Upgrades, Slow Internet, Hard Drives, and More – Mac Geek Gab 802

How's your Catalina installation behaving? Have any Macs left to upgrade? Your two favorite geeks talk through it all. Then it's time to diagnose the cause of slow internet, always a pesky one to diagnose! Add in some hard drive diagnostics, follow-ups on your subscription tracking, and John and Dave have a show chock-full-of-infotainment goodness to share with you!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 802 for Monday, February 17, 2020
• 00:03:37 Dudley-Bootable APFS/Catalina Backup Recommendations
  • OWC ThunderBay 4 – New version
  • OWC Mercury Elite Pro
• 00:10:42 Felipe-Catalina Upgrade Best Practices
  • Go64
  • MacUpdater
• 00:16:31 Mike-Hard Drive Condition
  • SMARTMonTools – Available with homebrew: brew install smartmontools
  • SMARTReporter
  • DriveDx
  • TechTool Pro
• 00:22:50 Wilko-GC-Auto-mounting External Encrypted Volumes
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• 00:34:17 Allison-801-Use TrackMySubs to Track Subscriptions
• 00:35:03 Joe & John & Gary & Guido & Scott & Adam-801-Use Bobby App to Manage Subscriptions
• 00:35:39 Ben-801-Truebill to Manage Subscriptions
  • TechHive talks subscription tracking
• 00:37:24 DLH-Tracking Shows You’re Watching
  • TiVo Stream
  • Plex
• 00:48:23 Joe-797-Software Subscriptions vs. OTP
• 00:54:32 Bob-Still using IPv6?
  • Test IPv6
• 01:06:45 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones Software is now back in the Mac App Store or Online at BareBones.com
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• 01:10:14 Mark-Troubleshooting Slow Internet Speeds
  • User iperf3 to test your Mac’s Network
• 01:18:01 David-Best Use for Old AirPort Extreme Routers?
• 01:22:21 MGGF-MilesSawyer-Why is my Bluetooth Headset Audio Low Quality?
  • Bluetooth LE Audio
  • Daily Observations about LE Audio
• 01:27:21 MGG 802 Outtro
  • Google Translate iOS App
  • The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
  • Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
  • You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network
  • BackBeat Media Podcast Network

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