New iMacs, Traveling, Porting, and Troubleshooting – Mac Geek Gab 754

This week your two favorite geeks, John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton, tackle answers to your questions about traveling with technology, porting your phone number (and saving money!), converting Apple Music files and more. Of course, they talk about the new stuff from Apple, too! Press play, listen, and learn at least 5 new things!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 754 for Monday, March 25, 2019


• 00:03:39 New 2019 iMacs, W00t!
  
  
  
  • Apple’s Metal Technology
  
  
  
  


• 00:14:11 iPad Air and iPad mini


• 00:19:00 AirPods 2


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• 00:23:45 Apple’s Subscription-Focused Event
  
  
  
  • Apple Event Intro Video
  
  
  • Magazines launched as part of Apple News+
  
  
  
  


• 00:29:50 Transit Apple Pay coming in USA (NYC, Chicago, Portland in 2019)


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• 00:35:53 Joe-Replacing Key on MacBook
  
  
  
  • Replacement Laptop Keys
  
  
  • Replacing Mac keys
  
  
  • Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro
  
  
  • Disabling Mouse Keys
  
  
  
  


• 00:40:32 Jürgen-Converted iTunes Matched Files with Apple Music


• 00:45:01 Colby-Apple TV Location Services Issue


• 00:52:20 Keith-Retrieving iOS Wallpaper from Device
  
  
  
  • Finding your old background images
  
  
  • Extract iPhone wallpaper and background images with iMazing
  
  
  
  


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• 01:00:25 David-European Travel Considerations?
  
  
  
  • Mac Geek Gab 614
  
  
  • Rick Steves Power Adapters
  
  
  • GigSky
  
  
  
  


• 01:13:27 Send in your Mail Workflows for MGG 755!


• 01:13:59 This Week’s MGG Premium Supporters:
  
  
  
  • Steve from California, Tony from Massachusetts, Ken from Kailua, David from Illinois, Clive from West Sussex, Jeff from Indiana, Joseph from Georgia, Scott from California, Robert from Alabama, William from New York, Jeff from Maine, David from Kentucky, Fernando from Pennsylvania, Andrew from Honolulu, Royce from Hawaii, Leigh from Maine, Lyndon from Kent, Michael from Oklahoma, Brian from Arizona, James from Texas.
  
  
  
  


• 01:15:24 Kris-748-Results Porting Xfinity Number to Google Voice
  
  
  
  • Obi200
  
  
  • Tutorial: Port Landline to Google Voice
  
  
  
  


• 01:24:41 MGG 754 Outtro


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