Geeky Gift Guide and Your Questions Answered

The best part about geeky gifts is that sometimes the best person to get them for is yourself. Listen to John and Dave – your two favorite geeks – discuss some of their favorites at this point in the holiday buying season, and decide whether you buy one of these now for someone else… or wait until the gifting season wraps up to get one for you!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 737 for Monday, November 26, 2018
00:01:58 Boeing 737
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00:04:56 EvTheNerd-CSF-SaveHollywood Screen Saver
- Flying Toaster
00:06:22 Neal-736-Exporting Safari Passwords
00:07:55 Katie-CSF-Mac Media Key Forwarder
00:10:34 David-Use Shortcuts to Customize your iPhone Screens and Icons (and more)
00:12:51 Mike-736-Use iCloud.com to avoid iWork Format Changes
- Synology Office
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00:19:50 Zarkachat-Updating Browsers on iOS 10 Devices
00:23:48 Allen-Backups Tale of Woe
00:32:18 Harry-Connecting 2 monitors to 2 computers
- Monoprice 4×2 Matrix Switcher (or a switchbox-style version)
- Monoprice 2×2 Matrix Switcher
- Monoprice 4×4 Matrix Switcher
00:37:49 Jeff-MacBook Pro vs. iPad Pro, the 2018 Showdown
00:42:55 Dave’s new laptop config
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00:51:09 Brydge Series II iPad Pro Keyboard ($99.99 on Amazon)
00:58:02 Dave-FaceID with External Keyboard and iPad Pro
00:59:41 CSF-Ventev Wireless Charge Stand ($42.00 or $59.99 on Amazon)
01:02:16 CSF-Ventev wireless chargepad+ ($49.99 on Amazon)
01:04:10 CSF-myCharge PowerDisk+ ($49.99 on Amazon)
- Monoprice 10W Qi Charger ($17.99)
- Monoprice 1A Qi Charger ($5.65)
01:10:56 CSF-iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit
01:12:22 CSF-ROAV Viva Pro
01:14:26 Warren-CSF-Linedock ($299 and up)
01:16:05 RIVA Concert ($179)
01:19:17 Mike-CSF-Twelve South HiRise Pro
01:21:47 This week’s MGG Premium Contributors:
- Chris 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., Michael P., Mikael S., Bob L., Jeff P., John V., John D., Santiago M., Ken L., Clive S., Dave G., Richard B., Ed T., David B., David S., Scott R., Craig R-T., Andrew W., Bob S., Brian M., Scott G., Brian W., Daniel W., Art K., Jim W., Denis M., Bruce D., Daniel M., Rick S., Harvey H., Ian T., John P., Mark P., Tim B., Jim D.,
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