MGG 624: Sierra, APFS, Wi-Fi and Personal Servers

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Today it's all about answering your questions! Ok, maybe <em>one</em> tip, but it's high time your questions got answered, and your two favorite geeks are just the right guys to do it! First it's two macOS Sierra questions, then it's onto APFS and the future of backups, including a query about choosing an external backup drive. This plus perhaps the aforementioned tip might just round out the show… or there might be more about Photos and HDR. Listen and find out!Note: Show notes are complete!

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 624
00:01:33 iPhone Financing
00:05:11 Using iPhone 6 cases on an iPhone 7
00:12:58 Apps and iOS Compatibility/Restrictions
00:15:00 Battery usage on iPhone 7
00:17:00 ISP-Based WiFi
00:25:03 Marc-Sierra and iCloud Syncing Changes
00:30:36 Gary-Sierra File Vault and App Compatibility
00:35:59 Todd-APFS and the future of Backups
00:46:09 SPONSOR: PowerPhotos
00:49:39 Hunter-Mac mini vs. Synology/NAS
00:58:12 Erik-How to choose an external backup drive?
01:04:41 Peter-What happened to Transporter?
01:14:08 Leon-623-Explaining RAW
01:18:45 Peter-623-RAW/DNG vs. JPG
01:23:27 Aurora HDR
01:26:01 MGG 624 Outtro

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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!

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