Cutting The Coax

Cool Stuff Found starts the day here, with things for printing webpages, controlling your trackpad/mouse, and organizing your life. Need a VPN at home? Your two favorite geeks have got you covered! Plus, the cable companies have priced it such that cutting the cord isn't enough. Listen as Dave tells John — and all of you — what he's learned. Press play and learn five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 881 for Monday, July 19, 2021
• Cool Stuff Found
  • 00:01:30 Ajax-CSF-SteerMouse for Tweaking Mouse and Trackpad functionality
    • KensingtonWorks
  • 00:03:21 Micha-CSM-Document Finder to search your documents
  • 00:05:34 Neal-CSF-Regex101.com to build and verify regular expressions
  • 00:08:03 Kelly-CSF-Sofa – Lists for books, movies, and more
    • TMO’s Daily Observations Podcast
  • 00:08:49 Donna-CSF-879-Free Warp 1.1.1.1 VPN
  • 00:11:36 Tim-CSF-Ultimate Ears Fits
  • 00:13:38 CSF-Symfonisk Speaker/Picture Frame from Sonos and Ikea – $199
  • 00:15:25 Tony-CSF-880-Print Friendly & PDF for Web Pages
  • 00:17:39 Allison-880-Printing Webpages to PDFs on iOS
  • 00:18:42 CSF-Earthworks ICON Pro ($499)
    • Earthworks ICON USB ($349)
    • Gig Gab Podcast
  • 00:21:44 Cognex BarCode Scanners – Read Data Matrix Bar Codes on your iPhone
    • Data Matrix Barcode Generator
• Cutting The Coax or Cord?
  • 00:24:28 JP-Thoughts on Moving to YouTube TV
  • 00:29:26 John-YouTube TV Pays Twice!
    • Fubo TV
  • 00:33:29 Mark-YouTubeTV Feedback Entertainment+ Package
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• Your Questions and Tips…Answered and Shared!
  • 00:38:24 Andrew-Erasing SSDs
    • iStat Menus
    • Enable TRIM with trimforce
  • 00:47:04 Ralph-M1 Macs and More Than Two Screens
    • DisplayLink Software
  • 00:50:11 David-Running 32-Bit Apps on Recent macOS
  • 00:54:48 Bill-Best VPN setup for home users
    • Tunnelblick (OpenVPN client for macOS)
  • 01:00:20 Zerotier
  • 01:05:57 Dom-HomePod Failed Update Solution
  • 01:08:03 Bob-Thoughts on Vilo Mesh Wi-Fi for $60
• Keep The Harmony Alive
  • 01:12:11 Replace Logitech Harmony with… Logitech Harmony
    • Harmony Companion at Amazon
    • Harmony 665 at Best Buy
• 01:17:30 MGG 881 Outtro
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