CPU Throttling on Older Macs – Mac Geek Gab 723

It's not just newer Macs that suffer from CPU throttling, it happens on older Macs, too, and a firmware update is <em>not</em> the easy fix. Keychains, Photo Sorting, Battery management tips, and doing the Public Wi-Fi Dance are just <em>some</em> of the other topics covered.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 723 for Monday, August 20, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
• 00:01:45 John Upgrades his NAS
  • Synology SHR
  • How to Upgrade the Memory in a Synology Disk Station DS713+ NAS (The processor in your NAS may be able to address more RAM than the unit shipped with, if the RAM is socketed, why not?)
• 00:08:35 Low Battery Causes CPU Slowdowns to 800MHz
  • iStat Menus
  • Intel Power Gadget
• 00:13:51 SPONSOR: Crossover from CodeWeavers – Feeling nostalgic this summer, well did you know you can play a lot of your old Windows games on mac with CrossOver?
• 00:15:15 Iain-3 Battery and Heat Management Tips
  • Mpow Car Phone Mount, Air Vent Phone Holder for Car with Adjustable Car Phone Holder
  • Settings | Battery | Low Power Mode (put in Control Center for easy access)
• 00:22:32 Use separate Keychain for Mail certificates
  • Encrypting Mail on macOS
• 00:28:51 CSF-PowerPort Strip 12
• 00:30:58 Donna-Cheap iPhone Charger causes Ford Tire Pressure Monitor System Fault
  • Buy a better charger
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• 00:35:51 Paul-Doing the public Wi-Fi Dance
  • On iOS and some public Wi-Fi, disabling Auto-Login for a network may bring up the Login screen
• 00:40:06 General | Reset | Reset Network Settings if all else fails
• 00:42:31 Ioannis-Lightning to USB-C to MacBook
  • Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader
  • Lightning to Type C Adapter
• 00:43:59 [email protected]
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• 00:47:17 Ron-USB-C Heat
  • Satechi USB-C dock
  • Conmdex Macsafe to USB-C
• 00:52:36 Ron-Mail Tildes
  • Mail | Mailbox | Take All Accounts Online
• 00:55:37 Andrew-Sort Photos by Date Taken
  • Sort by Date Taken with Path Finder
  • Total Finder
  • A Better Finder Rename
• 01:02:00 Greg-UPS Options in Energy Saver
  • pmset -g
• 01:06:42 Roger-iPhone Reset All Settings after App Crash
  • Settings | General | Reset | Reset All Settings looks to have solved odd password problem
• 01:09:40 Kevin-Is FileMaker the right answer?
• 01:16:17 Brian-How long before my Mac is no longer secure?
• 01:21:12 MGG 723 Outtro
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