Episode Details

Did your Mac stop showing all your spotlight results? Do you have an external rotational drive on your Mac? Do you want to Add the Dark Menubar to your Light-themed Mac?

These answers are addressed in the opening Quick Tips segment. Can you imagine what happens when John and Dave, your two favorite geeks, start answering your questions? Good news: you don't have to imagine. Just press play and all will be revealed!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 815 for Monday, May 18, 2020
  • Watch the video on YouTube or Facebook
• 00:01:51 Mike-QT-Command-Tab Follows the Dock
• 00:04:23 Jeff-QT-Deleting Notes in Preview
• 00:05:46 Jeff-QT-Remove your boot drive from Spotlight Exclusions after Restoring from Clone
• 00:07:48 Boot From Clone resets Apple Pay (Cards were still still there, had to reenter CCV)
  • feedback@macgeekgab.com
• 00:10:51 Ben-Command-Delete will delete iCloud Backups
  • System Preferences > Apple ID > iCloud > Manage (Storage) > Backups
• 00:12:38 Paul-QT-Drag Over Selection area for Multiple Select in iOS 13
• 00:13:28 Mike-814-Drag to the Finder’s Path Bar
• 00:15:20 Robert-QT-814-Use HFS+ for Better External Rotational Performance
• CSF-SanDisk 3D 1TB SSD
• 00:17:53 CSF-Orico Portable NVMe USB-C SSD
  • NTFS, needed reformat for macOS, 10G USB-C, 860MBps W, 940MBps R. $150 512, $240 1TB
• 00:20:26 Thunderbolt vs. USB-C Drives
• 00:23:03 CSF-Bi-directional TB3-TB2 conversion
• 00:27:25 Marc-Long hover can do things 
• 00:29:38 Add Dark Menubar and Dock to Light Theme –
  • defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes
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• 00:39:37 Irving-How to Play Blu-Rays on the Mac
  • libbluray extension for VLC
  • Dave’s Blu-Ray Reader on his Mac
• 00:45:54 Walter-Living with 128GB Boot Drive
  • Move your home folder to an external
• 00:50:54 Josh-Using an iMac as a Display through Thunderbolt Docks
• 00:55:58 Thunderbolt Drive Speeds vs. DisplayPort
• 01:02:01 Peter-CSF-