fi)
00:29:07 Gene-CSF-Google Maps 3D View
- Select Satellite layer, hold Shift, left click/drag on screen
00:31:56 Seth-718-HubiC is closed to new accounts
00:33:10 CSF-PopSocket (but HANDL Cases are better)
00:36:33 Todd-QT-Zoom in on any screen on iOS
- Take screenshot, zoom in on that instead
00:37:53 Allen-Assign Apps to Specific Desktops
- One you add a Desktop (three finger swipe up, hit ‘+’) clicking on item in Dock reveals “Assign to All Desktops | This Desktop | None” option
00:42:03 Sonos AirPlay 2
- Living In The Past
00:46:50 SPONSOR: Go to LinkedIn.com/MGG and get $50 OFF toward your first job post!
00:48:56 SPONSOR: Crossover from CodeWeavers – Feeling nostalgic this summer, well did you know you can play a lot of your old Windows games on mac with CrossOver? Get 35% off and a 14-day FREE trial.
00:51:15 Robert-iMac Running Slow
- Use Safe Mode to Isolate Issues With Your Mac
- OnyX for Mac
- iStat Menus
- AppTamer

01:03:50 Perry-Slow Startup and Multi-Picture Scanning
- Verbose Mode Log
01:11:08 Kristin-Displaying Phone on TV
- HDMI to non-HDMI Adapter
- Older Apple TV
01:16:13 Yannis-iPad Pro instead of Mac Laptop
- Apple Smart Keyboard
- Brydge iPad Keyboards
01:26:37 MGG 719 Outtro
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Scanning, OCR, Travel Phone Cases, and the Best Portable Computer – Mac Geek Gab 719 01:29:26 Share

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Scanning, OCR, Travel Phone Cases, and the Best Portable Computer – Mac Geek Gab 719