CES Wrap-up, Quick Tips, Cool Stuff Found – Mac Geek Gab 797
John and Dave are back from CES with new stuff they’ve learned, Cool Stuff Found, Quick Tips, and more. Of course, your questions are featured, as well, including analyzing USB power draw, fast external drives, folder permissions, and more. Press play to learn five new things with your two favorite geeks!
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Show Notes
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- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 797 for Monday, January 13, 2020
- 00:02:18 TripIt and FlightAware and Kayak
- CES 2020 Sponsors: iMazing, Other World Computing, TextExpander, Carbon Copy Cloner
- 00:09:45 Keep Dock on the Left for more visual space
- 00:10:46 QT-Leave FaceTime in Dock to see missed call badge
- 00:11:25 Rob-QT-How to check AirPods battery life from your Apple Watch
- 00:14:00 Louis-795-Switch from Grid view to List view on watchOS - This is good!
- Hold down on honeycomb Grid view, List view (easier to navigate) offered as an option
- 00:15:38 QT-Activity Monitor adds Preventing Sleep column
- 00:17:27 Todd-QT-Searching in Notes
- After a Find (Cmd-F) click on highlighted word in match list to open note, then Cmd-F to find, Cmd-G to find next, Shift-Cmd-G to find previous
- 00:18:29 Robert-Use Lightroom for More Flexible Photos Management
- 00:23:18 Tony-QT-Move Mouse to FrontMost Window when Window Changes
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- 00:26:49 SPONSOR: Mint Mobile. Cut your wireless bill to just $15 per month at MintMobile.com/MGG
- 00:28:52 Joe BP-CSF-SanDisk Clip Sport
- 00:30:32 Chris-CSF-iFrame to Turn old iPad into Digital Picture Frame
- 00:33:00 CSF-Skylight Frame
- 00:37:06 BusyCal 3.8 Catalina and 3.5.2 iOS adds Reminders Sync
- 00:39:32 Richard-CSF-Renamer
- 00:40:45 Wi-Fi 6 was in full-force at CES 2020, as was EasyMesh
- 00:54:28 Environmental and Health Sensors at CES 2020
- 00:59:16 SPONSOR: Linode - You can build it on Linode. Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Start with a $20 credit at linode.com/mgg.
- 01:01:01 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones Software is now back in the Mac App Store or Online at BareBones.com
- 01:03:01 Russell-Power draw on USB-A vs. USB-C Lightning Cables
- 01:12:55 Matt-NVMe enclosure for boot drive?
- 01:17:53 OWC’s Mercury Elite Pro Dock
- 01:20:50 Eric-Inaccessible sub-folder of Home Folder
- Get Info (Cmd-I) on item in Finder, make sure your user has read/write permissions
- 01:29:00 MGG 797 Outtro
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