Backups, APFS, High Sierra, and You – Mac Geek Gab 670
Cool Stuff Found starts the episode, then it’s on to a few things related to backups, including how High Sierra’s APFS will affect you. Listener tips and some other, unrelated questions are answered, and then there’s a nice, juicy segment on meshifying your home without buying mesh for all of you, too. Press play and enjoy!
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Show Notes
Note: Shownotes are complete!Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 670 for Sunday, August 13, 2017
- 00:01:28 Dave-CSF-Softorino YouTube Converter 2
- 00:02:46 Todd-CSF-beaTunes
- 00:05:05 Java isn’t terrible
- 00:07:09 CSF-TripIt Adds Interactive Airport Maps
- 00:10:20 Joe-CSF-668-Symless Synergy
- 00:11:55 iOS 11 App Results in Spotlight Search
- 00:16:25 Tyler-Impact of APFS on backups
- 00:20:51 Running APFS on Rotational Drives
- 00:23:51 SPONSOR: Bare Bones BBEdit
- 00:25:50 SPONSOR: eero. Use MGG for free overnight shipping
- 00:29:21 Steve-Time Machine Consistency Scan
- 00:39:43 Jeremy-Moving Emails from one Server to Another
- 00:44:30 Graham-665-Migrating email to G-Suite
- 00:46:22 Steve-Connecting a 5K display to One Mac
- 00:48:06 Your two geeks have Drive Issues!
- 00:59:01 David-Link/Unlink Apple Remote with Apple TV
- 01:02:07 David-Extending Synology Router Range
- 01:10:17 JP-Do eeros support Ethernet Backhaul?
- 01:14:46 Mike-Solving home wiring issues
- 01:21:13 This week’s MGG Premium Supporters:
- James B., David G., John G., James C., Paul M., Joe S., Sebastian K., Mark R., Jay C., Louis-Michel, Joshua O., Margaret M., Paulo B., Laurent L., Daniel P., Tyler V.
- 01:22:01 MGG Outtro
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Well, we can’t be talking about the new Apple TV, since that remote is BT and you have to specifically pair them.
The older Apple TVs allowed you to lock it to a single Apple remote, so that only that remote could control it.
https://www.intech-bb.com/apple-tv-not-responding-to-remote/
However, if you’re using a universal remote like a Harmony or something, you’re poo poo out of luck.