Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
From Apple to Vigorish
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Learn about a portable screen for your laptop, how to reset your Apple mouse, how to resolve Safari errors and more with Pilot Pete, John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton this week. Of course, there are lots of (fun?) tangents your three favorite geeks take you on, as well, PLUS the first "Strange Things Found" inclusion in seventeen years. All this and more, just press play and enjoy!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 919 for Monday, March 14, 2022
- The MGG Merch Store is Live!
- 00:02:39 MGG Calendar
- Quick Tips
- 00:04:25 Will Strafach-Sharing a Safari Reader Mode Page via Email includes the Page’s Content
- 00:05:23 David-STF-Popular Woodworking plays music in Reader Mode
- 00:08:39 Jon-QT-Disable Dictation to Prevent Keyboard Entry Errors
- 00:10:40 Peter-QT-Reset your Apple Mouse to Fix Frozen Cursor
- sudo pkill bluetoothd
- 00:14:59 Rand-QT-Reset Printing System to Bring Printers Back to Life
- 00:17:06 QT-Enable AppleScripts in macOS Shortcuts
- 00:18:56 Paul-QT-Create Symbolic Links in root
- man synthetic.conf
- Sponsors
- 00:21:14 SPONSOR: New Relic. Combining 16 different monitoring products, New Relic ensures you can pinpoint the source of your software issues quickly and get back up and running when you need it. Visit NewRelic.com/MGG to get 100GB of data free, forever, no credit card required!
- 00:22:54 SPONSOR: BBEdit, the power tool for text from Bare Bones Software, now offers multiple notebooks, a native image viewer, and Shortcuts support!
- Cool Stuff Found
- 00:24:56 CSF-Lenovo ThinkVision M14 Portable 14” Bus-Powered Screen
- 00:30:20 Joe-CSFR-Moom for Mac Window Placement
- 00:33:13 Steve-CSF-BlueHarvest to Delete macOS Hidden Files, Paragon Read and Write NTFS and ext4
- 00:34:08 Sensibo Pure Air Purifier
- 00:39:27 Order More COVID Tests
- 00:41:32 CSF-Nee-Vo monitors and app
- 00:46:53 Dave’s ISDN Storage
- Sponsors
- 00:51:35 SPONSOR: Helix Mattresses. Go take the Helix Quiz to find out which mattress is right for you, and then save up to $200 off your mattress plus get two free pillows at HelixSleep.com/mgg.
- 00:53:19 SPONSOR: Kandji.io. Next-generation Apple device management for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. Visit Kandji.io/mgg today so they can hear what you need and get you rolling.
- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:54:44 Zenni Optical and PP-EyeBuyDirect.com
- 00:58:49 Ken-How to fix a Frozen Dock?
- killall Dock
- ps -ax
- 01:02:18 Sandra-Safari Can’t Verify This Site Errors
- 01:10:10 Julie-Time to Upgrade macOS from Catalina to Monterey?
- 01:13:50 Vigorish
- 01:15:12 MGG 919 Outtro