Haunted Drives, Beachballs, and Chatty Cathy – Mac Geek Gab 721
Is running a full SSD OK? What’s accessing my hard drive? How do I get custom sounds into Mail? These are just a few of the questions that John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, your two favorite geeks, answer this week. Press play and enjoy!
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Show Notes
Note: Shownotes are complete!Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 721 for Monday, August 6, 2018
- 00:01:40 Flanging
- 00:03:31 Thermometers, Qi Charging, and Heat
- 00:07:05 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?
- 00:08:42 Jai-QT and CSF-Mail PDF, Secure Files, Browser Strings
- 00:13:42 James-CSF-Pockethernet
- 00:17:51 Ev-CSF-SSD RAID Adapter
- 00:20:06 Mark-CSF-MU Travel Charger
- 00:21:22 Bob-719-Why the Beachball Appears
- 00:22:57 Harvey-720-Assistive Touch for Undo
- Settings | General | Accessibility | Assistive Touch
- 00:26:53 SPONSOR: Eero Mesh Wi-Fi – Use MGG for Free Shipping in USA and Canada.
- 00:29:03 Jim-Start with the basics
- 00:33:10 Ron-New MacBook Pro... don't forget the speed!
- 00:36:26 Jon-Reinstalling High Sierra on 2018 MacBook Pro
- 00:40:18 Jeff-Solve Apple Watch Bluetooth Disconnects
- 00:44:53 Tony-Finding a file without the name
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- 00:51:25 Greg-iOS Video Size?
- 00:57:49 Karl-The Case of the Haunted Drive
- 01:03:12 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors:
- Nick S., Robert D., Beth B., Ward J., Greg S., Olga P., Bob P., Michael L., Jason A., Stephen A., Chris F., Paul M., Mike C., Mark R., Gary W., David H., Robert F., Karl B., Peter P.
- 01:04:35 Jim-System Info | Storage | System Item is Bogus
- 01:12:52 Daniel-Is Running Full SSDs OK?
- 01:18:30 John-Custom Sounds in macOS Mail
- 01:24:05 MGG 721 Outtro
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