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AirPods, Phishing, Smart Home, and Resets – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 717
Tips and questions answered about iCloud Family Storage, Permissions, Converting video types, AirPods, FileMaker, and much more. Download, press play, and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 717 for Monday, July 9, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
- 00:02:26 Christian-Merging into iCloud Family Storage Plan
- 00:08:32 Roger-Permission Denied
- 00:12:30 Mojave Beta Discussion
- 00:14:23 iOS 12 Beta and Springboard Resets
- forScore
- 00:18:54 10.5” iPad Pro as iPad Mini Replacement
- 00:22:15 Buy refurbished on the Apple Store
- Refurb-Tracker.com
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- 00:25:59 SPONSOR: Crossover from CodeWeavers: Feeling nostalgic this summer, well did you know you can play a lot of your old Windows games on mac with CrossOver?
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- 00:32:04 Roger-QT-Find My AirPods
- 00:37:28 Jacob & Gary-Report Phishing Attempts to Apple
- 00:39:03 Dave-QT-716-Dock Moves to Other Display With a Trick
- 00:41:04 Aaron-Silence and configure that UPS with apcupsd
- 00:45:37 Screen Saver Hot Corners can have modifier keys
- 00:47:50 Harvey-QT-iPhone Keyboards… Sometimes!
- 00:51:10 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors:
- Beth B., Jim E., Ward J., Greg S., Olga P., Jason A., Bob P., Michael L., Stephen A., Brian D., John I., Mike M., Mary G., Corrie A., Jason T., Michael P., Andy W., Theresa B., Norton B., Koji M., Edward W., John P., Kraig S., Joel F.,
- 00:52:41 Doug-Converting h.264 to h.265
- iviTools
- H264 to HEVC without quality loss?
- Converting H264 MKV’s to H265 MKV’s
- FFmpeg (and h.265 encoding)
- CakeBrew
- 00:59:27 Boeing 717 (aka MD-95)
- 01:00:32 Jim-Netgear Orbi Location Errors
- Skyhook Wireless
- MaxMind
- Bob & Doug McKenzie
- Pokemon Go
- 01:10:00 Deco M9 Plus
- Yonomi
- Yeti
- ZigBee
- 01:16:11 LIFX Mini
- 01:18:47 Rachel-Does Rebooting Once per Week truly Help?
- 01:22:16 MGG 717 Outtro
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