Happy New Year from Your Two Favorite Geeks – Mac Geek Gab 638
Need to use Mini DisplayPort monitor with your USB-C Mac? Need to make screen recordings? Need a Dropbox replacement? Your two favorite geeks have you covered with these questions and others. Cool Stuff Found segment includes a way to control your reboot sounds, your clipboard, and your unwanted robocalls. Plus, another AirPods alternative. Download and enjoy!
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Show Notes
Note: Shownotes are complete!Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 638 for Sunday, January 1, 2017
- 00:02:59 Scott-Making Screen Recordings
- 00:10:42 Ron-Mini DisplayPort and Thunderbolt 3/USB-C
- 00:16:08 Will-Auto-connecting VPN
- 00:25:56 Eric-Synology as a Dropbox Replacement
- 00:31:10 SPONSOR: Smile’s PDF Pen Family
- 00:34:10 Chuck-637-QT-Request Desktop Site
- 00:35:22 Bill-637-iTunes on a NAS and Auto-mounting Network Shares
- 00:39:16 James-QT-iPhone Takes Pictures with Black Screen
- 00:42:16 Jim-CSF-No Reboot Sound
- 00:43:38 Steve-CSFR-PopClip for Mac
- 00:45:15 -Zack-CSF-Nomorobo
- 00:47:43 Managing your Comcast(XFinity)/ISP/Vendor relationships
- 00:51:29 Synology, Docker & Homebridge
- 00:59:39 Ben-636-CSF-GoNovate G10 and G8 earbuds
- 01:01:09 Bob-Adding an iPhone to the family
- 01:09:26 Robin-Non-Cloud Notes Syncing
- Import your notes and files to the Notes app (On My Mac doesn't need iCloud)
- iMazing
- Note Station
- ownCloud – ownNote
- 01:20:56 Rolling your own cloud service
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
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- BackBeat Media Podcast Network
- MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed - Thanks to Michael Johnston of The iOS Show and Applr.
At 00:51:30 Homekit (after how many years of waiting, Apple!)
I have the Insteon hub (2245-222) that I use with the (At 00:57:45) echodot (with insteon app for alexa) for voice comands to turn the lights on/off (7). Works ok as I have DSL for the internets. For what it’s worth