Depending Upon Which Way You Scroll – Mac Geek Gab 688

With so many options for playing your movies on your Apple TV, how do you make sense of it all? Your two favorite geeks get you there. But first, it's a healthy list of Cool Stuff Found, including one for a great discount on an Apple TV itself! Then its on to your questions, and you have lots of 'em! No worries, that's what John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton do on Mac Geek Gab: they answer your questions and solve your problems. Press play, learn, and enjoy! Also, don't get caught.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 688 for Monday, December 18, 2017 <https://macgeekgab.com/>
• 00:02:04 FB-Robbie-CSF–Scroll Reverser
• 00:04:14 French Toast for snowstorms
• 00:06:24 QT-Fixing Handbrake Ripping Fail
  • Directly Rip and Convert Blu-ray Disks With Handbrake
  • CakeBrew or `brew install libdvdcss`
• 00:12:40 Alex-QT-Change the Color of a Custom Finder Tag
• 00:13:07 Aaron-CSF-Apple TV 4K for $140
• 00:14:07 Plasma vs. LED vs. LCD vs. OLED
• 00:15:54 QT-Drive Genius 5.1 and High Sierra, Yo
• 00:19:04 Jai-CSF-679-Notebooks
• 00:20:08 Mark-685-Questioning the Plex Obsession?
  • Infuse 5 Pro
  • Also PlayOn
• 00:26:45 Leslie-TiVo VOX and TiVo Experience
  • cTiVo
• 00:33:13 SPONSOR: Other World Computing’s USB-C Travel Dock & Aura Pro X SSDs
• 00:35:53 Mark-iMessage Notifications Disappear quickly
• 00:40:23 Peter-Twitter supporting 280, but apps/OS only supports 140
  • Twitterrific for macOS
• 00:46:25 Joe-What’s causing my system to slow down?
  • My Mac is very slow since I installed Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac (general slowdown) / High CPU usage BDLDaemon
• 00:50:30 Disable.sh to make your Mac faster
• 00:55:50 Don-Bit rot on movies… and backups?
• 01:05:29 Warren-Mesh Networks, Gigabit Internet, and Wi-Fi speeds?
  • 802.11ad Speeds
• 01:12:29 Abel-New Switch introduces packet loss (good troubleshooting discussion)
• 01:16:47 Jon-687-Resetting PRAM and Content Caching Advanced Options
• 01:18:05 Zeff-687-iPhone 8 or iPhone X (home button and that screen)
  • iPhone X OLED Burn In
• 01:20:45 Chris-687-Older Macs and SATA might be the cable
• 01:24:07 David-687-Google Photos as an alternative
• 01:26:10 David-Meshing your iOT devices properly
• 01:28:11 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers:
  • Anders E., Gui D., Felix B., Andrew R., Chuck P., Paul M., Jay C., Ari L., Bob L., Michael P., Santiago M., John D., Stephen A., John V., Jeff P., Gary B.,Steven L.
• 01:29:10 MGG 688 Outtro
  • Merry Christmas!
  • Happy Hanukkah!
  • Have a good time, all the time!
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