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Mac mini CPU Considerations, Semi-Dark Mode, Photos, and More – Mac Geek Gab 734
Published 7 years, 11 months ago
Description
New Macs are out! John and Dave answer your questions and talk through the various models, including a dissection of the 2018 Mac mini CPU options as well as the relative merit of the 2018 MacBook Air. Other topics include setting up "semi-Dark Mode" on Mojave, using a Fusion Drive as storage, migrating from iCloud Photos to other options, and more! Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 734 for Monday, November 5, 2018
- 00:02:38 Backup notifications and dying hard drives
- 00:07:21 Allen-Mobile Documents folder vs. iCloud Drive
- 00:10:41 Kevin-CSF-Mojave semi-Dark Mode
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- 00:13:36 Johnny-DataMan Pro uses Siri Shortcuts to disable Data
- 00:15:58 How to turn off Dark Mode for just Mail.app
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- 00:22:05 Lee-Mac mini pricing
- 00:27:06 Wes-New Mac mini CPU comparisons
- Intel CPU Comparison Charts
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- 00:39:29 New MacBook Air
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- 00:52:31 CSF: Mac mini — The Arrival — Apple (with “Hello” Easter Egg)
- 00:54:07 MGGF-DanThurston-Migrating from iCloud Photos to Synology
- 01:00:43 BTRFS vs. EXT4 on NAS
- 01:04:28 Felix-Photos Library not Quite Happy
- 01:10:38 ?-MGGF-Flyleaf-Syncing two separate Photos libraries to one Mac
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