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APFS Corruption, Wi-Fi Numbering, and Backups – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 731
APFS has been available on our Macs for a year now, and we're beginning to see the issues with corruption that can't be yet be solved by Apple or third party utilities. Wi-Fi is changing names… and getting faster! And folks, Backups are still important! All this and more in this week's Mac Geek Gab. Press play and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 731 for Monday, October 15, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
- 00:01:46 GoControl Battery Powered Z-Wave Thermostat
- Smart Z-Wave Thermostat (Amazon)
- Ecobee
- Nest Thermostat
- Honeywell Thermostat
- 00:07:24 SPONSOR: BBEdit from Bare Bones Software
- 00:09:34 MrHooks-Disable Menu Bar Translucency
- OnyX
- 00:13:15 Bamboozle-Can’t Control Contacts Permissions on iOS 12
- Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Contacts
- 00:15:34 NicevilleSteve-Data usage on Personal Hotspot vs. Mobile Data directly
- TripMode
- 00:18:39 Appleseed-Duplicate Music Tracks
- Mackie DL1608
- Delete Music, Movies, and TV Shows from your Device
- 00:22:53 Joel-Two audio signals from one Lightning Port
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- 00:33:24 Ron-APFS pausing on boot
- 00:40:49 Adam-APFS Target Disk Mode killed an SSD
- DosDude1’s Mojave Patcher
- Make a Bootable macOS USB Stick
- DiskMaker X
- 00:50:45 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors:
- John B., Elizabeth B., Ward J., Olga P., Bob P., Michael L., Jason A., Stephen A., Christopher S., Paul M., Mike C., Mark R., Chris F., Working Smarter for Mac Users, Ryan M., Neal L., Scott F., Dave C., John G., James C., Jay C., Frank A., Joe S., Abdullah B., Ari L., Barry F., Keith K., Ulysese B., John B., Ken K., Mario Z., Jon G., Ken L., Paul K., Ralph F., Dominic D., David C., Chris H., Lawrence H., Kurt T., Bob H., James N., Robin J., Rob W., Colby W., Mark W., Donald S., Andy D., Mike C.
- 00:53:20 CSF-Netgear XR700 Gaming Router
- 00:58:52 New Wi-Fi Version numbers
- 01:08:55 Mesh 2.0 from Synology’s MR2200AC
- 01:13:08 Scott-726-Try Wasabi
- Arq from Haystack
- 01:15:31 James-CSF-Sandisk iXpand Base
- 01:16:51 Curtis-CSFR-Duplicati
- 01:18:08 James-Speed up Apple Watch Updates with Wi-Fi
- 01:20:08 Alex-Disk Arbitrator
- 01:21:23 CSF-Blue Compass
- 01:23:30 Michael-CSF-Sync Folders Pro
- 01:25:17 MGG 731 Outtro
- Synology Cloud Station Backup – A little wonky for John and Dave
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
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