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MGG 519: Aspect Ratios Are Fun & AT&T Next is Probably Better For You
Dave's fresh back from Cupertino (and fresh from ordering a new iPhone), and he and John talk through the events of the week plus answer your questions. Want to know the size delta for watching movies on the iPhone 6 Plus vs. an iPad mini? Dave did some crazy Pythagorean-theorum-based math for you! He also did some more standard math to figure out if an AT&T Next Plan is right, too. Then it's on to question. Want to know how to copy files from a drive that's corrupted? Want to disable your iPhone number from iMessage? Want to create a $35 Time Capsule? All these questions and more will be answered this week on Mac Geek Gab.
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Note: Shownotes are in progress…
Stuff mentioned:
- Simon Fredsted’s writeup on Apple’s Keynote Streaming Issues
- Apple September 2014 Event (8:02)
- Simon Fredsted’s writeup on Apple’s Keynote Streaming Issues
- iPhone 6
- Chicken Head Tracking – Smarter Every Day
- Pythagorean theorem (22:15)
- AT&T Next
- Verizon Edge (30:08)
- Apple Watch (WATCH) (37:27)
- Phantom vibration syndrome (48:23)
- Apple Pay (Pay) (57:33)
- Near Field Communication
- MasterCard PayPass
- Chip and PIN vs. Chip and Sign
- Copy all good files and skip the ones that are damaged (1:08:31)
- Pathfinder
- iOS: Understanding notifications (1:13:13)
- Use Do Not Disturb on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Build a $35 Time Capsule (1:17:26)
- Uses for the USB port of AirPort Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express (1:18:26)
- Can’t receive text messages on a non-Apple phone (1:21:59)
- How to remove a phone number from iMessage
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