Don't Store Your iPhone In Your Navel Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

Quick Tips for keyboard shortcuts, viewing messages, and speed tests are just the first segment of this week’s episode. Listen as John, Dave, and Pilot Pete navigate you through understanding managing the Finder sidebar, tweaking your batteries, choosing storage, and ensuring your DNS will let you connect to hotel Wi-Fi. Then your three favorite geeks wrap up with some fantastic (and timely!) Cool Stuff Found, including some travel tips. Press play and enjoy learning five new things together!

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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 927 for Monday, May 9, 2022



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Quick Tips



00:02:20 Lee-QT-Efficiently Quit Without Saving

00:05:46 Barry-QT-Use Your Mac as an AirPlay Speaker…even Better With Studio Display!

00:06:41 Joe-QT-Use Live Text to Type those Restaurant Survey Codes

00:09:47 Harvey-CSF-Use `networkQuality -s` for Speed Tests from Terminal



https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/internet-speed-checkl-macos-monterey/





00:13:28 QT-Alternate Messages View

00:16:09 ADD Todd-The MGG Feed … Enhanced!





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Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!



00:22:41 David-Disappearing Finder Sidebar Items

00:24:30 Eduardo-Risks of Leaving my MacBook plugged in full-time?



Maximizing Apple’s Battery Performance

Coconut Battery





00:32:04 CSF-MagSafe PopSockets! – Sadie should clip this tip LOTS of girls love those PopSockets!

00:34:31 Paul-Cleaning your AirPods increases Sound Quality



12 Pieces Hearing Aid Cleaning Tools

6-Pack of Brushes and Earloops





00:40:22 Tim-External SSD vs. Internal Storage

00:47:27 John-Custom DNS Messes Up Captive Portal – Yep. True!! I have had this issue before when setting up new XFinity/Comcast Cable Modems.

00:51:42 Roger-Which (e)SIM card to get when traveling?



eSimDB

Google Maps for iOS

You Need a Map

PokeFi

iPhone Low Data Mode

Join Mint Mobile









Cool Stuff Found



01:02:08 @StatsDesk-DSM 7.1 Fixes Critical Netatalk Bug

01:03:37 Samsung T7 Shield Portable SSD — rubberized shock absorbers. Formatted ExFAT out of the gate, PCIe NVMe drive, 10Gbps USB (3.