Monterey On The Horizon

Your macOS Monterey questions are starting to trickle in, and your two favorite geeks have your answers. That's not all, though! This episode's got Quick Tips about webpage screenshots, Safari 15 tabs, Internet Recovery, and making your music sound better for YOUR ears. Plus, John and Dave answer your questions […]

Your macOS Monterey questions are starting to trickle in, and your two favorite geeks have your answers. That's not all, though! This episode's got Quick Tips about webpage screenshots, Safari 15 tabs, Internet Recovery, and making your music sound better for YOUR ears. Plus, John and Dave answer your questions about all kinds of things…and they share your recommendations for new keyboards, too! Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things.

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 894 for Monday, October 11, 2021
00:01:55 Dave’s Napping Shortcut
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Quick Tips

00:04:06 Lucas-QT-Use Firefox’s Take Screenshot Command to Capture a Full Web Page
00:07:39 Stephen-QT-Use Terminal to Reset Bluetooth in Monterey

sudo pkill bluetoothd

00:10:17 Gruber-QT-Hold down Command to delete tabs in Safari 15
00:12:35 Laura-QT-893-Use Option-Command-R for Internet Recovery to Latest Version of macOS
00:13:16 Donna-893-You can cancel AppleCare+ and Sell to Private Party
00:14:20 DaveWiskus-Create and Upload an AudioGram to Make Music Sound Better

Mimi Hearing Test for iOS

00:19:16 Bill-QT-iOS 15 Wallet Adds “Expired Passes” (#4)

Parkwhiz

Cool Stuff Found

00:24:38 Which are your favorite MagSafe accessories?
00:25:31 Lee-CSF-TrippLite USB Wall Chargers
00:27:11 Richie-CSF-Apple’s USB-C to Headphone Adapter
00:28:54 Andrew-CSF-RØDE NT Mini USB Microphone

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Keyboard Time!

00:37:59 Jeremy-CSF-Das Keyboard Mechanical Keyboards
00:39:30 Scott-CSF-892-Logitech MX Keys and MX Ergo Keyboard and Trackball
00:42:38 Logitech Solar Keyboard
00:43:49 John-CSF-Logitech MX Keys Advanced Illuminated Wireless Keyboard for Mac
00:44:32 Tim-CSF-892-Open Source Launch Keyboard by System76
00:45:45 CSF-Matias Keyboards, including Tactile Pro (and Dvorak!)
00:46:39 Elle-QT-Pro Tips for using a Touch ID Keyboard
All one line to root’s crontab (via sudo crontab -e):

@reboot if [[ `grep tid /etc/pam.d/sudo` ]]; then echo "TouchID already enabled"; else echo "# sudo: auth account password sessionn auth       sufficient     pam_smartcard.sonauth       sufficient     pam_tid.sonauth       required       pam_opendirectory.sonaccount    required       pam_permit.sonpassword   required       pam_deny.sonsession    required       pam_permit.so" > /etc/pam.d/sudo; echo "Enabling TouchID for sudo"; fi

00:50:19 Bill-Keyboard Adding Spaces Unnecessarily

Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!

00:55:34 Tom-Upgrading an Unsupported Mac to Monterey
01:03:42 Mark-How to Prevent Excel from Auto-Formatting Input
01:06:55 Todd-892-AirTag Cases

Hard Shell Mount for AirTags by Moment
TagVault: Keychain
TagVault: Pet
iFixit AirTag Teardown

01:11:20 Allison-893-Fixing Apple Watch Battery Drain – another way
01:14:09 Ben-Don’t Forget Apple Watch SE

01:16:13 MGG 894 Outtro

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