Listen as your two favorite geeks share tips and tricks about sharing photo libraries, writing Shortcuts, scanning pictures with your iPhone, choosing the best USB or Thunderbolt dock, and more. Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things along with Dave and John in this week’s episode of Mac Geek Gab.
Apple Photos
iOS: How to Merge Live Photos Together As a Video
iOS 13 adds a neat feature in Photos that lets you merge Live Photos together and save them as a video. Andrew shows us how.
iOS 15.1 Quick Tips: Snoozing with Siri and Contacts Using The People Album
iOS 15.1 Quick Tips from Mac Geek Gab 903:
1) Tell Siri To Stop Or Snooze Your Alarms
2) Use The People Album To Set Contact Photos
The Rocky Road to Monterey
Dr. Mac’s upgrade to macOS Monterey was neither pleasant nor pretty, and he lays out some of the pitfalls he’s experienced so you don’t have to!
Cool Stuff Found
iPhone's Hidden Feature In Photos
Did you know about this hidden feature in your iPhone Photos App we discussed in Mac Geek Gab 882?
Scroll down in photo detail view to find your pictures categorized by People and Places! There is also a huge map that shows where you have taken all your pictures.
iOS 15: Apple Photos Has a New ‘Visual Search’ Feature
The Photos app is getting a new feature in iOS 15 called Visual Look Up, and it leverages the powerful on-device machine learning.
Consulting Advice, Quick Tips, and DSM 7.0 — Mac Geek Gab 878
If you’re a computer consultant, how do you manage your billing? Like many of you listening, Dave and John both spent time as consultants, too. Listen as they talk about some of the practices — and problems — they experienced! Synology’s DSM 7.0 is out, too, and you’re going to want to listen before you install. That, plus some Quick Tips, Photos, and even a few Cool Stuff Found items from the most recent Pepcom round out the episode. Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things!
Geeky Gifts for Dads and Grads (Part II)
Don’t miss the thrilling conclusion to Dr. Mac’s 2021 Geeky Gifts for Dads & Grads, including two photo products and a keyboard.
When Things Don’t “Just Work” with Photos on Mac — the Not-So-Thrilling Conclusion
After countless hours spent creating new Photos libraries, reformatting his SSD, and reinstalling Big Sur (twice), Dr. Mac contacted Apple Support again, hoping the third time would be the charm…
Podcasts
When Things Don’t “Just Work” (in Photos for Mac) Part II
After two weeks of troubleshooting, Dr. Mac is still unable to create new shared albums in Photos…