Summer Travel Season Tips…and More! – Mac Geek Gab 938

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Did you know that “Optimize Charging” actually charges your iPhone more slowly? How about the *best* place to put your AirTag when traveling? What about the Hamilton Maneuver? These, and more, are among the five new things you’re guaranteed to learn in this week’s episode. Join Dave, John, and Pilot Pete as they answer your questions, share your tips, and dig into Cool Stuff Found. Press play and enjoy!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 938 for Monday, July 25, 2022
  • The MGG Discord Server is Live!
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• Quick Tips

  • 00:02:23 Chris-QT-937-Cmd-backtick cycles windows when used alone
  • 00:04:04 Raymond-QT-937-Control-Left/Right Arrow Switches Spaces
  • 00:07:35 PCUnix on Discord-Disable “Suggest Nearby AirPods” on Apple TV
  • 00:09:23 Walt-Apple Podcasts Truncates Shownotes

• Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

  • 00:11:10 Tanel-iPhone Travel Charging Advice
    • Similar to Pilot Pete’s Pocket Juice Here
  • 00:14:17 Robert-937-Put your AirTag in your Toiletries Case
  • 00:16:04 Using your Apple Card
  • 00:19:35 Sunday, July 31, 9pm EDT – MGG Discord Synology Hangout
  • 00:22:23 Eddie-933-The Hamilton Maneuver

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• Cool Stuff Found

  • 00:27:14 Rich-CSF-Lunar to Disable Internal Screen when Connected to External Display
  • 00:28:24 CSF-Pilot Pete’s Pocket Juice
  • 00:29:27 BlockTek on Discord-CSF-Apple Watch Charging Clip
  • 00:31:00 CSF-InfinityX1 Flashlights – rechargeable and bright AF!
  • 00:33:50 Markintosh on Discord-CSF-Knog Scout – Bike alarm with Find My integration
  • 00:35:05 BrianMonroe on Discord-CSF-Macs Fan Control works with Intel and Apple Silicon

• Podcast Friends

  • 00:37:06 Podcast: Grumpy Old Geeks. Hosts Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister have over 40 years of professional website building experience between them. Every week they discuss what went wrong on the Internet and who’s to blame.
  • 00:38:23 Podcast: The Changelog. Hosts Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo lead in-depth interviews with the best and brightest in software engineering, open source, and leadership. Open source moves fast. Keep up.

• More Questions Answered & Tips Shared!

  • 00:39:26 John-Choosing my Synology Upgrade Path
  • 00:49:20 Synology DS1522+ Review
  • 00:51:50 Thad-Install a Windows VM on your Synology DiskStation
  • 00:57:31 Mark-CSF-RVMobileInternet.com, an RV Internet Resource
  • 01:00:00 Bart-Thoughts on using TravelData as Mobile Internet for RV Travel

• More Cool Stuff Found

  • 01:03:55 TheJTRay-CSF-RenameMyTVSeries
  • 01:05:00 CSF-Pitaka FlipBook Case for iPad Pro
  • 01:07:50 CSF-PopSockets for MagSafe
  • 01:11:01 CSF-Ookla adds “Responsiveness” results to Speedtest

• 01:12:35 MGG 938 Outtro

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