Quick Tips start this episode, including topics like macOS Sierra's picture-in-picture videos, auto-logout, Sierra upgrade hints, macerror, cleaning up your Keychain, printing to PDF on <em>any</em> iOS 10 device, Apple Watch battery life and more. Then it's on to questions about macOS Sierra's network login changes, running a mixed macOS and OS X household and, finally, a discussion about lightning strikes and how to recover. Enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!

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Chapters & Timestamps:

00:01:42 Ali-QT-Sierra-Moving Picture-in-picture around
00:03:20 Ken-QT-Sierra Auto-logout
00:05:17 Gary-QT-macOS Sierra Upgrade Hints
00:10:54 Mark-QT-macerror
00:12:22 Johnny-QT-Clean up your Keychain
00:16:51 Andy-QT-Beware manually changing iOS date and time
00:20:15 John-QT-iOS Print-to-PDF without 3D Touch
00:22:35 Ken-QT-Emergency SOS Slider on Apple Watch
00:24:44 Bill-QT-Check your Watch Contacts Sync Status*
00:26:40 Michelle-QT-iTunes Smart Playlists and Podcasts
00:28:20 Dave-QT-Be sure to enable WMM
00:31:04 Eddie-625-Safe charging speeds
00:32:36 Paul-625-Creating a clickable file
00:33:44 Adam-625-Pathfinder Copies Windows Paths
00:34:54 Giles-623-Geotagging Photos
00:36:27 Matching Filenames to Photo Dates
00:41:16 Phil-AirPods Alternatives
00:46:28 Plantronics Voyager 5200 Review
00:50:21 Daniel-Auto-Login to Network Shares Impossible in macOS Sierra
00:57:45 Peer-Mounting Shares and Making Them Stay That Way
00:59:29 Scott-Running a Mixed Household
01:03:00 Clipboard Syncing in macOS Sierra
01:04:43 David-FileVault Safe to use?
01:13:47 Jürgen-Lightning Struck my Switches (and more)

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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!

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