It’s been a busy week in the Apple world: the new M1 Pro/Max-based MacBook Pros began arriving, Monterey dropped for most, AirPods Gen 3 arrived, you had questions, and your two favorite geeks have answers! Listen as John and Dave help try to sort through all of this, deciding what’s important, what’s not, and which macOS Monterey Quick Tips you might’ve missed in the mayhem. Press play and learn at least five new things together with the MGG family!
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Thursdays with Bob: We Love Live Text! – TMO Daily Observations 2021-10-28
Dr Mac joins Kelly to talk about Live Text, a new feature of iOS 15 and macOS Monterey, all the ways it feels magical, and some good uses.
'Yoink' and 'Transloader' are Both Ready for macOS Monterey With Shortcuts
Yoink is a popular “shelf” app that improves drag and drop on your Mac, in a “hold these files for me while I do something else for a while” kind of way. New in Yoink v3.6: Shortcuts integration; Yoink comes with Shortcuts actions for adding files to Yoink, getting files from Yoink, saving the clipboard’s contents in Yoink, and for removing all files, which allow for all sorts of powerful workflows. Transloader lets you manage downloads on your Macs, remotely from your iPhones, iPads, and other Macs. New in Transloader v3.1: Shortcuts integration; Build powerful download workflows and automate downloads on remote Macs with the shortcuts you already know and love from iOS; Shortcuts can also be called in Transloader’s Link- and File Actions, in order to hand links or downloaded files over to a particular shortcut.
'Data Jar' App For Shortcuts Has Arrived on macOS Monterey
Data Jar is a Shortcuts-adjacent app that lets you store data for use in a shortcut as persistent key-value pairs. You can store text, numbers, booleans, lists, dictionaries, and files. This lets you read and update data directly from Shortcuts. As an example of how I use Data Jar, I have a shortcut that lets me rename a bunch of files at once. Some files are renamed sequentially and Data Jar helps me store the latest number for the files, and it gets updated with every new file I rename with it. It’s a great app, free for Mac and I personally recommend giving a big tip to the developer if you find Data Jar useful.
macOS 12.0.1 Monterey Patches Various Security Problems
If you think macOS 12.0.1 Monterey is all about new features, you should know there are a number of security fixes in the update, too.
Monterey and Other Updates – TMO Daily Observations 2021-10-26
Jeff Butts and Bryan Chaffin join host Kelly Guimont to discuss the new version of macOS, including new and future features.
OWC Releases SoftRAID 6.2 Management Software for Mac
OWC has announced the release of SoftRAID 6.2 update with features like multiple RAID options and APFS support.
'Pixelmator Pro' 2.2 Update Adds 28 Actions for Shortcuts
macOS Monterey has been released and apps are updating with support for the system. Notably, Shortcuts has made its way to Mac for the first time, and Pixelmator Pro 2.2 Carmel added 28 actions. “Shortcuts makes its grand entrance to the Mac and boy do we love it. So much so that we’ve added 28 dedicated Pixelmator Pro actions, including all our ML-based tools (Super Resolution, Enhance, Denoise, Match Colors, and Crop). We’ve also got some new, Shortcuts-exclusive features, like automatic background removal for photos of people.”
Jamf Announces Same-Day Support for macOS Monterey
Jamf, a company that provides device management solutions for businesses, announced its support for macOS Monterey.
Should You Install macOS Monterey On An Unsupported Mac?
Is it a good idea to install macOS Monterey on an unsupported Mac? Find out in this video tip from Mac Geek Gab 894