Geek Challenges, Quick Tips, and Your Network Questions Answered — Mac Geek Gab 827
John and Dave take a few deeper dives today to solve your peskier problems… Geek Challenges, we like to call them (though sometimes we call them « Stump the Geeks! »). Listen as your two favorite nerds talk through creatively increasing your broadband speeds, diagnosing those CPU spikes, managing battery life, Wi-Fi issues, and more. Of course, your favorite Quick Tips are here, and maybe even a few more surprises. Press play and watch while you learn five new things!
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Show Notes
Note: Shownotes are complete!Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 827 for Monday, August 3, 2020
- Quick Tips
- 00:01:45 Roger-QT-Manage Mac/iOS Screenshots On-The-Fly
- Tap and hold (iOS) or right click (macOS) on thumbnail to get several additional options
- 00:04:11 Makay-QT-Display Contrast Accessibility Adjustments
- Settings > Accessibility > Display > Contrast slider
- Check Mac accessibility shortcuts
- 00:01:45 Roger-QT-Manage Mac/iOS Screenshots On-The-Fly
- Geek Challenges
- 00:08:47 Olga-iMac Sound Volume is Very Low
- SMC Reset
- Safe Mode macOS
- Check
/Library/Audioand~/Library/Audiofor old audio cruft
- 00:15:51 Chip-GC-Creatively Increasing Broadband Speeds
- 00:22:47 Craig-Diagnosing a daily CPU spike
top -u -s4
- 00:31:29 Chris-Managing Battery Life on MacBook Pro
- 00:36:54 Robbie-Changing Username
- System Preferences > Users & Groups > Unlock > [User] Right Click for Advanced Options...
- 00:41:28 Stephen-GC-Push Notifications from one iPhone to Another
- 00:08:47 Olga-iMac Sound Volume is Very Low
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- 00:47:18 SPONSOR: PlushCare: Does telehealth with primary care physicians available 7 days per week for same-day appointments sound good? That’s what PlushCare does for you. And you get 30-days free as a trial at PlushCare.com/MGG.
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- Networks/Wi-Fi
- 00:51:33 James-Building a good Wi-Fi Smart Home Framework
- 01:07:30 MACE-Which Ethernet Cable to Use?
- 01:09:44 Mark-IoT Devices and Changing Wi-Fi Networks
- 01:14:37 Steven-Mesh is Meshing Up my IoT Devices
- Follow-up/Tips
- 01:17:54 Louis-825-A potential Screen Sharing Hack
- 01:20:56 MGG 827 Outtro
