macOS Ventura Is Apple's Vista

Quick Tips about Apple Pay, Spotlight, Advanced Data Protection, iCloud Storage, Picture-in-Picture, Apple Watch, and Stage Manager are just the start of today’s episode! Then your three favorite geeks go on to help solve your macOS Ventura woes (as much as that’s possible!), discuss the best way to configure DNS, help you choose a mesh router in today’s world, and so much more. Press play and enjoy learning five new things with John, Pete, and Dave!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 961 for Monday, December 26, 2022
  
  
  
  • Mike-QT-Apple Watch Apple Pay Goes the Distance (through clothing)
  
  
  • The MGG Discord Server is Live!
  
  
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• Quick Tips
  
  
  
  • 00:03:28 QT-Use Your Apple Watch Face for Apple Pay
  
  
  • 00:06:23 Tim-QT-Spotlight additions:  Travel and File Path
  
  
  • 00:08:30 AlexS-QT-Use Command-Tab-then-1 to see app windows (“Show Me The Windows” Mode…or “Application Windows”)
  
  
  • 00:09:53 Jim-QT-Quitting Apps with Command-W on iPad and Magic Keyboard
  
  
  • 00:14:09 Check Calendar > Preferences > General > Default Calendar App
  
  
  • 00:15:58 Barry-QT-Advanced Data Protection and Prior macOS Versions
  
  
  • 00:19:54 Lawyer Jeff-QT-You can now buy additional iCloud Storage
  
  
  • 00:21:48 Karl-QT-960-You Can Disable Scrubbing on AppleTV Remote Control
    
    
    
    • White Lotus
    
    
    • Wednesday
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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• More Quick Tips
  
  
  
  • 00:31:15 Jeff-QT-960-“Hey Siri: Turn Bluetooth On”
  
  
  • 00:33:43 AndrewWoodward-QT-Use iCloud Link to Send Large Videos
  
  
  • 00:35:20 David-QT-Slide Left for Timestamp in Messages
  
  
  • 00:37:29 Abhi-QT-Double-Swipe Up to Prevent Picture-in-Picture on iPhone
  
  
  • 00:39:49 QT-What to Do When Your Apple Watch Gets Stuck
  
  
  • 00:44:56 Ken-QT-Stage Manager requires “Displays Have Separate Spaces”
  
  
  • 00:45:55 Kirit-QT-Shift-Click a Window to Add (not Replace) in Stage Manager
  
  
  • 00:47:21 AndrewWoodward in Discord-QT-949-Hey, Siri: Turn on Apple TV
  
  
  
  


• Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
  
  
  
  • 00:48:25 Allen-Resetting Full Disk Access and Other System Settings
  
  
  • 00:52:48 Mark-DNS Stalling and DNS Selection and Setup Strategy
    
    
    
    • 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 = Cloudflare DNS
    
    
    • 8.8.8.8 = Google DNS
    
    
    • 208.67.222.222 = OpenDNS
    
    
    • Fing Desktop
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 01:00:14 ned63-Eero vs. TP-Link Deco?
  
  
  • 01:06:26 Eliot-Cautionary Tale losing admin account on your computer
    
    
    
    • Set a firmware password on your Mac
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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