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Silent Failures Are Bad News

Podcast |: Mac Geek Gab
Publisher |: BackBeat Media
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Apple,; Software How-To,; Technology
Categories Via RSS |: Education,; How To,; News,; Tech News,; Technology
Publication Date |: Jan 31, 2022
Episode Duration |: 01:18:38

failures-mgg912-scaled.jpg?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Silent Failures Are Bad News — Mac Geek Gab 912 episode image">Everything seems fine, but is it? How do you know if something has failed if you don't get a notification? Listen to your three favorite geeks talk through how this manifests in several areas of life, including Time Machine, Streaming TV, Cell Service...and propane! That's not all, though: John F. Braun, Dave Hamilton, and Pilot Pete walk you through a series of Quick Tips and Cool Stuff Found which ensure you learn at least five new things! Press play and enjoy.

Everything seems fine, but is it? How do you know if something has failed if you don’t get a notification? Listen to your three favorite geeks talk through how this manifests in several areas of life, including Time Machine, Streaming TV, Cell Service…and propane! That’s not all, though: John F. Braun, Dave Hamilton, and Pilot Pete walk you through a series of Quick Tips and Cool Stuff Found which ensure you learn at least five new things! Press play and enjoy.

failures-mgg912-scaled.jpg?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Silent Failures Are Bad News — Mac Geek Gab 912 episode image">

Everything seems fine, but is it? How do you know if something has failed if you don't get a notification? Listen to your three favorite geeks talk through how this manifests in several areas of life, including Time Machine, Streaming TV, Cell Service…and propane! That's not all, though: John F. Braun, Dave Hamilton, and Pilot Pete walk you through a series of Quick Tips and Cool Stuff Found which ensure you learn at least five new things! Press play and enjoy.

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 912 for Monday, January 31, 2022
- The MGG Merch Store is Live!
Quick Tips
- 00:03:43 Ben-QT-Drag ScreenShot Floating Thumbnail Instead of Copy/Paste
- 00:07:00 Harvey-QT-Selecting Dialog Options with Space Bar on the Mac, and
- 00:08:04 Harvey-QT-Selecting Numbers with One Finger on iPhone
- 00:09:16 Patrick-QT-Characters to avoid in Filenames – Use dashes for dates!
  - Little Bobby Tables
- 00:15:20 Allison-QT-Use Your Lampshade as a Tripod
- 00:17:43 Joe-QT-Safari Tab Groups Cause New Windows to Spawn
- 00:20:13 QT-Re-order your Fubo.TV favorites so you don’t get caught seeing TV you don’t want to see
- 00:23:13 Call your provider and ask for a discount
Sponsors
- 00:25:10 SPONSOR: Other World Computing’s new miniStack STX is exactly The Thunderbolt 4 Hub you want for your mac Mini. Same form factor, sits under your Mac mini, and has four Thunderbolt 4 ports and it’s a storage enclosure, too!
- 00:27:10 SPONSOR: Kandji.io. Next-generation Apple device management for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. Visit Kandji.io/mgg today so they can hear what you need and get you rolling.
Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:29:03 Stephen-Photo Duplicate Finder?
- 00:32:30 David-911-Sharing User Manuals with Family
- 00:34:15 Todd-Live Text versus Searchable PDF
  - OCR Your PDF for Free
  - Setapp
- 00:40:37 Susan-Pulling all my home security cameras together
- 00:50:06 Steve-Is Time Machine Really Necessary?
  - Carbon Copy Cloner Backup Health Check
  - Ecobee
Sponsors
- 00:56:22 SPONSOR: Helix Mattresses. Go take the Helix Quiz to find out which mattress is right for you, and then save up to $200 off your mattress plus get two free pillows at HelixSleep.com/mgg.
- 00:58:08 SPONSOR: Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don’t need…or forgot about! Truebill.com/MGG could save you thousands per year!
- 00:59:40 SPONSOR: The Jordan Harbinger Show. Jordan is a master interviewer, obsessed about audio quality, and focused on producing a great show that we think you’re going to love.
More Questions
01:01:23 Scott-What to do now that G Suite Free is Going Away?
- Fill out this form if you have a personal account
Cool Stuff Found
- 01:09:26 CSF-Visible Mobile Service (Verizon MVNO)
  - Mint Mobile (T-Mobile MVNO)
- 01:10:52 PokeFi for International Data
- 01:12:23 Patrick-CSF-Cellmapper.Net to Find Nearby Towers
- 01:14:02 Todd-CSF-FSMonitor for Finding a Preference File,
01:15:45 MGG 912 Outtro
- CSF-Fling’s The World Is In Our Hands
- Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page
- Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar
- This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
- MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
- You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network
- BackBeat Media Podcast Network

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