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episode 944: Monitoring the Weather, Your Photos...and Yourself!
Do you find productivity monitoring software creepy? Of course you do! But how about if you use it on yourself?
If you’d rather just monitor the weather, your three favorite geeks (and fellow MGG listeners) have answers for you.
That’s not all, though! Listen as Pilot Pete, John F. Braun, and Dave Hamilton answer your questions about ways to change your Photos’ dates and locations, making full use of AirPods Pro on airplanes, and how best to configure your new Mac.
Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things.
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 944 for Monday, September 5, 2022
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- Photos Catchup
- 00:35:21 Allison-CSF-942-Batch Change Photos.app’s Date/Time and Location HashPhotos
- 00:37:08 Peter-942-Using Photos to Change Date/Time
- 00:37:50 Darren-942-Batch Time/Date Change with Photos.app
- 00:39:00 QT-Use Keywords to Create a Smart Photos Album on macOS
- 00:43:44 GC-Best Productivity Monitoring Software for macOS?
- Timing for macOS
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- Cool Stuff Found
- 00:54:13 Rich-CSF-941–The Tempest Weather Station has Siri Integration
- Netatmo
- 00:58:52 Steve-CSF-941–Ambient Weather Station WS-2902B and Weather Display
- 00:59:46 Ted-941-Using BenSoftware to Upload Weather Pictures
- 01:01:00 Which Weather Apps do you use?
- Dave uses Wunderground and Storm Radar
- Pete uses Windy and AeroWeather Pro
- 01:05:55 CSF-Xfinity Mobile adds Unlimited $30/Month Plan
- Mint Mobile
- 01:08:20 CSF-942-Use Brave Browser for Privacy
- 01:10:32 CSF-Chirpty generates a graphic of your Twitter circle
- 00:54:13 Rich-CSF-941–The Tempest Weather Station has Siri Integration
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