Not-So-Silent Ringing

Sometimes your iPhone's silent, and sometime it's not. But what about when it decides what to do, not you? That's when you call John and Dave! Or you can email them. Or you can text them. Or you can post in the forums. Either way, they'll answer your questions and try to help solve your problems. Listen to all your questions answered, Cool Stuff Found and Quick Tips shared, and you're guaranteed to learn at least five new things hanging out with your two favorite geeks!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 866 for Monday, April 19, 2021
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• Quick Tips
  • 00:01:34 Greg-QT-Use Cmd-Shift-5 for Screen Recordings instead of QuickTime Player*
  • 00:03:52 Ralph-QT-Blow Out the Lint!*
• Cool Stuff Found
  • 00:06:10 CSF-Plugable USB-C Volt and Amp meter*
  • 00:08:34 Greg-CSF-SnagIt for Clipboards, too
    • Keyboard Maestro
    • Golden Chaos BTT
  • 00:10:22 David-CSF-Anker PowerConf C300 Webcam*
  • 00:11:36 Tim-CSF-Podswap to refresh your AirPods batteries*
  • 00:13:50 CSF-PAX now connects to iPhone (again)
  • 00:15:46 R-CSF-VaccineSpotter
• 00:19:48 SPONSOR: Startmail — StartMail keeps your email private by using their own servers, not Amazon’s. Sign up today and you’ll get 50% off your first year! Go to StartMail.com/MGG
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• Your Questions…Answered!
  • 00:25:29 Roy-Third-Party Fingerprint Scanner*
    • YubiKey 5 NFC
    • Getting a biometric security key right
    • Unlox 3
  • 00:30:32 Gary-GC-Phone still rings when silent
  • 00:35:45 Chip-iMac SSD Corruption
    • Carbon Copy Cloner’s “Find and replace Corrupted Files”
    • iMac Intel 21.5″ Retina 4K Display (2017) Hard Drive Replacement
  • 00:41:54 Mike-863-Family Backups?
    • CIFS / SMB
  • 00:47:20 Scott-Text Editor for iPadOS?*
    • BBEdit for iPad?
    • Parallels Access
  • 00:51:04 Gary-Duplicate Contacts
    • Cleanup Duplicate Contacts!
  • 00:54:11 Migrating to M1 Mac*
  • 00:59:42 AppleCare Tip*
  • 01:02:08 Ari-Troubleshooting Slow Browser lookups
    • Fing Desktop DNS Benchmark
    • Enable/Disable DNS-over-HTTPS in Chrome
  • 01:09:56 Sean-2019 iMac Won’t Upgrade to Big Sur
• 01:12:39 MGG 866 Outtro
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