It’s Easy to Blame Bluetooth and APFS – Mac Geek Gab 698

Having issues with your Apple Watch, your iMac hinge, or your external drive? We summarily blame Bluetooth. And APFS. And we have a solution for that hinge that has nothing to do with radio frequencies. So there. Just press play and enjoy. We promise you'll learn at least five new things.Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 698 for Monday, February 26, 2018 <https://macgeekgab.com/>


• 00:02:00 Martin-QT-697-Full Keyboard Access
  
  
  
  • System Preferences | Keyboard | Shortcuts | All Controls or Control+F7 to toggle
  
  
  
  


• 00:03:43 Erik-697-APFS to blame for LaunchPad Order Change


• 00:05:42 Taran-Benefits of avoiding Boot Camp
  
  
  
  • FileMakerHostingService.com
  
  
  
  


• 00:11:19 John-696-Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Need to be active for Apple Watch Unlocking


• 00:12:18 Elisha-696-Restore Watch from iCloud to unlock Mac


• 00:12:56 Dominic-USB3 Interfering with Apple Watch Unlocks
  
  
  
  • iStumbler
  
  
  • USB 3.0 Radio Frequency Interference on 2.4 GHz Devices
  
  
  
  


• 00:16:12 Peer-USB causes Bluetooth Disconnects


• 00:21:27 QT-Google Drive being replaced by Backup and Sync


• 00:23:27 Restart or logout to check for app updates


• 00:25:07 Google Drive Workflows
  
  
  
  • Google Drive Starred Documents
  
  
  
  


• 00:29:07 This week’s MGG Premium Subscribers:
  
  
  
  • Wes G., Juergen G., Michael E., Stuart M., Michael C., Kirschen S., Mark R., Fernando M., Allen C., John L., Clive S., Ev The Nerd, Dave G., Nick S.
  
  
  
  


• 00:30:20 Andrea-iMac Hinge Broke, What to do? The Mac Hack or an adjustable rubber cane tip


• 00:35:29 SPONSOR: OWC is Shipping their new ThunderBay 4 Thunderbolt 3 external drives


• 00:38:25 Bruce-Problems with APFS on External SSD
  
  
  
  • Capture One Pro 12
  
  
  • Crucial SSDs
  
  
  
  


• 00:50:12 APFS on External Drives


• 00:51:09 Sharing an iCloud Account


• 00:57:26 Douglas-Reinstalling High Sierra


• 01:01:32 Putch-Changing home folder and account name


• 01:08:51 Michael-MediaKit Reports Not enough space on device
  
  
  
  • Priyank Sharma’s Solution
  
  
  
  


• 01:11:52 Marc-Network-based Parental Controls
  
  
  
  • Setting Firmware Password (Note that while article says it won’t ask for password when booted from system drive, John confirmed it does)
  
  
  • JAMF.com/MGG
  
  
  • macOS Server Profile Manager
  
  
  
  


• 01:22:48 Stevie-Where to get started with FileMaker?
  
  
  
  • FileMaker Custom Apps
  
  
  • FileMaker Examples
  
  
  
  


• 01:26:14 Chris-Backing up data when it’s on iCloud


• 01:30:26 MGG 698 Outtro


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