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Dave's back from MacTech and boy is his brain tired from absorbing as much knowledge as he could. He and John talk through a bunch of that, including some important new APFS knowledge, Cool Stuff Found, and a plethora of Quick Tips. Plus, of course, your two favorite geeks answer your questions. All this and more… press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

  • 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 735 for Monday, November 12, 2018
  • 00:01:58 SSD Dashboard by way of Parallels
  • 00:03:19 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone (creates a .vmdk file you can import into other virtualization environments)
  • 00:04:26 MacTech is SO worth it
  • 00:08:03 APFS Lessons from MacTech
  • 00:14:17 CSF-KnockKnock
  • 00:16:17 CSF-Sloth
  • 00:17:40 CSF-LockRattler
  • 00:19:03 Contact Mac Geek Gab
  • 00:19:41 QT-defaults read [file].plist works!
  • 00:21:30 QT-launchctl list
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  • 00:27:01 QT-Hit Command-T in your favorite apps
  • 00:27:56 Bill-Force Mac App Store to show missing Updates
    • App Store | Store | Reload Page
  • 00:29:36 Bill-734-Dark Mode toggle for Maps
    • Maps | View | Use Dark Map
  • 00:30:19 Shazoom-CSF-Dark Mode for Firefox
  • 00:32:13 Bill-734-MacBook Air TouchID not Touch Bar
  • 00:34:52 Rob-734-Logging in two accounts at once
    • Launch VMWare virtual machine with macOS to log in second user
  • 00:28:51 Neal-734-Use CGSession to login a second user
    • /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession - switchToUserID `id -u <username>`
  • 00:41:33 Dave-Soft Keyboards with Hard Keyboards on iPads
  • 00:43:25 Kraig-iOS 12.1 eSIM bug
    • Remove and reinsert SIM
  • 00:45:43 MGGF-Graham-Manually configuring iCloud mail
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  • 00:51:14 Cindy-Install a Printer That Doesn’t Exist?
    • System Preferences | Printers & Scanners | + | Use: | Select Software | [Printer]
  • 00:56:53 Dave-Cable Modem in Bridge Mode
  • 01:04:09 Chuck-Mojave thoughts
  • 01:09:45 Gary-Finding Photos
  • 01:14:56 MGGF-Garry-Naming exported Photos folders
  • 01:16:15 Jeff-Photos Backup
  • 01:22:29 MGG 735 Outtro
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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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