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Evil Address Records of Death … and Files! – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 695
There's always a theme, and this week it's Files. Sure, your two favorite geeks talk about a LOT more than that, but Files are always there. The Files app in iOS, looking at your files on macOS in new ways, finding files that can be deleted, and <em>time files when you're having fun</em>. What? Just listen and enjoy. It's easier that way.Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 695 for Sunday, February 4, 2018
- 00:02:37 Bob-Saving large files to Dropbox on iOS
- Use the Files app on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
- Documents by Readdle
- 00:09:06 ADD Todd-How Purgeable is Purgeable Space?
- When free space isn’t free: Purgeable storage in macOS Sierra
- 00:13:46 Doug-QT-Toggle Hidden Folders and Files in macOS Finder
- 00:18:07 Chris-691-Truly solving the iCloud Contacts Syncing Problem
- 00:25:05 Giles-Managing iTunes Media with Family Sharing
- 00:30:37 Network troubleshooting with ping
- 00:33:22 Jon-SIM Lock vs. Find my iPhone
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- 00:42:06 Chuck-Stability of High Sierra
- 00:47:21 Todd-Upgrading to High Sierra in light of Meltdown
- Dave The Nerd
- macOS High Sierra, Sierra, and El Capitan patched for Meltdown
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- Joe F., Greg S., Olga P., Chris F., Petter H., Jim E., Ward J., Jason A., Bob P., Michael L., B-Man, Dave C., Jim K., Elizabeth B., David H., Robert F., Dave C.
- 00:57:28 Dave-694-Honey
- 00:58:43 Tanel-694-Vector Graphics on the Mac
- Inkscape
- 01:00:14 Bill-694-Use Windows to run M4VGear
- VirtualBox
- W.I.N.E.
- 01:02:25 James-693-Thunderbolt SSD instead of internal Upgrade
- 01:06:08 Don-Drive icons disappearing
- 01:10:11 Brett-694-Losing macOS Server’s DNS Server (just the GUI goes away)
- 01:15:53 David-Which Path to Windows is Best?
- Parallels
- VMware Fusion
- Free copies of Windows to Virtualize
- 01:20:59 CSF-693-SmartJoin from Alf Watt
- eero has QR Codes for Wi-Fi in the app
- 01:24:04 MGG Outtro
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
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