Episode Details

macOS Catalina and iOS 13 have been out for a few weeks now, and your tips and questions have been coming in. Plus, Dave learned a few things at MacTech last week to add. Mix in some Cool Stuff Found, a few Quick Tips, and some follow-ups from last week and we'll all learn at least five new things!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 785 for Monday, October 21, 2019
• 00:01:38 Smart Home Batteries
  • Nickel–metal hydride battery 
  • AmazonBasics AA Rechargable
• 00:04:08 MacTech-CSF-DetectX
• 00:04:44 Brandon-CSF-Spark Camera
• 00:06:44 Andy-CSF-784-Caffeine
  • Morning Thunder
• 00:08:15 Adam-QT-Zoom in iOS Maps
  • Double tap then slide up and down
• 00:09:11 David-QT-Audio MIDI Setup
• 00:12:43 Jamie-QT-Merge MP3 Files
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• 00:16:54 MacTech Conference
• 00:18:11 Jeff-Catalina, firmlinks, and Relocated Items
• 00:26:39 Jeff-QT-Open Carbon Copy Cloner after Catalina
• 00:27:55 Kevin-USB-C Ethernet Driver for Catalina
  • Plugable USB-C Cube
• 00:30:03 Catalina Mail-Stuck Moving Messages
• 00:35:41 Jeff-Where does Podcasts store its downloads?

  • /Users/[username]/Library/Group Containers/243LU875E5.groups.com.apple.podcasts/Library/Cache

• 00:38:29 zsh replaces bash as Catalina’s default shell
  • Fish Shell
  • lsof – List Open Files
  • chsh – Change Shell
• 00:41:17 Chris-T2 FileVault and External Access
  • About Startup Security Utility
• 00:44:35 Todd-784-Use Network Utility to Ping for Network Tests
• 00:46:52 DOCSIS Troubleshoot
  • DOCSIS Diagnostics Page
• 00:50:10 With Catalina, CCC Won’t Write to Encrypted APFS Volumes
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