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Back to School CSF, APFS on Externals, Cable Modems, and Beware iPhone Lint! – Mac Geek Gab 725
Going back to school often means needing to take things from the digital world and connect them to the analog. Need sound? Need printouts? John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton have some Cool Stuff Found for you! Then it's on to troubleshooting external disks (including APFS), cable modem advice and what to do with an extra Mac mini. All this and more, just press play!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 725 for Monday, September 3, 2018
- 00:01:51 De-lint your iPhone and iPad port
- Lightning Port Cover
- 00:06:41 Brother J-CSF-HyperJuice External Battery Pack
- 00:08:34 Considering laptop upgrades
- Anker 5-in-1 Premium USB-C Data Hub
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- 00:17:19 Rob-CSF-AirPort Express AirPlay 2
- 00:20:41 CSF-Anker Soundcore Flare
- 00:23:21 CSF-Samsung Xpress M2020 Laser Printer
- 00:27:29 DLH-CSF-TimingApp
- The Small Business Show
- 00:29:17 John-CSF-netcat or nc
- Homebrew
- Cakebrew
- nmap Terminal command
- 00:34:58 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?
- 00:36:45 Jan-Troubleshooting a missing USB Disk
- Hardware Growler
- If your Amazon Fire Tablet doesn’t work on your Mac
- 00:43:24 Steve-Financial Software (second part only)
- Quicken for Mac
- Mint.com
- TurboTax
- 00:49:58 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors:
- Erik W-B, Gene R., Bartek B., Bruce W., Randall S., Jim E., Jeff S., Daniel C., Doug S., Robb H., Bob P., Matt C., Tony B., EvTheNerd, Nick S., Robert D., John B., Beth B, Ward J., Greg S., Olga P., Michael L., Bob P., Jason A., Stephen A., Christopher S.
- 00:51:25 Christopher-Extra Mac mini (Late 2012)
- 00:57:19 For consultants: Beware imposing your advice on your clients
- 01:02:01 Doug-APFS on External Rotational Advice
- Everything you need to know about Carbon Copy Cloner and APFS
- 01:06:25 Harvey-Upgrading Cable Modem?
- 01:12:04 Scott-Which DOCSIS 3.1 Modem?
- NETGEAR CM1000
- ARRIS SB8200
- Motorola MB8600
- XFINITY Approved Cable Modems
- 01:16:42 Carsten-Provisioning a new Cable Modem
- 01:29:58 MGG 725 Outtro
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
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