Bridge Mode, APFS, and Tips from MacTech – Mac Geek Gab 735

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
  • Mail server settings for iCloud email clients
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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
  • Arq Cloud
  • Acronis True Image
  • BackBlaze
• 01:22:29 MGG 735 Outtro
• The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
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