Change Is a Foot

Did you know Siri can record your voice and send that to someone? Did you know you could stream directly from Plex to Sonos? How about running your vacuum when you're not home? These are the Quick Tips John and Dave share in the very first segment of the show… and then it grows from there! Your two favorite geeks help a few listeners solve their mesh Wi-Fi problems, the M1's mouse-related memory leak gets a little clearer, and Mac mini wake-from-sleep issues are resolved…some of them, at least! Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 906 for Monday, December 20, 2021


• Quick Tips
  
  
  
  • 00:03:25 Robert-QT-Sonos Streaming Tip
  
  
  • 00:07:18 Tony-QT-Siri, Reply With Audio
  
  
  • 00:09:20 HomePod Minis are on sale for $79.99
  
  
  • 00:10:48 Donna-QT-iOS 15.2’s Legacy Contact Setting
  
  
  • 00:11:35 Rob-904-Use IFTTT or Alexa to Geofence Your Robot Vacuum
  
  
  • 00:14:26 QT-Nuclear Focus
  
  
  
  


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• Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
  
  
  
  • 00:21:34 Dusty-Fixing Mail.app Search Wonkiness
  
  
  • 00:26:17 Eliot-My Mac Connects to the Wrong Wi-Fi
    
    
    
    • Wi-Fi Signal
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 00:33:50 Joe-My Mesh is Acting Wonky
  
  
  • 00:47:41 Russell-Another Mouse-Cursor-Related M1 Mac Memory Leak
  
  
  
  


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• More Questions and Tips
  
  
  
  • 00:53:23 Troubleshooting for other people
  
  
  • 00:59:42 Jamie-Avoid Mac mini Sleep Issues with USB-C-to-HDMI Cable
  
  
  • 01:02:33 Ken-904-The “Optimize Storage” Cop-Out
    
    
    
    • OmniDiskSweeper
    
    
    • CleanMyMac
    
    
    • Hazel
    
    
    • AppCleaner
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Cool Stuff Found
  
  
  
  • 01:07:47 CSF-Elecjet Apollo Ultra Power Bank. 87W, 10000MaH. Light!
  
  
  • 01:10:58 Paul-CSF-Rsync.net Open Source Backup Platform
    
    
    
    • Arq from Haystack
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 01:13:47 Dulcesita-T-Mobile offers $10/mo YouTube TV Credit
  
  
  
  


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