491: Who Am I?

Topics:

-Jerry deals with some complications when one of his clients opens a satellite office in another company’s space.

-Confusion arises when an A/V vendor Joe works with says his client mentions another “IT guy”.

-Be careful with warranty statuses for Ubiquiti purchases on Amazon.

-One of Sam’s clients receives a FUD newsletter from a competitor looking to solicit business.

-Apple software updates are continually problematic. But Joe talks about Addigy’s beta software update MDM command. He also talks about a GitHub project known as Nudge.

-S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N. is another popular software update Girhub project that has a bright future.

-An employee fired off an aggressive email chain with Sam over the weekend.

-App Updater is a useful tool that Joe has been testing and Jerry has been using for a while. Also discussed on an episode of MacGeekGab.

-Installomator is another incredibly useful GitHub app install tool by friend of the show, Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

-As Joe talks Ventura features, Jerry talks about the dangers of iCloud Shared Photo Library.

490: The Bicycle Thief

Topics:

-Sam has follow to his UniFi G4 Doorbell. Even after some great advice from Jerry and additional research, his answer was embarrassingly easy.

-Joe laments how the promise of the smart home in the 90’s still haven’t been met.

-He is also considering a doorbell camera for his complex that multiple neighbors could access.

-A client of Joe’s turned away cloud storage but instead has a 15 minute paid technically conversation.

-We talk about cloud solutions for personal and business use.

-Sam talks about Microsoft Sharepoint storage plans and how confusing it is. Joe has similar experiences.

-Jerry talks about Synology Drive as a cloud service.

-Follow up from an earlier conversation between Joe & Jerry about scrambling the jets every time a security update is announced.

-In a recent Scripting OS X newsletter, Joe talks about Rapid Security Responses, which are an interesting new security feature of macOS.

-We get into the little annoyances of how our customers operate their computers.

-Joe’s wish - a way for macOS to have a proactive restart when a system is overly taxed.

489: Status Clone

Topics:

-Sam talk more about is trip off the grid.

-On Joe’s recommendation, he got himself the Garmin InReach satellite phone.

-He talks about his quest for all 50 states.

-Joe brings up a major delay in voicemails coming through on iPhone. Sam is elated to hear it because it’s been happening to him for a long time. Jerry has seen this as well. They are all on AT&T…

-Helping friends and family with basic issues can be tricky at times.

-Joe recommends Omni Disk Sweeper to help find large files taking up space. Jerry talks of running as root to access otherwise inaccessible files.

-Jerry also mentions Grand Perspective. A big point he mentions is allowing Full Disk Access.

-One of Joe’s client found her Carbon Copy Cloner external volume and accidentally began working on the clone.

-Carbon Copy Cloner has some automation features that Jerry uses with his Synology. He especially loves running clones while recording the show.

-Joe talks about using a simple script with the tmutil command to resolve Time Machine issues. He also uses Addigy to deploy this to problematic computers.

-Jerry has a client that falls for the typical phishing scam, this time pretending to be Best Buy with the intent of giving her money.

485: Thats A Good Number Of Nits

Topics:

-Joe decides to change his theme of griping and talks about a positive helpful hint with Safari and auto filling passwords.

-Storing credit card security codes is a nice new add on to Safari on iOS 16.

-How safe is it to send credit card info using iMessage?

-Joe wants advise on Jerry’s new M2 MacBook Air.

-A call for listener feedback from Joe to see if they have had success using an M2 in clamshell mode.

-Find us on MacAdmins Slack at #cmdctrlpwr

-Please support the MacAdmins Foundation!

-Listener Kevin Cox mentions a good tip about a computer that is locked due to the date and time reset.

-Google alerts are another annoyance that Joe gripes about.

-Joe had a struggle with Dun & Bradstreet when he was asked to create a new number. He was immediately bombarded by solicitors.

-Jerry had a similar experience with Lending Tree.

-A win for iCloud Hide My Email.

484: Release The Hounds

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Topics:

-Joe talks about being back on the road and costs/challenges associated with it.

-He had a PepLink Router but doesn’t have as much of a need for it anymore.

-As iCloud is trying to share media, even if it is unable to at the moment, the recipient still receives an alert that the media has been shared with them.

-During extreme heat, the iPhone display seems to dim brightness.

-A discussion brews about the iPhone SOS feature.
-What is the best way to share photos amongst iPhone and Android users?

-Along those lines, the Google Photos app asks for access to ALL photos by default.

-On a positive note, Joe really likes the Focus modes available in iOS 16.

-Jerry does some research on Starlink. The antenna is $600 and activation is $110. Throw in installation costs and you are looking at close to $1000.

-This year’s exit of Burning Man had major traffic jams.

-Jerry talks about concerned calls from his clients about Apple vulnerabilities. His general rule of thumb is to update right away when Apple sends notifications.

-How do you deal with with marketing campaigns from competitors?

-Managing Apple updates using MDM is still not a perfect science.

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483: Burning For You

Topics:

-Joe has recently returned from the annual Burning Man gathering. Jerry has questions.

-Joe is part of a long standing camp that  helps supply water to participants.

-This is the first year that they used Starlink for internet access.

-We learn about the details of how Starlink works.

-The conflict is trying to have technology available but to disconnect while at the event.

-Joe has been recommending Starlink for backup internet for some of his customers. He considers what else he can do to make it a package offering.

-Just contact Joe if you have burning Burning Man questions.