Hey Presto! I Outsmarted Myself! – Mac Geek Gab 787 from Mac Geek Gab — Your Questions Answered, Tips Shared, Troubleshooting Assistance

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Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

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Hey Presto! I Outsmarted Myself! – Mac Geek Gab 787

1 hour 26 minutes Posted Nov 4, 2019 at 4:30 am.

Mac Geek Gab 787 for Monday, November 4, 2019 <https://macgeekgab.com/>

Joachim-QT-Move Catalina Windows to left or right of screen

Keith-QT-Large Mobile Data Downloads with iOS 13

Jon-QT-Use the Scanner in Files.app on iOS

Bill-QT-Fixing Mail’s Search/Unread Counts

Bill-QT-Refurb Accessory advice

Andrew-QT-Apple Watch and Bluetooth Speaker

Keith-QT-Running cron Jobs After Catalina Upgrade

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DST Reset Time

Cable Modem dB levels

Jeff-Download Older Installers direct from Apple

Nibs-Download Catalina Installers from Terminal

Greg-Catalina Nuke and Pave, Multiple Data Volumes

Tim-Disable Time Machine to Resize APFS Volume

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Quicken vs. Catalina – An answer!

Lotus Notes

David-Notes Versus Other Mac Cloud Note Taking Options

Dee-Take the Long Way to DOS and Find the Shortcut through the Window

Val-Login to Different iCloud Account to Solve

Bartek-786-NFC Tags Trigger on XS/XR and later

Jay-784-Buying International SIMs in USA

Real ID Rant

Javier-Troubleshooting Network Issues

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Tips about new functionality, including moving Catalina's windows, scanning with your iPhone, fixing mail, running cron jobs, and downloading installers from the Terminal are just scratching the surface. Then it's on to diagnosing some network problems and learning how Time Machine can keep your volumes from being resized. Listen as John and Dave walk through all of these, to ensure everyone (including them!) learns at least five new things this week.Note: Shownotes are complete!

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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 787 for Monday, November 4, 2019 <https://macgeekgab.com/>

00:02:24 Joachim-QT-Move Catalina Windows to left or right of screen

Settings > iTunes & App Store > Cellular Data > App Downloads > [ Always Allow | Ask If Over 200 MB | Always Ask]

Pull Down in Browse View, Press Circle with Three Dots, Scan Documents

Onyx > Maintenance > Rebuilding > [Spotlight Index | Mail’s Mailboxes]

System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access > /usr/sbin/cron

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DOCSIS Diagnostics Page

Watch Upstream Power Levels – Keep them below 50dBmV

Downstream Power Levels should be between -15dBmV and +15dBmV

Tap Splitter

Mojave

High Sierra

Sierra

softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer

00:41:08 Greg-Catalina Nuke and Pave, Multiple Data Volumes

BackupBundle vs. SparseBundle

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00:54:43 Lotus Notes

Interface Hall of Shame – Lotus Notes

Evernote

OneNote

Zoho Notes

Synology NoteStation

Run old DOS game on Windows 10 in Parallels

SimOptions

HolidayPhone

InternationalSim.com

01:10:53 Real ID Rant

Network Link Conditioner

MacTech Conference

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