Apple's Time Machine lets you backup to a network drive… but which network drive should you use now that Apple no longer sells a Time Capsule? John and Dave are here to answer this question and many, many more! Listen as your two favorite geeks answer all the questions YOU sent in this week, plus sharing Quick Tips and Cool Stuff Found to give you lots to think about… and to get! Press play and enjoy learning at least five new things about your Mac, iPhone, and other tech.
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 850 for Monday, December 28, 2020
Quick Tips

00:02:06 Scott-QT-Use Siri to dial Numbers… or words!

Mac Geek Gab iPhone App


00:04:18 Andrew-QT-Use for Old AirPods

Apple Lightning Dock
Etymotic ER4XR


00:07:49 QT-Go Clean Up your Apple ID Devices

And in Music, too.


00:12:12 QT-Turn off Private MAC Address on New Devices
00:13:35 JFB-iOS 14 Security Tip
00:15:45 DanC-Switch iPhone Apps by Swiping across bottom of screen
00:17:32 Steve-QT-Create a Bootable Installer for macOS Before You Need It
00:18:54 Migration Assistant vs. Restoring from Clone


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Questions…and Answers!

00:27:43 Bill-App Store Weirdness

Struggling to download apps? Try clearing the Apple App Store cache
MacUpdater


00:33:18 Bill-Can’t Update to Big Sur 11.1

Monolingual
CleanMyMac X


00:45:34 Kent-Disk Image says Resource Temporarily Unavailable

ProtectX




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Time Machine, Network Storage, Failing Hard Drives

00:53:34 Todd-Time Capsule Replacements?

Synology MR2200AC
Netgear ReadyShare for Time Machine
Time Machine on Netgear
WD My Cloud
QNAP


01:03:43 Dan-When to Replace NAS Hard Drive?
01:11:10 Michael-Current Favorite NAS Drive?

John: Seagate IronWolf
Dave: Seagate Exos
Seagate Expansion Desktop 16TB (usually contains Exos drives!)
WD Red NAS Drives
Best NAS hard drive of 2020: Network attached storage for home office and small business




Cool Stuff Found

01:16:43 CSF-Dual Connector Flash Drive – SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive Luxe (USB-C and Lightning)
01:18:31 Seth-CSF-Apple Watch Screen Protector?
01:19:48 CSF-Apple Watch Band Clones: Solo Loop Clone ($12 vs $49)  and Braided Solo Loop Clone ($20 vs. $99)
01:21:54 CSToDo-AirBnB Virtual Experiences
01:23:57 QT-Use Zoom with Two Displays (Zoom > Preferences > General > Use Dual Monitors)


01:26:43 MGG 850 Outtro

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