Quick Tips Galore!
Quick Tips Galore!  
Podcast: Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Published On: Mon Feb 21 2022
Description: This week, it seems it was impossible for Dave, John, and Pilot Pete to stop giving Quick Tips. Even the topics which your three favorite geeks thought were questions turned out to include a copious amount of Quick Tips. Hey, worse things could happen, right? iOS tips, macOS tips, Shazam tips (and a story about Shazam's origin!), iPadOS tips, APFS snapshots tips, internet recovery on M1 tips, and tips about pinning Safari Tabs and Contacts are maybe half of what you'll get in this episode. Press play and enjoy… and you might have to listen twice just to absorb everything! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 915 for Monday, February 21, 2022 The MGG Merch Store is Live! Quick Tips 00:02:34 Bob-QT-Long press Zero on iOS for the Degrees symbol 00:06:25 Greg-QT-Use Shazam to recognize songs in movies 00:12:09 Mark-QT-iPadOS Multitasking Tip 00:15:18 QT-Python (2.7) Goes away with macOS 12.3 Sponsors 00:20:25 SPONSOR: Kandji.io. Next-generation Apple device management for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. Visit Kandji.io/mgg today so they can hear what you need and get you rolling. 00:22:08 SPONSOR: Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don’t need…or forgot about! Truebill.com/MGG could save you thousands per year! More Quick Tips 00:23:37 QT-Manage Free Space of Your Boot Drive with CCC. CCC > Volumes > “- Data” Volume > Snapshots > Free space requirement 00:29:50 Monterey, APFS, and Snapshots 00:33:23 Brad-QT-Nuke and Pave an M1 Mac to Current macOS 00:36:30 Donna-QT-Hold Down Period in iPhone Safari Keyboard for TLD Shortcuts – Only works in the default Apple Keyboard. Works great when at business with an iPad as the POS system to put in your e-mail address. 00:39:50 QT-Pin a Tab in Safari Just By Dragging Into Pinned Section 00:41:48 QT-Pin Contacts in Messages 00:44:42 QT-Select Audio with macOS FaceTime by changing System Sound Input Sponsors 00:46:37 SPONSOR: New Relic. Combining 16 different monitoring products, New Relic ensures you can pinpoint the source of your software issues quickly and get back up and running when you need it. Visit NewRelic.com/MGG to get 100GB of data free, forever, no credit card required! 00:48:29 SPONSOR: LinkedIn Jobs. Go to LinkedIn.com/MGG and post your first job for free! Quick Tips Baked Inside Answers to Questions 00:50:06 Father John-Drives Mount and Unmounting, What to Do? 00:59:54 Simon-Double iCloud Documents Folders – disable and then re-enable iCloud 01:03:00 Pete’s Strange issues! 01:05:06 Jeremy-External Drive Won’t Eject 01:11:21 MGG 915 Outtro MGG Merch is Available! Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network