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January 25, 2021 7:30 EST AM
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- 0000 Mac Geek Gab 854 for Monday, January 25, 2021
- Quick Tips
- 0011 Todd-QT-Option-volume opens Sound Prefpane
- 0004 QT-Option-Click Big Sur’s Clock to enable Do Not Disturb
- 0059 Bill-QT-Menu Bar on Both Displays
- 0003 Jacob-QT-Dimmed Apple Watch Face
- 0046 Harvey-QT-Airplane Mode Persistence
- 0024 5G Makes its appearance
- 0054 SPONSOR: Babbel — Learn a new language! Get 3 months FREE with your 3-month Babbel subscription at Babbel.com and use promo code MGG.
- 0032 SPONSOR: Other World Computing — OWC’s new Thunderbolt Dock gives you four Thunderbolt ports, plus four USB ports, as well as a port for your SD Card, Gigabit Ethernet, and a combo audio in/out.
- 0004 SPONSOR: Candid — The clear, comfortable, removable, and practically invisible aligners to straighten your teeth. Save $75 on Candid’s starter kit at CandidCO.com/MGG.
- Cool Stuff Found
- 0045 Andrew-CSF-Gemini to Find Duplicate Files
- 0006 Gene-CSF-Roku Premier has AirPlay 2 and 6 months Apple TV+ ($29!)
- 0042 Gene-CSF-LyricsX for Displaying Lyrics on your Mac (free!)
- 0028 Alex-CSF-hBlock
- 0002 Eliot-CSF-DI for Updating Apps
- 0044 CSF-Speck Presidio ClickFlip AirPods Pro case
- 0039 Kurt-Beware WD Red drives for NAS
- 0040 SPONSOR: Kitty Poo Club — Kitty Poo Club is an all-in-one litter box solution designed to be convenient for you! KPC is offering you 20% off your first order when you set up auto-ship by going to KittyPooClub.com and entering promo code MGG.
- 0030 SPONSOR: Headspace — Feel happier! Headspace is Meditation made simple. Get a free one-month trial at Headspace.com/MGG
- Questions
- 0005 Is Dave’s GPU going bad?
- Application Specific Signatures:
- Graphics kernel error: 0xfffffff9
- 0012 Eliot-What is Headphone Safety?
- 0034 David-Why does 5GHz confuse my IoT devices?
- 0145 Walt-Parallels and Big Sur Uninstall
- 0156 Doug-Do I need a new drive?
- 0143 Ari-Ethernet Connection Lags
- 0005 Is Dave’s GPU going bad?
- 0117 MGG 854 Outtro
January 25, 2021 3:36 EST PM
In Show #854, to the user that had an iMac with a Fusion drive.
That is what I was seeing as well with my 1TB Fusion drive. Everything always said things were fine, but the slowness was inconsistent. I was witnessing this in Catalina and possibly Mojave as well. I could never pin it down as to what the problem was.
After thinking about things and discussing things with both of you, I opted for an external 1TB SSD from OWC. I have been running on that as my disk. It made a world of difference. It's like I have a new mac. I strongly encouurage going that route. My guess is he will see a world of difference.
