Not all USB-C Is Created Equal – Mac Geek Gab 759 from Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

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Not all USB-C Is Created Equal – Mac Geek Gab 759

1 hour 26 minutes Posted Apr 29, 2019 at 4:10 pm.

Mac Geek Gab 759 for Monday, April 29, 2019

MGG iTunes Reviews

Craig-Beware Speeds of USB-C Cables

Stylianos-Which Desktop Mac for $2100?

SPONSOR: LinkedIn Jobs. Go to LinkedIn.com/MGG and get $50 OFF toward your first job post!

Drewski-CSF-Flycut Clipboard Manager

Lawyer Jeff-CSF-Jumbo Privacy

Dan-CSF-758-Stitch Water Sensors

Robin-CSF-Princeton IoT Inspector

Tim-757-CSF-CoolStream Bluetooth 30 Pin Adapters

JFB got an Anker Roav SmartChart Car Kit F2

NCSF-Sectigo was Comodo and their certs was Free for a Year

CSF-CPUSetter and More

CSF-Peter-HumanCentric Mac Mini Mount

Scott-CSF-Sync Dark Mode with Night Shift

CSF-Speck Presidio Pro Folio for new iPad and New Apple Pencil

This Week’s MGG Premium Supporters:

Ken-Internal SSD Recommendations

Andrew-TRIM and SSDs in Today’s World

Ed-Why is 64-bit App Being Identified as 32-bit?

Scott-Mail Merge on The Mac

MGG 759 Outtro

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Just when you thought it couldn't get any more confusing, USB-C cables can add some additional questions to the mix. Add to this lots of Cool Stuff Found, a discussion about the best desktop Mac to buy, some tips and follow-ups from recent episodes, and you've got yourself this week's Mac Geek Gab. You're guaranteed to join John and Dave in learning at least five new things. Press play, and enjoy!Note: Shownotes are complete!

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:02:31 MGG iTunes Reviews

Dave’s Picks:

Brand New 2019 27” iMac. 6 core i5, 1TB Fusion Drive, 8GB RAM for $1,999.

Brand New (or refurb!) 2018 Mac Mini. 6 core i7, 512GB SSD, 16GB RAM. $1699.

Then buy: Monoprice 27” CrystalPro 4K UHD

John’s Picks:

Refurb 2017 27” iMac. 3.8GHz Quad-Core i5, 16GB, 2TB Fusion Drive: $2,039.

Refurb-Tracker

Refurb.Me

00:21:03 SPONSOR: LinkedIn Jobs. Go to LinkedIn.com/MGG and get $50 OFF toward your first job post!

00:23:20 Drewski-CSF-Flycut Clipboard Manager

00:28:09 Lawyer Jeff-CSF-Jumbo Privacy

00:29:43 Dan-CSF-758-Stitch Water Sensors

00:36:36 Robin-CSF-Princeton IoT Inspector

00:44:24 Tim-757-CSF-CoolStream Bluetooth 30 Pin Adapters

00:46:00 JFB got an Anker Roav SmartChart Car Kit F2

00:47:59 NCSF-Sectigo was Comodo and their certs was Free for a Year

GPGSuite for Secure Email

00:50:30 CSF-CPUSetter and More

00:52:55 CSF-Peter-HumanCentric Mac Mini Mount

NightOwl

00:59:55 CSF-Speck Presidio Pro Folio for new iPad and New Apple Pencil

01:01:08 This Week’s MGG Premium Supporters:

Deborah from New Hampshire, Lyndon from Kent, Mike from North Carolina, Robert from Minnesota, Thomas from Chicago, Kenneth from New York, Keith from Essex, Chuck from Pennsylvania, Mark from Indiana, Stevie from West Lothian, Michael from Iowa, Dave from Illinois, Clive from West Sussex, Jim from San Jose, Jeff from Indiana, Joseph from Georgia, Scott from California, Charles from Koyhocho, Robert from Alabama, Tony from San Francisco, Gary from New York, Bobby from North Carolina, EvTheNerd, Stylianos from Tennessee.

WD SSDs

Seagate’s BarraCuda, Nytro, and IronWolf SSDs

Samsung’s 860 EVO SSDs

Crucial SSDs

Sandisk SSD

sudo trimforce enable

MDRP for Mac

Could be corrupt Launch Services database, rebuild with something like Onyx

ArchiChect to see if an App is 64-Bit Capable

Small Business Show

MailChimp

FileMaker

LibreOffice – Mail Merge

MS Office for Mac

The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app

Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List

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