Dec 4, 2018
-Jerry gets Joe to talk about the challenges of working remotely and the fun of TeamViewer
-Presentation is everything: Joe also discusses how to relay his time away to a client
-Listener Tim Hannon wrote in to present some good use cases for the new Mac Mini
-Post show, Sam shares a link about the secret world of the Mac Mini: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/10/the-secret-world-of-mac-mini/
-One of Jerry’s clients has a frustrating time with an iMac that would spontaneously reboot
-Going down memory lane, the crew shares old and odd client stories
-More feedback from listener Tim Hannon in response to Joe’s
issue - Time Machine reporting unable to backup but upon remote
session, the next attempt completes. Tim references
eclecticlight.co:
https://eclecticlight.co/tag/consolation/
- unified log in Mojave and earlier
https://eclecticlightdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/runt2m2.zip
- RunT2M2 – runs T2M2 as root to enable assessment of Time Machine
when in normal user mode
-Jerry has a peeve, a tip, and a case to be made:
-Jerry’s peeve: Mobile data list on iOS not alphabetized (Joe provides the answer - it is based on data consumption)
-Jerry’s tip: Using TidBITS Content Network for social media
-Jerry’s case to be made: Using texting in your business for efficiency (business number, not cell phone). Joe counters because replying on the business line is not as simple.
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