Embracing the 15s — Mac Geek Gab 892
Safari 15, iOS 15, your 15th birthday, all of these are things we must embrace, right? Listen as your two favorite geeks walk you through their thoughts on it all (the first two, anyway!). That’s not all, though, as this episode has some of the best Quick Tips we’ve ever shared, plus some new chargers to look out for with your new iPhones and iPads. Press play and join John and Dave in learning at least five new things this week!
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Show Notes
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 892 for Monday, September 27, 2021
- 00:02:01 Help us...and help yourself! MGG Listener Survey!
- Quick Tips
- 00:03:54 Lawyer Jeff-QT-Backup/Import Your Mac/iPhone Text Substitutions
- 00:05:57 Todd-QT-Deleted iPhone Screenshots Aren't Deleted
- 00:07:14 Your iPhone Voicemail can get full!
- 00:08:59 Tony-QT-Cellular Apple Watch Can Call Emergency Services
- 00:10:29 Andrew-QT-Don't Forget About Running iPhone Apps on M1 Macs with Catalyst
- 00:13:29 Michael-QT-Siri Button on AppleTV 4K Remote launches HomeKit Scenes
- 00:15:22 Stephen-New Magic Keyboard Tips
drutil tray eject
- Cool Stuff Found
- 00:17:13 Bruce-CSF-877-Magic Keyboard with Touch ID for Apple Silicon... Wireless OR Wired
- 00:22:11 Bill-CSM-How Sites Identify You, aka Browser Fingerprinting
- 00:25:11 CSF-InfinityLab Chargers ($69.95 and $49.95) & Baseus Charger ($49.99) & Anker Nano Pro Charger ($19.99)
- SPONSORS
- 00:30:01 SPONSOR: Other World Computing: OWC’s Envox Pro SX, the Thunderbolt portable SSD that can withstand any condition. Envoy Pro SX 240GB to 2TB models are available now, starting at $199.
- 00:32:01 SPONSOR: Quip. Start getting rewards for brushing your teeth today. Go to GetQuip.com/MGG to save $10 on a quip Smart Electric Toothbrush.
- Embracing the 15s
- 00:34:02 Safari 15 macOS Upgrade
- Safari > Preferences > Tabs > Compact vs. Separate
- 00:39:21 iOS 15 Focus Revisited
- 00:45:40 New Find My Tracking in iOS 15
- 00:50:37 iOS 15 Safari
- 00:34:02 Safari 15 macOS Upgrade
- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:52:00 Brent-How to Disable Live Text on iOS 15
- 00:54:34 Patrick-Mail.App Addressing Bug
- 00:58:30 Ollie-Mail Signatures Keep Reverting to Prior Versions
- 01:02:36 Andrew-Time Machine Disk Format?
- 01:06:58 Andrew-Spotlight Search Results Tip
- In Applescript:
delay 15trydo shell script “diskutil unmount /Volumes/DriveName-Clone/”(replace with your actual Volume name)
end try
- In Applescript:
- 01:12:44 MGG 892 Outtro
With the AppleScript to unmount a disk, what is the correct syntax when your disk has a space in it, such as iMac Clone Backup? Or is the simpler answer just to rename the disk so it doesn’t have any spaces in it.
Great question, Dan and it’s really not a huge issue, you just need to “escape” the space with two backslashes. Here is my known-to-be-working-because-it’s-on-my-main-macMini script. The name of the drive is “Filles De Kilimanjaro-Clone” (yes, another Miles Davis tune):
delay 15
try
do shell script “diskutil unmount /Volumes/Filles\\ De\\ Kilimanjaro-Clone/”
end try
Perfect. Thanks. I was jumping all around the correct syntax. Didn’t think about the double slash.