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CES Wrap-up, Quick Tips, Cool Stuff Found – Mac Geek Gab 797
Published 6 years, 8 months ago
Description
John and Dave are back from CES with new stuff they've learned, Cool Stuff Found, Quick Tips, and more. Of course, your questions are featured, as well, including analyzing USB power draw, fast external drives, folder permissions, and more. Press play to learn five new things with your two favorite geeks!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 797 for Monday, January 13, 2020
- 00:02:18 TripIt and FlightAware and Kayak
- CES 2020 Sponsors: iMazing, Other World Computing, TextExpander, Carbon Copy Cloner
- 00:09:45 Keep Dock on the Left for more visual space
- 00:10:46 QT-Leave FaceTime in Dock to see missed call badge
- 00:11:25 Rob-QT-How to check AirPods battery life from your Apple Watch
- 00:14:00 Louis-795-Switch from Grid view to List view on watchOS – This is good!
- Hold down on honeycomb Grid view, List view (easier to navigate) offered as an option
- 00:15:38 QT-Activity Monitor adds Preventing Sleep column
- 00:17:27 Todd-QT-Searching in Notes
- After a Find (Cmd-F) click on highlighted word in match list to open note, then Cmd-F to find, Cmd-G to find next, Shift-Cmd-G to find previous
- 00:18:29 Robert-Use Lightroom for More Flexible Photos Management
- 00:23:18 Tony-QT-Move Mouse to FrontMost Window when Window Changes
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- 00:26:49 SPONSOR: Mint Mobile. Cut your wireless bill to just $15 per month at MintMobile.com/MGG
- 00:28:52 Joe BP-CSF-SanDisk Clip Sport
- 00:30:32 Chris-CSF-iFrame to Turn old iPad into Digital Picture Frame
- 00:33:00 CSF-Skylight Frame
- 00:37:06 BusyCal 3.8 Catalina and 3.5.2 iOS adds Reminders Sync
- 00:39:32 Richard-CSF-Renamer
- 00:40:45 Wi-Fi 6 was in full-force at CES 2020, as was EasyMesh
- 00:54:28 Environmental and Health Sensors at CES 2020