Down The Meta Rabbit Hole – Mac Geek Gab 957
Channel: Mac Geek Gab
Date: 2022-11-28

Did you know about macOS Ventura's Background Noise? How about making Apple Pay easier on your Apple Watch? Quick Tips rule the day here...right up until the tangents take over!

Yep, this one's got more rabbit holes than most, but you get to join your three favorite geeks having fun doing what they love: geeking out! Heck, they even geek out about the nerdy particulars that might have caused TicketMaster's recent Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco.

Don't worry, they also answer your questions and even share some Cool Stuff Found, too! Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things with John, Pete, and Dave!

Full shownotes with links at https://mgg.fm/957

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
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00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 957 for Monday, November 28, 2022
QT-macOS Ventura Adds Background Noise
The MGG Discord Server is Live!
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Quick Tips
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00:04:06 Cord-Cutting Hangout: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 at 4pm EST (9pm UTC)
MGG Calendar

00:06:43 Down The Meta Rabbit Hole
00:09:10 Garry-QT-Slow Down Double-Click on Apple Watch for Apple Pay (Caveman!)
00:10:57 Apple Watch Ultra uses ~ 1.2% hour in theater mode 3+ days! 93% → 19% 62 hours YMMV
00:14:33 Sleep-tracking with Apple Watch
00:15:31 QT-Your Watch Alarm Can Be Set to Wake You Up At the Lightest Stage of Sleep
00:17:02 Jim-QT-Disable AirPlay Receiver to Screen Share over Zoom
00:18:21 Drewski-QT-Apple Maps Offers Location and Quite a Bit More
00:19:29 PP-QT-Single Ear ANC with AirPods Pro added with macOS Ventura
00:21:23 Bill-QT-Use Water Mode to disable Watch Screen when Babies Are Around
00:24:13 Stephen-QT-Use The Watch's Red Light to Read Menus

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00:26:47 PODCAST: HTML All The Things – Matt and Mike from the HTML All The Things Podcast have you covered with weekly episodes on all things web development, web design, and small business.

Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
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00:28:02 Kevin-Why Is My Mac Out Of Memory? (Touch column header to sort!)
Quitter from Marco Arment

00:36:14 Bob-My Externally-Stored Photo Libraries Keep Getting Corrupted
00:40:29 Gary-Sending to People Not Accepting Apple Cash
Set Up Apple Cash
If You Can’t Send Or Receive Money with Apple Cash

00:43:53 Allison-Tailscale Slows Down The Network ... At Least a Little

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00:53:00 Ticketmaster vs. The Bots

Cool Stuff Found
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01:09:26 Bruce-CSF-Actions to enhance macOS Shortcuts
01:11:01 Bob-CSF-940-Use One Switch When Cleaning Your Mac's Screen
Screen Cleaning Mode for macOS

01:12:05 Buy USB-A-to-USB-C adapters (and the reverse)

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