Do Attachments Last Forever? — Mac Geek Gab 829

What happens to Mail attachments in your archive? Have you ever done a three finger drag? How do you manage your trash can? We mean *really* manage it? All these questions — and a lot more — are answered for you this week as Dave and John pour through the mailbag and help you learn at least five new things. Press play and enjoy listening as your two favorite geeks help make it all happen!Note: Shownotes are in progress…

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 829 for Monday, August 17, 2020

• Quick Tips

  • 00:02:19 Dale-QT-Use Notes to Scan Documents
  • 00:05:12 Todd-QT-Duplicate a Safari Tab
  • 00:06:51 Juan-QT-Apple Pay on the Mac Dropdown List
  • 00:08:15 QT-Delete Immediately instead of Emptying ALL Trash
  • 00:10:37 Dmitry-QT-Three Finger Drag
  • 00:13:27 Thomas-QT-827-Control Contrast with Keyboard
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• Mail

  • 00:18:56 Andrew-Encrypted/Secure Email with Free 1-Year Cert from Actalis
    • Using Email Encryption in Apple’s Mail
    • Set S/MIME as Default with GPGTools Enabled
  • 00:26:05 Dave’s Wonky Network Issues
  • 00:27:18 JP-Do Mail Attachments Last Forever?
    • https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203093 – MailDrop

• Photos

  • 00:33:28 Mark-Manual Photo Syncing is Duplicating my Pictures
  • 00:40:28 Kent-Photos lost my albums
  • 00:45:46 Brent-How to fix Image Burn-In
    • Apple: Fixing Image Persistence
    • Avoiding image persistence (old article)
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• Follow-up/Tips

  • 00:55:54 Jon-827-Parallels Tools Runs Hot
  • 00:58:45 Ben-827-Changing the User Account Name
  • 01:00:36 Nick-828-Upgrade to Fastmail
  • 01:05:49 Geeks talkin’ Broadband Upgrades
    • Lightpath Broadband
  • 01:08:12 Jeff-Relocating Photo Booth photos and videos
    • Hazel Noodlesoft

• Cool Stuff Found

  • 01:11:59 Clive-CSF-Apple Explains Its Wireless Roaming Strategy
  • 01:15:10 Bob-CSF-EarthDesk for Apple TV
  • 01:16:03 Don-CSF-828-Microphone Live app for Broadcasting Sound from iPhone
  • 01:17:23 Peter-CSFs-82x-Lightspeed Tek for Classroom Audio and Golden Chaos for Touchbar
    • Setapp
    • BusyCal
  • 01:23:28 DLH-CSF-Seagate 16TB Expansion Desktop contains Enterprise-Grade Exos Drives

• 01:29:03 MGG 829 Outtro

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