Headphone Safety, Big Sur, & Geek Challenges — Mac Geek Gab 854

Big Sur continues to mature…and it continues to have some pesky little issues, too. Never fear, your two favorite geeks are here to answer your questions and help solve your problems. Listen as John and Dave talk through Big Sur, Headphone Safety, and share some Geek Challenges of yours with the Mac Geek Gab family. Press play and enjoy learning at least…five new things!
SPONSOR: Other World Computing — OWC’s new Thunderbolt Dock gives you four Thunderbolt ports, plus four USB ports, as well as a port for your SD Card, Gigabit Ethernet, and a combo audio in/out.
SPONSOR: Kitty Poo Club — Kitty Poo Club is an all-in-one litter box solution designed to be convenient for you! KPC is  offering you 20% off your first order when you set up auto-ship by going to KittyPooClub.com and entering promo code MGG.
SPONSOR: Candid — The clear, comfortable, removable, and practically invisible aligners to straighten your teeth. Save $75 on Candid’s starter kit at CandidCO.com/MGG.
SPONSOR: Headspace — Feel happier! Headspace is Meditation made simple. Get a free one-month trial at Headspace.com/MGG
SPONSOR: Babbel — Learn a new language! Get 3 months FREE with your 3-month Babbel subscription at Babbel.com and use promo code MGG.
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 854 for Monday, January 25, 2021

Quick Tips

00:02:11 Todd-QT-Option-volume opens Sound Prefpane

00:03:04 QT-Option-Click Big Sur’s Clock to enable Do Not Disturb

00:05:59 Bill-QT-Menu Bar on Both Displays

00:10:03 Jacob-QT-Dimmed Apple Watch Face

00:12:46 Harvey-QT-Airplane Mode Persistence

00:16:24 5G Makes its appearance

00:17:54 SPONSOR: Babbel — Learn a new language! Get 3 months FREE with your 3-month Babbel subscription at Babbel.com and use promo code MGG.

00:19:32 SPONSOR: Other World Computing — OWC’s new Thunderbolt Dock gives you four Thunderbolt ports, plus four USB ports, as well as a port for your SD Card, Gigabit Ethernet, and a combo audio in/out.

00:21:04 SPONSOR: Candid — The clear, comfortable, removable, and practically invisible aligners to straighten your teeth. Save $75 on Candid’s starter kit at CandidCO.com/MGG.

Cool Stuff Found

00:22:45 Andrew-CSF-Gemini to Find Duplicate Files

TidyUp 5

00:24:06 Gene-CSF-Roku Premier has AirPlay 2 and 6 months Apple TV+ ($29!)

Sonos Arc

LG TV

00:27:42 Gene-CSF-LyricsX for Displaying Lyrics on your Mac (free!)

00:29:28 Alex-CSF-hBlock

00:31:02 Eliot-CSF-DI for Updating Apps

00:32:44 CSF-Speck Presidio ClickFlip AirPods Pro case

00:35:39 Kurt-Beware WD Red drives for NAS

SMR vs CMR for Drives

00:43:40 SPONSOR: Kitty Poo Club — Kitty Poo Club is an all-in-one litter box solution designed to be convenient for you! KPC is  offering you 20% off your first order when you set up auto-ship by going to KittyPooClub.com and entering promo code MGG.

00:45:30 SPONSOR: Headspace — Feel happier! Headspace is Meditation made simple. Get a free one-month trial at Headspace.com/MGG

Questions

00:47:05 Is Dave’s GPU going bad?

Application Specific Signatures:

Graphics kernel error: 0xfffffff9

00:52:12 Eliot-What is Headphone Safety?

00:58:34 David-Why does 5GHz confuse my IoT devices?

01:07:45 Walt-Parallels and Big Sur Uninstall

AppCleaner

OmniDiskSweeper

CleanMyMac’s Space Lens

01:14:56 Doug-Do I need a new drive?

01:20:43 Ari-Ethernet Connection Lags

01:32:17 MGG 854 Outtro

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