Geeky Gift Guide and Your Questions Answered – Mac Geek Gab 737
The best part about geeky gifts is that sometimes the best person to get them for is yourself. Listen to John and Dave – your two favorite geeks – discuss some of their favorites at this point in the holiday buying season, and decide whether you buy one of these now for someone else… or wait until the gifting season wraps up to get one for you!
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Show Notes
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- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 737 for Monday, November 26, 2018
- 00:01:58 Boeing 737
- 00:02:42 SPONSOR: Other World Computing at MacSales.com. Check out their new Thunderbolt 3 10G Ethernet Adapter
- 00:04:56 EvTheNerd-CSF-SaveHollywood Screen Saver
- 00:06:22 Neal-736-Exporting Safari Passwords
- 00:07:55 Katie-CSF-Mac Media Key Forwarder
- 00:10:34 David-Use Shortcuts to Customize your iPhone Screens and Icons (and more)
- 00:12:51 Mike-736-Use iCloud.com to avoid iWork Format Changes
- 00:17:27 SPONSOR: Opsgenie, now from Atlassian! Opsgenie empowers Dev & Ops teams to plan for service disruptions and stay in control during incidents. Visit Opsgenie.com to get a free company account for up to 5 team members, forever.
- 00:19:50 Zarkachat-Updating Browsers on iOS 10 Devices
- 00:23:48 Allen-Backups Tale of Woe
- 00:32:18 Harry-Connecting 2 monitors to 2 computers
- 00:37:49 Jeff-MacBook Pro vs. iPad Pro, the 2018 Showdown
- 00:42:55 Dave’s new laptop config
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- 00:51:09 Brydge Series II iPad Pro Keyboard ($99.99 on Amazon)
- 00:58:02 Dave-FaceID with External Keyboard and iPad Pro
- 00:59:41 CSF-Ventev Wireless Charge Stand ($42.00 or $59.99 on Amazon)
- 01:02:16 CSF-Ventev wireless chargepad+ ($49.99 on Amazon)
- 01:04:10 CSF-myCharge PowerDisk+ ($49.99 on Amazon)
- Monoprice 10W Qi Charger ($17.99)
- Monoprice 1A Qi Charger ($5.65)
- 01:10:56 CSF-iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit
- 01:12:22 CSF-ROAV Viva Pro
- 01:14:26 Warren-CSF-Linedock ($299 and up)
- 01:16:05 RIVA Concert ($179)
- 01:19:17 Mike-CSF-Twelve South HiRise Pro
- 01:21:47 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors:
- Chris S., Paul M., Mike C., Mark R., Chris F., Working Smarter for Mac Users, Ryan M., Neal L., Scott F., Dave C., John G., James C., Jay C., Frank A., Joe S., Abdullah B., Ari L., Barry F., Michael P., Mikael S., Bob L., Jeff P., John V., John D., Santiago M., Ken L., Clive S., Dave G., Richard B., Ed T., David B., David S., Scott R., Craig R-T., Andrew W., Bob S., Brian M., Scott G., Brian W., Daniel W., Art K., Jim W., Denis M., Bruce D., Daniel M., Rick S., Harvey H., Ian T., John P., Mark P., Tim B., Jim D.,
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I’ve had a Brydge keyboard since original iPad Pro. I often times find myself trying to use the trackpad since I forget that I am on an iPad. It has DEFINITELY transformed the way I use iPads. I’m still quite a ways away from using it as a laptop replacement, but I make ppt’s, documents, read, surf, explore, and sooo much more on my iPad because of that keyboard. My wife has a MacBook and I would definitely choose iPad/Brydge combo over her MacBook anyday.
Haha, yes! I’ve found myself pushing for the trackpad on my Brydge keyboard, too.
Similarly – and very interestingly – I’ve also found myself touching the screen on my Air to try and scroll the window. Apple really has the whole “no touchscreen laptop” thing very wrong, in my experience.