Wi-Fi, NAS, and More — Mac Geek Gab 837

How do we know it's time? Because The Answer plays and we know you've asked us the question! That's right, Dave and John have answers to your questions about Wi-Fi, NAS, iOS 14, and much more! Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things along with your two favorite geeks!Note: Shownotes are in progress…

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 837 for Monday, October 12, 2020

• Quick Tips

  • 00:02:04 Kurt-QT-Swipe Down in Camera App to Return
  • 00:03:16 QT-Catalina-Click-hold/Command-Click on Messages in Dock to see which ones are unread
  • 00:05:16 QT-Use TimeMachineEditor to only run once per day
  • 00:10:04 Neal-QT-Use BBEdit’s Command Line Tools

• Tips and Follow-ups

  • 00:12:27 Travis-836-Fix Mac Apple Watch Unlocking Problem
  • 00:14:52 Graham-836-Debug Your iPhone with iMazing’s Console
    • Signia Pure Charge&Go 7Nx
  • 00:21:30 Martin-SD Card Feedback (first part only)

• Questions

  • 00:23:05 Philip-Weather Widgets on iOS 14?
    • Widgetsmith
  • 00:24:57 Joe-Lightning Port Doubler?
    • How to use a USB hub to hook up multiple devices to your iPad
    • Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter
  • 00:31:45 Mike-Dragging App Icons across Multiple iPhone Pages
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• 00:35:20 SPONSOR: BBEdit 13.1 from Bare Bones Software is available now in the Mac App Store or Online at BareBones.com
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• Cool Stuff Found

  • 00:38:31 CSF-Anker PowerPort III Nano ($20)
  • 00:40:25 Martin-CSF-YouTube Enhancer Extension
  • 00:41:31 Scott-CSF-834-LOFTer Screen Light Bar just $39 on Amazon
  • 00:42:26 CSF-Ausdom AF640 1080p Webcam: US$89.99
  • 00:45:44 Paul-CSF-When Did I…? and Vectormator

• Wi-Fi

  • 00:47:52 Michael-Will plugging in Ethernet to Deco Mesh Satellite add reliability?
  • 00:51:38 QT-Typing Special Characters – Hold down the key on your keyboard
  • 00:53:32 Jürgen-Two Internet Connections
    • Combine Ethernet ports into a virtual port on Mac
    • Top 11 Best Load Balancing Routers For WiFi Load Balancing
    • TP-Link Safestream Multi-WAN Router
    • Synology RT2600AC does Load Balancing
  • 01:03:19 Comcast Doubles Some Upstreams
  • 01:04:49 Robin-Quick-selecting Wi-Fi network on iPad
  • 01:06:36 Pete-Wi-Fi Security and Contacts
    • How to share your Wi-Fi password from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
    • Fingbox

• NAS / Network Attached Storage

  • 01:16:19 Andrew-Locating my Synology DiskStation
  • 01:18:11 Neal-Synology Bonjour Issue
    • ps aux | grep avahi
    • What is avahi
  • 01:24:03 Mike-Got Caught without a UPS
• 01:28:27 MGG 837 Outtro
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