To Mac or Not to Mac, That is the Question – HGG476




Managing Your Home Tech show

Summary: In a follow up to the post show conversation from show 475, Jim works thru all the options in purchasing a new Mac. Mike and Jim talk about configurations, setup, use and then pulls the trigger. Catch all the action including some additional info on Channels, a look at Jim’s dashboards in Home Assistant and pulling the plug on Plex…well..sort of. All that and more!<br> <br> <br> <br> Full show notes, transcriptions, audio and video at <a href="http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg476" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg476</a><br> Join Jim Collison / <a href="https://www.twitter.com/jcollison">@jcollison</a> and Mike Wieger / <a href="https://twitter.com/WiegerTech">@WiegerTech</a> for show #476 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network.<br> WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? <a href="http://www.theaverageguy.tv/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe</a><br> Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at <a href="http://www.theAverageGuy.tv/live" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://theAverageGuy.tv/live</a><br> Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Mac, Mac Mini, Apple, M1, Plex, Channels<br> Find Us!<br> Join us in the Facebook group at <a title="https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/</a><br> On Discord at <a title="https://theaverageguy.tv/discord" href="https://theaverageguy.tv/discord">https://theaverageguy.tv/discord</a><br>  <br> <a href="https://www.hellofresh.com?c=HS-0ZSD2S2WA&amp;utm_source=raf-share&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=clipboard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh</a><br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br> News:<br> To Mac or Not to Mac? That is the question<br> <br> * Podpage Voicemail <br> * Why now?  M1 envy<br> * How I plan to use it?<br> <br> * Audio and video editing<br> * Live streaming<br> * General Browsing<br> <br> <br> Which one do I buy?<br>  <br> Product Updates:<br> Jim has some HA updates on Dashboards – Show them live<br>  <br> Updates:<br> We showed the wrong dashboard last week for the Ultimate Dashboard for Unraid.<br> <a href="https://forums.unraid.net/topic/96895-ultimate-unraid-dashboard-uud/page/29/?tab=comments#comment-936495">https://forums.unraid.net/topic/96895-ultimate-unraid-dashboard-uud/page/29/?tab=comments#comment-936495</a><br> <a href="https://unraid.net/blog/ultimate-unraid-dashboard">https://unraid.net/blog/ultimate-unraid-dashboard</a><br>  <br> Jim is pulling the plug (sort of) on Plex<br>  <br> <br> Find Us!<br> Join us in the Facebook group at <a title="https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/</a><br> On Discord at <a title="https://theaverageguy.tv/discord" href="https://theaverageguy.tv/discord">https://theaverageguy.tv/discord</a><br> Get the Home Gadget Geeks subscribe links at <a href="http://homegadgetgeeks.com">http://homegadgetgeeks.com</a><br> <a href="http://theaverageguy.tv">http://theaverageguy.tv</a> is powered by Maplegrove Partners web hosting. Get secure, reliable, high-speed hosting from people you know and trust.  For more information visit <a href="http://maplegrovepartners.com">http://maplegrovepartners.com</a><br>