Sponsors

Sponsor: BBEdit: BBEdit is the leading professional-strength HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. A text power tool for everyone!

Sponsor: Other World Computing provides innovative, high-quality performance upgrades for nearly every Mac, backed by incredible warranties and expert support. It’s the first place John and Dave look for their upgrades. Make OWC your first stop, too!.

Did you know that Safari can auto-close a newly-launched tab when you're finished reading it? That's just one of the things you'll learn in today's MGG. Dropbox's accessibility hacks, editing EXIF on iOS, the security of hidden Wi-Fi networks, enabling Universal Clipboard, and managing macOS Sierra's multiple monitors are more. Plus, have you ever wanted to know the origins of the word, 'kludge"? Download today and listen!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Stuff mentioned:

Chapters/Timestamps:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 627 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
00:02:16 Dale-QT-Auto-close a new Safari tab with two-finger swipe
00:04:09 Safari Modifier
00:05:31 Dan-Disabling Dropbox’s Accessibility Hacks
00:09:09 Chris-Edit EXIF on iOS <https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/viewexif/id945320815?mt=8>
00:11:54 Wesson-626-Recently Launched Apps List
00:13:03 Josh-626-Use PoE Coax Filter for Surge Protection
00:14:05 George-626-The origins of Kludge
00:16:45 Brian-Basic Analog Audio Input
00:32:07 Bill-Are hidden Wi-Fi netorks truly less secure? <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202068>
00:25:56 SPONSOR: Other World Computing / MacSales.com <https://macsales.com/>
00:28:19 SPONSOR: Bare Bones Software <https://barebones.com/>
00:30:46 Comparing the founding dates of the two sponsors
00:42:06 Dave rants about Apple routers
00:47:23 Zach-Tech Support Scams, WOT, Anti-Virus
00:57:13 Andrew-Other… Account to Login to macOS
00:59:24 Peter-Enabling Universal Clipboard
01:02:35 Joe-Share Menu Icons Disappeared
01:06:36 David-macOS Sierra Multiple Monitors issues
01:17:12 Dave’s Other Podcasts <http://giggabpodcast.com/>
01:18:17 Mike-Process for logging out-and-back-in to iCloud
01:20:16 Joe-Re-syncing iCloud Photo Library

Categories: Episode

Dave Hamilton

Dave Hamilton is a podcaster, a publisher, and a nerd who has spent the past three decades of his career educating thousands of computer users. In addition to Mac Geek Gab podcast (now in its 19th year!), Dave is co-host of Business Brain and Gig Gab, two other shows to check out! Dave is also the co-founder and CEO of BackBeat Media, a boutique network of podcasts and websites that represents fiercely-independent publishers, of which Dave considers himself one. He has been involved in online publishing since 1998, when he co-founded The Mac Observer, a popular Apple news site which was acquired in 2021. Technology isn't the only thing Dave's a nerd about: he's also a drummer, playing in Bitter Pill, Fling, and various other projects in and around the New Hampshire seacoast where he and his wife, Lisa, live and raised their two children. Dave's reachable for a limited amount of paid consulting at DaveTheNerd.com and you can find to him on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, too!

0 Comments

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.